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The following is the official canvassing of votes by the Congress of the Philippines for the 1961 Philippine presidential election. The canvassing started on December 12, 1961, and ended on December 13, 1961.[1]

Joint Committee

The following are the members of the joint committee of the both houses of Congress which canvassed the returns for the presidential and vice presidential elections.[1]

Presidential election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Diosdado MacapagalLiberal Party3,554,84055.05
Carlos P. GarciaNacionalista Party2,902,99644.95
Alfredo AbcedeFederal Party70.00
German P. VillanuevaIndependent20.00
Gregorio L. LlanzaIndependent20.00
Praxedes FloroIndependent00.00
Total6,457,847100.00
Valid votes6,457,84795.83
Invalid/blank votes280,9884.17
Total votes6,738,835100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,483,56879.43
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[2]
Province/City Macapagal Garcia Abcede Villanueva Llanza Floro
Abra 19,826 13,529 0 0 0 0
Agusan 25,161 29,439 0 0 0 0
Aklan 34,712 26,339 0 0 0 0
Albay 65,308 45,247 0 0 0 0
Antique 26,930 25,356 0 0 0 0
Bacolod City 18,377 12,892 0 0 0 0
Baguio 10,539 5,122 0 0 0 0
Basilan City 6,508 6,477 0 0 0 0
Bataan 27,282 20,694 0 0 0 0
Batanes 2,024 1,604 1 0 0 0
Batangas 89,466 82,101 5 2 1 0
Bohol 34,807 118,920 0 0 0 0
Bukidnon 17,436 20,104 0 0 0 0
Bulacan 110,970 84,917 0 0 0 0
Butuan 11,722 16,732 0 0 0 0
Cabanatuan 11,058 8,339 0 0 0 0
Cagayan 69,757 27,562 0 0 0 0
Cagayan de Oro 8,341 8,734 0 0 0 0
Calbayog 5,849 8,837 0 0 0 0
Camarines Norte 29,566 17,745 0 0 0 0
Camarines Sur 89,115 65,858 0 0 1 0
Capiz 38,309 27,336 0 0 0 0
Catanduanes 18,924 19,901 0 0 0 0
Cavite 63,852 30,976 0 0 0 0
Cavite City 9,116 4,725 0 0 0 0
Cebu 58,015 165,668 0 0 0 0
Cebu City 13,386 48,622 0 0 0 0
Cotabato 81,381 94,659 0 0 0 0
Cotabato City 4,319 2,707 0 0 0 0
Dagupan 11,652 8,922 0 0 0 0
Davao 47,829 65,063 0 0 0 0
Davao City 22,461 31,232 0 0 0 0
Dumaguete 4,302 4,751 0 0 0 0
Gingoog 5,810 3,299 0 0 0 0
Iligan City 6,341 8,364 0 0 0 0
Ilocos Norte 57,004 24,251 0 0 0 0
Ilocos Sur 77,190 27,223 0 0 0 0
Iloilo 135,532 74,682 0 0 0 0
Iloilo City 23,361 25,383 0 0 0 0
Isabela 56,299 28,383 0 0 0 0
La Union 66,774 14,027 0 0 0 0
Laguna 60,981 56,337 0 0 0 0
Lanao del Norte 19,405 19,119 0 0 0 0
Lanao del Sur 29,623 42,913 0 0 0 0
Lapu-Lapu City 2,734 7,932 0 0 0 0
Legazpi City 8,707 8,290 0 0 0 0
Leyte 91,728 97,338 0 0 0 0
Lipa City 12,064 7,183 0 0 0 0
Lucena City 7,717 4,250 0 0 0 0
Manila 174,055 119,061 0 0 0 0
Marawi City 4,141 6,313 0 0 0 0
Marinduque 23,378 9,230 0 0 0 0
Masbate 36,623 31,893 0 0 0 0
Misamis Occidental 23,717 28,363 0 0 0 0
Misamis Oriental 34,948 25,795 0 0 0 0
Mountain Province 50,041 20,623 0 0 0 0
Naga City 7,645 5,531 0 0 0 0
Negros Occidental 108,393 85,386 0 0 0 0
Negros Oriental 44,090 54,053 0 0 0 0
Nueva Ecija 93,416 56,790 0 0 0 0
Nueva Vizcaya 25,276 8,007 0 0 0 0
Occidental Mindoro 12,981 10,096 0 0 0 0
Oriental Mindoro 37,716 21,209 0 0 0 0
Ormoc City 5,088 8,187 0 0 0 0
Ozamiz City 4,992 7,662 0 0 0 0
Palawan 21,841 16,077 0 0 0 0
Pampanga 111,776 45,228 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 181,801 122,371 0 0 0 0
Pasay City 15,399 19,770 0 0 0 0
Quezon 99,441 53,364 0 0 0 0
Quezon City 42,989 28,880 0 0 0 0
Rizal 152,169 108,299 0 0 0 0
Romblon 16,452 19,092 0 0 0 0
Roxas City 8,697 5,631 0 0 0 0
Samar 91,918 76,185 0 0 0 0
San Carlos City 5,255 7,142 0 0 0 0
San Pablo City 13,639 7,513 0 0 0 0
Silay City 7,272 5,325 0 0 0 0
Sorsogon 49,657 39,654 0 0 0 0
Southern Leyte 23,269 31,419 0 0 0 0
Sulu 28,010 19,056 0 0 0 0
Surigao del Norte 24,487 29,038 0 0 0 0
Surigao del Sur 21,353 22,290 0 0 0 0
Tacloban City 7,045 8,394 0 0 0 0
Tagaytay City 824 718 0 0 0 0
Tarlac 80,110 27,018 0 0 0 0
Toledo City 1,390 8,973 0 0 0 0
Trece Martires City 431 79 0 0 0 0
Zambales 38,620 22,388 0 0 0 0
Zamboanga City 13,671 10,605 0 0 0 0
Zamboanga del Norte 27,531 25,498 0 0 0 0
Zamboanga del Sur 33,137 36,580 0 0 0 0
Total 3,554,840 2,902,966 7 2 2 0
Province/City
Macapagal Garcia Abcede Villanueva Llanza Floro

Vice presidential election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Emmanuel PelaezLiberal Party2,394,40037.57
Sergio Osmeña Jr.Independent2,190,42434.37
Gil PuyatNacionalista Party1,787,98728.06
Chencay Reyes JutaDominion Status Party20.00
Total6,372,813100.00
Valid votes6,372,81394.57
Invalid/blank votes365,9925.43
Total votes6,738,805100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,483,56879.43
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[3]
Province/City Pelaez Osmeña Puyat Juta
Abra 15,085 5,508 12,004 0
Agusan 22,921 17,422 13,281 0
Aklan 19,384 25,176 15,623 0
Albay 44,501 28,566 35,206 0
Antique 21,501 11,922 18,032 0
Bacolod City 8,285 18,227 4,464 0
Baguio 7,572 4,774 3,280 0
Basilan City 3,995 6,032 2,164 0
Bataan 16,189 16,013 14,775 0
Batanes 1,341 904 1,246 0
Batangas 40,922 72,039 59,900 0
Bohol 36,720 37,036 77,547 0
Bukidnon 17,946 11,458 7,894 0
Bulacan 83,961 53,664 54,616 0
Butuan 9,548 11,549 7,114 0
Cabanatuan 5,615 5,509 8,064 0
Cagayan 39,565 32,014 24,061 0
Cagayan de Oro 10,281 3,570 3,191 0
Calbayog 4,868 3,430 6,155 0
Camarines Norte 17,570 18,691 10,626 0
Camarines Sur 56,542 49,937 46,471 0
Capiz 31,126 10,701 22,345 0
Catanduanes 17,216 3,284 18,011 0
Cavite 42,552 36,873 15,318 0
Cavite City 5,128 7,503 1,462 0
Cebu 12,621 147,414 66,973 0
Cebu City 7,552 44,425 10,812 0
Cotabato 65,182 58,636 47,234 0
Cotabato City 3,170 2,620 1,114 0
Dagupan 9,618 3,513 7,259 0
Davao 33,852 58,751 19,567 0
Davao City 18,083 26,448 9,127 0
Dumaguete 3,663 2,469 2,870 0
Gingoog 6,357 1,838 839 0
Iligan City 4,288 7,276 3,048 0
Ilocos Norte 39,054 15,883 25,690 0
Ilocos Sur 59,742 15,164 27,632 0
Iloilo 84,467 88,188 33,528 0
Iloilo City 18,273 10,741 19,511 0
Isabela 31,109 31,317 21,298 2
La Union 38,352 33,621 8,175 0
Laguna 29,791 56,628 32,101 0
Lanao del Norte 15,855 14,802 6,651 0
Lanao del Sur 14,189 15,638 36,022 0
Lapu-Lapu City 1,028 7,613 1,866 0
Legazpi City 7,282 3,373 6,126 0
Leyte 74,439 37,429 73,861 0
Lipa City 4,840 8,967 5,192 0
Lucena City 3,994 5,616 2,571 0
Manila 129,595 125,607 39,067 0
Marawi City 1,532 3,088 4,993 0
Marinduque 9,765 16,709 5,664 0
Masbate 19,800 34,886 12,211 0
Misamis Occidental 24,246 13,341 13,770 0
Misamis Oriental 41,825 8,233 9,988 0
Mountain Province 28,704 22,750 16,786 0
Naga City 4,474 6,413 2,259 0
Negros Occidental 58,337 86,671 43,966 0
Negros Oriental 32,033 25,515 39,080 0
Nueva Ecija 54,144 41,976 50,744 0
Nueva Vizcaya 10,060 19,220 3,705 0
Occidental Mindoro 9,803 6,902 5,980 0
Oriental Mindoro 21,063 25,135 11,462 0
Ormoc City 4,048 4,800 4,365 0
Ozamiz City 5,219 4,972 2,399 0
Palawan 14,094 11,356 11,477 0
Pampanga 61,664 12,978 80,303 0
Pangasinan 146,375 52,036 103,228 0
Pasay City 10,368 19,202 5,483 0
Quezon 61,895 47,020 43,939 0
Quezon City 32,334 28,816 10,868 0
Rizal 100,657 107,818 50,536 0
Romblon 15,428 2,626 17,325 0
Roxas City 7,329 1,838 4,949 0
Samar 69,558 32,672 61,670 0
San Carlos City 1,834 7,711 2,725 0
San Pablo City 5,364 11,849 4,429 0
Silay City 5,189 3,920 2,845 0
Sorsogon 34,453 23,703 29,740 0
Southern Leyte 19,469 21,159 13,278 0
Sulu 14,803 14,229 11,851 0
Surigao del Norte 22,720 12,675 17,111 0
Surigao del Sur 19,115 12,693 10,722 0
Tacloban City 6,659 1,526 7,105 0
Tagaytay City 578 794 178 0
Tarlac 50,362 31,544 23,630 0
Toledo City 444 5,038 4,943 0
Trece Martires City 175 300 28 0
Zambales 20,132 27,445 12,927 0
Zamboanga City 10,612 6,980 6,100 0
Zamboanga del Norte 15,538 23,824 12,791 0
Zamboanga del Sur 25,266 29,847 13,280 0
Total 2,394,400 2,190,424 1,787,987 2
Province/City
Pelaez Osmeña Puyat Juta

References

  1. ^ a b Congressional Record - Senate: Fourth Congress of the Republic, Fourth Special Session, December 12, 1961. Manila, Philippines: Senate of the Philippines. 1961.
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos.
    Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific    .
  3. ^ Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos.
    Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific    .
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