Presidential, legislative and local elections were held on November 14, 1961 in the Philippines. Incumbent President Carlos P. Garcia lost his opportunity for a second full term as President of the Philippines to Vice President President Diosdado Macapagal. His running mate, Senator Gil J. Puyat lost to Senator Emmanuel Pelaez. Independent Candidate Cebu City Mayor Sergio Osmeña, Jr. ran for Vice President also lost by a narrow margin. Six candidates ran for president, four of whom were "nuisance" candidates. This was the only election in Philippine electoral history in which a vice-president defeated the incumbent president.
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Diosdado Macapagal | Liberal Party | 3,554,840 | 55.05 | |
Carlos P. Garcia | Nacionalista Party | 2,902,996 | 44.95 | |
Alfredo Abcede | Federal Party | 7 | 0.00 | |
German P. Villanueva | Independent | 2 | 0.00 | |
Gregorio L. Llanza | Independent | 2 | 0.00 | |
Praxedes Floro | Independent | 0 | 0.00 | |
Total | 6,457,847 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 6,457,847 | 95.83 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 280,988 | 4.17 | ||
Total votes | 6,738,835 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 8,483,568 | 79.43 | ||
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[1] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Emmanuel Pelaez | Liberal Party | 2,394,400 | 37.57 | |
Sergio Osmeña Jr. | Independent | 2,190,424 | 34.37 | |
Gil Puyat | Nacionalista Party | 1,787,987 | 28.06 | |
Chencay Reyes Juta | Dominion Status Party | 2 | 0.00 | |
Total | 6,372,813 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 6,372,813 | 94.57 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 365,992 | 5.43 | ||
Total votes | 6,738,805 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 8,483,568 | 79.43 | ||
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[2] |
Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nacionalista Party | 3,923,390 | 61.02 | −0.17 | 74 | −8 | |
Liberal Party | 2,167,641 | 33.71 | +3.54 | 29 | +10 | |
Independent Nacionalista | 47,614 | 0.74 | +0.68 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent Liberal | 40,220 | 0.63 | −0.44 | 0 | 0 | |
Nationalist Citizens' Party | 7,837 | 0.12 | −2.73 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 243,110 | 3.78 | +1.44 | 1 | New | |
Total | 6,429,812 | 100.00 | – | 104 | +2 | |
Valid votes | 6,429,812 | 95.41 | +1.08 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 308,993 | 4.59 | −1.08 | |||
Total votes | 6,738,805 | 100.00 | – | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 8,483,568 | 79.43 | +3.91 | |||
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[3] and Teehankee[4] |