1961 Philippine general election

Summary

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.

Results edit

President edit

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[1]

Vice-President edit

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[2]

Senate edit

 
Representation of results; seats contested are inside the box.
  Nacionalista Party
  Liberal Party
  Progressive Party
  Nationalist Citizens' Party
CandidatePartyVotes%
Raul ManglapusParty for Philippine Progress[a]3,489,65851.78
Manuel ManahanParty for Philippine Progress[a]3,088,04045.82
Lorenzo SumulongNacionalista Party2,817,22841.81
Soc RodrigoLiberal Party2,710,32240.22
Gaudencio AntoninoLiberal Party2,636,42039.12
Camilo OsíasLiberal Party2,634,78339.10
Maria Kalaw KatigbakLiberal Party2,546,14737.78
Jose RoyNacionalista Party2,443,11036.25
Tecla San Andres ZigaLiberal Party2,318,51834.41
Quintin ParedesNacionalista Party2,206,06432.74
Pacita Madrigal-GonzalesNacionalista Party2,172,26032.24
Cesar ClimacoLiberal Party2,142,74131.80
Domocao AlontoNacionalista Party1,877,69827.86
Decoroso RosalesNacionalista Party1,863,56027.65
Pedro SabidoNacionalista Party1,746,69825.92
Angel CastañoNacionalista Party1,734,24725.74
Jose E. RomeroNacionalista Party973,61214.45
Agustin MarkingIndependent127,8201.90
Francisco OfemariaIndependent41,0840.61
Ernesto HidalgoIndependent1,8780.03
Leon Javinez Sr.Independent3390.01
Jose BrionesIndependent1410.00
Total39,572,368100.00
Total votes6,738,805
Registered voters/turnout8,483,56879.43
  1. ^ a b Guest candidate of the Liberal Party

House of Representatives edit

 
PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Nacionalista Party3,923,39061.02−0.1774−8
Liberal Party2,167,64133.71+3.5429+10
Independent Nacionalista47,6140.74+0.6800
Independent Liberal40,2200.63−0.4400
Nationalist Citizens' Party7,8370.12−2.7300
Independent243,1103.78+1.441New
Total6,429,812100.00104+2
Valid votes6,429,81295.41+1.08
Invalid/blank votes308,9934.59−1.08
Total votes6,738,805100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,483,56879.43+3.91
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[3] and Teehankee[4]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 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
    .
  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. ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook. Vol. 2: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford: Oxford University Press..
  4. ^ Teehankee, Julio (2002). "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). In Croissant, Aurel (ed.). Electoral Politics in Southeast and East Asia. Singapore: Fiedrich-Ebert-Siftung. pp. 149–202 – via quezon.ph.

External links edit

  • The Philippine Presidency Project
  • Official website of the Commission on Elections