1961 Philippine House of Representatives elections

The elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 14, 1961. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Carlos P. Garcia's Nacionalista Party, won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.[1] However, Diosdado Macapagal of the opposition Liberal Party won the presidential election, leading to majority of the elected Nacionalista congressmen to defect to the Liberal Party. This led to Cornelio Villareal being elected Speaker of the House of Representatives.

1961 Philippine House of Representatives elections

November 14, 1961
All 104 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines 53 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   NP Leader Daniel Romualdez Cornelio Villareal Party Nacionalista Liberal Leader's seat Leyte–1st Capiz–2nd Last election 82 seats, 61.19% 19 seats, 30.17% Seats won 74 29 Seat change 8 10 Popular vote 3,923,390 2,167,641 Percentage 61.02% 33.71% Swing 0.17% 3.54%
Speaker before election Daniel Romualdez Nacionalista Elected Speaker Cornelio Villareal Liberal

The elected representatives served in the 5th Congress from 1961 to 1965.

Results

The top bar represents seats won, while the bottom bar represents the proportion of votes received.

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74 29 1

61.02% 33.71% Nacionalista Liberal ^[1]

¹ Independents: 3.78%

No seats won: 1.49% (white)

 Summary of the November 14, 1961 Philippine House of Representatives election results

Party		Popular vote			Seats won
		Total	%	Swing	Total	%	+/−
	Nacionalista	3,923,390	61.02%	0.17%	74	71.15%	8
	Liberal	2,167,641	33.71%	3.54%	29	27.88%	10
	Independent Liberal	47,614	0.74%	0.68%	0	0.00%
	Independent Nacionalista	40,220	0.63%	0.44%	0	0.00%
	NCP	7,837	0.12%	2.73%	0	0.00%	1
	Independent	243,110	3.78%	1.44%	1	0.96%	1
Total		6,429,812	100%		104	100%	2
Valid votes		6,429,812	95.41%
Invalid votes		308,993	4.59%
Total turnout		6,738,805	79.43%
Registered voters		8,483,568	100%
Sources: 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. & Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph.

See also

• 5th Congress of the Philippines

References

1. Quezon, Manuel III (2007-06-06). "An abnormal return to normality". PCIJ.org. Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

• The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
• Pobre, Cesar P. Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.
• Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-06.