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

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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)
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+1.441+1
Total6,429,812100.00–104+2
Valid votes6,429,81295.41
Invalid/blank votes308,9934.59
Total votes6,738,805100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,483,56879.43
Source: 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

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.
  • Paras, Corazon L. (2000). The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
  • Pobre, Cesar P. (2000). Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.
  • Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
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