1961 Philippine Senate election
A senatorial election was held on November 14, 1961 in the Philippines. The two candidates of the Progressive Party, guest candidates of the Liberal Party, topped the election, while the Liberals themselves won four seats cutting the Nacionalista Party's majority to 13 seats in the 24-seat Philippine Senate.
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Results
Per candidate
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
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| 1 | Raul Manglapus | Progressive1 | 3,489,658 | 51.8% | ||
| 2 | Manuel Manahan | Progressive1 | 3,088,040 | 45.8% | ||
| 3 | Lorenzo Sumulong | Nacionalista | 2,817,228 | 41.8% | ||
| 4 | Francisco Soc Rodrigo | Liberal | 2,710,322 | 40.2% | ||
| 5 | Gaudencio Antonino | Liberal | 2,636,420 | 39.1% | ||
| 6 | Camilo Osías | Liberal | 2,634,783 | 39.1% | ||
| 7 | Maria Kalaw Katigbak | Liberal | 2,546,147 | 37.8% | ||
| 8 | Jose Roy | Nacionalista | 2,443,110 | 36.3% | ||
| 9 | Tecla Ziga | Liberal | 2,318,518 | 34.4% | ||
| 10 | Quintin Paredes | Nacionalista | 2,206,064 | 32.7% | ||
| 11 | Pacita Madrigal-Gonzales | Nacionalista | 2,172,260 | 32.2% | ||
| 12 | Cesar Climaco | Liberal | 2,142,741 | 31.8% | ||
| 13 | Domocao Alonto | Nacionalista | 1,877,698 | 27.9% | ||
| 14 | Decoroso Rosales | Nacionalista | 1,863,560 | 27.7% | ||
| 15 | Pedro Sabido | Nacionalista | 1,746,698 | 25.9% | ||
| 16 | Angel Castaño | Nacionalista | 1,734,247 | 25.7% | ||
| 17 | Jose E. Romero | Nacionalista | 973,612 | 14.4% | ||
| 18 | Agustin Marking | Independent | 127,820 | 1.9% | ||
| 19 | Francisco Ofemaria | Independent | 41,084 | 0.6% | ||
| 20 | Ernesto Hidalgo | Independent | 1,878 | 0.0% | ||
| 21 | Leon Javinez Sr. | Independent | 339 | 0.0% | ||
| 22 | Jose Briones | Independent | 141 | 0.0% | ||
| Total turnout | 6,738,805 | 79.4% | ||||
| Total votes | 39,572,377 | N/A | ||||
| Registered voters | 8,483,568 | 100.0% | ||||
| Note: A total of 22 candidates ran for senator. | Source:[1] | |||||
- ^1 Liberal Party's guest candidate
Per party
| Party | Popular vote | Seats | ||||||||
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| Total | % | Swing | Won | Before | After | % | +/− | |||
| Nacionalista | 17,834,477 | 45.1% |  5.0% | 2 | 19 | 13 | 54.2% | 6 | ||
| Liberal | 14,988,940 | 37.9% |  6.2% | 4 | 4 | 8 | 33.3% | 2 | ||
| Progressive | 6,577,698 | 16.6% | 7.4% | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8.3% | 2 | ||
| NCP | 0 | 0.0% | 5.9% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.2% |  | ||
| Independent | 171,262 | 0.4% | 2.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | | ||
| Totals | 39,572,377 | 100% | — | 8 | 24 | 24 | 100.0% | | ||
References
- Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos, Jr. (2001). Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz and Christof Hartmann (ed.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific Vol. II. Oxford University Press. pp. 185–230. ISBN 0199249598.
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