Philippine general election, 1961

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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 Sergio Osmeña, Jr. lost to Senator Emmanuel Pelaez. 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

**Summary of the November 14, 1961 Philippine Senate election result**
Rank	Candidate		Votes	%
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

**Summary of the November 14, 1961 Philippine House of Representatives election results**
Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats won
Parties and coalitions		Total	%	Swing	Total	%	+/−
	Nacionalista	3,923,390	61.02%	0.16%	74	71.15%	8
	Liberal	2,167,641	33.71%	3.55%	29	27.88%	10
	Independent Liberal	47,614	0.74%	0.68%	0	0.00%
	Independent Nacionalista	40,220	0.63%	0.45%	0	0.00%
	NCP	7,837	0.12%	2.74%	0	0.00%	1
	Independent	243,110	3.78%	1.45%	1	0.96%	1
Totals		6,429,812	100.00%	--	104	100.00%	2
Source: Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines". quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-11.

↑ 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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