Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1961

November 14, 1961

All 104 seats in the House of Representatives 53 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Daniel Romualdez	Cornelio Villareal
Party	Nacionalista	Liberal
Leader's seat	Leyte–4th	Capiz–2nd
Last election	82 seats	19 seats
Seats won	74	29
Seat change	8	10
Popular vote	3,923,390	2,167,641
Percentage	61.02%	33.71%
Swing	0.16%	3.55%

Speaker before election

Daniel Romualdez
Nacionalista

Elected Speaker

Cornelio Villareal
Liberal

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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 which led to majority of the elected Nacionalista congressman to switch sides to the Liberals. This led to Cornelio Villareal on being elected as Speaker of the House

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

Results

**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" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-11.

References

↑ Quezon, Manuel III (2007-06-06). "An abnormal return to normality". PCIJ.org. 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.

Elections and referendums in the Philippines

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See also: Local elections and referendums in the Philippines

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Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1961

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