Philippine Senate election, 1961

November 14, 1961

8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party	Third party

Leader	Eulogio Rodriguez	Ferdinand Marcos	Raul Manglapus
Party	Nacionalista	Liberal	Progressive
Leader's seat	Nationwide at-large	Nationwide at-large	Nationwide at-large
Seats before	20	4	0
Seats after	13	8	2
Seat change	7	4	2
Popular vote	17,834,477	14,988,931	6,577,698
Percentage	45.1%	37.9%	16.6%
Swing	5.0%	6.2%	7.4%

Senate President before election

Eulogio Rodriguez
Nacionalista

Elected Senate President

Eulogio Rodriguez
Nacionalista

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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.

Results

Per candidate

**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

Per party

Party		Popular vote			Seats
Party		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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