1961 Philippine Senate election

1961 Philippine Senate election

← 1959 November 14, 1961 1963 →

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
Seats before 17 5 0
Seats after 13 8 2
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 3 New
Popular vote 17,834,477 14,988,931 6,577,698
Percentage 45.1% 37.9% 16.6%
Swing Decrease 5.0% Increase 6.2% Increase 7.4%

Senate President before election

Eulogio Rodriguez
Nacionalista

Elected Senate President

Eulogio Rodriguez
Nacionalista

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.

Retiring incumbents

All incumbents defended their seats in this election.

Mid-term vacancies

  1. Claro M. Recto (Nacionalista), died on October 2, 1960

Incumbents running elsewhere

These ran in the middle of their Senate terms. For those losing in their respective elections, they can still return to the Senate to serve out their term, while the winners will vacate their Senate seats, then it would have been contested in a special election concurrently with the next general election.

  1. Gil Puyat (Nacionalista), ran for vice president and lost

Results

The Liberal Party won four seats contested in the election, while the Nacionalista Party and the Liberal Party won two each.

Lorenzo Sumulong was the sole Nacionalista to successfully defend his seat. Liberal Francisco Soc Rodrigo, who originally was a Nacionalista, was the other senator to defend his seat.

Two Liberals are neophyte senators: Gaudencio Antonino and Maria Kalaw Katigbak. Also entering the Senate for the first time are Progressives Manuel Manahan and Raul Manglapus. Camilo Osias, who last served in the Senate in 1953, won back a Senate seat as a Liberal.

Incumbent Nacionalista senators Decoroso Rosales, Domocao Alonto, Pacita Madrigal-Warns, Pedro Sabido, and Quintin Paredes all lost.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Before election ‡^
Election result Not up LP PPP NP Not up
After election + + + + + *

Key:

  • ‡ Seats up
  • + Gained by a party from another party
  • √ Held by the incumbent
  • * Held by the same party with a new senator
  • ^ Vacancy

Per candidate

e • d Summary of the November 14, 1961 Philippine Senate election result
Rank Candidate Party 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 San Andres 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 Liberal Party's guest candidate

Per party

PartyVotes%+/–Seats
UpBeforeWonAfter+/−
Nacionalista Party17,834,47745.07−5.03617213−4
Liberal Party14,988,94037.88+6.201548+3
Progressive Party6,577,69816.62+7.380022New
Independent171,2620.43−2.5400000
Nationalist Citizens' Party01010
Vacancy1100−1
Total39,572,377100.008248240
Total votes6,738,805
Registered voters/turnout8,483,56879.43
Source: Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos (15 November 2001).
Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific
. OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780199249596.

& Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph.
Vote share
NP
45.07%
LP
37.88%
PPP
16.62%
Others
0.43%
Senate seats
NP
25.00%
LP
50.00%
PPP
25.00%
Others
0.00%

See also


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