1961 Philippine Senate election
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 .
Retiring incumbents
All incumbents defended their seats in this election.
Mid-term vacancies
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.
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 Progressive 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.
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Election result
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Per candidate
Candidate Party Votes % Raul Manglapus Party for Philippine Progress [a] 3,489,658 51.78 Manuel Manahan Party for Philippine Progress [a] 3,088,040 45.82 Lorenzo Sumulong Nacionalista Party 2,817,228 41.81 Soc Rodrigo Liberal Party 2,710,322 40.22 Gaudencio Antonino Liberal Party 2,636,420 39.12 Camilo Osías Liberal Party 2,634,783 39.10 Maria Kalaw Katigbak Liberal Party 2,546,147 37.78 Jose Roy Nacionalista Party 2,443,110 36.25 Tecla San Andres Ziga Liberal Party 2,318,518 34.41 Quintin Paredes Nacionalista Party 2,206,064 32.74 Pacita Madrigal-Gonzales Nacionalista Party 2,172,260 32.24 Cesar Climaco Liberal Party 2,142,741 31.80 Domocao Alonto Nacionalista Party 1,877,698 27.86 Decoroso Rosales Nacionalista Party 1,863,560 27.65 Pedro Sabido Nacionalista Party 1,746,698 25.92 Angel Castaño Nacionalista Party 1,734,247 25.74 Jose E. Romero Nacionalista Party 973,612 14.45 Agustin Marking Independent 127,820 1.90 Francisco Ofemaria Independent 41,084 0.61 Ernesto Hidalgo Independent 1,878 0.03 Leon Javinez Sr. Independent 339 0.01 Jose Briones Independent 141 0.00 Total 39,572,368 100.00 Total votes 6,738,805 – Registered voters/turnout 8,483,568 79.43
Per party
Party Votes % +/– Seats Up Before Won After +/− Nacionalista Party 17,834,477 45.07 +0.03 6 17 2 13 −4 Liberal Party 14,988,931 37.88 +9.58 1 5 4 8 +3 Party for Philippine Progress 6,577,698 16.62 −3.99 0 0 2 2 New Independent 171,262 0.43 +0.39 0 0 0 0 0 Nationalist Citizens' Party 0 1 0 1 0 Vacancy 1 1 0 0 −1 Total 39,572,368 100.00 – 8 24 8 24 0 Total votes 6,738,805 – Registered voters/turnout 8,483,568 79.43 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%
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