1961 Philippine Senate election

1961 Philippine Senate election

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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 4 3 New 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

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[edit]

All incumbents defended their seats in this election.

Mid-term vacancies[edit]

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

Incumbents running elsewhere[edit]

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[edit]

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.

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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[edit]

Per party[edit]

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats
					Up	Before	Won	After	+/−
	Nacionalista Party	17,834,477	45.07	−5.03	6	17	2	13	−4
	Liberal Party	14,988,940	37.88	+6.20	1	5	4	8	+3
	Progressive Party	6,577,698	16.62	+7.38	0	0	2	2	New
	Independent	171,262	0.43	−2.54	0	0	0	0	0
	Nationalist Citizens' Party				0	1	0	1	0
Vacancy					1	1	0	0	−1
Total		39,572,377	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.

See also[edit]

• Commission on Elections
• 5th Congress of the Philippines

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• The Philippine Presidency Project
• Official website of the Commission on Elections