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, leading to majority of the elected Nacionalista congressmen to defect to the Liberal Party. This led to Cornelio Villareal being elected Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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The elected representatives served in the 5th Congress from 1961 to 1965.
Electoral system
editThe House of Representatives has at most 120 seats, 104 seats for this election, all voted via first-past-the-post in single-member districts. Each province is guaranteed at least one congressional district, with more populous provinces divided into two or more districts.
Congress has the power of redistricting three years after each census.
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
| Nacionalista Party | 3,923,390 | 61.02 | −0.17 | 74 | −8 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,167,641 | 33.71 | +3.54 | 29 | +10 | |
| Nacionalista Party (independent) | 47,614 | 0.74 | +0.68 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberal Party (independent) | 40,220 | 0.63 | −0.44 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nationalist Citizens' Party | 7,837 | 0.12 | −2.73 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 243,110 | 3.78 | +1.44 | 1 | New | |
| Total | 6,429,812 | 100.00 | – | 104 | +2 | |
| Valid votes | 6,429,812 | 95.41 | +1.08 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 308,993 | 4.59 | −1.08 | |||
| Total votes | 6,738,805 | 100.00 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,483,568 | 79.43 | +3.91 | |||
| Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[2] and Teehankee[3] | ||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Quezon, Manuel III (2007-06-06). "An abnormal return to normality". PCIJ.org. Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook. Vol. 2: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford: Oxford University Press..
- ^ Teehankee, Julio (2002). "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). In Croissant, Aurel (ed.). Electoral Politics in Southeast and East Asia. Singapore: Fiedrich-Ebert-Siftung. pp. 149–202 – via quezon.ph.
- Paras, Corazon L. (2000). The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. Giraffe Books. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
- Pobre, Cesar P. (2000). Philippine Legislature 100 Years. Philippine Historical Association. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.
- Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-06.