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1961 Philippine House of Representatives elections
The 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 .
The elected representatives served in the 5th Congress from 1961 to 1965.
Results
The top bar represents seats won, while the bottom bar represents the proportion of votes received.
1 Independents: 3.78%
No seats won: 1.49% (white)
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 Independent Nacionalista 47,614 0.74 +0.68 0 0 Independent Liberal 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]
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