Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1961

Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1961

November 14, 1961
All 104 seats in the House of Representatives 53 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Daniel Romualdez Cornelio Villareal Party Nacionalista Liberal Leader's seat Leyte–4th Capiz–2nd Last election 82 seats 19 seats Seats won 74 29 Seat change 8 10 Popular vote 3,923,390 2,167,641 Percentage 61.02% 33.71% Swing 0.16% 3.55%
Speaker before election Daniel Romualdez Nacionalista Elected Speaker Cornelio Villareal Liberal

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. However, Diosdado Macapagal of the opposition Liberal Party won the presidential election which led to majority of the elected Nacionalista congressman to switch sides to the Liberals. This led to Cornelio Villareal on being elected as Speaker of the House

The elected representatives will serve in the 5th Congress from 1961 to 1965.

Results

 Summary of the November 14, 1961 Philippine House of Representatives election results

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats won
		Total	%	Swing	Total	%	+/−
	Nacionalista	3,923,390	61.02%	0.16%	74	71.15%	8
	Liberal	2,167,641	33.71%	3.55%	29	27.88%	10
	Independent Liberal	47,614	0.74%	0.68%	0	0.00%
	Independent Nacionalista	40,220	0.63%	0.45%	0	0.00%
	NCP	7,837	0.12%	2.74%	0	0.00%	1
	Independent	243,110	3.78%	1.45%	1	0.96%	1
Totals		6,429,812	100.00%	--	104	100.00%	2
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See also

• 5th Congress of the Philippines