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 (6 up) 5 (1 up) 0 Seats won 2 4 2 Seats after 13 8 2 Seat change 4 3 2 Popular vote 17,834,477 14,988,931 6,577,698 Percentage 45.07 37.88 16.62 Swing 0.03 9.58 3.99
Senate President before election Eulogio Rodriguez Nacionalista Elected Senate President Eulogio Rodriguez Nacionalista

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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.

Philippine Senate elections are held via plurality block voting with staggered elections, with the country as an at-large district. The Senate has 24 seats, of which 8 seats are up every 2 years. The eight seats up were last contested in 1955; each voter has eight votes and can vote up to eight names, of which the eight candidates with the most votes winning the election.

All incumbents defended their seats in this election.

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

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

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.

Key:

• ‡ Seats up
• + Gained by a party from another party
• √ Held by the incumbent
• * Held by the same party with a new senator
• ^ Vacancy

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.

• Domocao Alonto (Nacionalista) ran as delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1970 and won
• Pacita Madrigal-Warns (Nacionalista) retired from politics
• Pedro Sabido (Nacionalista) retired from politics
• Quintin Paredes (Nacionalista) retired from politics
• Decoroso Rosales (Nacionalista) ran as delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1970 and won

• Commission on Elections
• 5th Congress of the Philippines

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