1961 Philippine presidential election

1961 Philippine presidential election
November 14, 1961
Turnout79.4% (3.9pp)
 
Nominee Diosdado Macapagal Carlos P. Garcia
Party Liberal Nacionalista
Running mate Emmanuel Pelaez Gil J. Puyat
Popular vote 3,554,840 2,902,996
Percentage 55.05% 44.95%
Election results per province/city.
President before election

Carlos P. Garcia
Nacionalista

Elected President

Diosdado Macapagal
Liberal

1961 Philippine vice presidential election
November 14, 1961
 
Candidate Emmanuel Pelaez Sergio Osmeña Jr. Gil Puyat
Party Liberal Independent Nacionalista
Popular vote 2,394,400 2,190,424 1,787,987
Percentage 37.57% 34.37% 28.06%
Election results per province/city.
Vice President before election

Diosdado Macapagal
Liberal

Elected Vice President

Emmanuel Pelaez
Liberal

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The 1961 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on November 14, 1961.[1] Incumbent president Carlos P. Garcia lost his opportunity for a second full term as president of the Philippines to Vice President Diosdado Macapagal.[2] His running mate, Senator Gil J. Puyat, lost to Senator Emmanuel Pelaez. Six candidates ran for president, four of whom got nine votes nationwide together. This was the only election in Philippine electoral history in which a vice-president defeated the incumbent president.

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Diosdado MacapagalLiberal Party3,554,84055.05
Carlos P. Garcia
(incumbent)		Nacionalista Party2,902,99644.95
Alfredo AbcedeFederal Party70.00
German F. VillanuevaIndependent20.00
Gregorio L. LlanzaIndependent20.00
Praxedes FloroIndependent00.00
Total6,457,847100.00
Valid votes6,457,84795.83
Invalid/blank votes280,9884.17
Total votes6,738,835100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,483,56879.43
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[3]
Popular vote
Macapagal
 
 55.05%
Garcia
 
 44.95%

Results by province and city

Province/City Macapagal Garcia Abcede Villanueva Llanza Floro
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Abra 19,826 59.44 13,529 40.56 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Agusan 25,161 46.08 29,439 53.92 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Aklan 34,712 56.86 26,339 43.14 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Albay 65,308 59.07 45,247 40.93 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Antique 26,930 51.51 25,356 48.49 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Bacolod 18,377 58.77 12,892 41.23 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Baguio 10,539 67.29 5,122 32.71 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Basilan 6,508 50.12 6,477 49.88 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Bataan 27,282 56.87 20,694 43.13 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Batanes 2,024 55.77 1,604 44.20 1 0.03 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Batangas 89,466 52.14 82,101 47.85 5 0.00 2 0.00 1 0.00 0 0.00
Bohol 34,807 22.64 118,920 77.36 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Bukidnon 17,436 46.45 20,104 53.55 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Bulacan 110,970 56.65 84,917 43.35 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Butuan 11,722 41.20 16,732 58.80 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Cabanatuan 11,058 57.01 8,339 42.99 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Cagayan 69,757 71.68 27,562 28.32 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Cagayan de Oro 8,341 48.85 8,734 51.15 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Calbayog 5,849 39.83 8,837 60.17 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Camarines Norte 29,566 62.49 17,745 37.51 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Camarines Sur 89,115 57.50 65,858 42.50 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0.00 0 0.00
Capiz 38,309 58.36 27,336 41.64 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Catanduanes 18,924 48.74 19,901 51.26 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Cavite 63,852 67.33 30,976 32.67 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Cavite City 9,116 65.86 4,725 34.14 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Cebu 58,015 25.94 165,668 74.06 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Cebu City 13,386 21.59 48,622 78.41 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Cotabato 81,381 46.23 94,659 53.77 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Cotabato City 4,319 61.47 2,707 38.53 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Dagupan 11,652 56.63 8,922 43.37 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Davao 47,829 42.37 65,063 57.63 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Davao City 22,461 41.83 31,232 58.17 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Dumaguete 4,302 47.52 4,751 52.48 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Gingoog 5,810 63.78 3,299 36.22 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Iligan 6,341 43.12 8,364 56.88 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Ilocos Norte 57,004 70.15 24,251 29.85 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Ilocos Sur 77,190 73.93 27,223 26.07 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Iloilo 135,532 64.47 74,682 35.53 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Iloilo City 23,361 47.93 25,383 52.07 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Isabela 56,299 66.48 28,383 33.52 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
La Union 66,774 82.64 14,027 17.36 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Laguna 60,981 51.98 56,337 48.02 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Lanao del Norte 19,405 50.37 19,119 49.63 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Lanao del Sur 29,623 40.84 42,913 59.16 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Lapu-Lapu City 2,734 25.63 7,932 74.37 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Legazpi 8,707 51.23 8,290 48.77 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Leyte 91,728 48.52 97,338 51.48 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Lipa 12,064 62.68 7,183 37.32 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Lucena 7,717 64.49 4,250 35.51 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Manila 174,055 59.38 119,061 40.62 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Marawi 4,141 39.61 6,313 60.39 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Marinduque 23,378 71.69 9,230 28.31 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Masbate 36,623 53.45 31,893 46.55 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Misamis Occidental 23,717 45.54 28,363 54.46 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Misamis Oriental 34,948 57.53 25,795 42.47 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Mountain Province 50,041 70.82 20,623 29.18 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Naga 7,645 58.02 5,531 41.98 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Negros Occidental 108,393 55.94 85,386 44.06 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Negros Oriental 44,090 44.92 54,053 55.08 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Nueva Ecija 93,416 62.19 56,790 37.81 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Nueva Vizcaya 25,276 75.94 8,007 24.06 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Occidental Mindoro 12,981 56.25 10,096 43.75 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Oriental Mindoro 37,716 64.01 21,209 35.99 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Ormoc 5,088 38.33 8,187 61.67 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Ozamiz 4,992 39.45 7,662 60.55 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Palawan 21,841 57.60 16,077 42.40 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Pampanga 111,776 71.19 45,228 28.81 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Pangasinan 181,801 59.77 122,371 40.23 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Pasay 15,399 43.79 19,770 56.21 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Quezon 99,441 65.08 53,364 34.92 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Quezon City 42,989 59.82 28,880 40.18 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Rizal 152,169 58.42 108,299 41.58 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Romblon 16,452 46.29 19,092 53.71 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Roxas City 8,697 60.70 5,631 39.30 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Samar 91,918 54.68 76,185 45.32 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
San Carlos 5,255 42.39 7,142 57.61 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
San Pablo 13,639 64.48 7,513 35.52 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Silay 7,272 57.73 5,325 42.27 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Sorsogon 49,657 55.60 39,654 44.40 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Southern Leyte 23,269 42.55 31,419 57.45 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Sulu 28,010 59.51 19,056 40.49 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Surigao del Norte 24,487 45.75 29,038 54.25 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Surigao del Sur 21,353 48.93 22,290 51.07 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Tacloban 7,045 45.63 8,394 54.37 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Tagaytay 824 53.44 718 46.56 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Tarlac 80,110 74.78 27,018 25.22 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Toledo 1,390 13.41 8,973 86.59 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Trece Martires 431 84.51 79 15.49 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Zambales 38,620 63.30 22,388 36.70 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Zamboanga City 13,671 56.31 10,605 43.69 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Zamboanga del Norte 27,531 51.92 25,498 48.08 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Zamboanga del Sur 33,137 47.53 36,580 52.47 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Total 3,554,840 55.05 2,902,996 44.95 7 0.00 2 0.00 2 0.00 0 0.00
Source: Senate[4]

Vice-President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Emmanuel PelaezLiberal Party2,394,40037.57
Sergio Osmeña Jr.Independent2,190,42434.37
Gil PuyatNacionalista Party1,787,98728.06
Chencay Reyes JutaDominion Status Party20.00
Total6,372,813100.00
Valid votes6,372,81394.57
Invalid/blank votes365,9925.43
Total votes6,738,805100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,483,56879.43
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[5]
Popular vote
Pelaez
 
 37.57%
Osmeña
 
 34.37%
Puyat
 
 28.06%

Results by province and city

Province/City Pelaez Osmeña Puyat Juta
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Abra 15,085 46.28 5,508 16.90 12,004 36.83 0 0.00
Agusan 22,921 42.74 17,422 32.49 13,281 24.77 0 0.00
Aklan 19,384 32.21 25,176 41.83 15,623 25.96 0 0.00
Albay 44,501 41.10 28,566 26.38 35,206 32.52 0 0.00
Antique 21,501 41.79 11,922 23.17 18,032 35.04 0 0.00
Bacolod 8,285 26.75 18,227 58.84 4,464 14.41 0 0.00
Baguio 7,572 48.46 4,774 30.55 3,280 20.99 0 0.00
Basilan 3,995 32.77 6,032 49.48 2,164 17.75 0 0.00
Bataan 16,189 34.46 16,013 34.09 14,775 31.45 0 0.00
Batanes 1,341 38.41 904 25.90 1,246 35.69 0 0.00
Batangas 40,922 23.67 72,039 41.67 59,900 34.65 0 0.00
Bohol 36,720 24.27 37,036 24.48 77,547 51.25 0 0.00
Bukidnon 17,946 48.12 11,458 30.72 7,894 21.16 0 0.00
Bulacan 83,961 43.67 53,664 27.91 54,616 28.41 0 0.00
Butuan 9,548 33.84 11,549 40.94 7,114 25.22 0 0.00
Cabanatuan 5,615 29.26 5,509 28.71 8,064 42.03 0 0.00
Cagayan 39,565 41.37 32,014 33.47 24,061 25.16 0 0.00
Cagayan de Oro 10,281 60.33 3,570 20.95 3,191 18.72 0 0.00
Calbayog 4,868 33.68 3,430 23.73 6,155 42.59 0 0.00
Camarines Norte 17,570 37.47 18,691 39.86 10,626 22.66 0 0.00
Camarines Sur 56,542 36.97 49,937 32.65 46,471 30.38 0 0.00
Capiz 31,126 48.50 10,701 16.68 22,345 34.82 0 0.00
Catanduanes 17,216 44.70 3,284 8.53 18,011 46.77 0 0.00
Cavite 42,552 44.91 36,873 38.92 15,318 16.17 0 0.00
Cavite City 5,128 36.39 7,503 53.24 1,462 10.37 0 0.00
Cebu 12,621 5.56 147,414 64.94 66,973 29.50 0 0.00
Cebu City 7,552 12.03 44,425 70.75 10,812 17.22 0 0.00
Cotabato 65,182 38.11 58,636 34.28 47,234 27.61 0 0.00
Cotabato City 3,170 45.92 2,620 37.95 1,114 16.14 0 0.00
Dagupan 9,618 47.17 3,513 17.23 7,259 35.60 0 0.00
Davao 33,852 30.18 58,751 52.38 19,567 17.44 0 0.00
Davao City 18,083 33.70 26,448 49.29 9,127 17.01 0 0.00
Dumaguete 3,663 40.69 2,469 27.43 2,870 31.88 0 0.00
Gingoog 6,357 70.37 1,838 20.35 839 9.29 0 0.00
Iligan 4,288 29.35 7,276 49.79 3,048 20.86 0 0.00
Ilocos Norte 39,054 48.44 15,883 19.70 25,690 31.86 0 0.00
Ilocos Sur 59,742 58.26 15,164 14.79 27,632 26.95 0 0.00
Iloilo 84,467 40.97 88,188 42.77 33,528 16.26 0 0.00
Iloilo City 18,273 37.66 10,741 22.13 19,511 40.21 0 0.00
Isabela 31,109 37.16 31,317 37.40 21,298 25.44 2 0.00
La Union 38,352 47.85 33,621 41.95 8,175 10.20 0 0.00
Laguna 29,791 25.14 56,628 47.78 32,101 27.08 0 0.00
Lanao del Norte 15,855 42.50 14,802 39.68 6,651 17.83 0 0.00
Lanao del Sur 14,189 21.55 15,638 23.75 36,022 54.70 0 0.00
Lapu-Lapu City 1,028 9.78 7,613 72.46 1,866 17.76 0 0.00
Legazpi 7,282 43.39 3,373 20.10 6,126 36.51 0 0.00
Leyte 74,439 40.08 37,429 20.15 73,861 39.77 0 0.00
Lipa 4,840 25.48 8,967 47.20 5,192 27.33 0 0.00
Lucena 3,994 32.79 5,616 46.10 2,571 21.11 0 0.00
Manila 129,595 44.04 125,607 42.68 39,067 13.28 0 0.00
Marawi 1,532 15.94 3,088 32.12 4,993 51.94 0 0.00
Marinduque 9,765 30.38 16,709 51.99 5,664 17.62 0 0.00
Masbate 19,800 29.60 34,886 52.15 12,211 18.25 0 0.00
Misamis Occidental 24,246 47.21 13,341 25.98 13,770 26.81 0 0.00
Misamis Oriental 41,825 69.65 8,233 13.71 9,988 16.63 0 0.00
Mountain Province 28,704 42.06 22,750 33.34 16,786 24.60 0 0.00
Naga 4,474 34.03 6,413 48.78 2,259 17.18 0 0.00
Negros Occidental 58,337 30.87 86,671 45.86 43,966 23.27 0 0.00
Negros Oriental 32,033 33.15 25,515 26.41 39,080 40.44 0 0.00
Nueva Ecija 54,144 36.87 41,976 28.58 50,744 34.55 0 0.00
Nueva Vizcaya 10,060 30.50 19,220 58.27 3,705 11.23 0 0.00
Occidental Mindoro 9,803 43.21 6,902 30.43 5,980 26.36 0 0.00
Oriental Mindoro 21,063 36.53 25,135 43.59 11,462 19.88 0 0.00
Ormoc 4,048 30.64 4,800 36.33 4,365 33.04 0 0.00
Ozamiz 5,219 41.45 4,972 39.49 2,399 19.05 0 0.00
Palawan 14,094 38.17 11,356 30.75 11,477 31.08 0 0.00
Pampanga 61,664 39.80 12,978 8.38 80,303 51.83 0 0.00
Pangasinan 146,375 48.53 52,036 17.25 103,228 34.22 0 0.00
Pasay 10,368 29.58 19,202 54.78 5,483 15.64 0 0.00
Quezon 61,895 40.49 47,020 30.76 43,939 28.75 0 0.00
Quezon City 32,334 44.90 28,816 40.01 10,868 15.09 0 0.00
Rizal 100,657 38.86 107,818 41.63 50,536 19.51 0 0.00
Romblon 15,428 43.61 2,626 7.42 17,325 48.97 0 0.00
Roxas City 7,329 51.92 1,838 13.02 4,949 35.06 0 0.00
Samar 69,558 42.44 32,672 19.93 61,670 37.63 0 0.00
San Carlos 1,834 14.95 7,711 62.84 2,725 22.21 0 0.00
San Pablo 5,364 24.79 11,849 54.75 4,429 20.46 0 0.00
Silay 5,189 43.41 3,920 32.79 2,845 23.80 0 0.00
Sorsogon 34,453 39.20 23,703 26.97 29,740 33.84 0 0.00
Southern Leyte 19,469 36.12 21,159 39.25 13,278 24.63 0 0.00
Sulu 14,803 36.21 14,229 34.80 11,851 28.99 0 0.00
Surigao del Norte 22,720 43.27 12,675 24.14 17,111 32.59 0 0.00
Surigao del Sur 19,115 44.94 12,693 29.84 10,722 25.21 0 0.00
Tacloban 6,659 43.55 1,526 9.98 7,105 46.47 0 0.00
Tagaytay 578 37.29 794 51.23 178 11.48 0 0.00
Tarlac 50,362 47.72 31,544 29.89 23,630 22.39 0 0.00
Toledo 444 4.26 5,038 48.33 4,943 47.41 0 0.00
Trece Martires 175 34.79 300 59.64 28 5.57 0 0.00
Zambales 20,132 33.27 27,445 45.36 12,927 21.37 0 0.00
Zamboanga City 10,612 44.79 6,980 29.46 6,100 25.75 0 0.00
Zamboanga del Norte 15,538 29.79 23,824 45.68 12,791 24.53 0 0.00
Zamboanga del Sur 25,266 36.94 29,847 43.64 13,280 19.42 0 0.00
Total 2,394,400 37.57 2,190,424 34.37 1,787,987 28.06 2 0.00
Source: Senate[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Meadows, Martin (1962). "Philippine Political Parties and the 1961 Election". Pacific Affairs. 35 (3): 261–274. doi:10.2307/2753186. ISSN 0030-851X.
  2. ^ Soliven, Maximo V. (1962). "The Elections 1961". Philippine Studies. 10 (1): 3–31. ISSN 0031-7837.
  3. ^ Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos.
    Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific    .
  4. ^ a b Congressional Record - Senate: Fourth Congress of the Republic, Fourth Special Session, December 12, 1961. Manila, Philippines: Senate of the Philippines. 1961.
  5. ^ Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos.
    Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific    .
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