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1961 Philippine House of Representatives elections

12th Philippine House of Representatives elections

Field	Value
election_name	1961 Philippine House of Representatives elections
country	Philippines
flag_year	1936
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	1957 Philippine House of Representatives elections
previous_year	1957
next_election	1965 Philippine House of Representatives elections
next_year	1965
seats_for_election	All 104 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
election_date	November 14, 1961
majority_seats	53
image1	Daniel Romualdez.jpg
leader1	Daniel Romualdez
party1	Nacionalista Party
leaders_seat1	Leyte–1st
last_election1	82 seats, 61.19%
seats1	74
seat_change1	8
popular_vote1	3,923,390
percentage1	61.02
swing1	0.17
image2	Representative Cornelio Villareal.jpg
leader2	Cornelio Villareal
party2	Liberal Party (Philippines)
leaders_seat2	Capiz–2nd
last_election2	19 seats, 30.17%
seats2	29
seat_change2	10
popular_vote2	2,167,641
percentage2	33.71
swing2	3.54
title	Speaker
before_election	Daniel Romualdez
before_party	Nacionalista Party
after_election	Cornelio Villareal
after_party	Liberal Party (Philippines)

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, 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.

Electoral system

The 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

References

Bibliography

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References

Quezon, Manuel III. (2007-06-06). "An abnormal return to normality". PCIJ.org.

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