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1961 Philippine Senate election

17th Philippine senatorial election

17th Philippine senatorial election

FieldValue
election_name1961 Philippine Senate election
countryPhilippines
typelegislative
ongoingno
previous_election1959 Philippine Senate election
previous_year1959
next_election1963 Philippine Senate election
next_year1963
election_dateNovember 14, 1961
seats_for_election8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate
majority_seats13
image1Senate President Eulogio Rodriguez Sr.jpg
leader1Eulogio Rodriguez
party1Nacionalista Party
seats_before117 (6 up)
seats12
seats_after113
seat_change14
popular_vote117,834,477
percentage145.07
swing10.03
image2Senator Ferdinand E. Marcos.jpg
leader2Ferdinand Marcos
party2Liberal Party (Philippines)
seats_before25 (1 up)
seats24
seats_after28
seat_change23
popular_vote214,988,931
percentage237.88
swing29.58
image3Sen. Raul Manglapus.jpg
leader3Raul Manglapus
party3Progressive Party (Philippines)
seats_before30
seats32
seats_after32
seat_change32
popular_vote36,577,698
percentage316.62
swing33.99
titleSenate President
before_electionEulogio Rodriguez
before_partyNacionalista Party
after_electionEulogio Rodriguez
after_partyNacionalista Party

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.

Electoral system

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.

Retiring incumbents

All incumbents defended their seats in this election.

Mid-term vacancies

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

Incumbents running elsewhere

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

Results

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.

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

Per candidate

Per party

Defeated incumbents

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

References

References

  1. (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.
  2. [[Julio Teehankee]]. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines". quezon.ph.
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