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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.[1] 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.
Results[edit]
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Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
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| Nacionalista Party | 3,923,390 | 61.02 | −0.17 | 74 | −8 |
| Liberal Party | 2,167,641 | 33.71 | +3.54 | 29 | +10 |
| Independent Nacionalista | 47,614 | 0.74 | +0.68 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent Liberal | 40,220 | 0.63 | −0.44 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationalist Citizens' Party | 7,837 | 0.12 | −2.73 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 243,110 | 3.78 | +1.44 | 1 | New |
Total | 6,429,812 | 100.00 | – | 104 | +2 |
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Valid votes | 6,429,812 | 95.41 | +1.08 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 308,993 | 4.59 | −1.08 | |
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Total votes | 6,738,805 | 100.00 | – | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 8,483,568 | 79.43 | +3.91 | |
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Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[2] and Teehankee[3] |
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NP |
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61.02% |
LP |
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33.71% |
Others |
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5.27% |
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Seats |
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NP |
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71.15% |
LP |
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27.88% |
Others |
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0.96% |
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