1961 Philippine House of Representatives elections
12th Philippine House of Representatives elections
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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.
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November 14, 1961
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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
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| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
| Nacionalista Party | 3,923,390 | 61.02 | −0.17 | 74 | −8 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,167,641 | 33.71 | +3.54 | 29 | +10 | |
| Nacionalista Party (independent) | 47,614 | 0.74 | +0.68 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberal Party (independent) | 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 | |
| Valid votes | 6,429,812 | 95.41 | +1.08 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 308,993 | 4.59 | −1.08 | |||
| Total votes | 6,738,805 | 100.00 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,483,568 | 79.43 | +3.91 | |||
| Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[2] and Teehankee[3] | ||||||