1961 Philippine House of Representatives elections

12th Philippine House of Representatives elections 1961 Philippine House of Representatives elections Philippines 1936 legislative no 1957 Philippine House of Representatives elections 1957 1965 Philippine House of Representatives elections 1965 All 104 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines November 14, 1961 53 Daniel Romualdez.jpg Daniel Romualdez Nacionalista Party Leyte–1st 82 seats, 61.19% 74 8 3,923,390 61.02 0.17 Rep. Cornelio T. Villareal (6th Congress).jpg Cornelio Villareal Liberal Party (Philippines) Capiz–2nd 19 seats, 30.17% 29 10 2,167,641 33.71 3.54 Speaker Daniel Romualdez Nacionalista Party Cornelio Villareal 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.An abnormal return to normality Manuel III Quezon Manuel Quezon III http://pcij.org/stories/an-abnormal-return-to-normality/ PCIJ.org 2007-06-06 2010-12-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20101129022315/http://pcij.org/stories/an-abnormal-return-to-normality/ 2010-11-29 dead 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 Vote share #ddd 600px 410px NP Nacionalista Party 61.02 LP Liberal Party (Philippines) 33.71 Others gray 5.27 Seats #ddd 600px 410px NP Nacionalista Party 71.15 LP Liberal Party (Philippines) 27.88 Others gray 0.96 See also 5th Congress of the Philippines References Bibliography The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines 2000 971-8832-24-6 Paras Corazon L. Giraffe Books Pobre Cesar P. Philippine Legislature 100 Years 2000 Philippine Historical Association 971-92245-0-9 1961 Category:1961 elections in the Philippines Category:November 1961 in Asia