1961 Philippine Senate election
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A senatorial election was held on November 14, 1961 in the
Philippine Senate
.
Retiring incumbents
All incumbents defended their seats in this election.
Mid-term vacancies
- 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.
Results
The Liberal Party won four seats contested in the election, while the Nacionalista Party and the Progressive Party won two each.
Francisco Soc Rodrigo
, who originally was a Nacionalista, was the other senator to defend his seat.
Two Liberals are neophyte senators:
Camilo Osias
, who last served in the Senate in 1953, won back a Senate seat as a Liberal.
Incumbent Nacionalista senators
Quintin Paredes
all lost.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | |
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| Before election | ‡ | ‡^ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||||||||||||||
| Election result | Not up | LP | PPP | NP | Not up | |||||||||||||||||||
| After election | √ | + | + | + | + | + | * | √ | ||||||||||||||||
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Key:
- ‡ 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
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Jose E. Romero | Nacionalista Party | 973,612 | 14.45 | |
| Agustin Marking | Independent | 127,820 | 1.90 | |
| Francisco Ofemaria | Independent | 41,084 | 0.61 | |
| Ernesto Hidalgo | Independent | 1,878 | 0.03 | |
| Leon Javinez Sr. | Independent | 339 | 0.01 | |
| Jose Briones | Independent | 141 | 0.00 | |
| Total | 39,572,368 | 100.00 | ||
| Total votes | 6,738,805 | – | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,483,568 | 79.43 | ||
- ^ a b Guest candidate of the Liberal Party
Per party
Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. |
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See also
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