1961_Philippine_presidential_election

1961 Philippine presidential election
Turnout	79.4% 3.9%
	Election results per province/city.
President before election; Carlos P. Garcia; Nacionalista	Elected President ; Diosdado Macapagal; Liberal
	1961 Philippine vice presidential election
	Election results per province/city.
Vice President before election; Diosdado Macapagal; Liberal	Elected Vice President ; Emmanuel Pelaez; Liberal

1961 Philippine presidential election

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The 1961 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on November 14, 1961. Incumbent president Carlos P. Garcia lost his opportunity for a second full term as president of the Philippines to Vice President Diosdado Macapagal. His running mate, Senator Gil J. Puyat, lost to Senator Emmanuel Pelaez. Six candidates ran for president, four of whom got nine votes nationwide together. This was the only election in Philippine electoral history in which a vice-president defeated the incumbent president.

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Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos.
Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific.

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Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos.
Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific.

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Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Diosdado Macapagal	Liberal Party	3,554,840	55.05
	Carlos P. Garcia	Nacionalista Party	2,902,996	44.95
	Alfredo Abcede	Federal Party	7	0.00
	German P. Villanueva	Independent	2	0.00
	Gregorio L. Llanza	Independent	2	0.00
	Praxedes Floro	Independent	0	0.00
Total			6,457,847	100.00

Valid votes			6,457,847	95.83
Invalid/blank votes			280,988	4.17
Total votes			6,738,835	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			8,483,568	79.43
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos^[1]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Emmanuel Pelaez	Liberal Party	2,394,400	37.57
	Sergio Osmeña Jr.	Independent	2,190,424	34.37
	Gil Puyat	Nacionalista Party	1,787,987	28.06
	Chencay Reyes Juta	Dominion Status Party	2	0.00
Total			6,372,813	100.00

Valid votes			6,372,813	94.57
Invalid/blank votes			365,992	5.43
Total votes			6,738,805	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			8,483,568	79.43
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos^[2]

1961_Philippine_presidential_election

1961 Philippine presidential election

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