A senatorial election was held on November 14, 1961 in the
Philippines
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. The two candidates of the
Progressive Party Progressive Party may refer to:
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, guest candidates of the
Liberal Party
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, topped the election, while the Liberals themselves won four seats cutting the
Nacionalista Party's majority to 13 seats in the 24-seat
Philippine Senate
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.
Retiring incumbents
All incumbents defended their seats in this election.
Mid-term vacancies
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Claro M. Recto
Claro Mayo Recto Jr. (born Claro Recto y Mayo; February 8, 1890 – October 2, 1960) was a Filipino politician, jurist, and poet. He is remembered for his nationalism, for "the impact of his patriotic convictions on modern political though ...
(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
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concurrently with the next general election.
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Gil Puyat
Gil Juco Puyat Sr. (September 1, 1907 – March 23, 1980) was a Filipino politician and businessman who served as a Senator of the Philippines from 1951 until 1972, when President Ferdinand Marcos shut Congress down and declared Martial Law, a ...
(
Nacionalista),
ran for vice president and lost
Results
The
Liberal Party
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won four seats contested in the election, while the
Nacionalista Party and the
Liberal Party
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won two each.
Lorenzo Sumulong
Lorenzo Sumulong Sumulong Sr. (September 5, 1905 – October 21, 1997) was a Filipino politician who served in the Philippine Senate for four decades, and as a delegate of his country to the United Nations. He was noted for having engaged in a de ...
was the sole Nacionalista to successfully defend his seat. Liberal
Francisco Soc Rodrigo
Francisco "Soc" Aldana Rodrigo (January 29, 1914 – January 4, 1998) was a Filipino playwright, lawyer, broadcaster, and a Senator of the Philippines from 1955 to 1967.
In honor of in the struggle against the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, hi ...
, who originally was a Nacionalista, was the other senator to defend his seat.
Two Liberals are neophyte senators:
Gaudencio Antonino and
Maria Kalaw Katigbak
Maria Villanueva Katigbak ( Kalaw; February 14, 1912 – December 10, 1992) was a Filipina politician, journalist and beauty queen. She served as a Senator of the Philippines from 1961 to 1967 during the Fifth Congress.
Early life and educatio ...
. Also entering the Senate for the first time are Progressives
Manuel Manahan
Manuel Perez Manahan (January 1, 1916 – May 18, 1994) was a Filipino politician, journalist, businessman, and rural development advocate. He was a key government official during the administration of president Ramon Magsaysay, best known for h ...
and
Raul Manglapus
Raul Sevilla Manglapus (October 20, 1918 – July 25, 1999) was a prominent post–World War II Filipino politician and songwriter. He co-founded the reformist Progressive Party of the Philippines and the Christian Democratic Socialist Movement i ...
.
Camilo Osias, who last served in the Senate in 1953, won back a Senate seat as a Liberal.
Incumbent Nacionalista senators
Decoroso Rosales,
Domocao Alonto
Ahmad Domocao "Domie" Alangadi Alonto (August 1, 1914 – December 11, 2002) was a Muslim-Filipino lawyer, educator, author, traditional leader, and Islamic figure from Lanao del Sur.
He served as a Senator of the Philippines and was elected as a ...
,
Pacita Madrigal-Warns,
Pedro Sabido
Senator Pedro Sabido (born October 19, 1894, Polangui, Albay, Philippines – February 3, 1980) was born to Don Juan D. Sabido and Doña Maximina Ribaya.
Early life and education
He attended his elementary and high school studies at the Semina ...
, and
Quintin Paredes all lost.
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
Per party
See also
*
Commission on Elections
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*
5th Congress of the Philippines
References
External links
The Philippine Presidency ProjectOfficial website of the Commission on Elections
{{Philippine elections
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 (K ...
Senate election