The 1961 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on November 14, 1961. Incumbent president Carlos P. Garcia lost his bid for a second full term 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 the incumbent vice president defeated the incumbent president.
Results
President
Results by province and city Province/City Macapagal Garcia Abcede Villanueva Llanza Floro Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %Abra19,82659.4413,52940.5600.0000.0000.0000.00Agusan25,16146.0829,43953.9200.0000.0000.0000.00Aklan34,71256.8626,33943.1400.0000.0000.0000.00Albay65,30859.0745,24740.9300.0000.0000.0000.00Antique26,93051.5125,35648.4900.0000.0000.0000.00Bacolod18,37758.7712,89241.2300.0000.0000.0000.00Baguio10,53967.295,12232.7100.0000.0000.0000.00Basilan6,50850.126,47749.8800.0000.0000.0000.00Bataan27,28256.8720,69443.1300.0000.0000.0000.00Batanes2,02455.771,60444.2010.0300.0000.0000.00Batangas89,46652.1482,10147.8550.0020.0010.0000.00Bohol34,80722.64118,92077.3600.0000.0000.0000.00Bukidnon17,43646.4520,10453.5500.0000.0000.0000.00Bulacan110,97056.6584,91743.3500.0000.0000.0000.00Butuan11,72241.2016,73258.8000.0000.0000.0000.00Cabanatuan11,05857.018,33942.9900.0000.0000.0000.00Cagayan69,75771.6827,56228.3200.0000.0000.0000.00Cagayan de Oro8,34148.858,73451.1500.0000.0000.0000.00Calbayog5,84939.838,83760.1700.0000.0000.0000.00Camarines Norte29,56662.4917,74537.5100.0000.0000.0000.00Camarines Sur89,11557.5065,85842.5000.0000.0010.0000.00Capiz38,30958.3627,33641.6400.0000.0000.0000.00Catanduanes18,92448.7419,90151.2600.0000.0000.0000.00Cavite63,85267.3330,97632.6700.0000.0000.0000.00Cavite City9,11665.864,72534.1400.0000.0000.0000.00Cebu58,01525.94165,66874.0600.0000.0000.0000.00Cebu City13,38621.5948,62278.4100.0000.0000.0000.00Cotabato81,38146.2394,65953.7700.0000.0000.0000.00Cotabato City4,31961.472,70738.5300.0000.0000.0000.00Dagupan11,65256.638,92243.3700.0000.0000.0000.00Davao47,82942.3765,06357.6300.0000.0000.0000.00Davao City22,46141.8331,23258.1700.0000.0000.0000.00Dumaguete4,30247.524,75152.4800.0000.0000.0000.00Gingoog5,81063.783,29936.2200.0000.0000.0000.00Iligan6,34143.128,36456.8800.0000.0000.0000.00Ilocos Norte57,00470.1524,25129.8500.0000.0000.0000.00Ilocos Sur77,19073.9327,22326.0700.0000.0000.0000.00Iloilo135,53264.4774,68235.5300.0000.0000.0000.00Iloilo City23,36147.9325,38352.0700.0000.0000.0000.00Isabela56,29966.4828,38333.5200.0000.0000.0000.00La Union66,77482.6414,02717.3600.0000.0000.0000.00Laguna60,98151.9856,33748.0200.0000.0000.0000.00Lanao del Norte19,40550.3719,11949.6300.0000.0000.0000.00Lanao del Sur29,62340.8442,91359.1600.0000.0000.0000.00Lapu-Lapu City2,73425.637,93274.3700.0000.0000.0000.00Legazpi8,70751.238,29048.7700.0000.0000.0000.00Leyte91,72848.5297,33851.4800.0000.0000.0000.00Lipa12,06462.687,18337.3200.0000.0000.0000.00Lucena7,71764.494,25035.5100.0000.0000.0000.00Manila174,05559.38119,06140.6200.0000.0000.0000.00Marawi4,14139.616,31360.3900.0000.0000.0000.00Marinduque23,37871.699,23028.3100.0000.0000.0000.00Masbate36,62353.4531,89346.5500.0000.0000.0000.00Misamis Occidental23,71745.5428,36354.4600.0000.0000.0000.00Misamis Oriental34,94857.5325,79542.4700.0000.0000.0000.00Mountain Province50,04170.8220,62329.1800.0000.0000.0000.00Naga7,64558.025,53141.9800.0000.0000.0000.00Negros Occidental108,39355.9485,38644.0600.0000.0000.0000.00Negros Oriental44,09044.9254,05355.0800.0000.0000.0000.00Nueva Ecija93,41662.1956,79037.8100.0000.0000.0000.00Nueva Vizcaya25,27675.948,00724.0600.0000.0000.0000.00Occidental Mindoro12,98156.2510,09643.7500.0000.0000.0000.00Oriental Mindoro37,71664.0121,20935.9900.0000.0000.0000.00Ormoc5,08838.338,18761.6700.0000.0000.0000.00Ozamiz4,99239.457,66260.5500.0000.0000.0000.00Palawan21,84157.6016,07742.4000.0000.0000.0000.00Pampanga111,77671.1945,22828.8100.0000.0000.0000.00Pangasinan181,80159.77122,37140.2300.0000.0000.0000.00Pasay15,39943.7919,77056.2100.0000.0000.0000.00Quezon99,44165.0853,36434.9200.0000.0000.0000.00Quezon City42,98959.8228,88040.1800.0000.0000.0000.00Rizal152,16958.42108,29941.5800.0000.0000.0000.00Romblon16,45246.2919,09253.7100.0000.0000.0000.00Roxas City8,69760.705,63139.3000.0000.0000.0000.00Samar91,91854.6876,18545.3200.0000.0000.0000.00San Carlos5,25542.397,14257.6100.0000.0000.0000.00San Pablo13,63964.487,51335.5200.0000.0000.0000.00Silay7,27257.735,32542.2700.0000.0000.0000.00Sorsogon49,65755.6039,65444.4000.0000.0000.0000.00Southern Leyte23,26942.5531,41957.4500.0000.0000.0000.00Sulu28,01059.5119,05640.4900.0000.0000.0000.00Surigao del Norte24,48745.7529,03854.2500.0000.0000.0000.00Surigao del Sur21,35348.9322,29051.0700.0000.0000.0000.00Tacloban7,04545.638,39454.3700.0000.0000.0000.00Tagaytay82453.4471846.5600.0000.0000.0000.00Tarlac80,11074.7827,01825.2200.0000.0000.0000.00Toledo1,39013.418,97386.5900.0000.0000.0000.00Trece Martires43184.517915.4900.0000.0000.0000.00Zambales38,62063.3022,38836.7000.0000.0000.0000.00Zamboanga City13,67156.3110,60543.6900.0000.0000.0000.00Zamboanga del Norte27,53151.9225,49848.0800.0000.0000.0000.00Zamboanga del Sur33,13747.5336,58052.4700.0000.0000.0000.00Total3,554,84055.052,902,99644.9570.0020.0020.0000.00Source: Senate
Vice-President
Results by province and city Province/City Pelaez Osmeña Puyat Juta Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %Abra15,08546.285,50816.9012,00436.8300.00Agusan22,92142.7417,42232.4913,28124.7700.00Aklan19,38432.2125,17641.8315,62325.9600.00Albay44,50141.1028,56626.3835,20632.5200.00Antique21,50141.7911,92223.1718,03235.0400.00Bacolod8,28526.7518,22758.844,46414.4100.00Baguio7,57248.464,77430.553,28020.9900.00Basilan3,99532.776,03249.482,16417.7500.00Bataan16,18934.4616,01334.0914,77531.4500.00Batanes1,34138.4190425.901,24635.6900.00Batangas40,92223.6772,03941.6759,90034.6500.00Bohol36,72024.2737,03624.4877,54751.2500.00Bukidnon17,94648.1211,45830.727,89421.1600.00Bulacan83,96143.6753,66427.9154,61628.4100.00Butuan9,54833.8411,54940.947,11425.2200.00Cabanatuan5,61529.265,50928.718,06442.0300.00Cagayan39,56541.3732,01433.4724,06125.1600.00Cagayan de Oro10,28160.333,57020.953,19118.7200.00Calbayog4,86833.683,43023.736,15542.5900.00Camarines Norte17,57037.4718,69139.8610,62622.6600.00Camarines Sur56,54236.9749,93732.6546,47130.3800.00Capiz31,12648.5010,70116.6822,34534.8200.00Catanduanes17,21644.703,2848.5318,01146.7700.00Cavite42,55244.9136,87338.9215,31816.1700.00Cavite City5,12836.397,50353.241,46210.3700.00Cebu12,6215.56147,41464.9466,97329.5000.00Cebu City7,55212.0344,42570.7510,81217.2200.00Cotabato65,18238.1158,63634.2847,23427.6100.00Cotabato City3,17045.922,62037.951,11416.1400.00Dagupan9,61847.173,51317.237,25935.6000.00Davao33,85230.1858,75152.3819,56717.4400.00Davao City18,08333.7026,44849.299,12717.0100.00Dumaguete3,66340.692,46927.432,87031.8800.00Gingoog6,35770.371,83820.358399.2900.00Iligan4,28829.357,27649.793,04820.8600.00Ilocos Norte39,05448.4415,88319.7025,69031.8600.00Ilocos Sur59,74258.2615,16414.7927,63226.9500.00Iloilo84,46740.9788,18842.7733,52816.2600.00Iloilo City18,27337.6610,74122.1319,51140.2100.00Isabela31,10937.1631,31737.4021,29825.4420.00La Union38,35247.8533,62141.958,17510.2000.00Laguna29,79125.1456,62847.7832,10127.0800.00Lanao del Norte15,85542.5014,80239.686,65117.8300.00Lanao del Sur14,18921.5515,63823.7536,02254.7000.00Lapu-Lapu City1,0289.787,61372.461,86617.7600.00Legazpi7,28243.393,37320.106,12636.5100.00Leyte74,43940.0837,42920.1573,86139.7700.00Lipa4,84025.488,96747.205,19227.3300.00Lucena3,99432.795,61646.102,57121.1100.00Manila129,59544.04125,60742.6839,06713.2800.00Marawi1,53215.943,08832.124,99351.9400.00Marinduque9,76530.3816,70951.995,66417.6200.00Masbate19,80029.6034,88652.1512,21118.2500.00Misamis Occidental24,24647.2113,34125.9813,77026.8100.00Misamis Oriental41,82569.658,23313.719,98816.6300.00Mountain Province28,70442.0622,75033.3416,78624.6000.00Naga4,47434.036,41348.782,25917.1800.00Negros Occidental58,33730.8786,67145.8643,96623.2700.00Negros Oriental32,03333.1525,51526.4139,08040.4400.00Nueva Ecija54,14436.8741,97628.5850,74434.5500.00Nueva Vizcaya10,06030.5019,22058.273,70511.2300.00Occidental Mindoro9,80343.216,90230.435,98026.3600.00Oriental Mindoro21,06336.5325,13543.5911,46219.8800.00Ormoc4,04830.644,80036.334,36533.0400.00Ozamiz5,21941.454,97239.492,39919.0500.00Palawan14,09438.1711,35630.7511,47731.0800.00Pampanga61,66439.8012,9788.3880,30351.8300.00Pangasinan146,37548.5352,03617.25103,22834.2200.00Pasay10,36829.5819,20254.785,48315.6400.00Quezon61,89540.4947,02030.7643,93928.7500.00Quezon City32,33444.9028,81640.0110,86815.0900.00Rizal100,65738.86107,81841.6350,53619.5100.00Romblon15,42843.612,6267.4217,32548.9700.00Roxas City7,32951.921,83813.024,94935.0600.00Samar69,55842.4432,67219.9361,67037.6300.00San Carlos1,83414.957,71162.842,72522.2100.00San Pablo5,36424.7911,84954.754,42920.4600.00Silay5,18943.413,92032.792,84523.8000.00Sorsogon34,45339.2023,70326.9729,74033.8400.00Southern Leyte19,46936.1221,15939.2513,27824.6300.00Sulu14,80336.2114,22934.8011,85128.9900.00Surigao del Norte22,72043.2712,67524.1417,11132.5900.00Surigao del Sur19,11544.9412,69329.8410,72225.2100.00Tacloban6,65943.551,5269.987,10546.4700.00Tagaytay57837.2979451.2317811.4800.00Tarlac50,36247.7231,54429.8923,63022.3900.00Toledo4444.265,03848.334,94347.4100.00Trece Martires17534.7930059.64285.5700.00Zambales20,13233.2727,44545.3612,92721.3700.00Zamboanga City10,61244.796,98029.466,10025.7500.00Zamboanga del Norte15,53829.7923,82445.6812,79124.5300.00Zamboanga del Sur25,26636.9429,84743.6413,28019.4200.00Total2,394,40037.572,190,42434.371,787,98728.0620.00Source: Senate
See also Commission on Elections Politics of the Philippines Philippine elections President of the Philippines 5th Congress of the Philippines
References
External links The Philippine Presidency Project Official website of the Commission on Elections