The following is the official canvassing of votes by the Congress of the Philippines for the 1961 Philippine presidential election. The canvassing started on December 12, 1961, and ended on December 13, 1961.

Joint Committee The following are the members of the joint committee of the both houses of Congress which canvassed the returns for the presidential and vice presidential elections.

SenateCo-chairmanPartyArturo TolentinoNacionalistaMembersPartyAlejandro AlmendrasNacionalistaEstanislao FernandezLiberalOscar LedesmaNacionalistaRoseller T. LimNacionalistaFerdinand MarcosLiberalLorenzo SumulongNacionalista

House of RepresentativesCo-chairmanPartyDistrictConstancio CastañedaNacionalistaTarlac–2ndMembersPartyDistrictLaurentino BadellesNacionalistaLanaoVicente PeraltaNacionalistaSorsogon–2ndLorenzo TevesNacionalistaNegros Oriental–1stMarcelino VelosoNacionalistaLeyte–1stCornelio VillarealLiberalCapiz–2ndFelicisimo OcampoLiberalNueva Ecija–2nd

Presidential election

Province/CityMacapagalGarciaAbcedeVillanuevaLlanzaFloro Abra19,82613,5290000Agusan25,16129,4390000Aklan34,71226,3390000Albay65,30845,2470000Antique26,93025,3560000Bacolod City18,37712,8920000Baguio10,5395,1220000Basilan City6,5086,4770000Bataan27,28220,6940000Batanes2,0241,6041000Batangas89,46682,1015210Bohol34,807118,9200000Bukidnon17,43620,1040000Bulacan110,97084,9170000Butuan11,72216,7320000Cabanatuan11,0588,3390000Cagayan69,75727,5620000Cagayan de Oro8,3418,7340000Calbayog5,8498,8370000Camarines Norte29,56617,7450000Camarines Sur89,11565,8580010Capiz38,30927,3360000Catanduanes18,92419,9010000Cavite63,85230,9760000Cavite City9,1164,7250000Cebu58,015165,6680000Cebu City13,38648,6220000Cotabato81,38194,6590000Cotabato City4,3192,7070000Dagupan11,6528,9220000Davao47,82965,0630000Davao City22,46131,2320000Dumaguete4,3024,7510000Gingoog5,8103,2990000Iligan City6,3418,3640000Ilocos Norte57,00424,2510000Ilocos Sur77,19027,2230000Iloilo135,53274,6820000Iloilo City23,36125,3830000Isabela56,29928,3830000La Union66,77414,0270000Laguna60,98156,3370000Lanao del Norte19,40519,1190000Lanao del Sur29,62342,9130000Lapu-Lapu City2,7347,9320000Legazpi City8,7078,2900000Leyte91,72897,3380000Lipa City12,0647,1830000Lucena City7,7174,2500000Manila174,055119,0610000Marawi City4,1416,3130000Marinduque23,3789,2300000Masbate36,62331,8930000Misamis Occidental23,71728,3630000Misamis Oriental34,94825,7950000Mountain Province50,04120,6230000Naga City7,6455,5310000Negros Occidental108,39385,3860000Negros Oriental44,09054,0530000Nueva Ecija93,41656,7900000Nueva Vizcaya25,2768,0070000Occidental Mindoro12,98110,0960000Oriental Mindoro37,71621,2090000Ormoc City5,0888,1870000Ozamiz City4,9927,6620000Palawan21,84116,0770000Pampanga111,77645,2280000Pangasinan181,801122,3710000Pasay City15,39919,7700000Quezon99,44153,3640000Quezon City42,98928,8800000Rizal152,169108,2990000Romblon16,45219,0920000Roxas City8,6975,6310000Samar91,91876,1850000San Carlos City5,2557,1420000San Pablo City13,6397,5130000Silay City7,2725,3250000Sorsogon49,65739,6540000Southern Leyte23,26931,4190000Sulu28,01019,0560000Surigao del Norte24,48729,0380000Surigao del Sur21,35322,2900000Tacloban City7,0458,3940000Tagaytay City8247180000Tarlac80,11027,0180000Toledo City1,3908,9730000Trece Martires City431790000Zambales38,62022,3880000Zamboanga City13,67110,6050000Zamboanga del Norte27,53125,4980000Zamboanga del Sur33,13736,5800000Total3,554,8402,902,9667220Province/City MacapagalGarciaAbcedeVillanuevaLlanzaFloro

Vice presidential election

Province/CityPelaezOsmeñaPuyatJuta Abra15,0855,50812,0040Agusan22,92117,42213,2810Aklan19,38425,17615,6230Albay44,50128,56635,2060Antique21,50111,92218,0320Bacolod City8,28518,2274,4640Baguio7,5724,7743,2800Basilan City3,9956,0322,1640Bataan16,18916,01314,7750Batanes1,3419041,2460Batangas40,92272,03959,9000Bohol36,72037,03677,5470Bukidnon17,94611,4587,8940Bulacan83,96153,66454,6160Butuan9,54811,5497,1140Cabanatuan5,6155,5098,0640Cagayan39,56532,01424,0610Cagayan de Oro10,2813,5703,1910Calbayog4,8683,4306,1550Camarines Norte17,57018,69110,6260Camarines Sur56,54249,93746,4710Capiz31,12610,70122,3450Catanduanes17,2163,28418,0110Cavite42,55236,87315,3180Cavite City5,1287,5031,4620Cebu12,621147,41466,9730Cebu City7,55244,42510,8120Cotabato65,18258,63647,2340Cotabato City3,1702,6201,1140Dagupan9,6183,5137,2590Davao33,85258,75119,5670Davao City18,08326,4489,1270Dumaguete3,6632,4692,8700Gingoog6,3571,8388390Iligan City4,2887,2763,0480Ilocos Norte39,05415,88325,6900Ilocos Sur59,74215,16427,6320Iloilo84,46788,18833,5280Iloilo City18,27310,74119,5110Isabela31,10931,31721,2982La Union38,35233,6218,1750Laguna29,79156,62832,1010Lanao del Norte15,85514,8026,6510Lanao del Sur14,18915,63836,0220Lapu-Lapu City1,0287,6131,8660Legazpi City7,2823,3736,1260Leyte74,43937,42973,8610Lipa City4,8408,9675,1920Lucena City3,9945,6162,5710Manila129,595125,60739,0670Marawi City1,5323,0884,9930Marinduque9,76516,7095,6640Masbate19,80034,88612,2110Misamis Occidental24,24613,34113,7700Misamis Oriental41,8258,2339,9880Mountain Province28,70422,75016,7860Naga City4,4746,4132,2590Negros Occidental58,33786,67143,9660Negros Oriental32,03325,51539,0800Nueva Ecija54,14441,97650,7440Nueva Vizcaya10,06019,2203,7050Occidental Mindoro9,8036,9025,9800Oriental Mindoro21,06325,13511,4620Ormoc City4,0484,8004,3650Ozamiz City5,2194,9722,3990Palawan14,09411,35611,4770Pampanga61,66412,97880,3030Pangasinan146,37552,036103,2280Pasay City10,36819,2025,4830Quezon61,89547,02043,9390Quezon City32,33428,81610,8680Rizal100,657107,81850,5360Romblon15,4282,62617,3250Roxas City7,3291,8384,9490Samar69,55832,67261,6700San Carlos City1,8347,7112,7250San Pablo City5,36411,8494,4290Silay City5,1893,9202,8450Sorsogon34,45323,70329,7400Southern Leyte19,46921,15913,2780Sulu14,80314,22911,8510Surigao del Norte22,72012,67517,1110Surigao del Sur19,11512,69310,7220Tacloban City6,6591,5267,1050Tagaytay City5787941780Tarlac50,36231,54423,6300Toledo City4445,0384,9430Trece Martires City175300280Zambales20,13227,44512,9270Zamboanga City10,6126,9806,1000Zamboanga del Norte15,53823,82412,7910Zamboanga del Sur25,26629,84713,2800Total2,394,4002,190,4241,787,9872Province/City PelaezOsmeñaPuyatJuta

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