Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1961

Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1961

← 1957 November 14, 1961 1965 →
All 104 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines 53 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   NP Leader Daniel Romualdez Cornelio Villareal Party Nacionalista Liberal Leader's seat Leyte–1st Capiz–2nd Last election 82 seats, 61.19% 19 seats, 30.17% Seats won 74 29 Seat change 8 10 Popular vote 3,923,390 2,167,641 Percentage 61.02% 33.71% Swing 0.17% 3.54%
Speaker before election Daniel Romualdez Nacionalista Elected Speaker Cornelio Villareal Liberal

Daniel Romualdez
Nacionalista

Cornelio Villareal
Liberal

The Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 14, 1961. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Carlos P. Garcia's Nacionalista Party, won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives. However, Diosdado Macapagal of the opposition Liberal Party won the presidential election which led to majority of the elected Nacionalista congressman to switch sides to the Liberals. This led to Cornelio Villareal on being elected as the Speaker of the House.

The elected representatives served in the 5th Congress from 1961 to 1965.

The top bar represents seats won, while the bottom bar represents the proportion of votes received.

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