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      • A senatorial election was held on November 14, 1961 in the Philippines. The two candidates of the Progressive Party, guest candidates of the Liberal Party, 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.


      Electoral system


      Philippine Senate elections are held via plurality block voting with staggered elections, with the country as an at-large district. The Senate has 24 seats, of which 8 seats are up every 2 years. The eight seats up were last contested in 1955; each voter has eight votes and can vote up to eight names, of which the eight candidates with the most votes winning the election.


      Retiring incumbents


      All incumbents defended their seats in this election.


      = Mid-term vacancies

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      Claro M. Recto (Nacionalista), died on October 2, 1960


      = Incumbents running elsewhere

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      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 concurrently with the next general election.

      Gil Puyat (Nacionalista), ran for vice president and lost


      Results


      The Liberal Party won four seats contested in the election, while the Nacionalista Party and the Progressive Party won two each.
      Lorenzo Sumulong was the sole Nacionalista to successfully defend his seat. Liberal Francisco Soc Rodrigo, who originally was a Nacionalista, was the other senator to defend his seat.
      Two Liberals are neophyte senators: Gaudencio Antonino and Maria Kalaw Katigbak. Also entering the Senate for the first time are Progressives Manuel Manahan and Raul Manglapus. 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, Pacita Madrigal-Warns, Pedro Sabido, 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

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      = Per party

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      Defeated incumbents


      Domocao Alonto (Nacionalista) ran as delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1970 and won
      Pacita Madrigal-Warns (Nacionalista) retired from politics
      Pedro Sabido (Nacionalista) retired from politics
      Quintin Paredes (Nacionalista) retired from politics
      Decoroso Rosales (Nacionalista) ran as delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1970 and won


      See also


      Commission on Elections
      5th Congress of the Philippines


      References




      External links


      The Philippine Presidency Project
      Official website of the Commission on Elections

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