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.[ 1]
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.[ 1]
Presidential election [ edit ]
Candidate Party Votes % Diosdado Macapagal Liberal Party 3,554,840 55.05 Carlos P. Garcia Nacionalista Party 2,902,996 44.95 Alfredo Abcede Federal Party 7 0.00 German P. Villanueva Independent 2 0.00 Gregorio L. Llanza Independent 2 0.00 Praxedes Floro Independent 0 0.00 Total 6,457,847 100.00 Valid votes 6,457,847 95.83 Invalid/blank votes 280,988 4.17 Total votes 6,738,835 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 8,483,568 79.43 Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[ 2]
Province /City
Macapagal
Garcia
Abcede
Villanueva
Llanza
Floro
Abra
19,826
13,529
0
0
0
0
Agusan
25,161
29,439
0
0
0
0
Aklan
34,712
26,339
0
0
0
0
Albay
65,308
45,247
0
0
0
0
Antique
26,930
25,356
0
0
0
0
Bacolod City
18,377
12,892
0
0
0
0
Baguio
10,539
5,122
0
0
0
0
Basilan City
6,508
6,477
0
0
0
0
Bataan
27,282
20,694
0
0
0
0
Batanes
2,024
1,604
1
0
0
0
Batangas
89,466
82,101
5
2
1
0
Bohol
34,807
118,920
0
0
0
0
Bukidnon
17,436
20,104
0
0
0
0
Bulacan
110,970
84,917
0
0
0
0
Butuan
11,722
16,732
0
0
0
0
Cabanatuan
11,058
8,339
0
0
0
0
Cagayan
69,757
27,562
0
0
0
0
Cagayan de Oro
8,341
8,734
0
0
0
0
Calbayog
5,849
8,837
0
0
0
0
Camarines Norte
29,566
17,745
0
0
0
0
Camarines Sur
89,115
65,858
0
0
1
0
Capiz
38,309
27,336
0
0
0
0
Catanduanes
18,924
19,901
0
0
0
0
Cavite
63,852
30,976
0
0
0
0
Cavite City
9,116
4,725
0
0
0
0
Cebu
58,015
165,668
0
0
0
0
Cebu City
13,386
48,622
0
0
0
0
Cotabato
81,381
94,659
0
0
0
0
Cotabato City
4,319
2,707
0
0
0
0
Dagupan
11,652
8,922
0
0
0
0
Davao
47,829
65,063
0
0
0
0
Davao City
22,461
31,232
0
0
0
0
Dumaguete
4,302
4,751
0
0
0
0
Gingoog
5,810
3,299
0
0
0
0
Iligan City
6,341
8,364
0
0
0
0
Ilocos Norte
57,004
24,251
0
0
0
0
Ilocos Sur
77,190
27,223
0
0
0
0
Iloilo
135,532
74,682
0
0
0
0
Iloilo City
23,361
25,383
0
0
0
0
Isabela
56,299
28,383
0
0
0
0
La Union
66,774
14,027
0
0
0
0
Laguna
60,981
56,337
0
0
0
0
Lanao del Norte
19,405
19,119
0
0
0
0
Lanao del Sur
29,623
42,913
0
0
0
0
Lapu-Lapu City
2,734
7,932
0
0
0
0
Legazpi City
8,707
8,290
0
0
0
0
Leyte
91,728
97,338
0
0
0
0
Lipa City
12,064
7,183
0
0
0
0
Lucena City
7,717
4,250
0
0
0
0
Manila
174,055
119,061
0
0
0
0
Marawi City
4,141
6,313
0
0
0
0
Marinduque
23,378
9,230
0
0
0
0
Masbate
36,623
31,893
0
0
0
0
Misamis Occidental
23,717
28,363
0
0
0
0
Misamis Oriental
34,948
25,795
0
0
0
0
Mountain Province
50,041
20,623
0
0
0
0
Naga City
7,645
5,531
0
0
0
0
Negros Occidental
108,393
85,386
0
0
0
0
Negros Oriental
44,090
54,053
0
0
0
0
Nueva Ecija
93,416
56,790
0
0
0
0
Nueva Vizcaya
25,276
8,007
0
0
0
0
Occidental Mindoro
12,981
10,096
0
0
0
0
Oriental Mindoro
37,716
21,209
0
0
0
0
Ormoc City
5,088
8,187
0
0
0
0
Ozamiz City
4,992
7,662
0
0
0
0
Palawan
21,841
16,077
0
0
0
0
Pampanga
111,776
45,228
0
0
0
0
Pangasinan
181,801
122,371
0
0
0
0
Pasay City
15,399
19,770
0
0
0
0
Quezon
99,441
53,364
0
0
0
0
Quezon City
42,989
28,880
0
0
0
0
Rizal
152,169
108,299
0
0
0
0
Romblon
16,452
19,092
0
0
0
0
Roxas City
8,697
5,631
0
0
0
0
Samar
91,918
76,185
0
0
0
0
San Carlos City
5,255
7,142
0
0
0
0
San Pablo City
13,639
7,513
0
0
0
0
Silay City
7,272
5,325
0
0
0
0
Sorsogon
49,657
39,654
0
0
0
0
Southern Leyte
23,269
31,419
0
0
0
0
Sulu
28,010
19,056
0
0
0
0
Surigao del Norte
24,487
29,038
0
0
0
0
Surigao del Sur
21,353
22,290
0
0
0
0
Tacloban City
7,045
8,394
0
0
0
0
Tagaytay City
824
718
0
0
0
0
Tarlac
80,110
27,018
0
0
0
0
Toledo City
1,390
8,973
0
0
0
0
Trece Martires City
431
79
0
0
0
0
Zambales
38,620
22,388
0
0
0
0
Zamboanga City
13,671
10,605
0
0
0
0
Zamboanga del Norte
27,531
25,498
0
0
0
0
Zamboanga del Sur
33,137
36,580
0
0
0
0
Total
3,554,840
2,902,966
7
2
2
0
Province /City
Macapagal
Garcia
Abcede
Villanueva
Llanza
Floro
Vice presidential election [ edit ]
Candidate Party Votes % Emmanuel Pelaez Liberal Party 2,394,400 37.57 Sergio Osmeña Jr. Independent 2,190,424 34.37 Gil Puyat Nacionalista Party 1,787,987 28.06 Chencay Reyes Juta Dominion Status Party 2 0.00 Total 6,372,813 100.00 Valid votes 6,372,813 94.57 Invalid/blank votes 365,992 5.43 Total votes 6,738,805 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 8,483,568 79.43 Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[ 3]
Province /City
Pelaez
Osmeña
Puyat
Juta
Abra
15,085
5,508
12,004
0
Agusan
22,921
17,422
13,281
0
Aklan
19,384
25,176
15,623
0
Albay
44,501
28,566
35,206
0
Antique
21,501
11,922
18,032
0
Bacolod City
8,285
18,227
4,464
0
Baguio
7,572
4,774
3,280
0
Basilan City
3,995
6,032
2,164
0
Bataan
16,189
16,013
14,775
0
Batanes
1,341
904
1,246
0
Batangas
40,922
72,039
59,900
0
Bohol
36,720
37,036
77,547
0
Bukidnon
17,946
11,458
7,894
0
Bulacan
83,961
53,664
54,616
0
Butuan
9,548
11,549
7,114
0
Cabanatuan
5,615
5,509
8,064
0
Cagayan
39,565
32,014
24,061
0
Cagayan de Oro
10,281
3,570
3,191
0
Calbayog
4,868
3,430
6,155
0
Camarines Norte
17,570
18,691
10,626
0
Camarines Sur
56,542
49,937
46,471
0
Capiz
31,126
10,701
22,345
0
Catanduanes
17,216
3,284
18,011
0
Cavite
42,552
36,873
15,318
0
Cavite City
5,128
7,503
1,462
0
Cebu
12,621
147,414
66,973
0
Cebu City
7,552
44,425
10,812
0
Cotabato
65,182
58,636
47,234
0
Cotabato City
3,170
2,620
1,114
0
Dagupan
9,618
3,513
7,259
0
Davao
33,852
58,751
19,567
0
Davao City
18,083
26,448
9,127
0
Dumaguete
3,663
2,469
2,870
0
Gingoog
6,357
1,838
839
0
Iligan City
4,288
7,276
3,048
0
Ilocos Norte
39,054
15,883
25,690
0
Ilocos Sur
59,742
15,164
27,632
0
Iloilo
84,467
88,188
33,528
0
Iloilo City
18,273
10,741
19,511
0
Isabela
31,109
31,317
21,298
2
La Union
38,352
33,621
8,175
0
Laguna
29,791
56,628
32,101
0
Lanao del Norte
15,855
14,802
6,651
0
Lanao del Sur
14,189
15,638
36,022
0
Lapu-Lapu City
1,028
7,613
1,866
0
Legazpi City
7,282
3,373
6,126
0
Leyte
74,439
37,429
73,861
0
Lipa City
4,840
8,967
5,192
0
Lucena City
3,994
5,616
2,571
0
Manila
129,595
125,607
39,067
0
Marawi City
1,532
3,088
4,993
0
Marinduque
9,765
16,709
5,664
0
Masbate
19,800
34,886
12,211
0
Misamis Occidental
24,246
13,341
13,770
0
Misamis Oriental
41,825
8,233
9,988
0
Mountain Province
28,704
22,750
16,786
0
Naga City
4,474
6,413
2,259
0
Negros Occidental
58,337
86,671
43,966
0
Negros Oriental
32,033
25,515
39,080
0
Nueva Ecija
54,144
41,976
50,744
0
Nueva Vizcaya
10,060
19,220
3,705
0
Occidental Mindoro
9,803
6,902
5,980
0
Oriental Mindoro
21,063
25,135
11,462
0
Ormoc City
4,048
4,800
4,365
0
Ozamiz City
5,219
4,972
2,399
0
Palawan
14,094
11,356
11,477
0
Pampanga
61,664
12,978
80,303
0
Pangasinan
146,375
52,036
103,228
0
Pasay City
10,368
19,202
5,483
0
Quezon
61,895
47,020
43,939
0
Quezon City
32,334
28,816
10,868
0
Rizal
100,657
107,818
50,536
0
Romblon
15,428
2,626
17,325
0
Roxas City
7,329
1,838
4,949
0
Samar
69,558
32,672
61,670
0
San Carlos City
1,834
7,711
2,725
0
San Pablo City
5,364
11,849
4,429
0
Silay City
5,189
3,920
2,845
0
Sorsogon
34,453
23,703
29,740
0
Southern Leyte
19,469
21,159
13,278
0
Sulu
14,803
14,229
11,851
0
Surigao del Norte
22,720
12,675
17,111
0
Surigao del Sur
19,115
12,693
10,722
0
Tacloban City
6,659
1,526
7,105
0
Tagaytay City
578
794
178
0
Tarlac
50,362
31,544
23,630
0
Toledo City
444
5,038
4,943
0
Trece Martires City
175
300
28
0
Zambales
20,132
27,445
12,927
0
Zamboanga City
10,612
6,980
6,100
0
Zamboanga del Norte
15,538
23,824
12,791
0
Zamboanga del Sur
25,266
29,847
13,280
0
Total
2,394,400
2,190,424
1,787,987
2
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Pelaez
Osmeña
Puyat
Juta
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