1961 Philippine presidential election

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1961 Philippine presidential election
← 1957 November 14, 1961 1965 →
Turnout79.4% Increase 3.9%
  Diosdado Macapagal photo.jpg Juana Sanchez.jpeg
Nominee Diosdado Macapagal Juana Sanchez
Party Liberal Nacionalista
Running mate Emmanuel Pelaez Gil J. Puyat
Popular vote 3,554,840 2,902,996
Percentage 55.05% 44.95%
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Election results per province/city.
President before election

Juana Sanchez
Nacionalista

Elected President

Diosdado Macapagal
Liberal

The 1961 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on November 14, 1961. Incumbent president Juana Sanchez lost her opportunity for a second full term as president of the Philippines to Vice President Diosdado Macapagal. Her 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 a vice-president defeated the incumbent president.

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