1987 Philippine Senate election

1987 Philippine Senate election
All 24 seats in the Senate; 13 seats needed for a majority
Senate President before election; Abolished; Last held by: Gil Puyat; Nacionalista	Elected Senate President ; Jovito Salonga; Liberal

The 1987 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 23rd election to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on Monday, May 11, 1987. The Philippine Senate was re-instituted following the approval of a new constitution in 1987 restoring the bicameral Congress of the Philippines; earlier, a constitution was approved in 1973 that created a unicameral Batasang Pambansa (parliament) that replaced the bicameral Congress. The last Senate election prior to this was the 1971 election.

The Lakas ng Bayan Coalition (LABAN) got 64.9% of the vote but won 22 out of 24 seats in the Senate; only two candidates from the Grand Alliance for Democracy won: former Secretary of National Defense Juan Ponce Enrile and San Juan Mayor Joseph Estrada, despite getting 26.6% of the vote.

Background[]

After Marcos was ousted in the People Power Revolution in 1986, his political party, the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, was fragmented. Almost all its members including Assemblymen Arturo Tolentino, Jose Rono, Nicanor Yniquez, Cesar Virata who were coming from the Nacionalista Party among others were orphaned.

On the other hand, the Aquino coalition took all positions in the Ministry/Cabinet. Most notable were Prime Minister Salvador Laurel, Local Government Minister Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and Executive Secretary Joker Arroyo.

The Lakas ng Bayan (LABAN) consists of the PDP–Laban headed by Local Government Minister Pimentel, the Lakas ng Bansa party headed by Assemblyman Ramon Mitra, the UNIDO, the Liberal Party headed by Senator Jovito Salonga, the National Union of Christian Democrats headed by Raul Manglapus, the Bayang Nagkakaisa sa Diwa at Layunin headed by Butz Aquino, Panaghusia and other pro-Cory regional parties

The GAD consists of the faction of the KBL headed by Assemblyman Arturo Tolentino, the Jose Roy faction of the Nacionalista Party headed by Renato Cayetano, the pre-1986 opposition leaders who defected from Aquino headed by Senator Eva Estrada-Kalaw, the Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas headed by Former Labor Minister Blas Ople, the Mindanao Alliance, the Muslim Federal Party and the Christian Social Democratic Party.

The UPP-KBL coalition was composed of pro-Marcos forces. This coalition included some GAD candidates as guest candidates, and was considered to be the loyalist politicians of the Marcos government.

The Left also put up a seven-man slate, under the Partido ng Bayan banner. These includes the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and its allied organizations.

Major Senate candidates[]

Administration coalition[]

Lakas ng Bayan	Party and Coalition
Heherson Alvarez	UNIDO
Edgardo Angara	Independent
Agapito Aquino	BANDILA
Arthur Defensor	UNIDO
Neptali Gonzales	UNIDO
Teofisto Guingona Jr.	Liberal
Ernesto Herrera	Liberal
Sotero Laurel	UNIDO
Jose Lina Jr.	UNIDO
Ernesto Maceda	PDP–Laban
Raul Manglapus	NUCD-UMDP
Orlando S. Mercado	Liberal
Vicente Paterno	UNIDO
John Henry Osmena	LABAN-Liberal
Aquilino Pimentel Jr.	PDP–Laban
Santanina Rasul	Liberal
Alberto Romulo	UNIDO
Rene Saguisag	Liberal
	UNIDO
Jovito Salonga	Liberal
Leticia Ramos-Shahani	UNIDO
Mamintal Tamano	UNIDO
Wigberto Tañada	Liberal
Victor Ziga	Liberal

Main opposition coalition[]

Grand Alliance for Democracy	Party and Coalition
	Muslim Federal Party
	Mindanao Alliance
Alejandro Almendras	KBL
Abul Khayr Alonto¹	UNIDO
Juan Ponce Enrile	Nacionalista
Joseph Estrada	Nacionalista
Rene Espina¹	UNIDO
¹	UNIDO
	Nacionalista
Eva Estrada-Kalaw¹	UNIDO
	Nacionalista
Vicente Magsaysay	KBL
	KBL
	KBL
Blas Ople	KBL
	Nacionalista
Zosimo Jesus Paredes II	KBL
	KBL
Isidro Rodriguez	Nacionalista
Roilo Golez	Independent
Lorenzo Teves	KBL
Arturo Tolentino	KBL
	KBL
Francisco Tatad	Independent

^1 defected from President Aquino

Other notable candidates[]

Union for Peace and Progress–Kilusang Bagong Lipunan




Joseph Estrada*
*



Vicente Magsaysay*
Mel Mathay

Vicente Millora
*


Rafael Recto
Isidro Rodriguez*
Nilo Tayag
Lorenzo Teves*
Arturo Tolentino*

Nicanor Yñiguez

*Guest candidate

Partido ng Bayan
Crispin Beltran
Jose Burgos
Bernabe Buscayno

Horacio Morales

Jaime Tadeo

Independent
Antonio Raquiza
Rodolfo Fariñas
Ramon Fernandez
Manuel Manahan
Elly Pamatong
Ramon Revilla Sr.

Results[]

The Lakas ng Bayan (LABAN) coalition won 22 seats, while the Grand Alliance for Democracy (GAD) won two.

Winners who had served in the 1935 constitution Senate were LABAN's Raul Manglapus, Ernesto Maceda, John Henry Osmeña, Jovito Salonga and Mamintal A.J. Tamano.

Winners who had served in the Batasang Pambansa were LABAN's Neptali Gonzales, Orlando S. Mercado, Aquilino Pimentel Jr., Alberto Romulo, and Victor ZIga, and GAD's Juan Ponce Enrile.

Winners who had neither served in the 1935 constitution Senate and in the 1973 constitution Batasang Pambansa were LABAN's Heherson Alvarez, Edgardo Angara, Butz Aquino, Teofisto Guingona Jr., Ernesto Herrera, Sotero Laurel, Joey Lina, Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Nina Rasul, Rene Saguisag and Wigberto Tañada, and GAD's Joseph Estrada.

The first 21 proclaimed winners were all seated on June 30, the day the terms start. The 22nd and 23rd senators were proclaimed a few days after June 30. Finally, the Commission on Elections, due to the tight race between GAD's Juan Ponce Enrile and LABAN's Augusto Sanchez, only declared the 24th winner by August.^[1]

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Before election	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^

Election result	LABAN																						GAD
After election	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Senate bloc	Majority bloc																						Min bloc

Key:

‡ Seats up
+ Gained by a party from another party
^ Vacancy

Tally of votes[]

• d Summary of the May 11, 1987, Philippine Senate election result
Rank	Candidate	Coalition		Votes	%
1	Jovito Salonga	LABAN	Liberal	12,988,360	57.1%
2	Agapito Aquino	LABAN	BANDILA	12,426,432	54.6%
3	Orlando S. Mercado	LABAN	Liberal	11,901,673	52.3%
4	John Henry Osmeña	LABAN	Liberal	11,299,102	49.7%
5	Edgardo Angara	LABAN	Independent	11,288,407	49.6%
6	Alberto Romulo	LABAN	UNIDO	11,119,193	48.9%
7	Leticia Ramos-Shahani	LABAN	UNIDO	11,089,340	48.8%
8	Rene Saguisag	LABAN	Liberal	10,871,850	47.8%
9	Neptali Gonzales	LABAN	UNIDO	10,855,796	47.7%
10	Joey Lina	LABAN	UNIDO	10,679,150	47.0%
11	Wigberto Tañada	LABAN	Liberal	10,420,831	45.8%
12	Heherson Alvarez	LABAN	UNIDO	10,288,113	45.2%
13	Sotero Laurel	LABAN	UNIDO	10,278,729	45.2%
14	Joseph Estrada	GAD	Nacionalista	10,029,978	44.1%
15	Teofisto Guingona Jr.	LABAN	Liberal	9,957,591	43.8%
16	Raul Manglapus	LABAN	NUCD	9,910,244	43.6%
17	Vicente Paterno	LABAN	PDP–Laban	9,647,680	42.4%
18	Victor San Andres Ziga	LABAN	Liberal	9,489,132	41.7%
19	Ernesto Maceda	LABAN	PDP–Laban	9,381,682	41.3%
20	Aquilino Pimentel Jr.	LABAN	PDP–Laban	9,042,696	39.8%
21	Ernesto Herrera	LABAN	Liberal	8,474,297	37.3%
22	Mamintal Tamano	LABAN	UNIDO	8,102,231	35.6%
23	Santanina Rasul	LABAN	Liberal	7,966,882	35.0%
24	Juan Ponce Enrile	GAD	Nacionalista	7,964,966	35.0%

25		LABAN	UNIDO	7,891,932	34.7%
26		LABAN	UNIDO	7,865,702	34.6%
27	Eva Estrada-Kalaw	GAD	UNIDO	6,922,810	30.4%
28		GAD	Nacionalista	6,859,307	30.2%
29	Alejandro Almendras	GAD	Nacionalista	6,317,107	27.8%
30	Blas Ople	GAD	KBL	5,736,911	25.2%
31	Arturo Tolentino	GAD	KBL	5,725,189	25.2%
32	Vicente Magsaysay	GAD	KBL	5,500,447	24.2%
33	Ramon Revilla Sr.		Independent	5,203,982	22.9%
34	Rene Espina	GAD	UNIDO	5,107,313	22.5%
35	Francisco Tatad	GAD	Independent	4,743,678	20.9%
36		GAD	Mindanao Alliance	4,657,782	20.6%
37	Roilo Golez	GAD	Independent	4,657,782	20.5%
38	Rafael Recto	KBL	KBL	3,277,088	14.4%
39		GAD	Nacionalista	3,131,226	13.8%
40		GAD	UNIDO	2,450,523	10.8%
41	Isidro Rodriguez	GAD	Nacionalista	2,326,937	10.2%
42		GAD	Nacionalista	2,168,086	9.5%
43	Abul Khayr Alonto	GAD	UNIDO	1,998,261	8.8%
44		GAD	Nacionalista	1,974,023	8.7%
45	Lorenzo Teves	GAD	KBL	1,790,962	7.9%
46	Zosimo Jesus Paredes II	GAD	KBL	1,786,271	7.9%
47	Rodolfo Fariñas	KBL	KBL	1,668,147	7.3%
48		GAD	KBL	1,660,100	7.3%
49		GAD	KBL	1,655,065	7.3%
50		KBL	KBL	1,559,353	6.9%
51		GAD	KBL	1,522,413	6.7%
52		KBL	KBL	1,501,159	6.6%
53	Nicanor Yñiguez	KBL	KBL	1,429,910	6.3%
54		GAD	Muslim Federal Party	1,372,920	6.0%
Total turnout				22,739,995	85.6%
Total votes				375,004,620	Voters x 12
Registered voters				26,569,539	100.0%
Note: a total of 84 candidates ran for senator.				Source:^[2]

Per party[]


Party		Votes	%	Seats

	Lakas ng Bayan	243,431,395	64.91	22
	Grand Alliance for Democracy	99,754,162	26.60	2
	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	16,356,441	4.36	0
	Partido ng Bayan	8,532,855	2.28	0
	Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas	55,519	0.01	0
	Independent	6,874,428	1.83	0
Total		375,004,800	100.00	24

Total votes		22,739,995	–
Registered voters/turnout		26,569,539	85.59

Vote share

LABAN			64.9%
GAD			26.6%
KBL			4.4%
PnB			2.3%
Others			1.8%

Senate seats

LABAN			91.7%
GAD			8.3%
KBL			0.0%
PnB			0.0%
Others			0.0%

References[]

^ Guerrero, Eileen (August 13, 1987). "Enrile Proclaimed Senator, Says Will Take Oath Friday". AP News. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
^ Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos Jr. (2001). Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz and Christof Hartmann (ed.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific Vol. II. Oxford University Press. pp. 185–230. ISBN 0199249598.

External links[]

[1] Guerrero, Eileen (August 13, 1987). "Enrile Proclaimed Senator, Says Will Take Oath Friday". AP News. Retrieved August 8, 2021.

[2] Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos Jr. (2001). Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz and Christof Hartmann (ed.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific Vol. II. Oxford University Press. pp. 185–230. ISBN 0199249598.

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