1992 Philippine Senate election

1992 Philippine Senate election

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All 24 seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Neptali Gonzales Ernesto Maceda Party LDP NPC Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Seats before 10 3 Seats after 16 5 Seat change 6 2 Popular vote 124,399,291 48,956,459 Percentage 45.0 17.7   Third party Fourth party   Leader Leticia Ramos-Shahani Wigberto Tañada Party Lakas Liberal Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Seats before 2 4 Seats after 2 1 Seat change 3 Popular vote 48,658,631 19,158,013 Percentage 17.6 6.9
Senate President before election Neptali Gonzales LDP Elected Senate President Neptali Gonzales LDP

The 1992 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 24th election to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on Monday, May 11, 1992. This was the first general election (where all positions are contested) under the 1987 Philippine Constitution. An estimated 80,000 candidates ran for 17,000 posts, from the presidency all the way down to municipal councilors.

Under the transitory provisions of the Philippine constitution, 24 senators were elected in this election. The first 12 senators who garnered the highest votes would have a six-year term while the next 12 senators would have a three-year term. The Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) got a large share in the Senate race. TV personality and former Quezon City Vice Mayor Vicente Sotto III (also known as Tito Sotto) got the highest number of votes.

Candidates[]

These are the following tickets:

Not in ticket[]

Name	Party
Conrado Leonardo		PMP
Horacio Marasigan		Independent
Jovencio Kintanar		PMP
Juanito Arribas		Independent
Rolando Quintos		PMP

Retiring incumbents[]

Liberal Party incumbents[]

1. Rene Saguisag, originally promised to run for just one term; retired from politics
2. Jovito Salonga, ran for President of the Philippines and lost

Nacionalista Party incumbents[]

1. Juan Ponce Enrile, ran for representative of Cagayan's 1st congressional district and won

NPC incumbents[]

1. Joseph Estrada, ran for Vice President of the Philippines and won

PDP–Laban incumbents[]

1. Vicente Paterno, retired from politics
2. Aquilino Pimentel Jr., ran for Vice President of the Philippines and lost

Mid-term vacancies[]

1. Raul Manglapus, appointed as Secretary of Foreign Affairs

Results[]

The Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) winning 16 seats, the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) winning five, the Lakas-NUCD winning two, and the Liberal Party winning one.

These are the incumbents who won: Lakas's Leticia Ramos-Shahani and Nina Rasul, LDP's Heherson Alvarez, Edgardo Angara, Butz Aquino, Neptali Gonzales, Teofisto Guingona Jr., Ernesto Herrera, Joey Lina, Orlando S. Mercado, and Alberto Romulo, Liberal's Wigberto Tañada, and NPC's John Henry Osmeña and Ernesto Maceda,

Neophyte senators are LDP's Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Rodolfo Biazon, Blas Ople, Ramon Revilla Sr., Raul Roco, Tito Sotto and Freddie Webb, and NPC's Nikki Coseteng.

Returning is Arturo Tolentino, who last served in the Senate in 1971.

Incumbents who were defeated are LDP's Mamintal A.J. Tamano, Liberal's Victor Ziga, and Nacionalista's Sotero Laurel.

For purposes of counting of terms the three-year terms of those that finished 13th to 24th in this election count as one term, just as those who have six-year terms

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Election result	LDP																Lakas		LP	NPC
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Key:

• ‡ Seats up
• + Gained by a party from another party
• √ Held by the incumbent
• * Held by the same party with a new senator
• ^ Vacancy

Tally of votes[]

The first 12 elected candidates were to serve from June 30, 1992, until June 30, 1998, while the following 12 elected candidates were to serve from June 30, 1992, until June 30, 1995.

 • d May 11, 1992 Philippine Senate election result

Rank	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1	Tito Sotto		LDP	11,792,121	40.27%
2	Ramon Revilla Sr.		LDP	8,321,278	28.41%
3	Edgardo Angara		LDP	8,019,011	27.38%
4	Ernesto Herrera		LDP	7,219,170	24.65%
5	Alberto Romulo		LDP	6,824,256	23.30%
6	Ernesto Maceda		NPC	6,820,717	23.29%
7	Orlando S. Mercado		LDP	6,691,132	22.85%
8	Neptali Gonzales		LDP	6,578,582	22.46%
9	Leticia Ramos-Shahani		Lakas	6,578,582	22.46%
10	Heherson Alvarez		LDP	6,360,898	21.72%
11	Blas Ople		LDP	6,024,930	20.57%
12	Freddie Webb		LDP	5,929,426	20.25%
13	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo		LDP	5,858,950	20.01%
14	Teofisto Guingona Jr.		LDP	5,830,044	19.91%
15	Nina Rasul		Lakas	5,546,803	18.94%
16	Joey Lina		LDP	5,064,291	17.29%
17	Nikki Coseteng		NPC	5,008,981	17.10%
18	Arturo Tolentino		NPC	4,929,625	16.83%
19	Raul Roco		LDP	4,884,455	16.68%
20	Rodolfo Biazon		LDP	4,863,752	16.61%
21	Wigberto Tañada		Liberal–PDP-Laban	4,492,718	15.34%
22	Francisco Tatad		NPC	4,487,896	15.32%
23	John Henry Osmeña		NPC	4,408,145	15.05%
24	Agapito Aquino		LDP	3,964,966	13.54%
25	Alfredo Bengzon		Lakas	3,964,000	13.54%
26	Carlos M. Padilla		LDP	3,828,679	13.07%
27			NPC	3,755,837	12.82%
28	Mamintal Tamano		LDP	3,642,828	12.44%
29			LDP	3,598,935	12.29%
30	Silvestre Bello III		Lakas	3,559,202	12.15%
31			Lakas	3,167,838	10.82%
32			NPC	3,122,467	10.66%
33	Victor Ziga		Liberal–PDP-Laban	3,151,251	10.66%
34	Sotero Laurel		Nacionalista	3,002,874	10.76%
35	Francisco Chavez		Lakas	2,948,912	10.07%
36	Ruben D. Torres		Lakas	2,737,112	9.35%
37	Rafael Recto		KBL	2,726,189	9.31%
38	Florencio Abad		Liberal–PDP-Laban	2,494,643	8.52%
39			LDP	2,483,459	8.48%
40	Augusto Pangan		KBL	2,408,185	8.22%
41			Lakas	2,065,900	7.05%
42	Ramon Jacinto		Lakas	1,873,910	6.40%
43	Eddie Ilarde		Nacionalista	1,800,077	6.15%
44			Lakas	1,774,931	6.06%
45			NPC	1,755,120	5.99%
46	Nemesio Prudente		Liberal–PDP-Laban	1,747,569	5.97%
47			Lakas	1,743,896	5.95%
48	Wencelito Andanar		LDP	1,711,611	5.84%
49			Lakas	1,696,311	5.79%
50	Adolfo Azcuna		Lakas	1,640,220	5.60%
51			NPC	1,634,268	5.58%
52			LDP	1,629,846	5.57%
53			Nacionalista	1,551,366	5.30%
54	Vincent Crisologo		Nacionalista	1,551,068	5.30%
55	Manuel Morato		Lakas	1,516,715	5.18%
56			LDP	1,508,552	5.15%
57			NPC	1,506,700	5.14%
58	Vivian Hultman		NPC	1,459,535	4.98%
59			LDP	1,445,179	4.93%
60			Lakas	1,243,438	4.25%
61			NPC	1,177,056	4.02%
62			Nacionalista	1,164,990	3.98%
63			NPC	1,154,934	3.93%
64			Lakas	1,073,750	3.67%
65			Liberal–PDP-Laban	1,050,304	3.59%
66	Felix Brawner Jr.		NPC	1,036,963	3.54%
67	Zosimo Jesus Paredes II		NPC	1,029,813	3.52%
68	Leonardo Quisumbing		Lakas	1,021,627	3.49%
69			KBL	966,823	3.30%
70			NPC	936,926	3.20%
71	Fortunato Abat		PRP	928,417	3.17%
72	Jose Antonio Leviste		PRP	919,229	3.14%
73			NPC	914,763	3.12%
74			NPC	882,680	3.01%
75	Rufus Rodriguez		NPC	812,144	2.77%
76			Liberal–PDP-Laban	806,434	2.75%
77			Nacionalista	803,995	2.75%
78			NPC	762,688	2.60%
79			KBL	753,627	2.57%
80			Lakas	739,919	2.53%
81			Lakas	737,676	2.52%
82			Liberal–PDP-Laban	729,610	2.49%
83			Liberal–PDP-Laban	717,341	2.45%
84			Lakas	707,568	2.42%
85			Nacionalista	704,450	2.41%
86			Lakas	688,718	2.35%
87			Liberal–PDP-Laban	668,746	2.28%
88			KBL	664,019	2.27%
89			NPC	618,539	2.11%
90			Lakas	612,363	2.09%
91			Lakas	606,577	2.07%
92			NPC	602,169	2.06%
93			NPC	556,375	1.90%
94			Lakas	543,186	1.85%
95			NPC	507,580	1.73%
96	Jonathan Rivera		PRP	502,858	1.72%
97			Liberal–PDP-Laban	477,778	1.63%
98			Liberal–PDP-Laban	461,371	1.58%
99			Nacionalista	447,196	1.53%
100	Vicente Piccio Jr.		KBL	439,995	1.50%
101			Nacionalista	428,716	1.46%
102			PRP	414,577	1.42%
103			Nacionalista	414,061	1.41%
104			KBL	413,123	1.41%
105			PRP	409,905	1.40%
106			KBL	407,538	1.39%
107			PRP	391,723	1.34%
108			PRP	379,383	1.30%
109	Nora Daza		Nacionalista	379,157	1.29%
110			KBL	378,451	1.29%
111			PRP	376,327	1.29%
112			Nacionalista	373,161	1.27%
113			PRP	370,901	1.27%
114			KBL	349,796	1.19%
115			Liberal–PDP-Laban	345,728	1.18%
116			Nacionalista	342,908	1.17%
117			PRP	337,449	1.15%
118			Liberal–PDP-Laban	326,153	1.11%
119			PRP	319,842	1.09%
120			Liberal–PDP-Laban	310,953	1.06%
121			KBL	308,618	1.05%
122			KBL	307,832	1.05%
123			PRP	299,538	1.02%
124			PRP	291,236	0.99%
125	Salvador Panelo		KBL	289,416	0.99%
126			KBL	287,342	0.98%
127			KBL	283,236	0.97%
128			Liberal–PDP-Laban	270,608	0.92%
129			PRP	258,711	0.88%
130			KBL	257,276	0.88%
131			KBL	250,548	0.86%
132			Nacionalista	242,543	0.83%
133	Raul Contreras		Liberal–PDP-Laban	224,004	0.76%
134			PRP	215,563	0.74%
135			Liberal–PDP-Laban	203,859	0.70%
136			KBL	199,718	0.68%
137			Independent	199,593	0.68%
138			KBL	199,359	0.68%
139			Liberal–PDP-Laban	197,249	0.67%
140			Nacionalista	193,222	0.66%
141			Liberal–PDP-Laban	186,004	0.64%
142			KBL	185,845	0.63%
143			Nacionalista	183,446	0.63%
144			Nacionalista	165,212	0.56%
145			KBL	158,500	0.54%
146			PMP	158,200	0.54%
147			Nacionalista	156,138	0.53%
148			Nacionalista	154,939	0.53%
149			KBL	151,748	0.52%
150			KBL	144,064	0.49%
151			Nacionalista	141,741	0.48%
152			Liberal–PDP-Laban	133,677	0.46%
153			KBL	116,981	0.40%
154			Nacionalista	111,753	0.38%
155			Independent	105,671	0.36%
156			Independent	105,172	0.36%
157			Liberal–PDP-Laban	96,614	0.33%
158			PRP	90,804	0.31%
159			Nacionalista	61,339	0.21%
160			PMP	48,337	0.17%
161			PMP	38,581	0.13%
162			Liberal–PDP-Laban	11,784	0.04%
163			Nacionalista	6,278	0.02%
164			Liberal–PDP-Laban	0	0.00%
Source: Philippine Commission on Elections

Per party[]

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	124,399,291	45.00	New	16	+6
	Nationalist People's Coalition	48,956,459	17.71	New	5	+2
	Lakas-NUCD	48,658,631	17.60	New	2	0
	Koalisyong Pambansa (Liberal Party/PDP–Laban)	19,158,013	6.93	New	1	−5
	Nacionalista Party	14,499,923	5.25	New	0	−2
	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	12,691,686	4.59	+0.23	0	0
	People's Reform Party	6,141,565	2.22	New	0	0
	Partido ng Masang Pilipino	1,423,994	0.52	New	0	0
	Independent	515,927	0.19	−1.64	0	0
Vacancy					0	−1
Total		276,445,489	100.00	–	24	–
Total votes		24,254,954	–
Registered voters/turnout		32,141,079	75.46
Source: "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-10.

Vote share LDP   45.00% NPC   17.71% Lakas   17.60% LP-PDP   6.93% Others   12.77%

Senate seats LDP   66.67% NPC   20.83% Lakas   8.33% LP-PDP   4.17% Others   0.00%

Political parties in 1992[]

• LDP - Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino
• Lakas-NUCD - Lakas Tao–National Union of Christian Democrats
• NPC - Nationalist People's Coalition
• LP-PDP–Laban - Liberal Party–Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan
• NP - Nacionalista Party
• KBL - Kilusang Bagong Lipunan
• PRP - People's Reform Party

See also[]

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections
• President of the Philippines
• 9th Congress of the Philippines

References[]

External links[]

• The Philippine Presidency Project
• Official website of the Commission on Elections
• Official website of the House of Representatives Archived 2020-06-04 at the Wayback Machine