1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections
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Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on May 8, 1995. Being the first midterm election since 1938, the party of the incumbent president, Fidel V. Ramos's Lakas-NUCD-UMDP, won a plurality of the seats in the House of Representatives.[1]
The elected representatives served in the 10th Congress from 1995 to 1998. Jose de Venecia, Jr. was easily reelected as the speaker of the House.
Results[]
The administration party, Lakas-NUCD-UMDP, forged an electoral agreement with Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino to create the Lakas-Laban Coalition. Candidates from the Liberal Party and PDP–Laban also joined the administration coalition. On the other hand, Nationalist People's Coalition led the opposition coalition that also composed of candidates from Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, People's Reform Party and Partido ng Masang Pilipino.
District | Sec | |||
157 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 16 |
Administration | Opp | Hyb | Oth | Sec |
Per coalition[]
Definitions:
- Administration coalition: Ran solely under the banner of one of the following: Lakas-NUCD-UMDP, Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino, Liberal Party, and PDP–Laban
- Opposition coalition: Ran solely under the banner of one of the following: Nationalist People's Coalition, Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, People's Reform Party, and Partido ng Masang Pilipino
- Others: Ran solely on other parties and coalitions not mentioned above
- Hybrid coalitions: Ran on any combinations of parties and coalitions mentioned above
Coalition | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Administration coalition | 13,281,704 | 69.14 | 157 | |
Opposition coalition | 2,982,071 | 15.52 | 26 | |
Hybrid coalitions | 1,215,264 | 6.33 | 12 | |
Others | 1,732,117 | 9.02 | 9 | |
Total | 19,211,156 | 100.00 | 204 |
Per party[]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Lakas-NUCD-UMDP | 7,811,625 | 40.66 | 100 | |
Nationalist People's Coalition | 2,342,378 | 12.19 | 22 | |
Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino | 2,079,611 | 10.83 | 17 | |
Lakas-Laban Coalition | 1,998,810 | 10.40 | 25 | |
Lakas-NUCD-UMDP/Liberal Party | 437,080 | 2.28 | 5 | |
Liberal Party | 358,245 | 1.86 | 5 | |
Lakas ng Bayan/Lakas-NUCD-UMDP/Nationalist People's Coalition | 257,821 | 1.34 | 3 | |
Lakas-NUCD-UMDP/Nationalist People's Coalition | 195,532 | 1.02 | 4 | |
Lakas ng Bayan/Nationalist People's Coalition | 187,705 | 0.98 | 2 | |
Nationalist People's Coalition/Kilusang Bagong Lipunan | 183,256 | 0.95 | 1 | |
People's Reform Party | 171,454 | 0.89 | 0 | |
Nacionalista Party | 153,088 | 0.80 | 1 | |
Independent Lakas-NUCD-UMDP | 139,427 | 0.73 | 0 | |
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan | 130,695 | 0.68 | 1 | |
Lakas ng Bayan/Liberal Party | 106,387 | 0.55 | 2 | |
Lapiang Manggagawa | 104,407 | 0.54 | 0 | |
Partido ng Masang Pilipino | 101,624 | 0.53 | 1 | |
Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino | 100,879 | 0.53 | 1 | |
Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/People's Reform Party | 87,241 | 0.45 | 1 | |
Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino/Kilusang Bagong Lipunan | 75,957 | 0.40 | 0 | |
Lakas ng Bayan/Lakas-NUCD-UMDP/Partido ng Masang Pilipino | 71,804 | 0.37 | 1 | |
Lakas ng Bayan/Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino | 71,692 | 0.37 | 0 | |
Lakas-NUCD-UMDP/Nacionalista Party | 68,542 | 0.36 | 0 | |
Lakas ng Bayan/People's Reform Party | 66,176 | 0.34 | 1 | |
Lakas ng Bayan/Nacionalista Party | 65,970 | 0.34 | 1 | |
Nationalist People's Coalition/Liberal Party | 62,338 | 0.32 | 0 | |
Lakas-NUCD-UMDP/Lakas ng Bayan/Liberal Party | 55,991 | 0.29 | 0 | |
Lakas ng Bayan/Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan | 54,508 | 0.28 | 1 | |
Nationalist People's Coalition/Nacionalista Party | 54,153 | 0.28 | 0 | |
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/Partido ng Masang Pilipino/People's Reform Party | 51,752 | 0.27 | 1 | |
Lakas-NUCD-UMDP/Lakas ng Bayan/Nacionalista Party | 43,589 | 0.23 | 0 | |
Lakas-NUCD-UMDP/Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan | 32,417 | 0.17 | 1 | |
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/Nacionalista Party | 24,076 | 0.13 | 0 | |
Lakas-NUCD-UMDP/Lapiang Manggagawa | 15,726 | 0.08 | 0 | |
Lakas-NUCD-UMDP/Partido Panaghiusa | 15,631 | 0.08 | 0 | |
Independent Lakas ng Bayan | 8,366 | 0.04 | 0 | |
Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas | 7,563 | 0.04 | 0 | |
Nationalist People's Coalition/People's Reform Party | 6,523 | 0.03 | 0 | |
People's Reform Party/Nacionalista Party | 6,214 | 0.03 | 0 | |
Lakas ng Bayan/Lapiang Manggagawa | 3,814 | 0.02 | 0 | |
Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas | 123 | 0.00 | 0 | |
Unidentified | 162,752 | 0.85 | 0 | |
Independent | 1,238,214 | 6.45 | 7 | |
Appointed seats | 16 | |||
Total | 19,211,156 | 100.00 | 220 | |
Valid votes | 19,211,156 | 74.65 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 6,525,349 | 25.35 | ||
Total votes | 25,736,505 | – | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 36,415,154 | 70.68 | ||
Source: Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos. Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. |
See also[]
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- Lower house elections in the Philippines
- 1995 elections in the Philippines