1995 Philippine Senate election

1995 Philippine Senate election

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12 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Edgardo Angara Ernesto Maceda Miriam Defensor Santiago Party LDP NPC PRP Alliance Lakas–Laban NPC NPC Seats won 9 2 1 Popular vote 123,678,255 28,452,737 19,619,923 Percentage 67.7% 25.5% 5.2%
Senate President before election Edgardo Angara LDP Elected Senate President Edgardo Angara LDP

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The 1995 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 25th election to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on Monday, May 8, 1995, to elect 12 of the 24 seats in the Senate. Filipinos protected the ballot boxes with their lives and campaigned against traditional politicians who used bribery, flying voters, violence, election rigging, stealing of ballot boxes, etc. The Philippine National Police (PNP) listed five people dead and listed more than 200 hotspots before and 300 hotspots during the election.

The two largest parties, Lakas-NUCD and the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP), contested the senate election under the Lakas-Laban Coalition and won nine out of the 12 seats contested. The opposition-led coalition was composed of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) which had an alliance with the People's Reform Party (PRP), though they contested the election separately.

This was also the first time that the electorate voted for twelve candidates under the plurality-at-large voting to the Senate; previously, the electorate voted for two candidates each per senatorial districts (1916–1934), via closed party-lists (the "block voting" system in use from 1941 to 1949), and eight senators via plurality-at-large voting with the country as one "at-large" district from 1951 to 1971. This was also the first midterm election for the 1987 constitution, and the first since 1971, as the date the elected candidates take office falls at the midway point of President Fidel V. Ramos' six-year term.

Candidates[]

Retiring and term limited incumbents[]

This was the first Senate election where there were term-limited incumbents.

1. Butz Aquino (LDP), term limited
2. John Henry Osmeña (NPC), term limited, ran for representative from Cebu's 3rd district and won; ran for senator in 1998 and won
3. Nina Rasul (Lakas)
4. Wigberto Tañada (Liberal), term limited, ran for representative from Quezon's 4th district and won; ran for senator in 2001 and lost

Mid-term vacancies[]

1. Teofisto Guingona Jr. (LDP), appointed Executive Secretary on July 6, 1993

Results[]

The Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) and the Lakas-NUCD won four each, and the Nacionalista Party, the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), People's Reform Party (PRP), and an independent winning one seat each.

Three incumbent LDP senators won: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Raul Roco, and Francisco Tatad (originally elected as an NPC member). Nikki Coseteng was the sole NPC senator to successfully defend her seat.

Neophyte senators were Lakas's Franklin Drilon, Juan Flavier, Ramon Magsaysay Jr., and Serge Osmeña, LDP's Marcelo Fernan, Miriam Defensor Santiago of the PRP, and independent Gregorio Honasan.

Returning was Juan Ponce Enrile, who last served in the Senate in 1992.

Incumbents defeated were LDP's Rodolfo Biazon and NPC's Arturo Tolentino.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	24	18
Before election												‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡^	‡	‡	‡	‡
Election result	Not up											PRP	Lakas-Laban Coalition									NPC		Not up
After election												+	+	+	+	*	*	√	√	√	+	√	+
Senate bloc	Majority bloc																					Minority bloc

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Government Constitution of the Philippines Charter Change Laws and legal codes Taxation
Legislature Congress of the Philippines 18th Congress Senate President Tito Sotto (NPC) House of Representatives Speaker Lord Allan Velasco (PDP–Laban) Districts Party-list representation Bangsamoro Parliament Provincial boards City councils Municipal councils Barangay councils
Executive President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte (PDP–Laban) Vice President of the Philippines Leni Robredo (Liberal) Cabinet Executive departments Local government
Judiciary Supreme Court of the Philippines Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo Court of Appeals Court of Tax Appeals Sandiganbayan Ombudsman Regional Trial Courts Barangay justice
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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

Per candidate[]

 • d Summary of the May 8, 1995, Philippine Senate election result

Rank	Candidate	Coalition	Party		Votes	%
1.	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo	Lakas-Laban		LDP	15,745,741	61.2%
2.	Raul Roco	Lakas-Laban		LDP	12,509,736	48.6%
3.	Ramon Magsaysay Jr.	Lakas-Laban		Lakas	11,862,458	46.1%
4.	Franklin Drilon	Lakas-Laban		Lakas	11,032,476	42.9%
5.	Juan Flavier	Lakas-Laban		Lakas	10,748,528	41.8%
6.	Miriam Defensor Santiago	NPC		PRP	9,497,231	36.9%
7.	Sergio Osmeña III	Lakas-Laban		Lakas	9,390,935	36.5%
8.	Francisco Tatad	Lakas-Laban		LDP	9,146,951	35.5%
9.	Gregorio Honasan	NPC		Independent	8,968,616	34.8%
10.	Marcelo Fernan	Lakas-Laban		LDP	8,762,235	34.0%
11.	Juan Ponce Enrile	Lakas-Laban		Nacionalista	8,701,191	33.8%
12.	Anna Dominique Coseteng	NPC		NPC	8,700,278	33.8%
13.	Ramon Mitra Jr.	Lakas-Laban		LDP	8,650,618	33.6%
14.	Rodolfo Biazon	Lakas-Laban		LDP	8,587,338	33.4%
15.	Aquilino Pimentel Jr.	Lakas-Laban		PDP–Laban	8,522,148	33.1%
16.	Bongbong Marcos	NPC		KBL	8,168,768	31.7%
17.	Arturo Tolentino	NPC		NPC	7,726,006	30.0%
18.	Ramon Fernandez	NPC		NPC	3,572,604	13.9%
19.	Rosemarie Arenas	NPC		NPC	3,178,837	12.4%
20.	Manuel C. Roxas	NPC		NPC	2,455,764	9.5%
21.	Herman T. Laurel	PRP-Laurel Wing		PRP	1,395,015	5.42%
22.	Almarin Tillah	NPC		NPC	1,165,164	4.52%
23.	Amanda T. Cruz	NPC		NPC	1,008,180	3.91%
24.	Gaudencio Beduya	NPC		NPC	829,082	3.22%
25.	Adelisa Raymundo	NPC		NPC	745,115	2.90%
26.	Ibrahim Amerel	Independent		PDSP	482,328	1.87%
27.	Vicente N. Biego	Independent		Independent	417,901	1.62%
28.	Felino C. Polintan Jr.	Independent		Independent	393,712	1.52%
29.	Brigido Simon (withdrew)	PRP-Laurel Wing		PRP	152,161	0.59%
30.	Misa	Independent		Independent	109,711	0.42%
Total turnout					25,736,505	70.7%
Total votes					182,626,828	N/A
Registered voters					36,415,154	100.0%
Note: A total of 30 candidates ran for senator.

Per coalition[]

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
	Lakas-Laban Coalition		Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	63,402,619	34.72	4
			Lakas-NUCD	43,034,397	23.56	4
			Nacionalista Party	8,701,191	4.76	1
			Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan	8,522,148	4.67	0
		Total		123,660,355	67.71	9
	Nationalist People's Coalition		Nationalist People's Coalition	29,381,030	16.09	1
			Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	8,168,768	4.47	0
			Independent	8,968,616	4.91	1
		Total		46,518,414	25.47	2
	People's Reform Party			9,497,231	5.20	1
	People's Reform Party–Laurel wing			1,547,176	0.85	0
	Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas			482,328	0.26	0
	Independent			921,324	0.50	0
Total				182,626,828	100.00	12
Total votes				25,736,505	–
Registered voters/turnout				36,415,154	70.68
Source: "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-10.

Vote share Lakas-Laban   67.71% NPC   25.47% PRP   5.20% Others   1.62%

Senate seats Lakas-Laban   75.00% NPC   16.67% PRP   8.33% Others   0%

Per party[]

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats
					Up	Before	Won	After	+/−
	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	63,402,619	34.72	−10.28	6	16	4	14	−2
	Lakas-NUCD	43,034,397	23.56	+5.96	1	2	4	5	+3
	Nationalist People's Coalition	29,381,030	16.09	−1.62	4	5	1	2	−3
	People's Reform Party	11,044,407	6.05	−3.83	0	0	1	1	New
	Nacionalista Party	8,701,191	4.76	−0.49	0	0	1	1	New
	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan	8,522,148	4.67	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	8,168,768	4.47	−0.12	0	0	0	0	0
	Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas	482,328	0.26	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Independent	9,889,940	5.42	+5.23	0	0	1	1	New
	Liberal Party				1	1	0	0	−1
Total		182,626,828	100.00	–	12	24	12	24	0
Total votes		25,736,505	–
Registered voters/turnout		36,415,154	70.68
Source: "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-10.

Vote share LDP   34.72% Lakas   23.56% NPC   16.09% PRP   6.05% NP   4.76% Independent   5.42% Others   5.92%

Senate seats won LDP   33.33% Lakas   33.33% NPC   8.33% PRP   8.33% NP   8.33% Independent   8.33% Others   0.00%

See also[]

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections
• 10th Congress of the Philippines

References[]

External links[]

• Official website of the Commission on Elections
• Official website of the House of Representatives