2001 Philippine Senate election
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The 2001 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 27th election to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on Monday, May 14, 2001 to elect 12 of the 24 seats in the Senate. Independent candidate Noli de Castro, a former television anchor of TV Patrol of ABS-CBN was announced as the topnotcher. This is the first synchronized national and local elections held after the ouster of Former President Joseph Estrada in January due to a military-backed civilian uprising (popularly known as EDSA II).
The two competing coalitions in this election were the People Power Coalition (PPC) which supported Estrada's ouster, and the Puwersa ng Masa (Force of the Masses) coalition that supported Estrada. The PPC was composed of Lakas-NUCD-UMDP, Reporma-LM, Aksyon Demokratiko, PROMDI, Liberal Party and the PDP–Laban; the Puwersa ng Masa included the LDP, Partido ng Masang Pilipino and other pro-Estrada independents. There were supposed to be twelve seats to be contested but with the appointment of Teofisto Guingona, whose seat was not up as vice president, the Commission on Elections ruled that the thirteenth-placed candidate will serve the remainder of Guingona's term.
The PPC won eight seats, the Puwersa ng Masa won four, and Noli de Castro as an independent won one; PPC's Ralph Recto edged out Puwersa ng Masa's Gregorio Honasan for the twelfth place and Honasan was elected to serve the remainder of Guingona's term. On February 20, 2007, the Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled that Honasan did lose the election but declared constitutional the special election for the remaining three-year term of Teofisto Guingona Jr.
Major senatorial candidates[]
Administration coalition[]
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Opposition coalition[]
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Other notable candidates[]
Independent |
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Perfecto Yasay |
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan |
Oliver Lozano |
Melchor Chavez |
Nacionalista Party |
Homobono Adaza |
Partido Isang Bansa Isang Diwa |
Eddie Gil |
Retiring and term limited incumbents[]
- Nikki Coseteng (NPC), term limited
- Francisco Tatad (GAD), term limited
Mid-term vacancies[]
- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (Lakas), ran for Vice President of the Philippines and won in 1998
- Arroyo subsequently became president on January 20, 2001 after the overthrow of Joseph Estrada after the Second EDSA Revolution.
- Marcelo Fernan (LDP), died on July 11, 1999
- Teofisto Guingona Jr. (Lakas), appointed Vice President of the Philippines on February 7, 2001
- Raul Roco (Aksyon), appointed Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports on February 10, 2001
Results[]
The People Power Coalition (PPC) won eight seats, the Puwersa ng Masa won four, and an independent candidate won one. Of the four seats Puwersa ng Masa won, one was for the seat of Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr., whose senatorial term would have ended in June 30, 2004.
Five incumbent senators won: Franklin Drilon, Juan Flavier, Ramon Magsaysay Jr. and Serge Osmeña of PPC, and Puwersa ng Masa's Gregorio Honasan.
There are seven neophyte senators: PPC's Joker Arroyo, Francis Pangilinan, Ralph Recto, Manny Villar, Puwersa ng Masa's Loi Ejercito and Panfilo Lacson, independent candidate Noli de Castro.
Returning is Edgardo Angara, who was term limited in the previous election.
Puwersa ng Masa senators Miriam Defensor Santiago and Juan Ponce Enrile did not successfully defend their seats.
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Senate bloc | Minority bloc | Majority bloc |
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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[]
Rank | Candidate | Coalition | Party | Votes | % | |
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1. | Noli de Castro | Puwersa ng Masa1 | Independent | 16,237,386 | 55.09% | |
2. | Juan Flavier | PPC | Lakas | 11,735,897 | 39.82% | |
3. | Serge Osmeña | PPC | PDP–Laban | 11,593,389 | 39.33% | |
4. | Franklin Drilon | PPC | Independent | 11,301,700 | 38.34% | |
5. | Joker Arroyo | PPC | Lakas | 11,262,402 | 38.21% | |
6. | Ramon Magsaysay Jr. | PPC | Independent | 11,250,677 | 38.17% | |
7. | Manuel Villar | PPC | Independent | 11,187,375 | 37.96% | |
8. | Francis Pangilinan | PPC | Liberal | 10,971,896 | 37.23% | |
9. | Edgardo Angara | Puwersa ng Masa | LDP | 10,805,177 | 36.66% | |
10. | Panfilo Lacson | Puwersa ng Masa | LDP | 10,535,559 | 35.74% | |
11. | Loi Ejercito | Puwersa ng Masa | Independent | 10,524,130 | 35.71% | |
12. | Ralph Recto | PPC | Lakas | 10,480,9402 | 35.56% | |
13. | Gregorio Honasan3 | Puwersa ng Masa | Independent | 10,454,527 | 35.47% | |
14. | Juan Ponce Enrile | Puwersa ng Masa | LDP | 9,677,209 | 32.83% | |
15. | Miriam Defensor Santiago | Puwersa ng Masa | PRP | 9,622,742 | 32.65% | |
16. | Dong Puno | Puwersa ng Masa | LDP | 8,701,205 | 29.52% | |
17. | Wigberto Tañada | PPC | Liberal | 8,159,836 | 27.68% | |
18. | Orlando S. Mercado | Puwersa ng Masa | Independent | 7,395,092 | 25.09% | |
19. | Roberto Pagdanganan | PPC | Lakas | 7,185,415 | 24.38% | |
20. | Ernesto Herrera | PPC | Lakas | 6,801,861 | 23.08% | |
21. | Winnie Monsod | PPC | Aksyon | 6,728,728 | 22.83% | |
22. | Nina Rasul | Puwersa ng Masa | Independent | 5,222,490 | 17.72% | |
23. | Jamby Madrigal | Puwersa ng Masa | LDP | 5,043,043 | 17.11% | |
24. | Liwayway Vinzons-Chato | PPC | Independent | 4,831,501 | 16.39% | |
25. | Perfecto Yasay | Independent | 4,557,364 | 15.46% | ||
26. | Ombra Tamano | Puwersa ng Masa | LDP | 3,548,480 | 12.04% | |
27. | Reuben Canoy | Puwersa ng Masa | LDP | 3,542,460 | 12.02% | |
28. | Homobono Adaza | Nacionalista | 770,647 | 2.61% | ||
29. | Rod Navarro | Independent | 652,012 | 2.21% | ||
30. | Manuel Morato | Independent | 625,789 | 2.12% | ||
31. | Moner Bajunaid | PDSP | 503,437 | 1.71% | ||
32. | Oliver Lozano | KBL | 470,572 | 1.60% | ||
33. | Melchor Chavez | KBL | 244,553 | 0.83% | ||
34. | Camilo Sabio | Independent | 230,759 | 0.78% | ||
35. | Norma Nueva | KBL | 83,700 | 0.28% | ||
37. | Juan Casil | KBL | 74,481 | 0.25% | ||
38. | Eddie Gil | Partido Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa | 15,522 | 0.05% | ||
Turnout | 29,474,309 | 86.39% | ||||
Note: A total of 38 candidates ran for senator. | Source: Comelec (vote totals), NCSB (turnout) |
- ^1 Guest candidate
- ^2 18,000 votes deducted from Ralph Recto from Zamboanga del Norte as per Resolution No. NBC 01-003
- ^3 Elected to serve the unexpired term (until 2004) of Teofisto Guingona Jr., who was appointed Vice President in February 2001.
Per coalition[]
Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | |||
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People Power Coalition | Lakas-NUCD-UMDP | 47,466,515 | 19.53 | 3 | ||
Liberal Party | 19,131,732 | 7.87 | 1 | |||
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan | 11,593,389 | 4.77 | 1 | |||
Aksyon Demokratiko | 6,728,728 | 2.77 | 0 | |||
Independent | 38,571,253 | 15.87 | 3 | |||
Total | 123,491,617 | 50.81 | 8 | |||
Puwersa ng Masa | Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino | 51,853,133 | 21.34 | 2 | ||
People's Reform Party | 9,622,742 | 3.96 | 0 | |||
Independent | 33,596,239 | 13.82 | 2 | |||
Total | 95,072,114 | 39.12 | 4 | |||
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan | 873,306 | 0.36 | 0 | |||
Nacionalista Party | 770,647 | 0.32 | 0 | |||
Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas | 503,437 | 0.21 | 0 | |||
Partido Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa | 15,522 | 0.01 | 0 | |||
Independent | 22,303,310 | 9.18 | 1 | |||
Total | 243,029,953 | 100.00 | 13 | |||
Total votes | 29,474,309 | – | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 36,271,782 | 81.26 | ||||
Source: "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-10. |
Per party[]
Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | |||||
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Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino | 51,853,133 | 21.34 | −5.97 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | +1 | |
Lakas-NUCD-UMDP | 47,466,515 | 19.53 | −25.91 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | +2 | |
Liberal Party | 19,131,732 | 7.87 | +5.22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | New | |
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan | 11,593,389 | 4.77 | −0.21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
People's Reform Party | 9,622,742 | 3.96 | New | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | −1 | |
Aksyon Demokratiko | 6,728,728 | 2.77 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan | 873,306 | 0.36 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Nacionalista Party | 770,647 | 0.32 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas | 503,437 | 0.21 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Partido Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa | 15,522 | 0.01 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 94,470,802 | 38.87 | +35.33 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | +3 | |
Grand Alliance for Democracy/Gabaybayan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | −1 | ||||
Nationalist People's Coalition | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | −1 | ||||
Partido ng Masang Pilipino | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Vacancy | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −4 | ||||
Total | 243,029,953 | 100.00 | – | 13 | 24 | 13 | 24 | 0 | |
Total votes | 29,474,309 | – | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 36,271,782 | 81.26 | |||||||
Source: "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-10. |
See also[]
- Commission on Elections
- Politics of the Philippines
- Philippine elections
- Philippine midterm election
- 12th Congress of the Philippines
References[]
- SWS Media Release. Accessed on March 2007
External links[]
- Official website of the Commission on Elections
- Official website of the House of Representatives Archived 2020-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Philippine Senate elections
- 2001 elections in the Philippines
- Special elections to the Congress of the Philippines
- May 2001 events in Asia