1995 Philippine Senate election

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1995 Philippine Senate election
← 1992 May 8, 1995 1998 →
12 (of the 24) seats in the Senate
13 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
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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

Note: Party affiliation based on Certificate of Candidacy.

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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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

e • 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. Gringo 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. Nikki Coseteng NPC NPC 8,700,278 33.8%
13. Ramon Mitra 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. Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. 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 People's Reform Party-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 politician PDSP 482,328 1.87%
27. Vicente N. Biego Independent politician Independent 417,901 1.62%
28. Felino C. Polintan Jr. Independent politician Independent 393,712 1.52%
29. Brigido Simon (withdrew) People's Reform Party-Laurel Wing PRP 152,161 0.59%
30. Misa Independent politician Independent 109,711 0.42%
Total turnout 25,736,505 70.7%
Total votes 180,361,231 N/A
Registered voters 36,415,154 100.0%
Note: A total of 30 candidates ran for senator.


Per coalition

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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

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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

References

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