Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1995

Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1995
May 8, 1995
204 (of the 226) seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
114 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jose de Venecia, Jr. Ronaldo Zamora Jose Cojuangco, Jr.
Party Lakas NPC LDP
Alliance Lakas-Laban NPC Lakas-Laban
Leader's seat Pangasinan–4th San Juan-Mandaluyong Tarlac–1st
Last election 41 seats, 21.20% 30 seats, 18.66% 86 seats, 33.73%
Seats won 100 22 17
Seat change Increase 59 Decrease 8 Decrease 69
Popular vote 7,811,625 2,342,378 2,079,611
Percentage 40.66% 12.19% 10.83%
Swing Increase 19.46% Decrease 6.47% Decrease 22.90%
Speaker before election

Jose de Venecia, Jr.
Lakas

 Elected Speaker

Jose de Venecia, Jr.
Lakas

The 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.

The top bar represents seats won, while the bottom bar represents the proportion of votes received.

↓
District Sectoral
157 25 14 8
22
69.24% 16.15% 8.01%
Lakas-Laban NPC [1] Others [2]
.
[3]

1 Hybrid coalitions: 5.15%
2 No seats won: 1.43%
3 Sectoral seats: appointed








 Summary of the May 8, 1995 Philippine House of Representatives election results
Party Popular vote Seats won
Total%SwingTotal%+/−
Lakas (People Power–National Union of Christian Democrats–United Muslim Democrats of the Philippines) 7,811,62540.66%Increase19.46% 10049.02%Increase59
LDP (Struggle of Democratic Filipinos) 2,079,61110.83%Decrease 22.90% 178.33%Decrease 69
Lakas-Laban (People Power–Struggle Coalition)A 1,998,81010.40%Decrease 44.53% 2512.25%Decrease 102
Administration coalitionsB 923,7314.81%Increase 4.81% 94.41%Increase 9
Liberal (Liberal Party) 358,2451.86%Decrease 6.96% 52.45%Decrease 6
PDP-Laban (Philippine Democratic Party–People's Power) 130,6950.68%Decrease 8.14 10.49%Decrease 10
Lakas-Laban coalition 13,302,717 69.24% Decrease 58.26% 157 79.95% Decrease 119
NPC (Nationalist People's Coalition) 2,342,37812.19%Decrease 6.47% 2210.78%Decrease 8
Opposition coalitionsC 306,0641.59%Increase 1.59% 10.49%Increase 1
KBL (New Society Movement) 183,2560.95%Decrease 1.40% 10.49%Decrease 2
PRP (People's Reform Party) 171,4540.89%Increase 0.89% 00.00%Steady
PMP (Party of the Filipino Masses) 101,6240.53%Increase 0.53% 10.49%Increase 1
NPC coalition 3,104,776 16.15% Decrease 4.86% 25 12.25% Decrease 8
Hybrid coalitionsD 989,7235.15%Increase 5.15% 146.86%Increase 14
Nacionalista (Nationalist Party) 153,0880.80%Decrease 3.12% 10.49%Decrease 6
Lapiang Manggagawa (Workers' Party) 104,4070.54%Increase 0.54% 00.00%Steady
PDSP (Philippine Democratic Socialist Party) 7,5630.04%Increase 0.04% 00.00%Steady
Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas (Nationalist Party of the Philippines) 1230.00%Increase 0.00% 00.00%Steady
Independent 1,386,0077.21%Increase 2.17% 73.43%Increase 1
Unidentified 162,7520.85%Increase 0.85% 00.00%Steady
Total 19,211,156100%204100%Increase 4
Valid votes19,211,15674.65%
Invalid votes6,525,34925.35%
Total turnout25,736,50570.68%
Registered voters36,415,154100%
Notes:

A. ^ Lakas-Laban Coalition was the Lakas/LDP coalition.
B. ^ There were candidates who ran under two or more national and/or local parties in the administration coalition.
C. ^ There were candidates who ran under two or more national and/or local parties in the opposition coalition.
D. ^ There were candidates who ran under both administration and opposition parties.

Sources: 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. &
Presidential Communications Development & Strategic Planning Office. Philippine Electoral Almanac Revised And Expanded.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Quezon, Manuel III (2007-06-06). "An abnormal return to normality". PCIJ.org. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  • The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
  • Pobre, Cesar P. Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.
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