Philippine Senate election, 2001
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The senatorial election was held in the Philippines on May 14, 2001 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 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; PPC's Ralph Recto edged out Puwersa ng Masa's Gregorio Honasan for the twelfth place and Honasan was declared to serve Guingona's remaining term. On February 20, 2007, the Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled that former senator Gregorio Honasan lost 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 |
Results
Final COMELEC Tally for Senators as of August 30, 2001.
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. | Sergio Osmeña III | 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 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 G. Recto from Zamboanga del Norte as per Resolution No. NBC 01-003
- ^3 Elected to serve the unexpired term (until June 2004) of Teofisto Guingona Jr., who was appointed Vice President on February 2001.
Per coalition
Party/coalition | Votes | % | Seats won | % | |
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PPC | 123,491,617 | 50.8% | 8 | 61.5% | |
Puwersa ng Masa | 95,072,114 | 39.1% | 3+1 | 30.8% | |
Others and independents | 24,466,222 | 10.1% | 1 | 7.7% | |
Totals | 243,029,953 | 100.0% | 12+1* | 100.0% |
*The thirteenth-placed candidate served up to June 30, 2004. The twelve candidates with the highest number of votes served up to June 30, 2007.
Per party
Party | Votes | % | Seats won | % | |
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LDP | 51,853,133 | 21.3% | 2 | 15.4% | |
Lakas | 47,466,515 | 19.5% | 3 | 23.1% | |
Independents (PPC) | 38,571,253 | 15.9% | 3 | 23.1% | |
Independents (Puwersa ng Masa) | 33,596,239 | 13.8% | 1+1 | 15.4% | |
Liberal | 19,131,732 | 7.9% | 0 | 7.7% | |
PDP-Laban | 11,593,389 | 4.8% | 1 | 7.7% | |
PRP | 9.622,742 | 4.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
Aksyon | 6,728,728 | 2.8% | 0 | 0.0% | |
Reporma-LM | 4,831,501 | 2.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
KBL | 873,306 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | |
Nacionalista | 770,647 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | |
PDSP | 503,437 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | |
Partido Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa | 15,522 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
Independents (not affiliated and guest) | 22,303,310 | 9.2% | 1 | 7.7% | |
Totals | 243,029,953 | 100.0% | 12+1* | 100.0% |
*The thirteenth-placed candidate served up to June 30, 2004. The twelve candidates with the highest number of votes served up to June 30, 2007.
See also
References
- SWS Media Release. Accessed on March 2007