Philippine general election, 1995

Legislative elections and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 8, 1995. 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) had listed five dead and listed more than 200 hotspots before the election and during the election day listed 300 hotspots.

Major Senatorial Candidates

Administration coalition

Lakas-Laban Coalition
Candidate	Party
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo	LDP
Rodolfo Biazon	LDP
Franklin Drilon	Lakas-NUCD
Juan Ponce Enrile	Nacionalista
Marcelo Fernan	LDP
Juan Flavier	Lakas-NUCD
Ramon Magsaysay, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD
Ramon Mitra, Jr.	LDP
Sergio Osmeña III	Lakas-NUCD
Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.	PDP-Laban
Raul Roco	LDP
Francisco Tatad	LDP

Opposition coalition

NPC Coalition
Candidate	Party
Rosemarie Arenas	NPC
Gaudencio Beduya	NPC
Nikki Coseteng	NPC
Amanda T. Cruz	NPC
Ramon Fernandez	NPC
Gringo Honasan	Independent
Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.	KBL
Adelisa A. Raymundo	NPC
Manuel C. Roxas	NPC
Miriam Defensor Santiago	PRP
Almarin C. Tillah	NPC
Arturo Tolentino	NPC

Note: Party affiliation based on Certificate of Candidacy.

Results

Senate

Summary of the May 8, 1995, Philippine Senate election result
Rank	Candidate	Coalition		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	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 party

Party/coalition		Votes	%	Seats won	%
	LDP	63,402,619	36.0%	4	33.3%
	Lakas	43,034,397	24.5%	4	33.3%
	NPC	25,633,489	14.6%	1	8.3%
	PRP	9,497,231	5.4%	1	8.3%
	Independent	8,968,616	5.1%	1	8.3%
	Lakas	8,701,191	4.9%	1	8.3%
	PDP-Laban	8,522,148	4.8%	0	0.0%
	KBL	8,168,768	4.6%	0	0.0%
Totals		175,928,459	100.0%	12	100.0%

For members of the House of Representatives

Summary of the May 8, 1995 Philippine House of Representatives election results
Party		Popular vote			Seats won
Party		Total	%	Swing	Total	%	+/−
	Lakas (People Power–National Union of Christian Democrats–United Muslim Democrats of the Philippines)	7,811,625	40.66%	19.46%	100	49.02%	59
	LDP (Struggle of Democratic Filipinos)	2,079,611	10.83%	22.90%	17	8.33%	69
	Lakas-Laban (People Power–Struggle Coalition)^A	1,998,810	10.40%	44.53%	25	12.25%	102
	Administration coalitions^B	923,731	4.81%	4.81%	9	4.41%	9
	Liberal (Liberal Party)	358,245	1.86%	6.96%	5	2.45%	6
	PDP-Laban (Philippine Democratic Party–People's Power)	130,695	0.68%	8.14	1	0.49%	10
Lakas-Laban coalition		13,302,717	69.24%	58.26%	157	79.95%	119
	NPC (Nationalist People's Coalition)	2,342,378	12.19%	6.47%	22	10.78%	8
	Opposition coalitions^C	306,064	1.59%	1.59%	1	0.49%	1
	KBL (New Society Movement)	183,256	0.95%	1.40%	1	0.49%	2
	PRP (People's Reform Party)	171,454	0.89%	0.89%	0	0.00%
	PMP (Party of the Filipino Masses)	101,624	0.53%	0.53%	1	0.49%	1
NPC coalition		3,104,776	16.15%	4.86%	25	12.25%	8
	Hybrid coalitions^D	989,723	5.15%	5.15%	14	6.86%	14
	Nacionalista (Nationalist Party)	153,088	0.80%	3.12%	1	0.49%	6
	Lapiang Manggagawa (Workers' Party)	104,407	0.54%	0.54%	0	0.00%
	PDSP (Philippine Democratic Socialist Party)	7,563	0.04%	0.04%	0	0.00%
	Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas (Nationalist Party of the Philippines)	123	0.00%	0.00%	0	0.00%
	Independent	1,386,007	7.21%	2.17%	7	3.43%	1
	Unidentified	162,752	0.85%	0.85%	0	0.00%

Total		19,211,156	100%		204	100%	4

Valid votes		19,211,156	74.65%
Invalid votes		6,525,349	25.35%
Total turnout		25,736,505	70.68%
Registered voters		36,415,154	100%
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.

References

External links

Official website of the Commission on Elections

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