1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections

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]

1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections
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 59 8 69
Popular vote 7,811,625 2,342,378 2,079,611
Percentage 40.66% 12.19% 10.83%
Swing 19.46% 6.47% 22.90%
Speaker before election

Jose de Venecia, Jr.
Lakas

 Elected Speaker

Jose de Venecia, Jr.
Lakas

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%19.46% 10049.02%59
LDP (Struggle of Democratic Filipinos) 2,079,61110.83% 22.90% 178.33% 69
Lakas-Laban (People Power–Struggle Coalition)A 1,998,81010.40% 44.53% 2512.25% 102
Administration coalitionsB 923,7314.81% 4.81% 94.41% 9
Liberal (Liberal Party) 358,2451.86% 6.96% 52.45% 6
PDP–Laban (Philippine Democratic Party–People's Power) 130,6950.68% 8.14 10.49% 10
Lakas-Laban coalition 13,302,717 69.24% 58.26% 157 79.95% 119
NPC (Nationalist People's Coalition) 2,342,37812.19% 6.47% 2210.78% 8
Opposition coalitionsC 306,0641.59% 1.59% 10.49% 1
KBL (New Society Movement) 183,2560.95% 1.40% 10.49% 2
PRP (People's Reform Party) 171,4540.89% 0.89% 00.00%
PMP (Party of the Filipino Masses) 101,6240.53% 0.53% 10.49% 1
NPC coalition 3,104,776 16.15% 4.86% 25 12.25% 8
Hybrid coalitionsD 989,7235.15% 5.15% 146.86% 14
Nacionalista (Nationalist Party) 153,0880.80% 3.12% 10.49% 6
Lapiang Manggagawa (Workers' Party) 104,4070.54% 0.54% 00.00%
PDSP (Philippine Democratic Socialist Party) 7,5630.04% 0.04% 00.00%
Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas (Nationalist Party of the Philippines) 1230.00% 0.00% 00.00%
Independent 1,386,0077.21% 2.17% 73.43% 1
Unidentified 162,7520.85% 0.85% 00.00%
Total 19,211,156100%204100% 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. &
Philippine Electoral Almanac Revised And Expanded. Presidential Communications Development & Strategic Planning Office.

See also

References
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