1998 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on May 11, 1998. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Fidel V. Ramos' Lakas-NUCD-UMDP, won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.[1] For the first time since the People Power Revolution, a party won majority of the seats in the House; Lakas had a seat over the majority. This is also the first Philippine elections that included the party-list system.[2]

1998 Philippine House of Representatives elections
May 11, 1998
All 258 seats in the House of Representatives (including 38 underhang seats)
130 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
LP
Leader Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. Manuel Villar, Jr. Raul Daza
Party Lakas LAMMP Liberal
Leader's seat Quezon City–4th Las Piñas Northern Samar–1st
Last election 100 seats, 40.66% new party 5 seats, 1.86%
Seats won 111 55 15
Seat change 11 55 10
Popular vote 11,981,024 6,520,744 1,773,124
Percentage 49.01% 26.68% 7.25%
Swing 8.35% 26.68% 5.39%
Speaker before election

Jose de Venecia, Jr.
Lakas

 Elected Speaker

Manuel Villar, Jr.
LAMMP

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However, with Joseph Estrada of the opposition Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (LAMMP; an electoral alliance between the Partido ng Masang Pilipino (PMP), the NPC and the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP)) winning the presidential election, the majority of the elected Lakas-NUCD-UMDP congressmen switched sides to LAMMP. This led to Manuel Villar, Jr. (formerly of Lakas but became a LAMMP member prior to the election) on being elected as the Speaker of the House.

The elected representatives served in the 11th Congress from 1998 to 2001.

Results

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

↓
District PL
111 64 16 15
14
49.20% 30.77% 11.86% 7.25%
Lakas-NUCD-UMDP LAMMP Others LP
.
[1] [2]
No seats won in districts: 0.93% (first white bar)
1 Party-lists with seats won: 37.46%
2 Party-lists with no seats won: 62.54%

District elections
 Summary of the May 11, 1998 Philippine House of Representatives election results for representatives from congressional districts
Party Popular vote Seats won
Total%SwingTotal%+/−
Lakas (People Power–National Union of Christian Democrats–United Muslim Democrats of the Philippines) 11,981,02449.01% 8.35% 11153.88% 11
KAMPI (Partner of the Free Filipino) 47,2730.19% 0.19% 00.00%
Lakas-NUCD-UMDP coalition 12,028,297 49.20% 8.54% 111 53.88% 11
LAMMPA (Struggle of the Patriotic Filipino Masses) 6,520,74426.68% 26.68% 5526.70% 55
NPC (Nationalist People's Coalition) 998,2394.08% 8.11% 94.37% 13
PMP (Party of the Filipino Masses) 2,0100.01% 0.52% 00.00% 1
LAMMP coalition 7,520,993 30.77% 18.05% 64 31.07% 41
Liberal (Liberal Party) 1,773,1247.25% 5.39% 157.28% 10
Reporma-LMB (Party for Democratic Reforms–Workers' Party) 966,6533.95% 3.95% 41.94% 4
Lapiang Manggagawa (Workers' Party) 8,7920.04% 0.50% 00.00%
Reporma-LM coalition 975,445 3.99% Δ 3.45% 4 1.94% Δ 4
PROMDI (Provinces First Development Initiative) 586,9542.40% 2.40% 41.94% 4
PDP–Laban (Philippine Democratic Party–People's Power) 134,3310.55% 0.13% 00.00% 1
Aksyon (Democratic Action) 106,8430.44% 0.44% 10.49% 1
Ompia (Reform Party) 46,4620.19% 0.19% 10.49% 1
PRP (People's Reform Party) 38,6400.16% 0.73% 00.00%
KBL (New Society Movement) 35,5220.15% 0.80% 00.00% 1
PDSP (Philippine Democratic Socialist Party) 8,8500.04% 00.00%
Nacionalista (Nationalist Party) 4,4120.02% 0.78% 00.00% 1
Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapabago (National Renewal Movement) 1,3100.01% 0.01% 00.00%
Unaffiliated 348,2811.42% 1.42% 41.94% 4
Independent 834,9343.42% 3.79% 20.97% 5
Total 24,444,398100%206100% 2
Valid votes24,444,39883.47%
Invalid votes4,841,37716.53%
Total turnout29,285,77586.46%
Registered voters33,873,665100%
Notes:

A. ^ Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino was the PMP/LDP/NPC coalition.
B. ^ Partido ng Demokratikong Reporma-Lapiang Manggagawa was the Reporma/LM coalition.

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.

Party-list election

There were 52 seats for sectoral representatives that were contested. Each party has to get 2% of the national vote to win one seat; they would win an additional seat for every 2% of the vote, up to the maximum three seats. Only 14 party-list representatives were elected under this rule, leaving 38 unfilled seats. Eventually, the "2–4–6%" rule was ruled as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court on October 6, 2000 on the case Veterans Federation Party, et. al. vs. COMELEC.[3] Despite this ruling, no additional seats were awarded to any party-lists.

 Summary of the May 11, 1998 Philippine House of Representatives election results for party-list representatives
Party Popular vote Seats
won
Total%
APEC503,4875.50%2
ABA321,6463.51%1
Alagad312,5003.41%1
VFP304,9023.33%1
PROMDI255,1842.79%1
AKO239,0422.61%1
SCFO238,3032.60%1
Abanse! Pinay235,5482.57%1
Akbayan232,3762.54%1
Butil215,6432.36%1
Sanlakas194,6172.13%1
Coop-NATCCO189,8022.07%1
COCOFED186,3882.04%1
Others5,725,87162.54%0
Total9,155,309100%14
Valid votes9,155,30931.26%
Invalid votes20,130,46668.74%
Total turnout29,285,77586.46%
Registered voters33,873,665100%
Sources: Supreme Court (October 6, 2000). "G.R. No. 136781".
& Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hassall & Santos.
Elections in Asia and the Pacific: Vol II: South East Asia.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

See also

References
  1. Quezon, Manuel III (2007-06-06). "An abnormal return to normality". PCIJ.org. Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  2. http://cpcabrisbane.org/Kasama/2003/V17n3/PartyList.htm
  3. Supreme Court (October 6, 2000). "G.R. No. 136781". Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  • 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.
  • Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
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