1995 Philippine Senate election

The 1995 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 25th election to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on Monday, May 8, 1995 to elect 12 of the 24 seats in the Senate. 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) listed five people dead and listed more than 200 hotspots before and 300 hotspots during the election.

1995 Philippine Senate election

May 8, 1995
12 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Edgardo Angara Ernesto Maceda Miriam Defensor Santiago Party LDP NPC PRP Alliance Lakas-Laban NPC NPC Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Seats before 7 5 0 Seats won 8 1 2 Seats after 18 2 2 Seat change 11 3 2 Popular vote 123,678,255 28,452,737 19,619,923 Percentage 68.6% 15.8% 15.8% Swing 6.0% 1.9% 8.7%
Senate President before election Edgardo Angara LDP Elected Senate President Edgardo Angara LDP

The two largest parties, Lakas-NUCD and the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP), contested the senate election under the Lakas-Laban Coalition and won nine out of the 12 seats contested. The opposition-led coalition was composed of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) which had an alliance with the People's Reform Party (PRP), though they contested the election separately.

This was also the first time that the electorate voted for twelve candidates under the plurality-at-large voting to the Senate; previously, the electorate voted for two candidates each per senatorial districts (1916–34), via closed party-lists (the "block voting" system in use from to 1941-49), and eight senators via plurality-at-large voting with the country as one "at-large" district from 1951 to 1971. This was also the first midterm election as the date the elected candidates take office falls at the midway point of President Fidel V. Ramos' six-year term.

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 LDP Sergio Osmeña III Lakas-NUCD Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. PDP-LABAN Raul Roco LDP Francisco Tatad LDP

Opposition coalition Nationalist People's Coalition Candidate Party Rosemarie Arenas NPC Gaudencio Beduya NPC Anna Dominique Coseteng NPC Amanda T. Cruz NPC Ramon Fernandez NPC Gregorio 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	Party		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 coalition

Party/coalition		Votes	%	Seats won	%
	Lakas-Laban	123,678,255	68.6%	9	75.0%
	PRP	19,619,923	10.9%	2	16.0%
	NPC	28,452,737	15.8%	1	1.0%
	KBL	8,168,768	4.5%	0	0.0%
	Others	441,548	0,2%	0	0.0%
Totals		180,361,231	100.0%	13	100.0%
Source: "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-10.

Per party

Party		Popular vote			Breakdown				Seats
		Total	%	Swing	Entered	Up	Not up	Won	End 9th	10th	%	+/−
	LDP	63,402,619	34.72%	10.28%	6	6	10	4	16	14	58.3%	2
	Lakas	43,034,397	23.56%	5.96%	4	1	1	4	2	5	20.8%	3
	NPC	29,381,030	16.09%	1.62%	9	4	1	1	5	2	8.3%	3
	PRP	11,044,407	6.05%	3.83%	3	0	0	1	0	1	4.2%	1
	Nacionalista	8,701,191	4.76%	0.48%	1	0	0	1	0	1	4.2%	1
	PDP–Laban	8,522,148	4.67%	2.26%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
	KBL	8,168,768	4.47%	0.12%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
	PDSP	482,328	0.26%	0.26%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
	Liberal	Did not participate				1	0	0	1	0	0.0%	1
	Independent	31,173,413	13.33%	13.14%	4	0	0	1	0	1	4.2%	1
Total		182,626,828	100%	—	30	12	12	12	24	24	100%

See also

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections
• 10th Congress of the Philippines

References

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections
• Official website of the House of Representatives