1995 Philippine general election

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) listed five people dead and more than 200 hotspots before and 300 hotspots during the election.

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	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 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
			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. & Philippine Electoral Almanac Revised And Expanded. Presidential Communications Development & Strategic Planning Office.

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