1987 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Elections for the House of Representatives in the Philippines were held on May 11, 1987. This was the first legislative election since 1984, the first House of Representatives elections since 1969, and the first election since the People Power Revolution that overthrew president Ferdinand Marcos and brought Corazon Aquino to power after alleged election fraud by the former during the 1986 presidential election against the latter.

1987 Philippine House of Representatives elections
May 11, 1987
200 (of the 214) seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
108 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
UNIDO
Leader Jose Cojuangco, Jr. Ramon Mitra, Jr. Jose Yap
Party PDP–Laban Lakas ng Bansa UNIDO
Alliance LABAN LABAN LABAN
Leader's seat Tarlac–1st Palawan–2nd Tarlac–2nd
Last election 6 new party 35
Seats won 43 24 19
Seat change 37 24 16
Popular vote 3,477,958 3,510,638 2,570,876
Percentage 17.32% 17.48% 12.80%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
LP
KBL
NP
Leader Raul Daza Rodolfo Albano
Party Liberal KBL Nacionalista
Alliance LABAN GAD GAD
Leader's seat Northern Samar–1st Isabela–1st
Last election 0 114C 2
Seats won 16 11 4
Seat change 16 103 2
Popular vote 2,101,575 823,676 1,444,399
Percentage 10.46% 4.10% 7.19%
Speaker before election

Nicanor Yñiguez
KBL

 Elected Speaker

Ramon Mitra, Jr.
Lakas ng Bansa

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Although no party surpassed 20% of the popular vote, candidates that ran under two or more parties won a quarter of the seats, followed by PDP-Laban and Lakas ng Bansa of subsequent speaker Ramon Mitra, Jr. that would later be the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino after some of the members of PDP-Laban defected. The Ferdinand Marcos loyalists either ran under the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, as independents, or found their way into the pro-Corazon Aquino parties. The pro-Aquino parties won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.

Under the provisions of the Constitution, the 8th Congress spanned for an unprecedented five years, from June 30, 1987 until June 30, 1992.

Results

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

↓
District Sect.
103 55 23 17 2
14
59.30% 13.19% 13.25% 12.63%
LABAN C/O IND GAD [1]
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[2]
1 Partido ng Bayan: 1.63%
2 Sectoral seats: appointed
 Summary of the May 11, 1987 Philippine House of Representatives election results
Party Popular vote Seats won
Total%Total%+/−
Lakas ng Bansa (Nation's Power) 3,510,638 17.48% 24 12.00% 24
PDP–LabanA (Philippine Democratic Party–People's Power) 3,477,958 17.32% 43 21.50% 37
UNIDO (United Nationalist Democratic Organization) 2,570,876 12.80% 19 9.50% 16
Liberal (Liberal Party) 2,101,575 10.46% 16 8.00% 16
LABAN (People's Power) 248,489 1.24% 1 0.50% 1
LABAN coalition 11,909,536 59.30% 103 51.50% 62
Coalitions/OthersB 2,648,719 13.19% 55 27.50% 38
Nacionalista (Nationalist Party) 1,444,399 7.19% 4 2.00% 2
KBL (New Society Movement) 823,676 4.10% 11 5.50% 103
GAD (Grand Alliance for Democracy) 268,156 1.34% 2 1.00% 2
GAD coalition 2,536,231 12.63% 17 8.50% 99
Partido ng Bayan (Party of the People) 328,215 1.63% 2 1.00% 2
Independent 2,660,894 13.25% 23 11.50% 17
Total 20,083,595100%200100% 17
Valid votes20,083,59575.59%
Registered voters26,569,539100%
Notes:

A. ^ PDP-Laban totals include 21 seats under the PDP-Laban/Lakas ng Bansa alliance.
B. ^ There were 49 seats won by candidates who ran under various coalitions and 6 seats won by other minor parties.

Sources: Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. &
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.

Note
C. ^ KBL Independents were absorbed by the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan. This led to the combination of their seats, giving them 114 seats.

See also

References
    • 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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