Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1995
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204 (of the 226) seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
114 seats needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| 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% |
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The 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]
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.
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Sectoral |
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| 69.24% |
16.15% |
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8.01% |
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| Lakas-Laban |
NPC |
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Others |
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- 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 | % | Swing | Total | % | +/− |
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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 |
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LDP (Struggle of Democratic Filipinos) |
2,079,611 | 10.83% | 22.90% |
17 | 8.33% | 69 |
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Lakas-Laban (People Power–Struggle Coalition)A |
1,998,810 | 10.40% | 44.53% |
25 | 12.25% | 102 |
| | Administration coalitionsB |
923,731 | 4.81% | 4.81% |
9 | 4.41% | 9 |
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Liberal (Liberal Party) |
358,245 | 1.86% | 6.96% |
5 | 2.45% | 6 |
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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 |
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NPC (Nationalist People's Coalition) |
2,342,378 | 12.19% | 6.47% |
22 | 10.78% | 8 |
| | Opposition coalitionsC |
306,064 | 1.59% | 1.59% |
1 | 0.49% | 1 |
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KBL (New Society Movement) |
183,256 | 0.95% | 1.40% |
1 | 0.49% | 2 |
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PRP (People's Reform Party) |
171,454 | 0.89% | 0.89% |
0 | 0.00% |  |
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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 |
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| Hybrid coalitionsD |
989,723 | 5.15% | 5.15% |
14 | 6.86% | 14 |
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Nacionalista (Nationalist Party) |
153,088 | 0.80% | 3.12% |
1 | 0.49% | 6 |
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Lapiang Manggagawa (Workers' Party) |
104,407 | 0.54% | 0.54% |
0 | 0.00% | |
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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% | |
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Independent |
1,386,007 | 7.21% | 2.17% |
7 | 3.43% | 1 |
| | Unidentified |
162,752 | 0.85% | 0.85% |
0 | 0.00% | |
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| Total |
19,211,156 | 100% | | 204 | 100% | 4 |
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| 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. &
Presidential Communications Development & Strategic Planning Office. Philippine Electoral Almanac Revised And Expanded. |
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.
