1995 Philippine Senate election

1995 Philippine Senate election
12 (of the 24) seats in the Senate; 13 seats needed for a majority
Senate President before election; Edgardo Angara; LDP	Elected Senate President ; Edgardo Angara; LDP

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.

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 (1916–1934), via closed party-lists (the "block voting" system in use from 1941 to 1949), 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 for the 1987 constitution, and the first since 1971, as the date the elected candidates take office falls at the midway point of President Fidel V. Ramos' six-year term.

Candidates

Administration coalition

Lakas-Laban Coalition
Candidate	Party
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo	LDP
Rodolfo Biazon	LDP
Franklin Drilon	Lakas
Juan Ponce Enrile	Nacionalista
Marcelo Fernan	LDP
Juan Flavier	Lakas
Ramon Magsaysay, Jr.	Lakas
Ramon Mitra	LDP
Sergio Osmeña III	Lakas
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.

Retiring and term limited incumbents

This was the first Senate election where there were term-limited incumbents.

Butz Aquino (LDP), term limited
John Henry Osmeña (NPC), term limited, ran for representative from Cebu's 3rd district and won; ran for senator in 1998 and won
Nina Rasul (Lakas)
Wigberto Tañada (Liberal), term limited, ran for representative from Quezon's 4th district and won; ran for senator in 2001 and lost

Mid-term vacancies

Teofisto Guingona Jr. (LDP), appointed Executive Secretary on July 6, 1993

Results

The Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) and the Lakas–NUCD won four each, and the Nacionalista Party, the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), People's Reform Party (PRP), and an independent winning one seat each.

Three incumbent LDP senators won: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Raul Roco, and Francisco Tatad (originally elected as an NPC member). Nikki Coseteng was the sole NPC senator to successfully defend her seat.

Neophyte senators were Lakas's Franklin Drilon, Juan Flavier, Ramon Magsaysay Jr., and Serge Osmeña, LDP's Marcelo Fernan, Miriam Defensor Santiago of the PRP, and independent Gregorio Honasan.

Returning was Juan Ponce Enrile, who last served in the Senate in 1992.

Incumbents defeated were LDP's Rodolfo Biazon and NPC's Arturo Tolentino.

	1	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	24	18
Before election		‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡^	‡	‡	‡	‡

Election result	Not up	PRP	Lakas-Laban Coalition									NPC		Not up
After election		+	+	+	+	*	*	√	√	√	+	√	+
Senate bloc	Majority bloc											Minority bloc

Key:

‡ Seats up
+ Gained by a party from another party
√ Held by the incumbent
* Held by the same party with a new senator
^ Vacancy

Per candidate


Candidate		Party or alliance		Votes	%
	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo	Lakas–Laban Coalition	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	15,745,741	61.18
	Raul Roco	Lakas–Laban Coalition	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	12,509,736	48.61
	Ramon Magsaysay Jr.	Lakas–Laban Coalition	Lakas–NUCD	11,862,458	46.09
	Franklin Drilon	Lakas–Laban Coalition	Lakas–NUCD	11,032,476	42.87
	Juan Flavier	Lakas–Laban Coalition	Lakas–NUCD	10,748,528	41.76
	Miriam Defensor Santiago	Nationalist People's Coalition	People's Reform Party	9,497,231	36.90
	Serge Osmeña	Lakas–Laban Coalition	Lakas–NUCD	9,390,935	36.49
	Francisco Tatad	Lakas–Laban Coalition	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	9,146,951	35.54
	Gregorio Honasan	Nationalist People's Coalition	Independent	8,968,616	34.85
	Marcelo Fernan	Lakas–Laban Coalition	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	8,762,235	34.05
	Juan Ponce Enrile	Nationalist People's Coalition	Independent	8,701,191	33.81
	Nikki Coseteng	Nationalist People's Coalition		8,700,278	33.81
	Ramon Mitra Jr.	Lakas–Laban Coalition	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	8,650,618	33.61
	Rodolfo Biazon	Lakas–Laban Coalition	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	8,587,338	33.37
	Nene Pimentel	Lakas–Laban Coalition	PDP–Laban	8,522,148	33.11
	Bongbong Marcos	Nationalist People's Coalition	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	8,168,768	31.74
	Arturo Tolentino	Nationalist People's Coalition		7,726,006	30.02
	Ramon Fernandez	Nationalist People's Coalition		3,572,604	13.88
	Rosemarie Arenas	Nationalist People's Coalition		3,178,837	12.35
	Manuel C. Roxas	Nationalist People's Coalition		2,455,764	9.54
	Herman T. Laurel	People's Reform Party		1,395,015	5.42
	Almarin C. Tillah	Nationalist People's Coalition		1,165,164	4.53
	Amanda T. Cruz	Nationalist People's Coalition		1,008,180	3.92
	Gaudencio Beduya	Nationalist People's Coalition		829,082	3.22
	Adelisa Raymundo	Nationalist People's Coalition		745,115	2.90
	Ibrahim Amerel	Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas		482,328	1.87
	Vicente N. Biego	Bicol Saro		417,901	1.62
	Felino C. Polintan Jr.	Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas		393,712	1.53
	Brigido Simon^[a]	People's Reform Party		152,161	0.59
	Jose Misa	Bicol Saro		109,711	0.43
Total				182,626,828	100.00

Total votes				25,736,505	–
Registered voters/turnout				36,415,154	70.68

^ Withdrew but remained on the ballot

Per coalition


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
	Lakas-Laban Coalition		Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	63,402,619	34.72	4
			Lakas–NUCD	43,034,397	23.56	4
			Nacionalista Party	8,701,191	4.76	1
			PDP–Laban	8,522,148	4.67	0
		Total		123,660,355	67.71	9
	Nationalist People's Coalition		Nationalist People's Coalition	29,381,030	16.09	1
			Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	8,168,768	4.47	0
			Independent	8,968,616	4.91	1
		Total		46,518,414	25.47	2
	People's Reform Party			9,497,231	5.20	1
	People's Reform Party–Laurel wing			1,547,176	0.85	0
	Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas			482,328	0.26	0
	Independent			921,324	0.50	0
Total				182,626,828	100.00	12

Total votes				25,736,505	–
Registered voters/turnout				36,415,154	70.68
Source: "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-10.

Vote share

Lakas-Laban			67.71%
NPC			25.47%
PRP			5.20%
Others			1.62%

Senate seats

Lakas-Laban			75.00%
NPC			16.67%
PRP			8.33%
Others			0%

Per party



Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats
Party		Votes	%	+/–	Up	Before	Won	After	+/−
	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	63,402,619	34.72	−10.28	6	16	4	14	−2
	Lakas–NUCD	43,034,397	23.56	+5.96	1	2	4	5	+3
	Nationalist People's Coalition	29,381,030	16.09	−1.62	4	5	1	2	−3
	People's Reform Party	11,044,407	6.05	−3.83	0	0	1	1	New
	Nacionalista Party	8,701,191	4.76	−0.49	0	0	1	1	New
	PDP–Laban	8,522,148	4.67	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	8,168,768	4.47	−0.12	0	0	0	0	0
	Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas	482,328	0.26	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Independent	9,889,940	5.42	+5.23	0	0	1	1	New
	Liberal Party				1	1	0	0	−1
Total		182,626,828	100.00	–	12	24	12	24	0

Total votes		25,736,505	–
Registered voters/turnout		36,415,154	70.68
Source: "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-10.

Vote share

LDP			34.72%
Lakas			23.56%
NPC			16.09%
PRP			6.05%
NP			4.76%
Independent			5.42%
Others			5.92%

Senate seats won

LDP			33.33%
Lakas			33.33%
NPC			8.33%
PRP			8.33%
NP			8.33%
Independent			8.33%
Others			0.00%

References

External links

[1] Withdrew but remained on the ballot

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