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1995 Philippine Senate election

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Philippine general election, 1995

← 1992 May 8, 1995 1998 →

One-half of the Senate and all 250 seats in the House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
  File:Lakas1.png File:Npc-phil-logo.JPG
Party Lakas NPC
Last election 5 seats 7 seats
Seats won 8 3
Seat change +6 -4

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 and etc. The Philippine National Police (PNP) had listed five dead and listed more than 200 hotspots before the election and during the election day listed 300 hotspots.

Major Senatorial Candidates

Administration coalition

Lakas-Laban Coalition
Candidate Party
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
LDP
Rodolfo Biazon
LDP
Franklin Drilon
Lakas-NUCD
Juan Ponce Enrile
Lakas-NUCD
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

CandidateParty or allianceVotes%
Gloria Macapagal ArroyoLakas–Laban CoalitionLaban ng Demokratikong Pilipino15,745,74161.18
Raul RocoLakas–Laban CoalitionLaban ng Demokratikong Pilipino12,509,73648.61
Ramon Magsaysay Jr.Lakas–Laban CoalitionLakas–NUCD11,862,45846.09
Franklin DrilonLakas–Laban CoalitionLakas–NUCD11,032,47642.87
Juan FlavierLakas–Laban CoalitionLakas–NUCD10,748,52841.76
Miriam Defensor SantiagoNationalist People's CoalitionPeople's Reform Party9,497,23136.90
Serge OsmeñaLakas–Laban CoalitionLakas–NUCD9,390,93536.49
Francisco TatadLakas–Laban CoalitionLaban ng Demokratikong Pilipino9,146,95135.54
Gregorio HonasanNationalist People's CoalitionIndependent8,968,61634.85
Marcelo FernanLakas–Laban CoalitionLaban ng Demokratikong Pilipino8,762,23534.05
Juan Ponce EnrileNationalist People's CoalitionIndependent8,701,19133.81
Nikki CosetengNationalist People's Coalition8,700,27833.81
Ramon Mitra Jr.Lakas–Laban CoalitionLaban ng Demokratikong Pilipino8,650,61833.61
Rodolfo BiazonLakas–Laban CoalitionLaban ng Demokratikong Pilipino8,587,33833.37
Nene PimentelLakas–Laban CoalitionPDP–Laban8,522,14833.11
Bongbong MarcosNationalist People's CoalitionKilusang Bagong Lipunan8,168,76831.74
Arturo TolentinoNationalist People's Coalition7,726,00630.02
Ramon FernandezNationalist People's Coalition3,572,60413.88
Rosemarie ArenasNationalist People's Coalition3,178,83712.35
Manuel C. RoxasNationalist People's Coalition2,455,7649.54
Herman T. LaurelPeople's Reform Party1,395,0155.42
Almarin C. TillahNationalist People's Coalition1,165,1644.53
Amanda T. CruzNationalist People's Coalition1,008,1803.92
Gaudencio BeduyaNationalist People's Coalition829,0823.22
Adelisa RaymundoNationalist People's Coalition745,1152.90
Ibrahim AmerelPartido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas482,3281.87
Vicente N. BiegoBicol Saro417,9011.62
Felino C. Polintan Jr.Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas393,7121.53
Brigido Simon[a]People's Reform Party152,1610.59
Jose MisaBicol Saro109,7110.43
Total182,626,828100.00
Total votes25,736,505
Registered voters/turnout36,415,15470.68
  1. ^ Withdrew but remained on the ballot

See also