1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections

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1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Philippines
← 1992 May 8, 1995 1998 →

204 (of the 226) seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
103 seats needed for a majority
Party % Seats +/–
Lakas

40.66 100 +59
NPC

12.19 22 −8
LDP

10.83 17 −69
Lakas–Laban

10.40 25 +25
Lakas/Liberal

2.28 5 +5
Liberal

1.86 5 +5
LnB/Lakas/NPC

1.34 3 +3
Lakas/NPC

1.02 4 +4
LnB/NPC

0.98 2 +2
NPC/KBL

0.95 1 +1
Nacionalista

0.80 1 −6
PDP–Laban

0.68 1 +1
LnB/Liberal

0.55 2 +2
PMP

0.53 1 +1
NPC/PMP

0.53 1 +1
NPC/PDP–Laban/PRP

0.45 1 +1
LnB/Lakas/PMP

0.37 1 +1
LnB/PRP

0.34 1 +1
LnB/Nacionalista

0.34 1 +1
LnB/PDP–Laban

0.28 1 +1
PDP–Laban/PMP/PRP

0.27 1 +1
Lakas/PDP–Laban

0.17 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Speaker before Speaker after
Jose de Venecia Jr.
Lakas
Jose de Venecia Jr.
Lakas

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.

Per coalition

Definitions:

CoalitionVotes%Seats
Administration coalition13,281,70469.14157
Opposition coalition2,982,07115.5226
Hybrid coalitions1,215,2646.3312
Others1,732,1179.029
Total19,211,156100.00204
Vote share
Administration
69.14%
Opposition
15.52%
Hybrid
6.33%
Others
9.02%
District seats
Administration
76.96%
Opposition
12.75%
Hybrid
5.88%
Others
4.41%

Per party

PartyVotes%Seats
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP7,811,62540.66100
Nationalist People's Coalition2,342,37812.1922
Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino2,079,61110.8317
Lakas-Laban Coalition1,998,81010.4025
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Liberal Party437,0802.285
Liberal Party358,2451.865
Lakas ng Bayan/Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Nationalist People's Coalition257,8211.343
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Nationalist People's Coalition195,5321.024
Lakas ng Bayan/Nationalist People's Coalition187,7050.982
Nationalist People's Coalition/Kilusang Bagong Lipunan183,2560.951
People's Reform Party171,4540.890
Nacionalista Party153,0880.801
Independent Lakas–NUCD–UMDP139,4270.730
PDP–Laban130,6950.681
Lakas ng Bayan/Liberal Party106,3870.552
Lapiang Manggagawa104,4070.540
Partido ng Masang Pilipino101,6240.531
Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino100,8790.531
Nationalist People's Coalition/PDP–Laban/People's Reform Party87,2410.451
Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino/Kilusang Bagong Lipunan75,9570.400
Lakas ng Bayan/Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Partido ng Masang Pilipino71,8040.371
Lakas ng Bayan/Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino71,6920.370
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Nacionalista Party68,5420.360
Lakas ng Bayan/People's Reform Party66,1760.341
Lakas ng Bayan/Nacionalista Party65,9700.341
Nationalist People's Coalition/Liberal Party62,3380.320
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Lakas ng Bayan/Liberal Party55,9910.290
Lakas ng Bayan/PDP–Laban54,5080.281
Nationalist People's Coalition/Nacionalista Party54,1530.280
PDP–Laban/Partido ng Masang Pilipino/People's Reform Party51,7520.271
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Lakas ng Bayan/Nacionalista Party43,5890.230
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/PDP–Laban32,4170.171
PDP–Laban/Nacionalista Party24,0760.130
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Lapiang Manggagawa15,7260.080
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Partido Panaghiusa15,6310.080
Independent Lakas ng Bayan8,3660.040
Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas7,5630.040
Nationalist People's Coalition/People's Reform Party6,5230.030
People's Reform Party/Nacionalista Party6,2140.030
Lakas ng Bayan/Lapiang Manggagawa3,8140.020
Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas1230.000
Unidentified162,7520.850
Independent1,238,2146.457
Appointed seats16
Total19,211,156100.00220
Valid votes19,211,15674.65
Invalid/blank votes6,525,34925.35
Total votes25,736,505
Registered voters/turnout36,415,15470.68
Source: Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook. Vol. 2: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Vote share
Lakas
40.66%
NPC
12.19%
LDP
10.83%
Others
36.32%
District seats
Lakas
49.02%
NPC
10.78%
LDP
8.33%
Others
31.87%

See also

References

  1. ^ Quezon, Manuel III (2007-06-06). "An abnormal return to normality". PCIJ.org. Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-12-06.