1995 Philippine general election

The 1995 Philippine general election were held 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, etc. The Philippine National Police (PNP) listed five people dead and more than 200 hotspots before and 300 hotspots during the election.

1995 Philippine general election
May 8, 1995 (1995-05-08)
Registered36,415,154
Turnout25,736,505
1995 Philippine Senate election
May 8, 1995
12 (of the 24) seats in the Senate
13 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Edgardo Angara Ernesto Maceda Miriam Defensor Santiago
Party LDP NPC PRP
Alliance Lakas-Laban Coalition NPC NPC
Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large
Seats won 9 2 1
Popular vote 123,678,255 28,452,737 19,619,923
Percentage 67.7% 25.5% 5.2%
Senate President before election

Edgardo Angara
LDP

 Elected Senate President

Edgardo Angara
LDP

1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections
May 8, 1995
204 (of the 226) seats in the House of Representatives
114 seats needed for a majority
Party % Seats +/–
Lakas 40.66 100 +59
NPC 12.19 22 −8
LDP 10.83 17 −69
Lakas-Laban Coalition 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.
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Major senatorial candidates

Results

Senate
Main article: 1995 Philippine Senate election
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
Aquilino Pimentel Jr.Lakas–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[lower-alpha 1]People's Reform Party152,1610.59
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

House of Representatives
Main article: 1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections
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.

Local elections

Local elections for all positions above the barangay level, but below the regional level, were held on this day.

Local plebiscites

A plebiscite to ratify the division of the province of Kalinga-Apayao to two provinces named Apayao and Kalinga was also done on this day. The voters approved the division.

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