1995 Philippine general election
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Registered | 36,415,154 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 25,736,505 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1995 Philippine Senate election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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204 (of the 226) seats in the House of Representatives 114 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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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.
Major senatorial candidates
Lakas-Laban Coalition
| Nationalist People's Coalition
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Results
Senate
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LDP
Lakas-NUCD-UMDP
NPC
PRP
Nacionalista Party
Independent
- ^ Withdrew but remained on the ballot
House of Representatives
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP | 7,811,625 | 40.66 | 100 | |
Nationalist People's Coalition | 2,342,378 | 12.19 | 22 | |
Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino | 2,079,611 | 10.83 | 17 | |
Lakas-Laban Coalition | 1,998,810 | 10.40 | 25 | |
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Liberal Party | 437,080 | 2.28 | 5 | |
Liberal Party | 358,245 | 1.86 | 5 | |
Lakas ng Bayan/Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Nationalist People's Coalition | 257,821 | 1.34 | 3 | |
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Nationalist People's Coalition | 195,532 | 1.02 | 4 | |
Lakas ng Bayan/Nationalist People's Coalition | 187,705 | 0.98 | 2 | |
Nationalist People's Coalition/Kilusang Bagong Lipunan | 183,256 | 0.95 | 1 | |
People's Reform Party | 171,454 | 0.89 | 0 | |
Nacionalista Party | 153,088 | 0.80 | 1 | |
Independent Lakas–NUCD–UMDP | 139,427 | 0.73 | 0 | |
PDP–Laban | 130,695 | 0.68 | 1 | |
Lakas ng Bayan/Liberal Party | 106,387 | 0.55 | 2 | |
Lapiang Manggagawa | 104,407 | 0.54 | 0 | |
Partido ng Masang Pilipino | 101,624 | 0.53 | 1 | |
Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino | 100,879 | 0.53 | 1 | |
Nationalist People's Coalition/PDP–Laban/People's Reform Party | 87,241 | 0.45 | 1 | |
Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino/Kilusang Bagong Lipunan | 75,957 | 0.40 | 0 | |
Lakas ng Bayan/Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Partido ng Masang Pilipino | 71,804 | 0.37 | 1 | |
Lakas ng Bayan/Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino | 71,692 | 0.37 | 0 | |
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Nacionalista Party | 68,542 | 0.36 | 0 | |
Lakas ng Bayan/People's Reform Party | 66,176 | 0.34 | 1 | |
Lakas ng Bayan/Nacionalista Party | 65,970 | 0.34 | 1 | |
Nationalist People's Coalition/Liberal Party | 62,338 | 0.32 | 0 | |
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Lakas ng Bayan/Liberal Party | 55,991 | 0.29 | 0 | |
Lakas ng Bayan/PDP–Laban | 54,508 | 0.28 | 1 | |
Nationalist People's Coalition/Nacionalista Party | 54,153 | 0.28 | 0 | |
PDP–Laban/Partido ng Masang Pilipino/People's Reform Party | 51,752 | 0.27 | 1 | |
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Lakas ng Bayan/Nacionalista Party | 43,589 | 0.23 | 0 | |
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/PDP–Laban | 32,417 | 0.17 | 1 | |
PDP–Laban/Nacionalista Party | 24,076 | 0.13 | 0 | |
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Lapiang Manggagawa | 15,726 | 0.08 | 0 | |
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Partido Panaghiusa | 15,631 | 0.08 | 0 | |
Independent Lakas ng Bayan | 8,366 | 0.04 | 0 | |
Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas | 7,563 | 0.04 | 0 | |
Nationalist People's Coalition/People's Reform Party | 6,523 | 0.03 | 0 | |
People's Reform Party/Nacionalista Party | 6,214 | 0.03 | 0 | |
Lakas ng Bayan/Lapiang Manggagawa | 3,814 | 0.02 | 0 | |
Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas | 123 | 0.00 | 0 | |
Unidentified | 162,752 | 0.85 | 0 | |
Independent | 1,238,214 | 6.45 | 7 | |
Appointed seats | 16 | |||
Total | 19,211,156 | 100.00 | 220 | |
Valid votes | 19,211,156 | 74.65 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 6,525,349 | 25.35 | ||
Total votes | 25,736,505 | – | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 36,415,154 | 70.68 | ||
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.
See also
- Commission on Elections
- Politics of the Philippines
- Philippine elections
- 10th Congress of the Philippines
References
External links
- Official website of the Commission on Elections