1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections

1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections

←  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 Vote % Seats +/– Lakas 40.66 100 +59 NPC 12.19 22 −8 LDP 10.83 17 −69 Lakas–Laban 10.40 25 +25 Others 13.72 33 +20 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.

Electoral system

The House of Representatives shall have not more than 250 members, unless otherwise fixed by law, of which 20% shall be elected via the party-list system, while the rest are elected via congressional districts. In lieu of an enabling law in regards to the party-list system, sectoral representatives shall continued to be appointed by the president just like previously in the Batasang Pambansa for the first three congresses from the enactment of the constitution, which includes this congress.

In this election, there are 204 seats voted via first-past-the-post in single-member districts. Each province, and a city with a population of 250,000, is guaranteed a seat, with more populous provinces and cities divided into two or more districts.

Congress has the power of redistricting three years after each census.

Redistricting

Reapportioning (redistricting) the number of seats is either via national reapportionment three years after the release of every census, or via piecemeal redistricting for every province or city. National reapportionment has not happened since the 1987 constitution took effect, and aside from piecemeal redistricting, the apportionment was based on the ordinance from the constitution, which was in turn based from the 1980 census. ^[2]

Changes from the previous Congresses

• Creation of Biliran and Guimaras provinces
  • The Local Government Code of 1991, enacted as Republic Act. No. 7160, mandates that all existing sub-provinces be made into provinces, having their own congressional representation.
  • Biliran, which was a sub-province of Leyte and included in its 3rd district, was then made into a province and becomes its own at-large district.
  • Guimaras, which was a sub-province of Iloilo and included in its 2nd district, was then made into a province and becomes its own at-large district.
  • Both approved in separate plebiscites on May 11, 1992.
• Creation of Sarangani province
  • The municipalities included in South Cotabato's 3rd district becomes the at-large district of the newly-created province of Sarangani
  • South Cotabato's 1st and 2nd districts were left intact.
  • Enacted into law as Republic Act. 7228.
  • Approved in a plebiscite on November 28, 1992.

Changes from the outgoing Congress

• Division of San Juan–Mandaluyong's at-large district to two districts
  • Mandaluyong attains cityhood and becomes its own at-large district.
  • San Juan becomes its own at-large district.
  • Enacted into law as Republic Act No. 7675.
  • Approved in a plebiscite on April 10, 1994.
• Reassignment of Benguet's two districts
  • Baguio (Benguet's 1st district) becomes its own at-large district.
  • Benguet (Benguet's 2nd district) becomes its own at-large district.

Summary of changes

As there were 218 seats from congressional districts, and since the constitution requires that there should be 1 party-list seat for every 4 seats from congressional districts, this means there were 53 party-list seats up for this election, or for a total of 270 seats.

Category	Total
Congressional districts in the outgoing Congress	200
New districts from redistricting laws from previous congresses	2
New districts from redistricting laws from outgoing Congress	1
Total seats for the next Congress	203

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:

• Administration coalition: Ran solely under the banner of one of the following: Lakas-NUCD-UMDP, Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino, Liberal Party, and PDP–Laban
• Opposition coalition: Ran solely under the banner of one of the following: Nationalist People's Coalition, Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, People's Reform Party, and Partido ng Masang Pilipino
• Others: Ran solely on other parties and coalitions not mentioned above
• Hybrid coalitions: Ran on any combinations of parties and coalitions mentioned above

Coalition		Votes	%	Seats
	Administration coalition	13,281,704	69.14	157
	Opposition coalition	2,982,071	15.52	26
	Hybrid coalitions	1,215,264	6.33	12
	Others	1,732,117	9.02	9
Total		19,211,156	100.00	204

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

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP	7,811,625	40.66	+19.46	100	+59
	Nationalist People's Coalition	2,342,378	12.19	−6.47	22	−8
	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	2,079,611	10.83	−22.90	17	−69
	Lakas–Laban Coalition	1,998,810	10.40	New	25	New
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Liberal Party	437,080	2.28	New	5	New
	Liberal Party	358,245	1.86	New	5	New
	Lakas ng Bayan/Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Nationalist People's Coalition	257,821	1.34	New	3	New
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Nationalist People's Coalition	195,532	1.02	New	4	New
	Lakas ng Bayan/Nationalist People's Coalition	187,705	0.98	New	2	New
	Nationalist People's Coalition/Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	183,256	0.95	New	1	New
	People's Reform Party	171,454	0.89	New	0	0
	Nacionalista Party	153,088	0.80	−3.12	1	−6
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP (independent)	139,427	0.73	New	0	0
	PDP–Laban	130,695	0.68	New	1	Mew
	Lakas ng Bayan/Liberal Party	106,387	0.55	New	2	New
	Lapiang Manggagawa	104,407	0.54	New	0	0
	Partido ng Masang Pilipino	101,624	0.53	New	1	New
	Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino	100,879	0.53	New	1	New
	Nationalist People's Coalition/PDP–Laban/People's Reform Party	87,241	0.45	New	1	New
	Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino/Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	75,957	0.40	New	0	0
	Lakas ng Bayan/Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Partido ng Masang Pilipino	71,804	0.37	New	1	New
	Lakas ng Bayan/Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino	71,692	0.37	New	0	0
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Nacionalista Party	68,542	0.36	New	0	0
	Lakas ng Bayan/People's Reform Party	66,176	0.34	New	1	New
	Lakas ng Bayan/Nacionalista Party	65,970	0.34	New	1	New
	Nationalist People's Coalition/Liberal Party	62,338	0.32	New	0	0
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Lakas ng Bayan/Liberal Party	55,991	0.29	New	0	0
	Lakas ng Bayan/PDP–Laban	54,508	0.28	New	1	New
	Nationalist People's Coalition/Nacionalista Party	54,153	0.28	New	0	0
	PDP–Laban/Partido ng Masang Pilipino/People's Reform Party	51,752	0.27	New	1	New
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Lakas ng Bayan/Nacionalista Party	43,589	0.23	New	0	0
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/PDP–Laban	32,417	0.17	New	1	New
	PDP–Laban/Nacionalista Party	24,076	0.13	New	0	0
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Lapiang Manggagawa	15,726	0.08	New	0	0
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Partido Panaghiusa	15,631	0.08	New	0	0
	Lakas ng Bayan (independent)	8,366	0.04	New	0	0
	Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas	7,563	0.04	New	0	0
	Nationalist People's Coalition/People's Reform Party	6,523	0.03	New	0	0
	People's Reform Party/Nacionalista Party	6,214	0.03	New	0	0
	Lakas ng Bayan/Lapiang Manggagawa	3,814	0.02	New	0	0
	Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas	123	0.00	New	0	0
	Unidentified	162,752	0.85	New	0	0
	Independent	1,238,214	6.45	+1.41	7	+1
Appointed seats					16	0
Total		19,211,156	100.00	–	220	+4
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.

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

• 10th Congress of the Philippines

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