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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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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.
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.
Definitions:
Coalition | Votes | % | Seats | |
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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 |
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