1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections

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1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections
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  1992 May 8, 1995 1998  

204 (of the 226) seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
103 seats needed for a majority
PartyVote %Seats+/–
Lakas 40.66100+59
NPC 12.1922−8
LDP 10.8317−69
Lakas–Laban 10.4025+25
Others 13.7233+20
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Speaker beforeSpeaker 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]

Contents

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

Changes from the outgoing Congress

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.

CategoryTotal
Congressional districts in the outgoing Congress200
New districts from redistricting laws from previous congresses2
New districts from redistricting laws from outgoing Congress1
Total seats for the next Congress203

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

1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections results.svg
PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP 7,811,62540.66+19.46100+59
Nationalist People's Coalition 2,342,37812.19−6.4722−8
Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino 2,079,61110.83−22.9017−69
Lakas–Laban Coalition 1,998,81010.40New25New
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Liberal Party 437,0802.28New5New
Liberal Party 358,2451.86New5New
Lakas ng Bayan/Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Nationalist People's Coalition 257,8211.34New3New
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Nationalist People's Coalition 195,5321.02New4New
Lakas ng Bayan/Nationalist People's Coalition 187,7050.98New2New
Nationalist People's Coalition/Kilusang Bagong Lipunan 183,2560.95New1New
People's Reform Party 171,4540.89New00
Nacionalista Party 153,0880.80−3.121−6
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP (independent)139,4270.73New00
PDP–Laban 130,6950.68New1Mew
Lakas ng Bayan/Liberal Party 106,3870.55New2New
Lapiang Manggagawa 104,4070.54New00
Partido ng Masang Pilipino 101,6240.53New1New
Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino 100,8790.53New1New
Nationalist People's Coalition/PDP–Laban/People's Reform Party 87,2410.45New1New
Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino/Kilusang Bagong Lipunan 75,9570.40New00
Lakas ng Bayan/Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Partido ng Masang Pilipino 71,8040.37New1New
Lakas ng Bayan/Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino 71,6920.37New00
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Nacionalista Party 68,5420.36New00
Lakas ng Bayan/People's Reform Party 66,1760.34New1New
Lakas ng Bayan/Nacionalista Party 65,9700.34New1New
Nationalist People's Coalition/Liberal Party 62,3380.32New00
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Lakas ng Bayan/Liberal Party 55,9910.29New00
Lakas ng Bayan/PDP–Laban 54,5080.28New1New
Nationalist People's Coalition/Nacionalista Party 54,1530.28New00
PDP–Laban/Partido ng Masang Pilipino/People's Reform Party 51,7520.27New1New
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Lakas ng Bayan/Nacionalista Party 43,5890.23New00
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/PDP–Laban 32,4170.17New1New
PDP–Laban/Nacionalista Party 24,0760.13New00
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Lapiang Manggagawa 15,7260.08New00
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Partido Panaghiusa 15,6310.08New00
Lakas ng Bayan (independent)8,3660.04New00
Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas 7,5630.04New00
Nationalist People's Coalition/People's Reform Party 6,5230.03New00
People's Reform Party/Nacionalista Party 6,2140.03New00
Lakas ng Bayan/Lapiang Manggagawa 3,8140.02New00
Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas1230.00New00
Unidentified162,7520.85New00
Independent1,238,2146.45+1.417+1
Appointed seats 160
Total19,211,156100.00220+4
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.
  2. Tiongson-Mayrina, Karen; Barrientos-Vallarta, Brenda (2016-02-02). "Is 'piecemeal' redistricting a questionable process?". GMA News Online . Archived from the original on 2024-09-26. Retrieved 2025-02-21.