2001 Philippine Senate election

2001 Philippine Senate election

←  1998 May 14, 2001 2004  →
12 (of the 24) seats to the Senate of the Philippines and one mid-term vacancy 13 seats needed for a majority
Alliance PPC PnM Independent Seats won 8 4 1 Popular vote 123,491,617 95,072,114 22,303,310 Percentage 50.81 39.12 9.18
Senate President before election Aquilino Pimentel Jr. PDP–Laban Elected Senate President Franklin Drilon Independent

The 2001 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 27th election to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on Monday, May 14, 2001, to elect 12 of the 24 seats and one mid-term vacancy in the Senate. Independent candidate Noli de Castro, a journalist and former television anchor, was announced as the topnotcher. This became the first synchronized national and local elections held after the ouster of former President Joseph Estrada in January due to a military-backed civilian uprising, popularly known as EDSA II.

The PPC won eight seats, the Puwersa ng Masa won four, and Noli de Castro as an independent won one; PPC's Ralph Recto edged out Puwersa ng Masa's Gregorio Honasan for the twelfth place and Honasan was elected to serve the remainder of Guingona's term. On February 20, 2007, the Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled that Honasan did lose the election but declared the special election constitutional for the remaining three-year term of Teofisto Guingona Jr.

Electoral system

Philippine Senate elections are via pluraity block voting, with the entire country as an at-large "district". Each voter has 12 votes, and can vote for up to 12 candidates. Seats up were the seats last contested in 1995.

With the appointment of Teofisto Guingona Jr. as vice president in 2001, the COMELEC ruled that the thirteenth placed candidate shall serve for Guingona's unexpired term.

Candidates

The two competing coalitions in this election were the anti-Estrada People Power Coalition (PPC) and the pro-Estrada Puwersa ng Masa coalition.

The PPC was composed of Lakas—National Union of Christian Democrats—United Muslim Democrats of the Philippines, Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma—Lapiang Manggagawa, Aksyon Demokratiko, Probinsya Muna Development Initiative, Liberal Party and Partido Demokratiko Pilipino—Lakas ng Bayan.

The Puwersa ng Masa included Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino and Partido ng Masang Pilipino along with pro-Estrada independent candidates.

The Kilusang Bagong Lipunan put up a 4-candidate slate, while three parties had one candidate each. There were also 4 independents not associated with the PPC, Puwersa ng Masa, or other parties.

With the mid-term vacancy due to Guingona's appointment, both slates now had 13 candidates instead of the usual 12.

Administration coalition People Power Coalition ticket Name Party Joker Arroyo Lakas Liwayway Vinzons-Chato Independent Franklin Drilon Independent Juan Flavier Lakas Ernesto Herrera Lakas Ramon Magsaysay Jr. Independent Winnie Monsod Aksyon Serge Osmeña PDP–Laban Roberto Pagdanganan Lakas Francis Pangilinan Liberal Ralph Recto Lakas Wigberto Tañada Liberal Manny Villar Independent

Opposition coalition Puwersa ng Masa ticket Name Party Edgardo Angara LDP Reuben Canoy LDP Noli de Castro Independent Miriam Defensor Santiago PRP Juan Ponce Enrile LDP Loi Ejercito Independent Gregorio Honasan Independent Panfilo Lacson LDP Jamby Madrigal LDP Orly Mercado Independent Dong Puno LDP Nina Rasul Independent Ombra Tamano LDP

Others Kilusang Bagong Lipunan ticket Name Party Juan Casil KBL Melchor Chavez KBL Oliver Lozano KBL Norma Nueva KBL Non-independents not in tickets Name Party Homobono Adaza Nacionalista Moner Bajunaid PDSP Eddie Gil PIBID Independents not in tickets Name Party Manuel Morato Independent Rod Navarro Independent Camilo Sabio Independent Perfecto Yasay Independent

Note: Party affiliation based on Certificate of Candidacy.

Retiring and term limited incumbents

1. Nikki Coseteng (NPC), term limited; ran for senator in 2007 and lost
2. Francisco Tatad (PRP), term limited; ran for senator in 2004 and in 2010 and lost both times

Mid-term vacancies

1. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (Lakas), ran for Vice President of the Philippines and won in 1998
   • Arroyo subsequently became president on January 20, 2001, after the Second EDSA Revolution which resulted in the overthrow of Joseph Estrada.
2. Marcelo Fernan (LDP), died on July 11, 1999
3. Teofisto Guingona Jr. (Lakas), appointed Vice President of the Philippines on February 7, 2001
4. Raul Roco (Aksyon), appointed Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports on February 10, 2001

Results

The People Power Coalition (PPC) won eight seats, the Puwersa ng Masa won four, and an independent candidate won one. Of the four seats Puwersa ng Masa won, one was for the seat of Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr., whose senatorial term would have ended on June 30, 2004.

Four incumbent senators won: Franklin Drilon, Juan Flavier, Ramon Magsaysay Jr. and Serge Osmeña of PPC. Puwersa ng Masa's Gregorio Honasan finished 13th and served the Guingona's unexpired term.

There are seven neophyte senators: PPC's Joker Arroyo, Francis Pangilinan, Ralph Recto, Manny Villar, Puwersa ng Masa's Loi Ejercito and Panfilo Lacson, independent candidate Noli de Castro.

Returning is Edgardo Angara, who was term limited in the previous election.

Puwersa ng Masa senators Miriam Defensor Santiago and Juan Ponce Enrile did not successfully defend their seats.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Before election							‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡	‡	‡
Election result	Not up						Puwersa ng Masa				People Power Coalition								Ind	Not up
After election							*	+	√	+	+	√	+	+	+	√	√	*	+
Senate bloc	Minority bloc											Majority bloc

Key:

• ‡ Seats up
• + Gained by a party from another party
• √ Held by the incumbent
• * Held by the same party with a new senator
• ^ Vacancy

Per candidate

Candidate		Party or alliance			Votes	%
	Noli de Castro	Independent [a]			16,237,386	55.09
	Juan Flavier	People Power Coalition		Lakas–NUCD–UMDP	11,735,897	39.82
	Serge Osmeña	People Power Coalition		PDP–Laban	11,593,389	39.33
	Franklin Drilon	People Power Coalition		Independent	11,301,700	38.34
	Joker Arroyo	People Power Coalition		Lakas–NUCD–UMDP	11,262,402	38.21
	Ramon Magsaysay Jr.	People Power Coalition		Independent	11,250,677	38.17
	Manny Villar	People Power Coalition		Independent	11,187,375	37.96
	Francis Pangilinan	People Power Coalition		Liberal Party	10,971,896	37.23
	Edgardo Angara	Puwersa ng Masa		Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	10,805,177	36.66
	Panfilo Lacson	Puwersa ng Masa		Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	10,535,559	35.74
	Loi Ejercito	Puwersa ng Masa		Independent	10,524,130	35.71
	Ralph Recto [b]	People Power Coalition		Lakas–NUCD–UMDP	10,480,940	35.56
	Gregorio Honasan [c]	Puwersa ng Masa		Independent	10,454,527	35.47
	Juan Ponce Enrile	Puwersa ng Masa		Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	9,677,209	32.83
	Miriam Defensor Santiago	Puwersa ng Masa		People's Reform Party	9,622,742	32.65
	Dong Puno	Puwersa ng Masa		Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	8,701,205	29.52
	Wigberto Tañada	People Power Coalition		Liberal Party	8,159,836	27.68
	Orly Mercado	Puwersa ng Masa		Independent	7,395,092	25.09
	Roberto Pagdanganan	People Power Coalition		Lakas–NUCD–UMDP	7,185,415	24.38
	Ernesto Herrera	People Power Coalition		Lakas–NUCD–UMDP	6,801,861	23.08
	Winnie Monsod	People Power Coalition		Aksyon Demokratiko	6,728,728	22.83
	Santanina Rasul	Puwersa ng Masa		Independent	5,222,490	17.72
	Jamby Madrigal	Puwersa ng Masa		Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	5,043,043	17.11
	Liwayway Vinzons-Chato	People Power Coalition		Independent	4,831,501	16.39
	Perfecto Yasay	Independent			4,557,364	15.46
	Ombra Tamano	Puwersa ng Masa		Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	3,548,480	12.04
	Reuben Canoy	Puwersa ng Masa		Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	3,542,460	12.02
	Homobono Adaza	Nacionalista Party			770,647	2.61
	Rod Navarro	Independent			652,012	2.21
	Manuel Morato	Independent			625,789	2.12
	Moner Bajunaid	Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas			503,437	1.71
	Oliver Lozano	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan			470,572	1.60
	Melchor Chavez	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan			244,553	0.83
	Camilo Sabio	Independent			230,759	0.78
	Norma Nueva	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan			83,700	0.28
	Juan Casil	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan			74,481	0.25
	Eddie Gil	Partido Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa			15,522	0.05
Total					243,029,953	100.00
Total votes					29,474,309	–
Registered voters/turnout					36,271,782	81.26
Source: COMELEC vote totals, NCSB (turnout)

1. Guest candidate of Puwersa ng Masa
2. 18,000 votes deducted in Zamboanga del Norte as per Resolution No. NBC 01-003
3. Elected to serve the unexpired term (until 2004) of Teofisto Guingona Jr., who was appointed Vice President in February 2001.

Per coalition

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
	People Power Coalition		Lakas–NUCD–UMDP	47,466,515	19.53	3
			Liberal Party	19,131,732	7.87	1
			PDP–Laban	11,593,389	4.77	1
			Aksyon Demokratiko	6,728,728	2.77	0
			Independent	38,571,253	15.87	3
		Total		123,491,617	50.81	8
	Puwersa ng Masa		Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	51,853,133	21.34	2
			People's Reform Party	9,622,742	3.96	0
			Independent [a]	33,596,239	13.82	2
		Total		95,072,114	39.12	4
	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan			873,306	0.36	0
	Nacionalista Party			770,647	0.32	0
	Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas			503,437	0.21	0
	Partido Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa			15,522	0.01	0
	Independent			22,303,310	9.18	1
Total				243,029,953	100.00	13
Total votes				29,474,309	–
Registered voters/turnout				36,271,782	81.26
Source: "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-10.

Vote share PPC   50.81% PnM   39.12% Others   10.07%

Senate seats PPC   61.53% PnM   30.76% Others   7.69%

Per party

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats
					Up	Before	Won	After	+/−
	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	51,853,133	21.34	−5.97	1	5	2	6	+1
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP	47,466,515	19.53	−25.91	1	5	3	7	+2
	Liberal Party	19,131,732	7.87	+5.22	0	0	1	1	New
	PDP–Laban	11,593,389	4.77	−0.21	1	2	1	2	0
	People's Reform Party	9,622,742	3.96	New	1	1	0	0	−1
	Aksyon Demokratiko	6,728,728	2.77	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	873,306	0.36	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Nacionalista Party	770,647	0.32	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas	503,437	0.21	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Partido Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa	15,522	0.01	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Independent [a]	94,470,802	38.87	+35.33	3	3	6	6	+3
	Grand Alliance for Democracy/Gabaybayan				1	1	0	0	−1
	Nationalist People's Coalition				1	2	0	1	−1
	Partido ng Masang Pilipino				0	1	0	1	0
Vacancy					4	4	0	0	−4
Total		243,029,953	100.00	–	13	24	13	24	0
Total votes		29,474,309	–
Registered voters/turnout		36,271,782	81.26
Source: "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-10.

Vote share LDP   21.34% Lakas   19.53% LP   7.87% PDP-Laban   4.77% Independent   38.87% Others   7.62%

Senate seats won LDP   15.38% Lakas   23.08% LP   7.69% PDP-Laban   7.69% Independent   46.15% Others   0.00%

Defeated incumbents

1. Miriam Defensor Santiago (PRP/Puwersa ng Masa), ran in 2004 and won
2. Juan Ponce Enrile (LDP/Puwersa ng Masa), ran in 2004 and won

Notes

1. Includes one candidate elected for a three-year term.

See also

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections
• Philippine midterm election
• 12th Congress of the Philippines

References

• SWS Media Release. Accessed on March 2007

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections
• Official website of the House of Representatives Archived 2020-06-04 at the Wayback Machine