List of Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives elections

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The following is a list of elections held to determine the officeholder of the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines.

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10th Congress

1995 election for speaker
CandidateVotesPercent
Jose de Venecia Jr. (Lakas–NUCD; Pangasinan–2nd)160
Ronaldo Zamora (NPC; San Juan–Mandaluyong)22
Total votes:182

11th Congress

2001 election for speaker
CandidateVotesPercent
Feliciano Belmonte (Lakas–CMD; Quezon City–4th)Unopposed100.00
Total votes:Unknown

12th Congress

2001 election for speaker [1]
CandidateVotesPercent
Jose de Venecia Jr. (Lakas–NUCD; Pangasinan–2nd)185
Carlos Padilla (Nacionalista; Nueva Vizcaya)17
Abstained1
Total votes:203

13th Congress

2004 election for speaker [2]
CandidateVotesPercent
Jose de Venecia, Jr. (Lakas–CMD; Pangasinan–2nd)193
Francis Escudero (NPC; Sorsogon–1st)13
Jacinto Paras (Lakas–CMD; Negros Oriental–1st)8
Ronaldo Zamora (PMP; San Juan)7
Abstained6
Total votes:227

14th Congress

2007 election

2007 election for speaker [3]
CandidateVotesPercent
Jose de Venecia, Jr. (Lakas–CMD; Pangasinan–2nd)193
Against1
Abstained24
Total votes:218

2008 election

2008 election for speaker [4]
CandidateVotesPercent
Prospero Nograles (Lakas–CMD; Davao City–1st)174
Against35
Abstained16
Total votes:225

15th Congress

Feliciano Belmonte Jr. won against Edcel Lagman for the House speakership. [5] [6]

2010 election for speaker
CandidateVotesPercent
Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. (Liberal; Quezon City–4th)227
Edcel Lagman (Lakas-Kampi-CMD; Albay–1st)29
Total votes:256

16th Congress

Feliciano Belmonte retained his post as House Speaker after he secured the most votes from the legislature, beating Ronaldo Zamora and Ferdinand Romualdez. [7] [8]

2013 election for speaker
CandidateVotesPercent
Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. (Liberal; Quezon City–4th)244
Ronaldo Zamora (UNA; San Juan)19
Ferdinand Martin Romualdez (Lakas; Leyte–1st)16
Abstained2
Total votes:281

17th Congress

2016 election

The House of Representatives voted for Pantaleon Alvarez as its speaker on July 26, 2016, when it opened its first session. [9]

2016 election for speaker [10]
CandidateVotesPercent
Pantaleon Alvarez (PDP–Laban; Davao del Norte–1st)252
Teodoro Baguilat, Jr. (Liberal; Ifugao)8
Danilo Suarez (Lakas–CMD; Quezon–3rd)7
Abstained21
No vote1
Total votes:289

2018 election

The start of the 2018 State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte on July 23, 2018, was delayed by almost half an hour [11] after the House of Representatives informally convened to install Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as House Speaker, with 161 members voting for her appointment. Alvarez disputed the appointment and his allies blocked the declaration of the position as vacant. [12] The House convened in a formal session in the evening after the presidential speech to conduct another vote. 243 members were recorded to be present with 199 representatives participating; 184 voting in favor of Arroyo's appointment, three casting a "no" vote, and 12 officially abstaining from the vote. The session which included Arroyo's formal election was recorded in House Resolution No. 2025. [13]

2018 election for speaker [14]
CandidateVotesPercent
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (PDP–Laban; Pampanga–2nd)184
Abstained12
No vote3
Total votes:199

18th Congress

2019 election

The House of Representatives voted for Alan Peter Cayetano as its speaker on July 22, 2019, when it opened its first session. [15]

2019 election for speaker
CandidateVotesPercent
Alan Peter Cayetano (Nacionalista; Taguig–Pateros)266
Bienvenido Abante (Asenso Manileño; Manila–6th)28
Abstained2
No vote1
Total votes:297

2020 election

186 members of the House of Representatives gathered on October 12, 2020, at Celebrity Sports Complex in Quezon City to elect Lord Allan Velasco as the new speaker ousting then incumbent Alan Peter Cayetano. This was initially disputed by Cayetano until October 13, 2020, when the same number of representatives ratified Velasco's election as speaker during a special session at the Batasang Pambansa. [16]

2020 election for speaker
CandidateVotesPercent
Lord Allan Velasco (PDP–Laban; Marinduque)186
Total votes:186

19th Congress

2022 election

2022 Philippine House Speaker elections
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25 July 2022
 Majority party
 
Ferdinand Martin Gomez Romualdez.jpg
Leader Martin Romualdez
Party Lakas
Leader's seat Leyte–1st
Electoral votes284
Percentage91.29

Speaker before election

Lord Allan Velasco
PDP–Laban

Elected Speaker

Martin Romualdez
Lakas

2022 election for speaker
CandidateVotesPercent
Martin Romualdez (Lakas; Leyte–1st)284
Abstained4
Against1
did not vote21
Total votes:310

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