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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.
| | This article is missing information about elections prior to the 10th Congress.(July 2024) |
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.
| 1995 election for speaker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percent | |
| Jose de Venecia Jr. (Lakas–NUCD; Pangasinan–2nd) | 160 | 87.91% | |
| Ronaldo Zamora (NPC; San Juan–Mandaluyong) | 22 | 12.09% | |
| Total votes: | 182 | ||
| 2001 election for speaker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percent | |
| Feliciano Belmonte (Lakas–CMD; Quezon City–4th) | Unopposed | 100.00 | |
| Total votes: | Unknown | ||
| 2001 election for speaker [1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percent | |
| Jose de Venecia Jr. (Lakas–NUCD; Pangasinan–2nd) | 185 | 91.13% | |
| Carlos Padilla (Nacionalista; Nueva Vizcaya) | 17 | 8.37% | |
| Abstained | 1 | 0.49% | |
| Total votes: | 203 | ||
| 2004 election for speaker [2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percent | |
| Jose de Venecia, Jr. (Lakas–CMD; Pangasinan–2nd) | 193 | 85.02% | |
| Francis Escudero (NPC; Sorsogon–1st) | 13 | 5.73% | |
| Jacinto Paras (Lakas–CMD; Negros Oriental–1st) | 8 | 3.52% | |
| Ronaldo Zamora (PMP; San Juan) | 7 | 3.08% | |
| Abstained | 6 | 2.64% | |
| Total votes: | 227 | ||
| 2007 election for speaker [3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percent | |
| Jose de Venecia, Jr. (Lakas–CMD; Pangasinan–2nd) | 193 | 85.32% | |
| Against | 1 | 0.46% | |
| Abstained | 24 | 11.01% | |
| Total votes: | 218 | ||
| 2008 election for speaker [4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percent | |
| Prospero Nograles (Lakas–CMD; Davao City–1st) | 174 | 77.33% | |
| Against | 35 | 15.56% | |
| Abstained | 16 | 7.11% | |
| Total votes: | 225 | ||
Feliciano Belmonte Jr. won against Edcel Lagman for the House speakership. [5] [6]
| 2010 election for speaker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percent | |
| Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. (Liberal; Quezon City–4th) | 227 | 88.67% | |
| Edcel Lagman (Lakas-Kampi-CMD; Albay–1st) | 29 | 11.33% | |
| Total votes: | 256 | ||
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percent | |
| Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. (Liberal; Quezon City–4th) | 244 | 86.83% | |
| Ronaldo Zamora (UNA; San Juan) | 19 | 6.76% | |
| Ferdinand Martin Romualdez (Lakas; Leyte–1st) | 16 | 5.69% | |
| Abstained | 2 | 0.71% | |
| Total votes: | 281 | ||
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] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percent | |
| Pantaleon Alvarez (PDP–Laban; Davao del Norte–1st) | 252 | 87.2% | |
| Teodoro Baguilat, Jr. (Liberal; Ifugao) | 8 | 2.77% | |
| Danilo Suarez (Lakas–CMD; Quezon–3rd) | 7 | 2.42% | |
| Abstained | 21 | 7.27% | |
| No vote | 1 | 0.35% | |
| Total votes: | 289 | ||
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] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percent | |
| Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (PDP–Laban; Pampanga–2nd) | 184 | 92.46% | |
| Abstained | 12 | 6.03% | |
| No vote | 3 | 1.51% | |
| Total votes: | 199 | ||
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percent | |
| Alan Peter Cayetano (Nacionalista; Taguig–Pateros) | 266 | 89.56% | |
| Bienvenido Abante (Asenso Manileño; Manila–6th) | 28 | 9.43% | |
| Abstained | 2 | 0.67% | |
| No vote | 1 | 0.34% | |
| Total votes: | 297 | ||
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percent | |
| Lord Allan Velasco (PDP–Laban; Marinduque) | 186 | 100% | |
| Total votes: | 186 | ||
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| 2022 election for speaker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percent | |
| Martin Romualdez (Lakas; Leyte–1st) | 284 | 91.29% | |
| Abstained | 4 | 1.29% | |
| Against | 1 | 0.32% | |
| did not vote | 21 | 6.77% | |
| Total votes: | 310 | ||
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