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.
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:
Coalition Votes % Seats 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
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
Party Votes % Seats Lakas–NUCD–UMDP 7,811,625 40.66 100 Nationalist People's Coalition 2,342,378 12.19 22 Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino 2,079,611 10.83 17 Lakas-Laban Coalition 1,998,810 10.40 25 Lakas–NUCD–UMDP /Liberal Party 437,080 2.28 5 Liberal Party 358,245 1.86 5 Lakas ng Bayan /Lakas–NUCD–UMDP /Nationalist People's Coalition 257,821 1.34 3 Lakas–NUCD–UMDP /Nationalist People's Coalition 195,532 1.02 4 Lakas ng Bayan /Nationalist People's Coalition 187,705 0.98 2 Nationalist People's Coalition /Kilusang Bagong Lipunan 183,256 0.95 1 People's Reform Party 171,454 0.89 0 Nacionalista Party 153,088 0.80 1 Independent Lakas–NUCD–UMDP 139,427 0.73 0 PDP–Laban 130,695 0.68 1 Lakas ng Bayan /Liberal Party 106,387 0.55 2 Lapiang Manggagawa 104,407 0.54 0 Partido ng Masang Pilipino 101,624 0.53 1 Nationalist People's Coalition /Partido ng Masang Pilipino 100,879 0.53 1 Nationalist People's Coalition /PDP–Laban /People's Reform Party 87,241 0.45 1 Nationalist People's Coalition /Partido ng Masang Pilipino /Kilusang Bagong Lipunan 75,957 0.40 0 Lakas ng Bayan /Lakas–NUCD–UMDP /Partido ng Masang Pilipino 71,804 0.37 1 Lakas ng Bayan /Nationalist People's Coalition /Partido ng Masang Pilipino 71,692 0.37 0 Lakas–NUCD–UMDP /Nacionalista Party 68,542 0.36 0 Lakas ng Bayan /People's Reform Party 66,176 0.34 1 Lakas ng Bayan /Nacionalista Party 65,970 0.34 1 Nationalist People's Coalition /Liberal Party 62,338 0.32 0 Lakas–NUCD–UMDP /Lakas ng Bayan /Liberal Party 55,991 0.29 0 Lakas ng Bayan /PDP–Laban 54,508 0.28 1 Nationalist People's Coalition /Nacionalista Party 54,153 0.28 0 PDP–Laban /Partido ng Masang Pilipino /People's Reform Party 51,752 0.27 1 Lakas–NUCD–UMDP /Lakas ng Bayan /Nacionalista Party 43,589 0.23 0 Lakas–NUCD–UMDP /PDP–Laban 32,417 0.17 1 PDP–Laban /Nacionalista Party 24,076 0.13 0 Lakas–NUCD–UMDP /Lapiang Manggagawa 15,726 0.08 0 Lakas–NUCD–UMDP /Partido Panaghiusa 15,631 0.08 0 Independent Lakas ng Bayan 8,366 0.04 0 Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas 7,563 0.04 0 Nationalist People's Coalition /People's Reform Party 6,523 0.03 0 People's Reform Party /Nacionalista Party 6,214 0.03 0 Lakas ng Bayan /Lapiang Manggagawa 3,814 0.02 0 Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas 123 0.00 0 Unidentified 162,752 0.85 0 Independent 1,238,214 6.45 7 Appointed seats 16 Total 19,211,156 100.00 220 Valid votes 19,211,156 74.65 Invalid/blank votes 6,525,349 25.35 Total votes 25,736,505 – Registered voters/turnout 36,415,154 70.68 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
Paras, Corazon L. (2000). The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines . ISBN 971-8832-24-6 .
Pobre, Cesar P. (2000). Philippine Legislature 100 Years . ISBN 971-92245-0-9 .
Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF) . quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-06 .
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