Philippine general election, 1995

Legislative elections and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 8, 1995. Filipinos protected the ballot boxes with their lives and campaigned against traditional politicians who used bribery, flying voters, violence, election rigging, stealing of ballot boxes, etc. The Philippine National Police (PNP) had listed five dead and listed more than 200 hotspots before the election and during the election day listed 300 hotspots.

Major Senatorial Candidates

Administration coalition Lakas-Laban Coalition Candidate Party Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo LDP Rodolfo Biazon LDP Franklin Drilon Lakas-NUCD Juan Ponce Enrile Nacionalista Marcelo Fernan LDP Juan Flavier Lakas-NUCD Ramon Magsaysay, Jr. Lakas-NUCD Ramon Mitra, Jr. LDP Sergio Osmeña III Lakas-NUCD Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. PDP-LABAN Raul Roco LDP Francisco Tatad LDP

Opposition coalition NPC Coalition Candidate Party Rosemarie Arenas NPC Gaudencio Beduya NPC Nikki Coseteng NPC Amanda T. Cruz NPC Ramon Fernandez NPC Gringo Honasan Independent Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. KBL Adelisa A. Raymundo NPC Manuel C. Roxas NPC Miriam Defensor Santiago PRP Almarin C. Tillah NPC Arturo Tolentino NPC

Note: Party affiliation based on Certificate of Candidacy.

Results

Senate

 Summary of the May 8, 1995 Philippine Senate election result

Rank	Candidate	Coalition	Party		Votes	%
1.	Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo	Lakas-Laban		LDP	15,745,741	61.2%
2.	Raul Roco	Lakas-Laban		LDP	12,509,736	48.6%
3.	Ramon Magsaysay, Jr.	Lakas-Laban		Lakas	11,862,458	46.1%
4.	Franklin Drilon	Lakas-Laban		Lakas	11,032,476	42.9%
5.	Juan Flavier	Lakas-Laban		Lakas	10,748,528	41.8%
6.	Miriam Defensor Santiago	NPC		PRP	9,497,231	36.9%
7.	Sergio Osmeña III	Lakas-Laban		Lakas	9,390,935	36.5%
8.	Francisco Tatad	Lakas-Laban		LDP	9,146,951	35.5%
9.	Gringo Honasan	NPC		Independent	8,968,616	34.8%
10.	Marcelo Fernan	Lakas-Laban		LDP	8,762,235	34.0%
11.	Juan Ponce Enrile	Lakas-Laban		Nacionalista	8,701,191	33.8%
12.	Nikki Coseteng	NPC		NPC	8,700,278	33.8%
13.	Ramon Mitra	Lakas-Laban		LDP	8,650,618	33.6%
14.	Rodolfo Biazon	Lakas-Laban		LDP	8,587,338	33.4%
15.	Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.	Lakas-Laban		PDP-Laban	8,522,148	33.1%
16.	Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.	NPC		KBL	8,168,768	31.7%
17.	Arturo Tolentino	NPC		NPC	7,726,006	30.0%
18.	Ramon Fernandez	NPC		NPC	3,572,604	13.9%
19.	Rosemarie Arenas	NPC		NPC	3,178,837	12.4%
20.	Manuel C. Roxas	NPC		NPC	2,455,764	9.5%
21.	Herman T. Laurel	People's Reform Party-Laurel Wing		PRP	1,395,015	5.42%
22.	Almarin Tillah	NPC		NPC	1,165,164	4.52%
23.	Amanda T. Cruz	NPC		NPC	1,008,180	3.91%
24.	Gaudencio Beduya	NPC		NPC	829,082	3.22%
25.	Adelisa Raymundo	NPC		NPC	745,115	2.90%
26.	Ibrahim Amerel	Independent politician		PDSP	482,328	1.87%
27.	Vicente N. Biego	Independent politician		Independent	417,901	1.62%
28.	Felino C. Polintan Jr.	Independent politician		Independent	393,712	1.52%
29.	Brigido Simon (withdrew)	People's Reform Party-Laurel Wing		PRP	152,161	0.59%
30.	Misa	Independent politician		Independent	109,711	0.42%
Total turnout					25,736,505	70.7%
Total votes					180,361,231	N/A
Registered voters					36,415,154	100.0%
Note: A total of 30 candidates ran for senator.

Per party

Party/coalition		Votes	%	Seats won	%
	LDP	63,402,619	36.0%	4	33.3%
	Lakas	43,034,397	24.5%	4	33.3%
	NPC	25,633,489	14.6%	1	8.3%
	PRP	9,497,231	5.4%	1	8.3%
	Independent	8,968,616	5.1%	1	8.3%
	Lakas	8,701,191	4.9%	1	8.3%
	PDP-Laban	8,522,148	4.8%	0	0.0%
	KBL	8,168,768	4.6%	0	0.0%
Totals		175,928,459	100.0%	12	100.0%

For members of the House of Representatives

 Summary of the May 8, 1995 Philippine House of Representatives election results

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote		Seats won
		Total	%	Total	%
	Lakas	7,811,625	40.7	100	49.0
	NPC	2,342,378	12.2	22	10.8
	LDP	2,079,611	10.8	17	8.3
	Lakas-Laban	1,998,810	10.4	25	12.3
	Lakas/Liberal	437,080	2.3	5	2.5
	Liberal	358,245	1.9	5	2.5
	Lakas/LDP/NPC	257,821	1.3	3	1.5
	Lakas/NPC	195,532	1.0	4	2.0
	LDP/NPC	187,705	1.0	2	1.0
	NPC/KBL	183,256	1.0	1	0.5
	PRP	171,454	0.9	0	0.0
	Nacionalista	153,088	0.8	1	0.5
	Independent Lakas	139,427	0.7	0	0.0
	PDP-Laban	130,695	0.7	1	0.5
	LDP/Liberal	106,387	1.0	2	1.0
	Lapiang Manggagawa	104,407	0.5	0	0.0
	PMP	101,624	0.5	1	0.5
	NPC/PMP	100,879	0.5	1	0.5
	NPC/PDP-Laban/PRP	87,241	0.5	1	0.5
	NPC/PMP/KBL	75,957	0.4	0	0.0
	LDP/Lakas/PMP	71,804	0.4	1	0.5
	LDP/NPC/PMP	71,692	0.4	1	0.5
	Lakas/Nacionalista	68,542	0.4	0	0.0
	LDP/PRP	66,176	0.3	1	0.5
	LDP/Nacionalista	65,970	0.3	1	0.5
	NPC/Liberal	62,338	0.3	0	0.0
	Lakas/LDP/Liberal	55,991	0.3	0	0.0
	LDP/PDP-Laban	54,508	0.3	0	0.0
	NPC/Nacionalista	54,153	0.3	0	0.0
	PDP-Laban/PMP/PRP	51,752	0.3	1	0.5
	Lakas/LDP/Nacionalista	43,589	0.2	0	0.0
	Lakas/PDP-Laban	32,417	0.2	1	0.5
	PDP-Laban/Nacionalista	24,076	0.1	0	0.0
	Lakas/Lapiang Manggagawa	15,726	0.1	0	0.0
	Lakas/Panaghiusa	15,631	0.1	0	0.0
	Independent LDP	8,366	0.0	0	0.0
	PDSP	7,563	0.0	0	0.0
	NPC/PRP	6,523	0.0	0	0.0
	PRP/Nacionalista	6,214	0.0	0	0.0
	LDP/Lapiang Manggagawa	3,814	0.0	0	0.0
	Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas	123	0.0	0	0.0
	Unidentified	162,752	0.8	0	0.0
	Independent	1,238,214	6.4	7	3.4
Total		19,280,656	100.0	204	100.0
Source:

See also

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections
• 10th Congress of the Philippines

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections