1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections

1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections

← 1992 May 8, 1995 1998 →

204 (of the 226) seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines 103 seats needed for a majority

Party % Seats +/– Lakas 40.66 100 +59 NPC 12.19 22 −8 LDP 10.83 17 −69 Lakas–Laban 10.40 25 +25 Lakas/Liberal 2.28 5 +5 Liberal 1.86 5 +5 LnB/Lakas/NPC 1.34 3 +3 Lakas/NPC 1.02 4 +4 LnB/NPC 0.98 2 +2 NPC/KBL 0.95 1 +1 Nacionalista 0.80 1 −6 PDP–Laban 0.68 1 +1 LnB/Liberal 0.55 2 +2 PMP 0.53 1 +1 NPC/PMP 0.53 1 +1 NPC/PDP–Laban/PRP 0.45 1 +1 LnB/Lakas/PMP 0.37 1 +1 LnB/PRP 0.34 1 +1 LnB/Nacionalista 0.34 1 +1 LnB/PDP–Laban 0.28 1 +1 PDP–Laban/PMP/PRP 0.27 1 +1 Lakas/PDP–Laban 0.17 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Speaker before Speaker after Jose de Venecia Jr. Lakas Jose de Venecia Jr. Lakas

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:

• Administration coalition: Ran solely under the banner of one of the following: Lakas-NUCD-UMDP, Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino, Liberal Party, and PDP–Laban
• Opposition coalition: Ran solely under the banner of one of the following: Nationalist People's Coalition, Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, People's Reform Party, and Partido ng Masang Pilipino
• Others: Ran solely on other parties and coalitions not mentioned above
• Hybrid coalitions: Ran on any combinations of parties and coalitions mentioned above

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.

See also

• 10th Congress of the Philippines

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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