Philippine Senate election, 1995

May 8, 1995

12 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party	Third party

Leader	Edgardo Angara	Ernesto Maceda	Miriam Defensor Santiago
Party	LDP	NPC	PRP
Alliance	Lakas-Laban	NPC	NPC
Leader's seat	Nationwide at-large	Nationwide at-large	Nationwide at-large
Seats before	7	5	0
Seats won	8	1	2
Seats after	18	2	2
Seat change	11	3	2
Popular vote	123,678,255	28,452,737	19,619,923
Percentage	68.6%	15.8%	15.8%
Swing	6.0%	1.9%	8.7%

Senate President before election

Edgardo Angara
LDP

Elected Senate President

Edgardo Angara
LDP

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The senatorial election was 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.

The two largest parties, the Lakas-NUCD and the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) contested the senate election under the Lakas-Laban Coalition and won 9 of the 12 seats contested. The opposition-led coalition was composed of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) which had an alliance with the People's Reform Party (PRP) although they contested election separately.

This was also the first time the electorate voted for twelve candidates under the plurality-at-large voting to the senate; previously the electorate voted for two candidates each per senatorial districts (1916–34), via closed party-lists (the "block voting" system in use from to 1941-49), and eight senators in the plurality-at-large voting with the country as one "at-large" district from 1951 to 1971. This was also the first midterm election as the date the elected candidates take office falls at the midway point of President Fidel V. Ramos' six-year term.

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	LDP
Sergio Osmeña III	Lakas-NUCD
Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.	PDP-LABAN
Raul Roco	LDP
Francisco Tatad	LDP

Opposition coalition

Nationalist People's Coalition
Candidate	Party
Rosemarie Arenas	NPC
Gaudencio Beduya	NPC
Anna Dominique Coseteng	NPC
Amanda T. Cruz	NPC
Ramon Fernandez	NPC
Gregorio 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		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.	Anna Dominique 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	%
	Lakas-Laban	123,678,255	68.6%	9	75.0%
	PRP	19,619,923	10.9%	2	16.0%
	NPC	28,452,737	15.8%	1	1.0%
	KBL	8,168,768	4.5%	0	0.0%
	Others	441,548	0,2%	0	0.0%
Totals		180,361,231	100.0%	13	100.0%
Source: "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-10.

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