Opinion polling in the Philippine Senate election, 2013

Opinion polling (locally known as "surveys") for the Philippine Senate election, 2013 is carried out by two major polling firms: Social Weather Stations (SWS), and Pulse Asia, with a handful of minor polling firms. A typical poll asks a voter to name twelve persons one would vote for in the senate election. The SWS and Pulse Asia's surveys are usually national in scope, while other polling firms usually restrict their samples within Metro Manila.

Candidates

There two major coalitions in this election: Team PNoy (known as the LP-Akbayan-NPC-NP-LDP Coalition until January 27, 2013), and the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA). The two coalitions used to share three common candidates, until UNA dropped them. A third coalition, the Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan (Makabayan; Patriotic Coalition of the People) share four candidates from Team PNoy. A further two more parties put up ticket of three candidates each, two parties had a ticket made up of one candidate each, and three candidates are independents that are not a part of any ticket.

These are aside from the parties that put up candidates, and may belong to any coalition. In the tables below, the colors refer to the parties, unless otherwise stated in the seat totals sections.

• Key: Green tick: regular candidate, yellow tick: guest candidate.

Candidates		Alliances
		AKP	BP	DPP	Maka- bayan	SJS	Team PNoy	UNA	None
	Samson Alcantara
	Juan Edgardo Angara
	Bam Aquino
	Greco Belgica
	Nancy Binay
	Teodoro Casiño
	Alan Peter Cayetano
	Tingting Cojuangco
	Rizalito David
	John Carlos de los Reyes
	JV Ejercito
	Jack Enrile
	Francis Escudero
	Baldomero Falcone
	Richard Gordon
	Edward Hagedorn
	Gregorio Honasan
	Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel
	Loren Legarda
	Marwil Llasos
	Ernesto Maceda
	Jamby Madrigal
	Mitos Magsaysay
	Ramon Magsaysay, Jr.
	Ramon Montaño
	Ricardo Penson
	Aquilino Pimentel III
	Grace Poe
	Christian Señeres
	Antonio Trillanes IV
	Eddie Villanueva
	Cynthia Villar
	Juan Miguel Zubiri
Totals (regulars+guests)		3	1	3	1+7	1	9+3	9	3

Note:

• Francis Escudero, Loren Legarda and Grace Poe were included as guest candidates of UNA until they were dropped from the ticket on February 21. Polls that are taken before that date includes the three as part of the UNA ticket in the tables below; those that are after on or after the date excludes them from the UNA tallies.

Voting preferences per candidate

	Top 12 in the survey
	Outside the top 12 but within the margin of error

Key dates:

• Period of submission of certificates of candidacies: October 1 to 5, 2012
• Start of campaign period for Senate candidates: February 12, 2013
• Start of campaign period for local candidates: March 29, 2013 (Due to that date being a Good Friday, campaigning officially starts on March 30.)
• News blackout on election surveys for the Senate election: April 28–May 12, 2013
• Election day: May 13, 2013

Until filing of certificates of candidacy

Pollster		Pulse Asia[1]	Pulse Asia[2]	Pulse Asia[3]	SWS[4]	The Center[5]	Pulse Asia[6]
Date(s) administered		November 10–23, 2011	February 26–March 9, 2012	May 20–26, 2012	August 24–27, 2012	August 24–30, 2012	August 31–September 7, 2012
Sample size		1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200
Margin of error		±3.0%	±3.0%	±3.0%	±3.0%	±3.0%	±3.0%
Candidates	1	Escudero (Ind.), 65.8%	Legarda (NPC), 58.5%	Escudero (Ind.), 65.1%	Escudero (Ind.), 62%	Escudero (Ind.), 66%	Legarda (NPC), 67.3%
	2	Legarda (NPC), 58.9%	Escudero (Ind.), 52.7%	Legarda (NPC), 63.6%	Legarda (NPC), 57%	Legarda (NPC), 59.3%	Escudero (Ind.), 61.2%
	3	Roxas (LP), 43.0%	Roxas (LP), 41.8%	Cayetano (NP), 50.2%	Cayetano (NP), 49%	Cayetano (NP), 54%	Cayetano (NP), 49.9%
	4	Cayetano (NP), 40.3%	Cayetano (NP), 41.6%	Enrile (NPC), 49.1%	Enrile (NPC), 48%	Pimentel (PDP), 46.6%        Enrile (NPC), 46.6%	Ejercito (PMP), 49.9%
	5	de Castro (Ind.), 34.8%	Enrile (NPC), 38.2%	Roxas (LP), 47.5%	Honasan (Ind.), 40%		Enrile (NPC), 47.4%
	6	Ejercito (PMP), 30.4%	de Castro (Ind.), 34.6%	Honasan (Ind.), 39.5%	Angara (LDP), 40%	Honasan (Ind.), 43%	Trillanes (NP), 41.2%
	7	Honasan (Ind.), 29.6%	Trillanes (Ind.), 33.7%	Pimentel (PDP), 38.9%	Trillanes (NP), 40%	K. Aquino (Ind.), 39.8%	Honasan (Ind.), 40.6%
	8	Enrile (NPC), 29.5%	Honasan (Ind.), 32.1%	Ejercito (PMP), 36.3%	Ejercito (PMP), 38%	Ejercito (PMP), 37.3%	Pimentel (PDP), 39.2%
	9	Pimentel (PDP), 29.4%	Ejercito (PMP), 31.3%	Trillanes (Ind.), 34.8%	Pimentel (PDP), 38%	Villar (NP), 35%	Zubiri (PMP), 37.4%
	10	de Lima (Ind.), 29.4%	Pimentel (PDP), 29.0%	Zubiri (PMP), 30.4%	Zubiri (PMP), 34%	Gordon (B-VNP), 30.2%        Zubiri (PMP), 30.2%	Angara (LDP), 35.9%
	11	Trillanes (Ind.), 28.7%	Failon (Ind.), 26.9%	Gordon (B-VNP), 29.6%	Villar (NP), 32.7%		Villar (NP), 34%
	12	Zubiri (Ind.), 26.9%	de Lima (Ind.), 26.6%	Angara (LDP), 28.9%	Gordon (B-VNP), 28%	Biazon (LP), 27%        Angara (LDP), 27%	Binay (PDP), 27.4%
	13	Angara (LDP), 24.3%	Biazon (LP), 22.5%	Binay (PDP), 27.5%	de Lima (Ind.), 27%		Gordon (B-VNP), 26.2%
	14	Madrigal (Ind.), 24.0%	Zubiri (Ind.), 22.4%	Villar (NP), 25.1%	R. Magsaysay (LP), 24%	R. Magsaysay (LP), 23%	R. Magsaysay (LP), 25.4%
	15	Gordon (B-VNP), 22.1%	Madrigal (Ind.), 21.8%	Madrigal (Ind.), 23.4%	Biazon (LP), 23%	de Venecia (PDP), 20.2%        Santos-Recto (LP), 20.2%        M. Magsaysay (PDP), 20.2%	Madrigal (Ind.), 23.2%
None/refused/undecided		5.2%	3.0%	3.0%	3%	N/A	6.0%

Until the campaign period for the Senate election

Pollster		StratPOLLS[7]	Pulse Asia[8]	SWS[9]	The Center[10]	SWS/Business World[11]	Pulse Asia[12]
Date(s) administered		October 8–17, 2012	November 23–29, 2012	November 29–December 3, 2012	January 9–17, 2013	January 17–19, 2013	January 19–30, 2013
Sample size		300	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,800
Margin of error		<3%, >4%	±3.0%	±3.0%	N/A	±3.0%	±2.0%
Candidates	1	Legarda (NPC), 64%	Escudero (Ind.), 74.1%	Legarda (NPC), 68%	Legarda (NPC)	Legarda (NPC), 65%	Legarda (NPC), 58.6%
	2	Escudero (Ind.), 63%	Legarda (NPC), 69.3%	Escudero (Ind.), 61%	Escudero (Ind.)	Escudero (Ind.), 62%	Escudero (Ind.), 54.3%
	3	Cayetano (NP), 58%	Cayetano (NP), 60.1%	Cayetano (NP), 58%	Cayetano (NP)	Cayetano (NP), 60%	Cayetano (NP), 48.9%
	4	Pimentel (PDP), 45%	Ejercito (UNA), 57.0%	Villar (NP), 51%	Ejercito (UNA)	Ejercito (UNA), 53%	Binay (UNA), 43.6%
	5	Villar (NP), 42%	Enrile (NPC), 53.2%	Ejercito (UNA), 49%	Pimentel (PDP)	Honasan (UNA), 48%        Pimentel (PDP), 48%	Ejercito (UNA), 43.5%
	6	Angara (LDP), 40%	Villar (NP), 52.2%	Pimentel (PDP), 46%        Enrile (NPC), 46%	Villar (NP)		Trillanes (NP), 41.1%
	7	Ejercito (UNA), 37%	Pimentel (PDP), 50.2%		Honasan (UNA)	Zubiri (UNA), 47%	Pimentel (PDP), 40.7%
	8	Gordon (UNA), 35%	Honasan (UNA), 44.9%	Honasan (UNA), 43%	Zubiri (UNA)	Villar (NP), 46%        Enrile (NPC), 46%	Enrile (NPC), 40.4%
	9	Zubiri (UNA), 33%	Trillanes (NP), 43.2%	Binay (UNA), 41%        Zubiri (UNA), 41%	Enrile (NPC)		Villar (NP), 39.1%
	10	Enrile (NPC), 29%        Honasan (UNA), 29%	Binay (UNA), 41.3%		Binay (UNA)	Trillanes (NP), 45%        Poe (Ind.), 45%	Zubiri (UNA), 37.6%
	11		Angara (LDP), 40.8%	Trillanes (NP), 40%	Trillanes (NP)		Angara (LDP), 37.1%
	12	Madrigal (LP), 28%	Zubiri (UNA), 40.5%	Gordon (UNA), 37%	Poe (Ind.)	Binay (UNA), 43%	Honasan (UNA), 36.8%
	13	Trillanes (NP), 27%	Madrigal (LP), 34.4%	Angara (LDP), 35%		Angara (LDP), 39%	Aquino (LP), 31.4%
	14	Hagedorn (Ind.), 25%	Gordon (UNA), 29.7%	Madrigal (LP), 30%		Gordon (UNA), 36%	Poe (Ind.), 30.9%
	15	Poe (Ind.), 23%	R. Magsaysay (LP), 28.8%	R. Magsaysay (LP), 29%		Aquino (LP), 34%	Gordon (UNA), 30.0%
	16		Aquino (LP), 27.9%	Maceda (UNA), 25%		R. Magsaysay (LP), 33%	Madrigal (LP), 26.8%
	17		Poe (Ind.), 24.7%	Aquino (LP), 24%		Madrigal (LP), 28%	R. Magsaysay (LP), 23.8%
	18		Hontiveros (Akbayan), 21.2%	Hontiveros (Akbayan), 21%		Hontiveros (Akbayan), 25%        Maceda (UNA), 25%	Hontiveros (Akbayan), 17.5%
	19		Maceda (UNA), 16.7%	M. Magsaysay (UNA), 14%			Maceda (UNA), 15.5%
	20		Cojuangco (UNA), 14.2%	Poe (Ind.), 13%		Cojuangco (UNA), 14%	Cojuangco (UNA), 11.8%
	21		Hagedorn (Ind.), 8.8%	Hagedorn (Ind.), 11%		M. Magsaysay (UNA), 13%        Hagedorn (Ind.), 13%	M. Magsaysay (UNA), 9.9%
	22		M. Magsaysay (UNA), 7.7%	Cojuangco (UNA), 10%        Casiño (Makabayan), 10%			Hagedorn (Ind.), 9.3%
	23		Casiño (Makabayan), 5.3%			Villanueva (BP), 12%	Villanueva (BP), 9.2%
	24		Alcantara (SJS), 4.0%	David (AKP), 7%		Casiño (Makabayan), 11%	Casiño (Makabayan), 5.7%
	25		Montaño (Ind.), 3.3%	Alcantara (SJS), 4.0%        Montaño (Ind.), 3.3%		Montaño (Ind.), 6%        David (AKP), 6% Alcantara (SJS), 6%	Alcantara (SJS), 3.8%
	26		David (AKP), 2.8%				David (AKP), 3.6%        Montaño (Ind.), 3.6%
	27		de los Reyes (AKP), 2.7%	de los Reyes (AKP), 5%
	28		Falcone (DPP), 1.9%	Belgica (DPP), 4%		de los Reyes (AKP), 5%	de los Reyes (AKP), 2.8%
	29		Penson (Ind.), 1.8%	Penson (Ind.), 3%        Falcone (DPP), 3%		Belgica (DPP), 3%        Penson (Ind.), 3%        Falcone (DPP), 3%        Señeres (DPP), 3%	Señeres (DPP), 1.3%
	30		Belgica (DPP), 0.7%				Penson (Ind.), 1.2%
	31		Llasos (AKP), 0.7%	Llasos (AKP), 2%        Señeres (DPP), 2%			Belgica (DPP), 0.8%
	32		Señeres (DPP), 0.5%				Falcone (DPP), 0.5%        Llasos (AKP), 0.5%
	33					Llasos (AKP), 2%
None Refused Undecided		NA	4.2%	1%	N/A	2%	8.6%

Until the campaign period for local elections

Pollster		SWS/BW[13]	Pulse Asia[14]	StratPOLLS[15]	SWS/BW[16]	Pulse Asia[17]
Date(s) administered		February 15–17, 2013	February 24–28, 2013	March 8–13, 2013	March 15–17, 2013	March 16–20, 2013
Sample size		1,200	1,800	1,200	1,200	1,800
Margin of error		±3%	±2%	±3.5%	±3%	±2%
Candidates	1	Legarda (NPC), 64%	Legarda (NPC), 56.7%	Legarda (NPC), 75.2%	Legarda (NPC), 59%	Legarda (NPC), 55.3%
	2	Escudero (Ind.), 62%	Escudero (Ind.), 54.9%	Escudero (Ind.), 63.2%	Cayetano (NP), 57%	Escudero (Ind.), 51.5%
	3	Cayetano (NP), 58%	Cayetano (NP), 52.8%	Poe (Ind.), 63.0%	Ejercito (UNA), 48%        Escudero (Ind.), 48%	Cayetano (NP), 48.7%
	4	Villar (NP), 53%	Villar (NP), 44.0%	Cayetano (NP), 62.1%		Poe (Ind.), 42.1%
	5	Poe (Ind.), 48%        Pimentel (PDP), 48%	Ejercito (UNA), 43.8%	Binay (UNA), 59.7%	Binay (UNA), 47%        Villar (NP), 47%        Pimentel (PDP), 47%	Pimentel (PDP), 41.7%
	6		Aquino (LP), 43.2%	Ejercito (UNA), 59.0%		Villar (NP), 40.8%
	7	Binay (UNA), 47%	Binay (UNA), 42.5%	Trillanes (NP), 54.7%        Enrile (NPC), 54.7%		Binay (UNA), 39.6%
	8	Trillanes (NP), 46%	Poe (Ind.), 42.1%		Trillanes (NP), 44%	Aquino (LP), 38.6%        Ejercito (UNA), 38.6%
	9	Ejercito (UNA), 42%        Aquino (LP), 42%	Pimentel (PDP), 40.1%	Angara (LDP), 54.0%	Honasan (UNA), 43%
	10		Honasan (UNA), 37.9%	Zubiri (UNA), 52.1%	Aquino (LP), 42%	Trillanes (NP), 37.7%
	11	Angara (LDP), 39%        Zubiri (UNA), 39%	Enrile (NPC), 36.6%	Aquino (LP), 50.0%	Poe (Ind.), 40%	Honasan (UNA), 36.8%
	12		Trillanes (NP), 36.1%	Pimentel (PDP), 49.4%	Angara (LDP), 39%	Angara (LDP), 34.6%
	13	Enrile (NPC), 38%	Angara (LDP), 35.1%	Villar (NP), 49.1%	Enrile (NPC), 37%        R. Magsaysay (LP), 37%	Zubiri (UNA), 32.5%
	14	Madrigal (LP), 36%	Zubiri (UNA), 33.2%	Honasan (UNA), 48.1%		Enrile (NPC), 32.4%
	15	Honasan (UNA), 34%	Gordon (UNA), 32.2%	Gordon (UNA), 38.7%	Zubiri (UNA), 35%	Gordon (UNA), 30.7%
	16	R. Magsaysay (LP), 32%	Madrigal (LP), 30.6%	Hontiveros (Akbayan), 37.7%	Madrigal (LP), 33%        Gordon (UNA), 33%	R. Magsaysay (LP), 28.2%
	17	Gordon (UNA), 31%	R. Magsaysay (LP), 27.0%	R. Magsaysay (LP), 34.7%		Madrigal (LP), 27.3%
	18	Hontiveros (Akbayan), 25%	Hontiveros (Akbayan), 24.1%	Madrigal (LP), 29.8%	Hontiveros (Akbayan), 29%	Hontiveros (Akbayan), 24.3%
	19	Maceda (UNA), 15%	Maceda (UNA), 16.3%	Maceda (UNA), 23.6%	Maceda (UNA), 18%	Maceda (UNA), 14.1%
	20	Cojuangco (UNA), 13%        Villanueva (BP), 13%        M. Magsaysay (UNA), 13%	M. Magsaysay (UNA), 14.5%	Cojuangco (UNA), 23.4%	Cojuangco (UNA), 14%        M. Magsaysay (UNA), 14%	M. Magsaysay (UNA), 12.7%
	21		Cojuangco (UNA), 14.4%	Villanueva (BP), 21.0%		Cojuangco (UNA), 12.7%        Hagedorn (Ind.), 12.7%
	22		Hagedorn (Ind.), 13.3%	M. Magsaysay (UNA), 20.8%	Villanueva (BP), 13%
	23	Hagedorn (Ind.), 10%	Villanueva (BP), 12.7%	Hagedorn (Ind.), 16.3%	Hagedorn (Ind.), 11%	Villanueva (BP), 10.2%
	24	Casiño (Makabayan), 9%	Casiño (Makabayan), 7.7%	de los Reyes (AKP), 12.3%	Casiño (Makabayan), 7%	Casiño (Makabayan), 7.2%
	25	David (AKP), 5%	de los Reyes (AKP), 4.2%	Casiño (Makabayan), 8.7%	Llasos (AKP), 4% Alcantara (SJS), 4%        Penson (Ind.), 4%        Montaño (Ind.), 4%        Falcone (DPP), 4%	de los Reyes (AKP), 3.0%
	26	Montaño (Ind.), 4%        de los Reyes (AKP), 4%	Montaño (Ind.), 4.0%	Montaño (Ind.), 8.5%		Montaño (Ind.), 2.9%
	27		Alcantara (SJS), 3.4%	Belgica (DPP), 6.2%		Alcantara (SJS), 2.6%
	28	Penson (Ind.), 3% Alcantara (SJS), 3%        Belgica (DPP), 3%	Belgica (DPP), 3.2%	David (AKP), 5.9%		David (AKP), 2.3%
	29		David (AKP), 2.8%	Penson (Ind.), 5.4%		Belgica (DPP), 2.0%        Falcone (DPP), 2.0%        Penson (Ind.), 2.0%
	30		Falcone (DPP), 2.5%	Llasos (AKP), 5.1%	David (AKP), 3%        Señeres (DPP), 3%        de los Reyes (AKP), 3%
	31	Señeres (DPP), 2%        Falcone (DPP), 2%        Llasos (AKP), 2%	Penson (Ind.), 2.4%	Alcantara (SJS), 4.6%
	32		Señeres (DPP), 2.3%	Señeres (DPP), 4.0%		Llasos (AKP), 1.7%
	33		Llasos (AKP), 1.6%	Falcone (DPP), 3.6%	Belgica (DPP), 2%	Señeres (DPP), 1.0%
None Refused Undecided		2% undecided 4% invalid markings	5.5% none/refused/don't know 2.6% invalid votes	N/A	2% undecided 5% invalid markings	7.7% none/refused/don't know 5.2% invalid votes

Until election day

Pollster		SWS[18]	Pulse Asia[19]	SWS[20]	Pulse Asia[21]
Date(s) administered		April 13–15, 2013	April 20–22, 2013	May 2–3, 2013	May 10–11, 2013
Sample size		1,800	1,800	2,400	1,800
Margin of error		±2%	±2%	±2%	±2%
Candidates	1	Legarda (NPC), 59%	Legarda (NPC), 51.5%	Legarda (NPC), 57%	Legarda (NPC), 55.8%
	2	Cayetano (NP), 52%	Escudero (Ind.), 48.3%	Cayetano (NP), 50%	Escudero (Ind.), 52.7%
	3	Binay (UNA), 49%        Villar (NP), 49%	Poe (Ind.), 42.4%	Binay (UNA), 48%        Escudero (Ind.), 48%	Cayetano (NP), 51.1%
	4		Cayetano (NP), 40.0%		Poe (Ind.), 49.9%
	5	Escudero (Ind.), 47%	Villar (NP), 37.7%	Poe (Ind.), 45%	Binay (UNA), 46.9%
	6	Aquino (LP), 44%	Trillanes (NP), 35.8%	Ejercito (UNA), 44%        Villar (NP), 44%	Villar (NP), 46.6%
	7	Pimentel (PDP), 43%        Ejercito (UNA), 43%	Aquino (LP), 35.7%		Aquino (LP), 45.9%
	8		Ejercito (UNA), 34.7%	Pimentel (PDP), 43%	Angara (LDP), 42.4%
	9	Angara (LDP), 42%	Binay (UNA), 34.6%	Aquino (LP), 41%	Ejercito (UNA), 41.7%
	10	Poe (Ind.), 39%        Trillanes (NP), 39%	Pimentel (PDP), 32.7%	Angara (LDP), 38%        Trillanes (NP), 38%	Pimentel (PDP), 39.6%
	11		Angara (LDP), 31.2%		Trillanes (NP), 37.7%
	12	Enrile (NPC), 37%        Honasan (UNA), 37%	Zubiri (UNA), 29.7%	Honasan (UNA), 37%	Honasan (UNA), 36.7%
	13		Honasan (UNA), 27.9%	Enrile (NPC), 35%	Enrile (NPC), 35.7%
	14	Zubiri (UNA), 35%        R. Magsaysay (LP), 35%	Enrile (NPC), 27.2%	R. Magsaysay (LP), 33%        Zubiri (UNA), 33%	R. Magsaysay (LP), 33.3%
	15		Hontiveros (Akbayan), 25.8%		Zubiri (UNA), 32.1%
	16	Madrigal (LP), 30%	R. Magsaysay (LP), 25.6%	Hontiveros (Akbayan), 29%	Gordon (UNA), 31.8%
	17	Hontiveros (Akbayan), 29%	Gordon (UNA), 22.4%	Gordon (UNA), 27%	Hontiveros (Akbayan), 29.9%
	18	Gordon (UNA), 27%	Madrigal (LP), 20.4%	Madrigal (LP), 25%	Madrigal (LP), 26.2%
	19	Hagedorn (Ind.), 17%	Hagedorn (Ind.), 13.7%	Hagedorn (Ind.), 16%	Hagedorn (Ind.), 19.8%
	20	Maceda (UNA), 16%	M. Magsaysay (UNA), 11.0%	Villanueva (BP), 15%	Villanueva (BP), 16.4%
	21	M. Magsaysay (UNA), 15%	Villanueva (BP), 10.8%	Maceda (UNA), 14%	M. Magsaysay (UNA), 13.5%
	22	Cojuangco (UNA), 14%	Maceda (UNA), 9.1%	M. Magsaysay (UNA), 13%	Maceda (UNA), 11.6%
	23	Villanueva (BP), 13%	Cojuangco (UNA), 7.3%	Cojuangco (UNA), 11%	Cojuangco (UNA), 11.3%
	24	Casiño (Makabayan), 7%	Casiño (Makabayan), 6.5%	Casiño (Makabayan), 9%	Casiño (Makabayan), 10.3%
	25	Montaño (Ind.), 5%	Alcantara (SJS), 2.4%	Montaño (Ind.), 5%	Alcantara (SJS), 3.4%
	26	David (AKP), 4%	de los Reyes (AKP), 2.1%        Montaño (Ind.), 2.1%	Alcantara (SJS), 3%        de los Reyes (AKP), 3%        David (AKP), 3%	de los Reyes (AKP), 2.9%
	27	de los Reyes (AKP), 3% Alcantara (SJS), 3%        Penson (Ind.), 3%			Belgica (DPP), 2.8%
	28		David (AKP), 1.6%		Montaño (Ind.), 2.4%
	29		Belgica (DPP), 1.3%	Penson (Ind.), 2%        Falcone (DPP), 2%        Llasos (AKP), 2%        Belgica (DPP), 2%	David (AKP), 2.2%
	30	Falcone (DPP), 2%        Señeres (DPP), 2%        Llasos (AKP), 2%        Belgica (DPP), 2%	Falcone (DPP), 1.1%        Penson (Ind.), 1.1%		Falcone (DPP), 1.9%
	31				Llasos (AKP), 1.7%
	32		Llasos (AKP), 1.0%		Penson (Ind.), 1.6%
	33		Señeres (DPP), 0.7%	Señeres (DPP), 1%	Señeres (DPP), 1.6%
None Refused Undecided		2% undecided 4% invalid markings	6.1% none/refused/don't know 4.1% invalid votes	3% undecided 3% invalid markings	2.8% none/refused/don't know 5.0% invalid votes

Rankings

	Top 12 in the survey
	Outside the top 12 but within the margin of error

• Polls administered after October 5, 2010, the deadline for the filing of certificates of candidacies.
• The rankings below are from the pollsters that published them. The pollsters may or may not consider "statistical ties", or candidates whose voting preferences' margins are within the margin of error .

Candidate	Strat-POLLS[7]	Pulse Asia[8]	SWS[9]	The Center[10]	SWS[11]	Pulse Asia[12]	SWS[13]	Pulse Asia[14]	Strat-POLLS[15]	SWS[16]	Pulse Asia[17]	SWS[18]	Pulse Asia[19]	SWS[20]	Pulse Asia[21]
	10/8−17	11/23−29	11/29−12/3	1/9−17	1/17−19	1/19−30	2/15−17	2/24−28	3/8−13	3/15−17	3/16−20	4/13−15	4/13−15	5/2−3	5/10−11
Samson Alcantara	N/A	23–27	25–26	N/A	25–27	24–28	28–30	25–32	31	25–29	25–32	27–29	25–29	26–28	25−30
Juan Edgardo Angara	6	8–12	13	N/A	13	6–12	11–12	10–15	9	12	8–15	9	8–14	10–11	5–10
Bam Aquino	N/A	14–17	17	N/A	15	13–15	9–10	4–9	11	10	4–12	6	4–10	9	4–9
Greco Belgica	N/A	28–32	28	N/A	29–32	29–33	28–30	25–32	27	33	25–33	30–33	25–33	30–32	25–33
Nancy Binay	N/A	8–12	9–10	10	12	4–9	7	4–9	5	5–7	4–11	3–4	5–11	3–4	3–8
Teodoro Casiño	N/A	22–25	22–23	N/A	24	24–25	24	24	25	24	24	24	23–24	24	22–24
Alan Peter Cayetano	3	3–4	3	3	3	3	3	1–3	4	2	2–3	2	3–7	2	2–6
Tingting Cojuangco	N/A	19–20	22–23	N/A	20	20–23	20–22	19–23	20	20–21	19–23	22	22–24	23	21–24
Rizalito David	N/A	24–29	24	N/A	25–27	25–28	25	25–33	28	30–32	25–32	26	25–33	26–28	25–33
John Carlos de los Reyes	N/A	24–29	27	N/A	28	25–28	26–27	25–29	24	30–32	25–32	27–29	25–32	26–28	25–33
JV Ejercito	7	3–6	5	4	4	4–9	9–10	4–9	6	3–4	4–12	7–8	5–11	6–7	7–11
Jack Enrile	10–11	4–7	6–7	9	8–9	4–12	13	9–15	7–8	13–14	11–16	7–8	11–16	13	10–16
Francis Escudero	2	1–2	2	2	2	1–2	2	1–3	2	3–4	1–3	5	1–2	3–4	1–2
Baldomero Falcone	N/A	28	25–31	N/A	29–32	29–33	31–33	26–33	33	25–29	25–33	30–33	26–33	29–32	25–33
Richard Gordon	8	13–17	12	N/A	14	13-16	17	11–16	15	16–17	12–17	18	14–18	17	13–17
Edward Hagedorn	14	21–22	21	N/A	21–22	20–23	23	19–23	23	23	19–23	19	19–21	19	19–20
Gregorio Honasan	10–11	7–12	8	7	5–6	6–12	15	8–13	14	9	6–14	12–13	11–16	12	10–14
Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel	N/A	17–18	18	N/A	18–19	18–19	18	17–18	16	18	16–18	17	12–17	16	14–18
Loren Legarda	1	1–2	1	1	1	1–2	1	1–3	1	1	1–2	1	1–2	1	1–2
Marwil Llasos	N/A	28–32	31	N/A	33	29–33	31–33	29–33	30	25–29	25–33	30–33	26–33	29–32	26–33
Ernesto Maceda	N/A	19–20	16	N/A	18–19	18–19	19	19–22	19	19	19–22	20	20–23	21	21–24
Jamby Madrigal	12	13–14	14	N/A	17	14–17	14	14–17	18	16–17	15–18	16	17–18	18	17–18
Mitos Magsaysay	N/A	21–23	19	N/A	21–22	16–17	20–22	19–23	22	20–21	19–23	21	19–22	22	20–23
Ramon Magsaysay, Jr.	N/A	14–17	15	N/A	16	16–17	16	16–18	17	13–14	13–18	14–15	12–17	14–15	11–17
Ramon Montaño	N/A	23–29	25–26	N/A	25–27	25–28	26–27	25–31	26	25–29	25–32	25	25–32	25	25–33
Ricardo Penson	N/A	25–31	29	N/A	29–32	29–33	28–30	26–33	29	25–29	25–33	27–29	26–33	29–32	26–33
Aquilino Pimentel III	4	5–8	6–7	5	5–6	4–12	5–6	4–12	12	5–7	4–10	7–8	6–12	8	8–13
Grace Poe	15	14–18	20	12	10–11	13–16	5–6	4–10	3	11	4–10	10–11	3–4	5	2–7
Christian Señeres	N/A	30–32	31–32	N/A	29–32	29–33	31–33	27–33	32	30–32	29–33	30–33	28–33	33	26–33
Antonio Trillanes IV	13	8–12	11	11	10–11	4–12	8	9–15	7–8	8	4–12	10–11	4–10	10–11	9–14
Eddie Villanueva	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	23	20–23	20–22	20–23	21	22	20–23	23	19–22	20	19–21
Cynthia Villar	5	4–7	4	6	8–9	4–12	4	4–9	13	5–7	4–11	3–4	4–9	6–7	3–8
Juan Miguel Zubiri	9	8–12	9–10	8	7	6–12	11–12	11–16	10	15	11–16	14–15	10–16	14–15	13–17

Graph

The result of each candidate's opinion poll (survey) result is denoted by a plot point, or a "period" (per.). The lines denote moving averages (mov. avg.) of the last three polls (each poll given equal weight) for each candidate; as pollsters may use different methodologies, it is invalid to plot each period from all pollsters as if it is a single series. Hence, a moving average is used to link all polls from all pollsters into one series. Some candidates may not appear on some polls, and these do not include candidates who are not on the final list but were included in other polls. The twelfth ranking candidate in each poll is denoted by a line, for easy reference.

Seats won

The first figure denotes the number of candidates from the party or coalition that made it to the top 12 in each survey; the figures inside the parenthesis are other candidates that made it within the margin of error. The figure of the party or coalition (except independents) the most seats is highlighted; those that outright win a majority of seats contested (7, if 12 seats will be contested) is italicized, while the party or coalition that outright wins a majority of seats in the Senate (13) is boldfaced.

Some of the totals might not add up as most slates have shared candidates.

Before the filing of certificates of candidacy

Pollster	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	B-VNP	LDP	LP	NP	NPC	PDP Laban	PMP	Ind.
2010 election	May 10, 2010	38.1 million	NA	0	0	3	2	1	0	2	1
Pulse Asia[1]	Nov 10–23, 2011	1,200	±3.0%	0	0 (1)	1	1	2	1	1	6 (1)
Pulse Asia[2]	Feb 26–Mar 6, 2012	1,200	±3.0%	0	0	1 (1)	1	2	1	1	5 (2)
April 4, 2012		The Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino and the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan announced that they will form the United Nationalist Alliance.[22]
Pulse Asia[3]	May 20–26, 2012	1,200	±3.0%	1	1	1	1 (1)	2	1 (1)	2	3 (1)
July 5, 2012		The Liberal Party announced they will form a united ticket with the Nacionalista Party and the Nationalist People's Coalition.[23]
SWS[4]	Aug 24–27, 2012	1,200	±3.0%	1	1	0 (2)	3	2	1	2	1 (1)
The Center[5]	Aug 24–30, 2012	1,200	±3.0%	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	4
Pulse Asia[6]	Aug 31–Sept 7, 2012	1,200	±3.0%	0 (1)	1	0 (1)	3	2	2	2	2 (1)
October 1, 2012		President Aquino presents the united ticket of the LP-Akbayan-NP-NPC-LDP coalition.[24]
October 4, 2012		The United Nationalist Alliance completes its slate with the announcement of Nancy Binay as its 12th candidate.[25]

After the filing of certificates of candidacy

• Polls administered after October 5, 2010, the deadline for the filing of certificates of candidacies.

Pollster	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Parties								Alliances
				Ak- bayan	LDP	LP	NP	NPC	PDP Laban	UNA	Ind.	Others	Maka- bayan	Team PNoy	SC	UNA	Others
October 5, 2012		Deadline of submitting candidacies.
StratPOLLS[7]	Oct 8–17, 2012	300	<3%, >4%	0	1	1	2 (1)	2	1	4	1 (1)	0	4	5 (1)	2	5	0 (1)
Pulse Asia[8]	Nov 23–29. 2012	1,200	±3%	0	1	0	3	2	1	4	1	0	4	5	2	5	0
SWS[9]	Nov 29–Dec 3, 2012	1,200	±3%	0	0 (1)	0	3	2	1	5	1	0	4	4 (1)	2	6	0
January 7, 2013		United Nationalist Alliance releases its first TV advertisement.[26]
January 9, 2013		On the Senate funds controversy, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile admits to giving "cash gifts" to all but four senators that are known critics of his.[27]
The Center[10]	Jan 9–17, 2013	1,200	N/A	0	0	0	3	2	1	4	2	0	5	4	3	5	0
SWS/BW[11]	Jan 17–19, 2013	1,200	±3%	0	0	0	3	2	1	4	2	0	5	4	3	5	0
January 21−23, 2013		On the Senate funds controversy, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile was retained as senate president in a virtual vote of confidence.[28] Two days later, he and Minority Floor Leader Alan Peter Cayetano engaged in a word war that turned personal.[29]
Pulse Asia[12]	Jan 19–30, 2013	1,800	±2%	0	1	0	3	2	1	4	1	0	4	5	2	5	0
January 28, 2013		United ticket of the Liberal Party, Nacionalista Party and the NPC is rebranded as "Team PNoy", and releases its first TV advertisement.[30]
February 12, 2013		Start of campaign period for the Senate election.
SWS[13]	Feb 15–17, 2013	1,200	±3%	0	1	1 (1)	3	1 (1)	1	3	2	0	5	6 (1)	3	3 (1)	0
February 21, 2013		United Nationalist Alliance drops Francis Escudero, Loren Legarda and Grace Poe as guest candidates.[31]
Pulse Asia[14]	Feb 24–28, 2013	1,800	±2%	0	0 (1)	1	3	2	1	3 (2)	2	0	5	8 (1)		4 (2)	0
March 1, 2013		A standoff between the Malaysian authorities and armed men claiming to be from the Sultanate of Sulu erupted into a military crisis that lasted for the rest of the month.[32]
StratPOLLS[15]	Mar 8–13, 2013	1,200	±3.5%	0	1	1	2 (1)	2	1	3 (1)	2	0	4 (1)	8 (1)		4 (1)	0
SWS[16]	Mar 15–17, 2013	1,200	±3%	0	1	1 (1)	3	1 (1)	1	3	2	0	5	9 (1)		3 (1)	0
March 20, 2013		The parents of actress Heart Evangelista held a press conference to announce their disapproval of their daughter's relationship with Senator Francis Escudero.[33]
Pulse Asia[17]	Mar 16–20, 2013	1,800	±2%	0	1	1	3	1 (1)	1	3 (2)	2	0	5	9		3 (3)	0
March 30, 2013		Start of campaign period for local positions. As this was a Good Friday, campaigning in earnest was not allowed to start until March 31.
SWS[18]	Apr 13–15, 2013	1,800	±2%	0	1	1 (1)	3	2	1	3 (1)	2	0	5	9 (1)		4 (1)	0
Pulse Asia[19]	April 20–22, 2013	1,800	±2%	0 (1)	1	1 (1)	3	1 (1)	1	3 (1)	2	0	5	9 (2)		3 (2)	0
SWS[20]	May 2–3, 2013	2,400	±2%	0	1	1 (1)	3	1 (1)	1	3 (1)	2	0	6	9 (1)		3 (2)	0
Pulse Asia[21]	May 10–11, 2013	1,800	±2%	0	1	1 (1)	3	1 (1)	1	3	2	0	5	9 (1)		3 (1)	0

Composition of the Senate

The first figure denotes the number of candidates from the party or coalition that made it to the top 12 in each survey; the figures inside the parenthesis are other candidates that made it within the margin of error. The figure of the party or coalition (except independents) that has the most seats is highlighted; those that outright wins a majority of seats in the Senate (13) is boldfaced.

These are polls administered after October 5, 2010, the deadline for the filing of certificates of candidacies.

Overview

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Before election	Senate bloc	Minority bloc			Majority bloc																			Min
	Party	‡	‡		‡		‡				‡	‡		‡	‡	‡			‡					‡	‡^
	Coalition	Team PNoy												(guest)		UNA			Unaffiliated
After election	Senate bloc
	Party							‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡^
	Coalition	Team PNoy						Seats up												UNA		Unaffiliated

Key:

• ‡ Seats up
• ‡^ Vacant seat up
• * Gained by a party from another party
• √ Held by the incumbent
• + Held by the same party with a new senator

Polls

Pollster	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Parties									Alliances
				Ak- bayan	LDP	LP	NP	NPC	PDP Laban	UNA	Ind.	Others	Maka- bayan	Team PNoy	UNA	Others
Current				0	1	4	5	2	2	3	2	4	4	14	3	6
October 5, 2012		Deadline of submitting candidacies.
StratPOLLS[7]	Oct 8–17, 2012	300	<3%, >4%	0	1	4	4 (1)	3	2	6	1 (1)	3	4	13 (1)	9	4
Pulse Asia[8]	Nov 23–29. 2012	1,200	±3%	0	1	3	5	3	2	6	1	3	4	13	9	4
SWS[9]	Nov 29–Dec 3, 2012	1,200	±3%	0	0 (1)	3	5	3	2	7	1	3	4	12 (1)	10	4
January 7, 2013		United Nationalist Alliance releases its first TV advertisement.[26]
The Center[10]	Jan 9–17, 2013	1,200	NA	0	0	3	5	3	2	6	2	3	5	13	10	4
SWS[11]	Jan 17–19, 2013	1,200	±3%	0	0	3	5	3	2	6	2	3	5	13	10	4
Pulse Asia[12]	Jan 19–30, 2012	1,800	±2%	0	1	3	5	3	2	6	1	3	4	13	9	4
January 28, 2013		United ticket of the Liberal Party, Nacionalista Party and the NPC is rebranded as "Team PNoy", and releases its first TV advertisement.[30]
February 12, 2013		Start of campaign period for the Senate election.
SWS[13]	Feb 15–17, 2013	1,200	±3%	0	1	4	5	2	2	5	2	3	5	15 (1)	8 (1)	4
February 21, 2013		United Nationalist Alliance drops Francis Escudero, Loren Legarda and Grace Poe as guest candidates.[31]
Pulse Asia[14]	Feb 24–28, 2013	1,800	±2%	0	0 (1)	4	5	3	2	5 (2)	2	3	5	14 (1)	6 (2)	4
StratPOLLS[15]	Mar 8–13, 2013	1,200	±3.5%	0	1	4	4 (1)	3	2	5 (1)	2	3	4 (1)	14 (1)	6 (1)	4
SWS[16]	Mar 15–17, 2013	1,200	±3%	0	1	4	5	2	2	5	2	3	5	15 (1)	5 (1)	4
Pulse Asia[17]	Mar 16–20, 2013	1,800	±2%	0	1	4	5	2 (1)	2	5 (2)	2	3	5	15	5 (3)	4
March 30, 2013		Start of campaign period for local positions. As this was a Good Friday, campaigning in earnest was not allowed to start until March 31.
SWS[18]	Apr 13–15, 2013	1,800	±2%	0	1	4	5	3	2	5	2	3	5	15 (1)	6 (1)	4
Pulse Asia[19]	Apr 20–22, 2013	1,800	±2%	0 (1)	1	4 (1)	5	2 (1)	2	5 (1)	2	3	5	15 (2)	5 (2)	4
SWS[20]	May 2–3, 2013	2,400	±2%	0	1	4 (1)	5	2 (1)	2	5 (1)	2	3	5	15 (1)	5 (2)	4
Pulse Asia[21]	May 10–11, 2013	1,800	±2%	0	1	4 (1)	5	2 (1)	2	5	2	3	5	15 (1)	5 (1)	4

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