Philippine Senate election, 1987

May 11, 1987

All 24 seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Jovito Salonga	Juan Ponce Enrile
Party	Liberal	Nacionalista
Alliance	LABAN	GAD
Leader's seat	Nationwide at-large	Nationwide at-large
Seats won	22	2
Popular vote	243,431,395	99,754,162
Percentage	64.9%	26.6%

Senate President before election

Abolished
Last held by: Gil Puyat
Nacionalista

Elected Senate President

Jovito Salonga
Liberal

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The election for the Members of the Senate was held in the Philippines on May 11, 1987. The Philippine Senate was re-instituted following the approval of a new constitution in 1987 restoring the bicameral Congress of the Philippines; earlier, a constitution was approved in 1973 that created a unicameral Batasang Pambansa (parliament) that replaced the bicameral Congress. The last Senate election prior to this was the 1971 election.

The Lakas ng Bayan Coalition (LABAN) got 64.9% of the vote but won 22 out of 24 seats in the Senate; only two candidates from the Grand Alliance for Democracy won: former Secretary of Defense Juan Ponce Enrile and San Juan mayor Joseph Estrada, despite getting 26.6% of the vote.

Background

After Marcos was ousted in the People Power Revolution in 1986, his political party, the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, was fragmented. Almost all its members including Assemblymen Arturo Tolentino, Jose Rono, Nicanor Yniquez, Cesar Virata who were coming from the Nacionalista Party among others were orphaned.

On the other hand, the Aquino coalition took all positions in the Ministry/Cabinet. Most notable were Prime Minister Salvador Laurel, Local Government Minister Nene Pimentel and Executive Secretary Joker Arroyo

The Lakas ng Bayan (LABAN) consists of the PDP-LABAN headed by Local Government Minister Aquilino Pimentel Jr., the Lakas ng Bansa party headed by Assemblyman Ramon Mitra, the UNIDO, the Liberal Party headed by Senator Jovito Salonga, the National Union of Christian Democrats headed by Raul Manglapus, the Bayang Nagkakaisa sa Diwa at Layunin headed by Butz Aquino, Panaghusia and other pro-Cory regional parties

The GAD consists of the faction of the KBL headed by Assemblyman Arturo Tolentino, the Jose Roy faction of the Nacionalista Party headed by Renato Cayetano, the pre-1986 opposition leaders who defected from Aquino headed by Senator Eva Estrada-Kalaw, the Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas headed by Former Labor Minister Blas Ople, the Mindanao Alliance, the Muslim Federal Party and the Christian Social Democratic Party.

UPP-KBL coalition is composed of Pro-Marcos forces.

Major Senatorial Candidates

Administration coalition

Lakas ng Bayan	Party and Coalition
Heherson Alvarez	UNIDO
Edgardo Angara	Independent (politician)
Agapito Aquino	BANDILA
Arthur Defensor	UNIDO
Neptali Gonzales	UNIDO
Teofisto Guingona Jr.	Liberal
Ernesto Herrera	Liberal
Sotero H. Laurel	UNIDO
Jose Lina Jr.	UNIDO
Ernesto Maceda	PDP-Laban
Raul Manglapus	NUCD
Orlando S. Mercado	Liberal
Vicente Paterno	UNIDO
John Henry Osmena	LABAN-Liberal
Aquilino Pimentel Jr.	PDP-Laban
Santanina Rasul	Liberal
Alberto Romulo	UNIDO
Rene Saguisag	Liberal
Augusto Sanchez	UNIDO
Jovito Salonga	Liberal
Leticia Ramos-Shahani	UNIDO
Mamintal Tamano	UNIDO
Wigberto Tañada	Liberal
Victor Ziga	Liberal

Main opposition coalition

Grand Alliance for Democracy	Party and Coalition
Firdausi Smail Abbas	Muslim Federal Party
Homobono Adaza	Mindanao Alliance
Alejandro Almendras	KBL
Abul Khayr Alonto¹	UNIDO
Juan Ponce Enrile	Nacionalista
Joseph Estrada	Nacionalista
Rene Espina¹	UNIDO
Wilson Gamboa¹	UNIDO
Romeo Jalosjos	Nacionalista
Eva Estrada-Kalaw¹	UNIDO
Wenceslao Lagumbay	Nacionalista
Vicente Magsaysay	KBL
Jeremias Montemayor	KBL
Blas Ople	KBL
Rafael Palmares	Nacionalista
Zosimo Jesus Paredes II	KBL
Vicente Puyat	KBL
Edith N. Rabat	KBL
Isidro Rodriguez	Nacionalista
Roilo Golez	Independent
Lorenzo Teves	KBL
Arturo Tolentino	KBL
Fernando Veloso	KBL
Francisco Tatad	Independent (politician)

^1 defected from President Aquino

Other notable candidates

Kilusang Bagong Lipunan
Rafael Recto
Rodolfo Fariñas
Salvador Britanico
Nicanor Yñiguez
Leonardo B. Perez

Independent
Jose "Ramon Revilla" Bautista

Results

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Seats

Votes

64.9%

24.6%

Tally of votes

**Summary of the May 11, 1987 Philippine Senate election result**
Rank	Candidate	Coalition		Votes	%
1	Jovito Salonga	LABAN	Liberal	12,988,360	57.1%
2	Agapito Aquino	LABAN	BANDILA	12,426,432	54.6%
3	Orlando S. Mercado	LABAN	Liberal	11,901,673	52.3%
4	John Henry Osmeña	LABAN	Liberal	11,299,102	49.7%
5	Edgardo Angara	LABAN	Independent	11,288,407	49.6%
6	Alberto Romulo	LABAN	UNIDO	11,119,193	48.9%
7	Leticia Ramos-Shahani	LABAN	UNIDO	11,089,340	48.8%
8	Rene Saguisag	LABAN	Liberal	10,871,850	47.8%
9	Neptali Gonzales	LABAN	UNIDO	10,855,796	47.7%
10	Joey Lina	LABAN	UNIDO	10,679,150	47.0%
11	Wigberto Tañada	LABAN	Liberal	10,420,831	45.8%
12	Heherson Alvarez	LABAN	UNIDO	10,288,113	45.2%
13	Sotero Laurel	LABAN	UNIDO	10,278,729	45.2%
14	Joseph Estrada	GAD	Nacionalista	10,029,978	44.1%
15	Teofisto Guingona Jr.	LABAN	Liberal	9,957,591	43.8%
16	Raul Manglapus	LABAN	NUCD	9,910,244	43.6%
17	Vicente Paterno	LABAN	PDP-Laban	9,647,680	42.4%
18	Victor San Andres Ziga	LABAN	Liberal	9,489,132	41.7%
19	Ernesto Maceda	LABAN	PDP-Laban	9,381,682	41.3%
20	Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.	LABAN	PDP-Laban	9,042,696	39.8%
21	Ernesto Herrera	LABAN	Liberal	8,474,297	37.3%
22	Mamintal Tamano	LABAN	UNIDO	8,102,231	35.6%
23	Santanina Rasul	LABAN	Liberal	7,966,882	35.0%
24	Juan Ponce Enrile	GAD	Nacionalista	7,964,966	35.0%

25	Augusto Sanchez	LABAN	UNIDO	7,891,932	34.7%
26	Arturo Defensor	LABAN	UNIDO	7,865,702	34.6%
27	Eva Estrada-Kalaw	GAD	UNIDO	6,922,810	30.4%
28	Vicente Puyat	GAD	Nacionalista	6,859,307	30.2%
29	Alejandro Almendras	GAD	Nacionalista	6,317,107	27.8%
30	Blas Ople	GAD	KBL	5,736,911	25.2%
31	Arturo Tolentino	GAD	KBL	5,725,189	25.2%
32	Vicente Magsaysay	GAD	KBL	5,500,447	24.2%
33	Jose Bautista		Independent	5,203,982	22.9%
34	Rene Espina	GAD	UNIDO	5,107,313	22.5%
35	Francisco Tatad	GAD	Independent	4,743,678	20.9%
36	Homobono Adaza	GAD	Mindanao Alliance	4,657,782	20.6%
37	Roilo Golez	GAD	Independent	4,657,782	20.5%
38	Rafael Recto	KBL	KBL	3,277,088	14.4%
39	Romeo Jalosjos	GAD	Nacionalista	3,131,226	13.8%
40	Wilson Gamboa	GAD	UNIDO	2,450,523	10.8%
41	Isidro Rodriguez	GAD	Nacionalista	2,326,937	10.2%
42	Wenceslao Lagumbay	GAD	Nacionalista	2,168,086	9.5%
43	Abul Khayr Alonto	GAD	UNIDO	1,998,261	8.8%
44	Rafael Palmares	GAD	Nacionalista	1,974,023	8.7%
45	Lorenzo Teves	GAD	KBL	1,790,962	7.9%
46	Zosimo Jesus Paredes II	GAD	KBL	1,786,271	7.9%
47	Rodolfo Fariñas	KBL	KBL	1,668,147	7.3%
48	Fernando Veloso	GAD	KBL	1,660,100	7.3%
49	Edith Rabat	GAD	KBL	1,655,065	7.3%
50	Leonardo Perez	KBL	KBL	1,559,353	6.9%
51	Jeremias Montemayor	GAD	KBL	1,522,413	6.7%
52	Salvador Britanico	KBL	KBL	1,501,159	6.6%
53	Nicanor Yñiguez	KBL	KBL	1,429,910	6.3%
54	Firdausi Smail Abbas	GAD	Muslim Federal Party	1,372,920	6.0%
Total turnout				22,739,995	85.6%
Total votes				375,004,620	N/A
Registered voters				26,569,539	100.0%
Note: A total of 84 candidates ran for senator.				Source:^[1]

Per party

Party/coalition		Votes	%	Seats won	%
	LABAN	243,431,395	64.9%	22	91.7%
	GAD	99,754,162	26.6%	2	8.3%
	KBL	16,356,441	4.4%	0	0.0%
	Partido ng Bayan	8,532,855	2.3%	0	0.0%
	Independent	6,874,428	1.8%	0	0.0%
	Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas	55,519	0.0%	0	0.0%
Valid votes		375,004,620	—	24	100.0%
Turnout		22,739,995	85.6
Registered voters		26,569,539	100.0%
Source: "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-10.

References

↑ Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos, Jr. (2001). Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz and Christof Hartmann, ed. Elections in Asia and the Pacific Vol. II. Oxford University Press. pp. 185–230. ISBN 0199249598.

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