Philippine Senate election, 1998

May 11, 1998

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

	First party	Second party

Leader	Marcelo Fernan	Teofisto Guingona
Party	LDP	Lakas
Alliance	LAMMP	Lakas
Leader's seat	Nationwide at-large	Nationwide at-large
Seats before	16	5
Seats won	7	5
Seats after	12	12
Seat change	4	7
Popular vote	91,421,394	93,261,379
Percentage	44.5%	45.4%

Senate President before election

Neptali Gonzales
LDP

Elected Senate President

Marcelo Fernan
LDP

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The senatorial election was held in the Philippines on May 11, 1998. The two main competing coalitions in the senatorial election were the Lakas-NUCD-UMDP and the Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (LAMMP; Struggle of the Nationalist Filipino Masses)-led coalition composed of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP), Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP), the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) and PDP-Laban. The two coalitions split the 12 contested seats 7–5 in favor of LAMMP.

Results

**Summary of the May 11, 1998 Philippine Senate election result**
Rank	Candidate		Votes	%
1.	Loren Legarda	Lakas	14,933,965	51.0%
2.	Renato Cayetano	Lakas	13,177,584	45.0%
3.	Tito Sotto	LDP	11,520,678	39.3%
4.	Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.	PDP-Laban	10,227,765	34.9%
5.	Robert Barbers	Lakas	9,768,045	33.4%
6.	Rodolfo Biazon	LDP	9,352,964	31.9%
7.	Blas Ople	LDP	9,278,448	31.7%
8.	John Osmeña	NPC	9,242,652	31.6%
9.	Robert Jaworski	PMP	8,968,616	30.6%
10.	Ramon Revilla, Sr.	Lakas	8,683,500	29.7%
11.	Teofisto Guingona, Jr.	Lakas	7,325,343	25.0%
12.	Tessie Aquino-Oreta	LDP	7,238,086	24.7%
13.	Obet Pagdanganan	Lakas	6,938,178	23.7%
14.	Ruben Torres	Independent	6,923,821	23.6%
15.	Edcel Lagman	LDP	6,831,441	23.3%
16.	Santanina Rasul	Lakas	6,695,955	22.9%
17.	Rolando Andaya	Lakas	5,722,871	19.5%
18.	Roberto F. de Ocampo	Lakas	5,663,401	19.3%
19.	Lisandro Abadia	Lakas	5,426,378	18.5%
20.	Haydee Yorac	Reporma-LM	4,618,565	15.8%
21.	Ricardo Gloria	Lakas	4,589,190	15.7%
22.	Ramon Bagatsing, Jr.	LDP	4,540,475	15.5%
23.	Freddie Webb	LDP	4,514,475	15.4%
24.	Hernando Perez	Lakas	4,336,969	14.8%
25.	Rey Langit	Reporma-LM	3,930,085	13.4%
26.	Raul Daza	Liberal	2,995,851	10.2%
27.	Miguel Luis Romero	LDP	2,781,973	9.5%
28.	Charito Plaza	Liberal	2,433,272	8.3%
29.	Roy Señeres	Reporma-LM	1,165,455	4.0%
30.	Gerry Geronimo	Reporma-LM	871,518	3.0%
31.	Hadja Putri Zorayda Tamano	Reporma-LM	855,738	2.9%
32.	Roberto Sebastian	Reporma-LM	721,824	2.5%
33.	Jose Villegas	Reporma-LM	608,186	2.1%
34.	Renato Garcia	Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago	554,818	1.9%
35.	David Castro	Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago	436,779	1.5%
36.	Ludovico Badoy	Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago	388,465	1.3%
37.	Oliver Lozano	Independent	352,037	1.2%
38.	Abraham Iribani	Reporma-LM	319,410	1.1%
39.	Eduardo Bondoc	Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago	202,217	0.7%
40.	Fred Henry Marallag	Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago	106,496	0.4%
Total turnout		29,285,775	86.5%
Total votes		206,248,556	N/A
Registered voters		205,243,489	100.0%
Note: A total of 40 candidates ran for senator.

Per coalition

Coalition		Votes	%	Seats won	%
	Lakas	93,261,379	45.4%	5	41.7%
	LAMMP	91,421,394	44.5%	7	58.3%
	Reporma-LM	13,090,781	6.4%	0	0.0%
	Liberal	5,429,123	2.6%	0	0.0%
	Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago	1,688,775	0.8%	0	0.0%
	Independents not in tickets	352,037	0.2%	0	0.0%
Totals		205,243,489	100.0%	12	100.0%

Per party

Party		Votes	%	Seats won	%
	Lakas	93,261,379	45.4%	5	41.7%
	LDP	56,058,540	27.3%	4	33.3%
	Reporma-LM	13,090,781	6.4%	0	0.0%
	PDP-Laban	10,227,765	5.0%	1	8.3%
	NPC	9,242,652	4.5%	1	8.3%
	PMP	8,968,616	4.4%	1	8.3%
	Independents	7,275,858	3.5%	0	0.0%
	Liberal	5,429,123	2.6%	0	0.0%
	Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago	1,688,775	0.8%	0	0.0%
Totals		205,243,489	100.0%	12	100.0%

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