Philippine general election, 1995

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Legislative elections and local elections were 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.

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

Opposition coalition

NPC Coalition
Candidate	Party
Rosemarie Arenas	NPC
Gaudencio Beduya	NPC
Nikki Coseteng	NPC
Amanda T. Cruz	NPC
Ramon Fernandez	NPC
Gringo 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.	Nikki 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	%
	LDP	63,402,619	36.0%	4	33.3%
	Lakas	43,034,397	24.5%	4	33.3%
	NPC	25,633,489	14.6%	1	8.3%
	PRP	9,497,231	5.4%	1	8.3%
	Independent	8,968,616	5.1%	1	8.3%
	Lakas	8,701,191	4.9%	1	8.3%
	PDP-Laban	8,522,148	4.8%	0	0.0%
	KBL	8,168,768	4.6%	0	0.0%
Totals		175,928,459	100.0%	12	100.0%

For members of the House of Representatives

**Summary of the May 8, 1995 Philippine House of Representatives election results**
Parties and coalitions		Popular vote		Seats won
Parties and coalitions		Total	%	Total	%
	Lakas	7,811,625	40.7	100	49.0
	NPC	2,342,378	12.2	22	10.8
	LDP	2,079,611	10.8	17	8.3
	Lakas-Laban	1,998,810	10.4	25	12.3
	Lakas/Liberal	437,080	2.3	5	2.5
	Liberal	358,245	1.9	5	2.5
	Lakas/LDP/NPC	257,821	1.3	3	1.5
	Lakas/NPC	195,532	1.0	4	2.0
	LDP/NPC	187,705	1.0	2	1.0
	NPC/KBL	183,256	1.0	1	0.5
	PRP	171,454	0.9	0	0.0
	Nacionalista	153,088	0.8	1	0.5
	Independent Lakas	139,427	0.7	0	0.0
	PDP-Laban	130,695	0.7	1	0.5
	LDP/Liberal	106,387	1.0	2	1.0
	Lapiang Manggagawa	104,407	0.5	0	0.0
	PMP	101,624	0.5	1	0.5
	NPC/PMP	100,879	0.5	1	0.5
	NPC/PDP-Laban/PRP	87,241	0.5	1	0.5
	NPC/PMP/KBL	75,957	0.4	0	0.0
	LDP/Lakas/PMP	71,804	0.4	1	0.5
	LDP/NPC/PMP	71,692	0.4	1	0.5
	Lakas/Nacionalista	68,542	0.4	0	0.0
	LDP/PRP	66,176	0.3	1	0.5
	LDP/Nacionalista	65,970	0.3	1	0.5
	NPC/Liberal	62,338	0.3	0	0.0
	Lakas/LDP/Liberal	55,991	0.3	0	0.0
	LDP/PDP-Laban	54,508	0.3	0	0.0
	NPC/Nacionalista	54,153	0.3	0	0.0
	PDP-Laban/PMP/PRP	51,752	0.3	1	0.5
	Lakas/LDP/Nacionalista	43,589	0.2	0	0.0
	Lakas/PDP-Laban	32,417	0.2	1	0.5
	PDP-Laban/Nacionalista	24,076	0.1	0	0.0
	Lakas/Lapiang Manggagawa	15,726	0.1	0	0.0
	Lakas/Panaghiusa	15,631	0.1	0	0.0
	Independent LDP	8,366	0.0	0	0.0
	PDSP	7,563	0.0	0	0.0
	NPC/PRP	6,523	0.0	0	0.0
	PRP/Nacionalista	6,214	0.0	0	0.0
	LDP/Lapiang Manggagawa	3,814	0.0	0	0.0
	Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas	123	0.0	0	0.0
	Unidentified	162,752	0.8	0	0.0
	Independent	1,238,214	6.4	7	3.4
Total		19,280,656	100.0	204	100.0
Source: Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-11.

References

External links

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