Rizal's 1st legislative district special election, 1994

1994 special election at Rizal's 1st legislative district

March 7, 1994



Candidate	Gilberto Duavit	Francisco Sumulong	Rogelio Sanchez Silvestre
Party	NPC	Lakas	Liberal
Popular vote	59,987	38,953	29,035
Percentage	46.46%	30.17%	22.49%


Candidate	Eduardo Inlayo	Rosendo Balinas Jr.	Elmer Panotes
Party	Independent	Independent	Independent
Popular vote	729	270	144
Percentage	0.56%	0.21%	0.11%

Representative before election

Manuel Sanchez
Lakas

Representative-elect

Gilberto Duavit
NPC

A special election was held for Rizal's 1st district seat to the House of Representatives of the Philippines on March 7, 1994. Gilberto Duavit won the special election to serve the final 14 months of former representative Manuel Sanchez's term.

Background

Incumbent representative Manuel Sanchez was unseated after the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal ruled that he is an American citizen. A special election was then called, scheduled for March 7, 1994. Six candidates participated including Rogelio Sanchez Silvestre, Sanchez's nephew, former House majority leader Francisco Sumulong, former assemblyman Gilberto Duavit of the opposition Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), and three independent candidates: chess grandmaster Rosendo Balinas Jr., lawyer Eduardo Inlayo and peasant leader Elmer Panotes.^[1]

Sumulong previously served as representative but gave up his seat to run in the 1992 Senate election but was defeated. Sumulong is supported by presidents Corazon Aquino and Fidel Ramos. Duavit is supported by Rizal governor Casimiro Ynares and vice president Joseph Estrada, while Silvestre is backed by former Senate President Jovito Salonga and other Liberal Party stalwarts.^[1]

Cainta and Taytay were expected to provide the swing votes as neither of the candidates are from those two municipalities, and that many residents there were immigrants from other parts of the country. Turnout was expected to be low as no holiday was declared on election day.^[1]

Result

1994 special election at Rizal's 1st legislative district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Gilberto Duavit	59,987	46.46
	Lakas	Francisco Sumulong	38,953	30.17
	Liberal	Rogelio Sanchez Silvestre	29,035	22.49
	Independent	Eduardo Inlayo	729	0.56
	Independent	Rosendo Balinas Jr.	270	0.21
	Independent	Elmer Panotes	144	0.11
Total votes			129,118	100.00
Voter turnout			36.93%
	NPC gain from Liberal

Duavit won over former Francisco Sumulong by 21,034 votes. The low turnout of 37% was blamed on Rizal's traffic problems, and the inability of employees and students to cast their votes when they reside outside the district during the workweek/school week.^[2]

After his election victory, a member of the Duavit family has served as representative of Rizal's 1st district up to the current 15th Congress.

References

1 2 3 Antonio Macapagal (1994-03-07). "354,000 to cast ballot in Rizal special polls". Manila Standard. p. 5.
↑ Arnold Atadero and Antonio Macapagal (1994-03-09). "Duavit wins, Sumulong concedes". Manila Standard. p. 3.

Special elections to the Congress of the Philippines

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