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1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections

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1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Philippines
← 1992 May 8, 1995 1998 →

204 (of the 226) seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
103 seats needed for a majority
Party Vote % Seats +/–
Lakas

40.66 100 +59
NPC

12.19 22 −8
LDP

10.83 17 −69
Lakas–Laban

10.40 25 +25
Others

13.72 33 +20
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Speaker before Speaker after
Jose de Venecia Jr.
Lakas
Jose de Venecia Jr.
Lakas

Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on May 8, 1995. Being the first midterm election since 1938, the party of the incumbent president, Fidel V. Ramos's Lakas-NUCD-UMDP, won a plurality of the seats in the House of Representatives.[1]

The elected representatives served in the 10th Congress from 1995 to 1998. Jose de Venecia, Jr. was easily reelected as the speaker of the House.

Electoral system

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The House of Representatives shall have not more than 250 members, unless otherwise fixed by law, of which 20% shall be elected via the party-list system, while the rest are elected via congressional districts. In lieu of an enabling law in regards to the party-list system, sectoral representatives shall continued to be appointed by the president just like previously in the Batasang Pambansa for the first three congresses from the enactment of the constitution, which includes this congress.

In this election, there are 204 seats voted via first-past-the-post in single-member districts. Each province, and a city with a population of 250,000, is guaranteed a seat, with more populous provinces and cities divided into two or more districts.

Congress has the power of redistricting three years after each census.

Results

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The administration party, Lakas-NUCD-UMDP, forged an electoral agreement with Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino to create the Lakas-Laban Coalition. Candidates from the Liberal Party and PDP–Laban also joined the administration coalition. On the other hand, Nationalist People's Coalition led the opposition coalition that also composed of candidates from Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, People's Reform Party and Partido ng Masang Pilipino.

Per coalition

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Definitions:

CoalitionVotes%Seats
Administration coalition13,281,70469.14157
Opposition coalition2,982,07115.5226
Hybrid coalitions1,215,2646.3312
Others1,732,1179.029
Total19,211,156100.00204
Vote share
Administration
69.14%
Opposition
15.52%
Hybrid
6.33%
Others
9.02%
District seats
Administration
76.96%
Opposition
12.75%
Hybrid
5.88%
Others
4.41%

Per party

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PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP7,811,62540.66+19.46100+59
Nationalist People's Coalition2,342,37812.19−6.4722−8
Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino2,079,61110.83−22.9017−69
Lakas–Laban Coalition1,998,81010.40New25New
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Liberal Party437,0802.28New5New
Liberal Party358,2451.86New5New
Lakas ng Bayan/Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Nationalist People's Coalition257,8211.34New3New
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Nationalist People's Coalition195,5321.02New4New
Lakas ng Bayan/Nationalist People's Coalition187,7050.98New2New
Nationalist People's Coalition/Kilusang Bagong Lipunan183,2560.95New1New
People's Reform Party171,4540.89New00
Nacionalista Party153,0880.80−3.121−6
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP (independent)139,4270.73New00
PDP–Laban130,6950.68New1Mew
Lakas ng Bayan/Liberal Party106,3870.55New2New
Lapiang Manggagawa104,4070.54New00
Partido ng Masang Pilipino101,6240.53New1New
Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino100,8790.53New1New
Nationalist People's Coalition/PDP–Laban/People's Reform Party87,2410.45New1New
Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino/Kilusang Bagong Lipunan75,9570.40New00
Lakas ng Bayan/Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Partido ng Masang Pilipino71,8040.37New1New
Lakas ng Bayan/Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino71,6920.37New00
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Nacionalista Party68,5420.36New00
Lakas ng Bayan/People's Reform Party66,1760.34New1New
Lakas ng Bayan/Nacionalista Party65,9700.34New1New
Nationalist People's Coalition/Liberal Party62,3380.32New00
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Lakas ng Bayan/Liberal Party55,9910.29New00
Lakas ng Bayan/PDP–Laban54,5080.28New1New
Nationalist People's Coalition/Nacionalista Party54,1530.28New00
PDP–Laban/Partido ng Masang Pilipino/People's Reform Party51,7520.27New1New
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Lakas ng Bayan/Nacionalista Party43,5890.23New00
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/PDP–Laban32,4170.17New1New
PDP–Laban/Nacionalista Party24,0760.13New00
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Lapiang Manggagawa15,7260.08New00
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Partido Panaghiusa15,6310.08New00
Lakas ng Bayan (independent)8,3660.04New00
Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas7,5630.04New00
Nationalist People's Coalition/People's Reform Party6,5230.03New00
People's Reform Party/Nacionalista Party6,2140.03New00
Lakas ng Bayan/Lapiang Manggagawa3,8140.02New00
Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas1230.00New00
Unidentified162,7520.85New00
Independent1,238,2146.45+1.417+1
Appointed seats160
Total19,211,156100.00220+4
Valid votes19,211,15674.65
Invalid/blank votes6,525,34925.35
Total votes25,736,505
Registered voters/turnout36,415,15470.68
Source: Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook. Vol. 2: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Vote share
Lakas
40.66%
NPC
12.19%
LDP
10.83%
Others
36.32%
District seats
Lakas
49.02%
NPC
10.78%
LDP
8.33%
Others
31.87%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Quezon, Manuel III (2007-06-06). "An abnormal return to normality". PCIJ.org. Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-12-06.