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1995 Philippine general election

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Registered	36,415,154
Turnout	25,736,505
1995 Philippine Senate election
← 1992 May 8, 1995 1998 →
12 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority
Alliance Lakas–Laban NPC Seats won 9 3 Popular vote 123,660,355 56,015,645 Percentage 67.71 30.67
Senate President before election Edgardo Angara LDP Elected Senate President Edgardo Angara LDP
1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections
← 1992 May 8, 1995 1998 →
204 (of the 226) seats in the House of Representatives 114 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

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The 1995 Philippine general election were held 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) listed five people dead and more than 200 hotspots before and 300 hotspots during the election.

Major senatorial candidates

Results

Senate

1. Withdrew but remained on the ballot

House of Representatives

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP	7,811,625	40.66	+19.46	100	+59
	Nationalist People's Coalition	2,342,378	12.19	−6.47	22	−8
	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	2,079,611	10.83	−22.90	17	−69
	Lakas–Laban Coalition	1,998,810	10.40	New	25	New
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Liberal Party	437,080	2.28	New	5	New
	Liberal Party	358,245	1.86	New	5	New
	Lakas ng Bayan/Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Nationalist People's Coalition	257,821	1.34	New	3	New
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Nationalist People's Coalition	195,532	1.02	New	4	New
	Lakas ng Bayan/Nationalist People's Coalition	187,705	0.98	New	2	New
	Nationalist People's Coalition/Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	183,256	0.95	New	1	New
	People's Reform Party	171,454	0.89	New	0	0
	Nacionalista Party	153,088	0.80	−3.12	1	−6
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP (independent)	139,427	0.73	New	0	0
	PDP–Laban	130,695	0.68	New	1	Mew
	Lakas ng Bayan/Liberal Party	106,387	0.55	New	2	New
	Lapiang Manggagawa	104,407	0.54	New	0	0
	Partido ng Masang Pilipino	101,624	0.53	New	1	New
	Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino	100,879	0.53	New	1	New
	Nationalist People's Coalition/PDP–Laban/People's Reform Party	87,241	0.45	New	1	New
	Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino/Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	75,957	0.40	New	0	0
	Lakas ng Bayan/Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Partido ng Masang Pilipino	71,804	0.37	New	1	New
	Lakas ng Bayan/Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino	71,692	0.37	New	0	0
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Nacionalista Party	68,542	0.36	New	0	0
	Lakas ng Bayan/People's Reform Party	66,176	0.34	New	1	New
	Lakas ng Bayan/Nacionalista Party	65,970	0.34	New	1	New
	Nationalist People's Coalition/Liberal Party	62,338	0.32	New	0	0
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Lakas ng Bayan/Liberal Party	55,991	0.29	New	0	0
	Lakas ng Bayan/PDP–Laban	54,508	0.28	New	1	New
	Nationalist People's Coalition/Nacionalista Party	54,153	0.28	New	0	0
	PDP–Laban/Partido ng Masang Pilipino/People's Reform Party	51,752	0.27	New	1	New
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Lakas ng Bayan/Nacionalista Party	43,589	0.23	New	0	0
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/PDP–Laban	32,417	0.17	New	1	New
	PDP–Laban/Nacionalista Party	24,076	0.13	New	0	0
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Lapiang Manggagawa	15,726	0.08	New	0	0
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Partido Panaghiusa	15,631	0.08	New	0	0
	Lakas ng Bayan (independent)	8,366	0.04	New	0	0
	Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas	7,563	0.04	New	0	0
	Nationalist People's Coalition/People's Reform Party	6,523	0.03	New	0	0
	People's Reform Party/Nacionalista Party	6,214	0.03	New	0	0
	Lakas ng Bayan/Lapiang Manggagawa	3,814	0.02	New	0	0
	Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas	123	0.00	New	0	0
	Unidentified	162,752	0.85	New	0	0
	Independent	1,238,214	6.45	+1.41	7	+1
Appointed seats					16	0
Total		19,211,156	100.00	–	220	+4
Valid votes		19,211,156	74.65
Invalid/blank votes		6,525,349	25.35
Total votes		25,736,505	–
Registered voters/turnout		36,415,154	70.68
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.

Local elections

Local elections for all positions above the barangay level, but below the regional level, were held on this day.

Local plebiscites

A plebiscite to ratify the division of the province of Kalinga-Apayao to two provinces named Apayao and Kalinga was also done on this day. The voters approved the division.

See also

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections
• 10th Congress of the Philippines

References

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections

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