Elections in the Philippines

Voter turnout during national elections from 1946 onwards.

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The elections in the Philippines have several types. The president, vice-president, and the senators are elected for a six-year term, while the members of the House of Representatives, governors, vice-governors, members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial board members), mayors, vice-mayors, members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod/members of the Sangguniang Bayan (city/municipal councilors), barangay officials, and the members of the Sangguniang Kabataan (youth councilors) are elected to serve for a three-year term.

The Congress or Kongreso has two chambers. The House of Representatives or Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan has will have 292 seats in 2013, of which 80% are contested in single seat electoral districts and 20% are allotted to party-lists according to a modified Hare quota with remainders disregarded and a three-seat cap, which are only accessible to marginalized and under-represented groups and parties, local parties, and sectoral wings of major parties that represent the marginalized. The Constitution of the Philippines allows the House of Representatives to have more than 250 members by statute without a need for a constitutional amendment. The Senate or Senado has 24 members which are elected on a nationwide at-large basis; they do not represent any geographical district. Half of the Senate is renewed every three years.

The Philippines has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form a coalition government. The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is responsible for running the elections.

Under the Constitution, elections for the members of Congress and local positions (except barangay officials) occur every second Monday of May every third year after May 1992, and presidential and vice presidential elections occur every second Monday of May every sixth year after May 1992. All elected officials, except those at the barangay level, start (and end) their terms of office on June 30th of the election year.

Voting

Qualification

Every citizen above the age of 18 on Election Day may vote. In order to actually vote, a citizen has to register. The COMELEC has a registration period a few months prior to the election. Those who are not registered will not appear on the voters' list and is ineligible to vote despite being qualified to do so.

People aged 15 to 18 may vote in Sangguniang Kabataan elections. Same with their adult counterparts, the COMELEC has a registration period a few months prior to the election.

Absentee voters

Absentee voters are divided into two types: the local absentee voters and the overseas absentee voters. Local absentee voters include people who are working during Election Day. These include soldiers, policemen, government employees and the like. Overseas absentee voters refer to Filipinos residing abroad. They are eligible to vote on national positions only (president, vice-president, senators and party-list representatives). Overseas absentee voters may vote in Philippine embassies and consulates, and voting begins as early as a 4 months prior to the election. The voting can be as long as 6 months in very few situations.

Process

Main article: Electoral process in the Philippines

Once a registered voter finds his/her name in the voters' list and locates the correct precinct, he may queue in line for the distribution of the ballot.

Prior to the 2010 elections, voters have to write the names of the candidates next to the positions in which they are running. COMELEC-approved nicknames maybe used by the voters in writing the names. After the polling period ends, the Board of Election Inspectors (or the teachers manning the polling precinct) counts the ballots by hand. Once all the ballots are counted, the election returns will now be sent to the city or municipal Board of Canvassers, political parties and other groups.

However, since the 2010 elections, the voters now have to shade the oval that was indicated before the candidate's name, and a voting machine automatically counts each ballot as it is fed into it. The results will then be printed as the election return and sent electronically to the city or municipal Board of Canvassers as stated below.

The city or municipal Board of Canvassers canvasses the votes from all polling precincts within their jurisdiction and prepares two documents: a Statement of Votes (SOV) in which all votes from all candidates in all positions per precinct is listed; and a Certificate of Canvass (COC), a document showing the vote totals of all candidates within the Board of Canvassers' jurisdiction.

If the city or municipal Board of Canvassers' jurisdiction is an independent city with its own congressional district, they will send their SOV and COC to the national Board of Canvassers (the COMELEC for senate and party-list elections, Congress for presidential and vice presidential elections). If it is otherwise, they will send their SOV and COC to the provincial Board of Canvassers where the votes as stated from the city or municipal COC will be canvassed. The provincial Board of Canvassers sends their SOV and COC to the national Board of Canvassers once canvassing is done. The national Board of Canvassers then canvasses all COCs and declares the winners for national positions.

Schedule

Election

Fixed-term elections

National and local elections are held every on the second Monday of May every third year starting 1992. The presidential and vice presidential elections are held every six years. Election Days in which the president and vice president and barangay officials are not elected are called "midterm elections"; Election Days in which the president and vice president are elected are called "presidential elections." Barangay-level officials, although are currently elected in the same year as the other officials, are elected separately the succeeding months (see below).

From 1949 to 1971, election days are held every second Tuesday of November of every odd-numbered year with the presidential and vice presidential election held the every fourth year starting from 1951.

Barangay-level elections, starting from 2007, are to be held every three years during the last Monday of October, although these elections are frequently postponed (and incumbents' terms are extended) as a cost-saving measure. Elections for the positions in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), starting from 2011, are to be held every three years during the second Monday of May.

Position	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Type	Presidential (May) Barangay (October)	None		Midterm (May) Barangay (October)	None		Presidential (May) Barangay (October)
President and vice president	President and vice president	None					President and vice president
Senate	Seats contested during even-numbered years (12 seats)	None		Seats contested during odd-numbered years (12 seats)	None		Seats contested during even-numbered years (12 seats)
House	All seats	None		All seats	None		All seats
ARMM	None			All positions	None		All positions
Provinces, cities and municipalities	All positions	None		All positions	None		All positions
Barangays	All positions	None		All positions	None		All positions

Inauguration

Position	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Type	Presidential (June) Barangay (November)	None		Midterm (June) Barangay (November)	None		Presidential (June) Barangay (November)
President and vice president	June 30	None					June 30
Senate	June 30	None		June 30	None		June 30
House	June 30	None		June 30	None		June 30
ARMM	None			June 30	None
Provinces, cities and municipalities	June 30	None		June 30	None		June 30
Barangays	November 30	None		November 30	None		November 30

Elective positions

Position	Number
President	1
Vice president	1
Senators	12
House of Representatives (district)	1
House of Representatives (party-list)	1
Governor	1*
Vice governor	1*
Board members	1 to 7*
Mayor	1
Vice mayor	1
Councilors	4 to 12
Total presidential	22 to 39
Total midterm	20 to 37
Regional governor	1
Regional vice governor	1
Regional assemblymen	3
Total ARMM	5
Barangay captain	1
Barangay councilor (kagawad)	7
Total barangay	8
SK chairman	1
SK councilor (kagawad)	7
Total SK	8
*Some cities do not elect provincial officials.

In a presidential election year, a voter may vote for as much as 34 names and a party-list organization. In ARMM elections, a voter may vote for five names, and in barangay elections, a voter may vote for eight names. A voter for the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK, youth council) may vote for eight names; currently, SK voters are aged 15 to 18 years old with only the SK voters aged 18 years old may vote for other barangay officials.

President and vice president

Main article: Philippine presidential election

Each voter is entitled to one vote each for the duration of the election. The voter may split their ticket. The candidate with the most votes wins the position; there is no run-off election, and the president and vice president may come from different parties.

Congress

Senators

Main article: Philippine senatorial elections

The Senate has 24 members, and 12 members are elected every election; hence, each voter is entitled to twelve votes for the Senate in every election. The voter may not complete the twelve votes for the Senate, but s/he must not surpass the twelve votes or else his/her ballot for that position will be nullified. With the entire country as one at-large district, the twelve candidates with the most number of votes are elected. This is often not proportional to the results.

From 1951 to 1971, instead of 12 senators elected every three years, the electorate voted for eight senators every two years in the same format. From 1941 to 1949, all elections to the senate were by block voting: the voters may write a name for every seat contested, or they can write the name of the party, which would then give all of the voters' votes to that party's ticket. Compounded with the Nacionalista Party's dominance, this caused a sweep of 24 seats for them in 1941. From 1916 to 1934, voting was via senatorial districts; voters vote for one candidate every three years, except for the first election in 1916 where they'd vote for two candidates; the second-placed candidate would only serve for three years.

House of Representatives

Each voter has two votes in the House of Representatives.

A voter may elect a representative from the congressional district of residence. The candidate with the highest number of votes in a district wins that district's seat.

A voter may also elect a party-list organization. The voter votes for the party, not for the candidate, and the voter is restricted to one vote. All votes are tallied in an at-large basis, and parties with at least 2% of the vote wins at least one seat in the House. A further two more seats will be granted if there are still spare seats (the party-list representatives comprise 20% of the House), and if there are still unfilled seats, the parties with less than 2% of the vote will get one seat each in descending order until all seats are filled. A party-list organization is limited to represented marginalized sectors in the society such as the youth, laborers, women, and the like.

Previously, the calculation for the winners in the party-list election was different: the winning parties should have 2% of the national vote and are awarded one seat; any additional 2% is given an additional seat until the maximum of three seats per party is filled up. Since only several parties surpassed the 2% election threshold, the number of party-list representatives was always less than 20% of the House's membership.

The party-list system was first used in 1998; from 1987 to 1995, the president with the concurrence of the Commission on Appointments, appointed the sectoral representatives. Sectoral representatives were first elected during 1978.

Local positions

Main article: Local government in the Philippines

Synchronized with the national elections are the local elections. The voter may vote for any of the following:

• Provincial-level:
  • One governor
  • One vice governor
  • One to seven Sangguniang Panlalawigan members (provincial board)
• City- or municipal-level:
  • One mayor
  • One vice mayor
  • Four to twelve Sangguniang Panlungsod/Sangguniang Bayan members (city or municipal council, respectively)

If the city the voter is residing in a highly urbanized city, the voter can not vote for any of the provincial-level positions.

The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial board), Sangguniang Panlungsod (city council) and Sangguniang Bayan (municipal council)'s manner of election is identical with that of the Senate. In some cities and provinces, they are split into districts (not necessarily the same as the congressional district) in which separate board members/council members are elected.

Barangay elections are held every three years, although usually not in the same time as elections for other positions. Terms of incumbent barangay officials are often extended when Congress suspend the barangay elections as a cost-saving measure. The barangay-level positions are:

• One barangay captain
• Seven barangay kagawads (councilors)
• One Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) chairperson (youth council chairperson)
• Seven SK kagawads (councilors)

The manner of election of the Sangguniang Kabataan in the barangay is identical to the one used in the Senate. Each barangay is entitled to one SK. The barangay SK chairpersons in a city or municipality elect amongst themselves a president that will sit as an ex-officio member of the city or municipal council. The city (if applicable) and municipal SK presidents then elect amongst themselves a president that will sit in the provincial board as an ex-officio member. Finally, provincial and city (which are not under the jurisdiction of a province) chairpersons elect amongst themselves the SK national federation president that will sit as an ex-officio member of the National Youth Commission.

The manner of representation of the different barangay chairmen in the municipal, city and provincial legislatures as ex-officio members is identical with the way how the SK chairpersons are represented; the provincial and city (which are not under the jurisdiction of a province) chairpersons elect amongst themselves the president of the National League of the Barangays (Liga ng mga Barangay).

Other electoral exercises

Referendums and plebiscites

Referendums and plebiscites are conducted in order to pass certain laws. Any amendments or revision to the constitution, merging, creation and abolition of local government units and autonomous regions and the like. In order for a referendum and plebiscite to pass, the votes in favor must be greater in number than those which are opposed; there is no requirement for how high the voter turnout should be in such referendums or plebiscites.

The terms "referendum" and "plebiscite" mean different things in the context of Philippine political discourse:

• Referendum is the power of the electorate to approve or reject a legislation through an election called for the purpose.
• Plebiscite is the electoral process by which an initiative on the Constitution is approved or rejected by the people.
  • It is also the term used in determining the creation of a barangay (village), municipalities, cities, provinces and autonomous regions.

There had been two "waves" of national referendums in the Philippines: the first was during the Commonwealth period, and the latter was during the martial law period. Locally, the most common plebiscites are on creating new provinces and the upgrading of a municipality into a city.

The last provincial-level plebiscite was on 2008 for the creation of a new province of Quezon del Sur that was defeated; the last national plebiscite was in 1987 for the approval of the constitution endorsed by the 1986 Constitutional Commission.

Recall

Elected local government officials may be recalled. A recall election may be called if either a majority of all members of a preparatory recall assembly, composed of all elected local officials within a local government unit (LGU), endorse a recall, or if there is a petition of at least 25% of the registered voters in that LGU. The recalled official is not allowed to resign when facing a recall election, but may participate in it; the candidate with the highest number of votes wins the recall election.

The last recall election above the barangay level was the 1993 Bataan gubernatorial recall election.

Initiatives

Main article: People's Initiative

Initiatives (locally known as "people's initiative") to amend the constitution are allowed if there are is a petition of at least 12% of all registered voters in the country, with at least 3% in every legislative district. A plebiscite will be called it meets such requirements. A people's initiative has never been proposed.

Special election

Main article: List of special elections to the Philippine Congress

The term "special election" in the Philippines may mean either of the following:

• An election that was supposedly held with the general election but was delayed;
• An election to elect a new official after the predecessor left office (known as "by-elections" elsewhere)

Members of the House of Representatives can be elected under the second type of special election whenever the predecessor leaves office, except when the next regularly scheduled election is less than a year away. A special election for president and vice president can only be called if both offices are vacant at the same time, and is outside the 18 months prior to the next regularly scheduled presidential election.

The last special election to elect a vacancy to the House of Representatives was 2012 for Negros Occidental's 5th legislative district. The last special election for the presidency was on 1986.

Primary elections

Primary elections do not exist in the Philippines. The leaders of the various political parties select the candidates themselves, and party membership is liquid. In some cases, if a politician is not chosen to be a candidate, he can join another party (such as Ferdinand Marcos, a Liberal, jumped ship to the Nacionalistas in 1965 when the Liberals picked incumbent Diosdado Macapagal as their presidential candidate), or create their own party (such as Fidel Ramos, when he created the Lakas ng Tao (now Lakas Kampi CMD) after the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino chose Ramon Mitra as their presidential candidate in 1992).

List

Only elections national in scope are included.

Year	General	Presidential	Senate	House of Representatives	Local	Other	Referendum
1895					1895 municipal
1897		Tejeros Convention
1898			1898 Congress
1899					1899 local
1902					1902 local
1904					1904 local
1905					1905 local
1907				1907 Philippine Assembly
1909				1909 Philippine Assembly	1909 local
1912				1912 Philippine Assembly	1912 local
1916	1916 legislative		1916 Senate	1916 House of Representatives	1916 local
1919	1919 legislative		1919 Senate	1919 House of Representatives	1919 local
1922	1922 legislative		1922 Senate	1922 House of Representatives	1922 local
1925	1925 legislative		1925 Senate	1925 House of Representatives	1925 local
1928	1928 legislative		1928 Senate	1928 House of Representatives	1928 local
1931	1931 legislative		1931 Senate	1931 House of Representatives	1931 local
1934	1934 legislative		1934 Senate	1934 House of Representatives	1934 local	1934 constitutional convention
1935	1935 general	1935 presidential	1935 legislative				constitutional
1937					1937 local		women's suffrage
1938			1938 legislative
1940							constitutional
1941	1941 general	1941 presidential	1941 Senate	1941 House of Representatives	1941 local
1943			1943 legislative		1943 local
1946	1946 general	1946 presidential	1946 Senate	1946 House of Representatives
1947			1947 Senate		1947 local		parity rights
1949	1949 general	1949 presidential	1949 Senate	1949 House of Representatives
1951			1951 Senate		1951 local
1953	1953 general	1953 presidential	1953 Senate	1953 House of Representatives
1955			1955 Senate		1955 local
1957	1957 general	1957 presidential	1957 Senate	1957 House of Representatives
1959			1959 Senate		1959 local
1961	1961 general	1961 presidential	1961 Senate	1961 House of Representatives
1963			1963 Senate		1963 local
1965	1965 general	1965 presidential	1965 Senate	1965 House of Representatives
1967			1967 Senate		1967 local
1969	1969 general	1969 presidential	1969 Senate	1969 House of Representatives
1970						1970 constitutional convention
1971			1971 Senate		1971 local
1973							constitutional (January) martial law (July)
1975							executive and legislative powers
1976							constitutional
1977							constitutional
1978			1978 parliamentary
1980					1980 local
1981		1981 presidential					constitutional (April) barangay institutionalization (June)
1984			1984 parliamentary				constitutional
1986		1986 presidential
1987	1987 legislative		1987 Senate	1987 House of Representatives			constitutional
1988					1988 local
1992	1992 general	1992 presidential	1992 Senate	1992 House of Representatives	1992 local
1995	1995 general		1995 Senate	1995 House of Representatives	1995 local
1998	1998 general	1998 presidential	1998 Senate	1998 House of Representatives	1998 local
2001	2001 general		2001 Senate	2001 House of Representatives	2001 local
2004	2004 general	2004 presidential	2004 Senate	2004 House of Representatives	2004 local
2007	2007 general		2007 Senate	2007 House of Representatives	2007 local
2010	2010 general	2010 presidential	2010 Senate	2010 House of Representatives	2010 local
2013	2013 general		2013 Senate	2013 House of Representatives	2013 local

Latest elections

Main article: Philippine presidential election, 2010

Main article: Philippine general election, 2013

The latest presidential and vice presidential elections were held in May 2010. The latest national and local elections are the May 2013 polls, followed in October by barangay elections.

President

Main article: Philippine presidential election, 2010

 Summary of the May 10, 2010 Philippine presidential election results

Candidate	Party		Results
			Votes	%
Benigno Aquino III		Liberal	15,208,678	42.08%
Joseph Estrada		PMP	9,487,837	26.25%
Manny Villar		Nacionalista	5,573,835	15.42%
Gilberto Teodoro		Lakas-Kampi	4,095,839	11.33%
Eddie Villanueva		Bangon Pilipinas	1,125,878	3.12%
Richard Gordon		Bagumbayan-VNP	501,727	1.39%
Nicanor Perlas		Independent	54,575	0.15%
Jamby Madrigal		Independent	46,489	0.13%
John Carlos de los Reyes		Ang Kapatiran	44,244	0.12%
Total valid votes			36,139,102	94.73%
Vetallano Acosta		KBL	181,985	0.48%
Total invalid votes			2,010,269	5.27%
Total turnout			38,149,371	74.34%
Registered voters			51,292,465	100.00%

Vice President

 Summary of the May 10, 2010 Philippine vice presidential election results

Candidate	Party		Results
			Votes	%
Jejomar Binay		PDP-Laban	14,645,574	41.65%
Mar Roxas		Liberal	13,918,490	39.58%
Loren Legarda		NPC	4,294,664	12.21%
Bayani Fernando		Bagumbayan-VNP	1,017,631	2.89%
Edu Manzano		Lakas-Kampi	807,728	2.30%
Perfecto Yasay		Bangon Pilipinas	364,652	1.04%
Jay Sonza		KBL	64,230	0.18%
Dominador Chipeco, Jr.		Ang Kapatiran	52,562	0.15%
Total valid votes			35,165,555	92.18%
Total invalid votes			2,983,816	7.82%
Total turnout			38,149,371	74.38%
Registered voters			51,292,555	100.00%

Congress

Senate

Main article: Philippine Senate election, 2013

 Summary of the May 13, 2013 Philippine Senate election results per party

Party		Popular vote			Breakdown						Seats
		Total	%	Swing	Entered	Up	Not up	Gains	Holds	Losses	Won	End 15th	16th		+/−
													Start	%
	UNA (United Nationalist Alliance)	79,389,429	26.94%	11.08%	8	1	2	1	2	0	3	3	5	21%	2
	Nacionalista (Nationalist Party)	45,100,266	15.30%	1.39%	3	3	2	0	3	0	3	5	5	21%
	Liberal (Liberal Party)	33,369,204	11.32%	15.01%	3	1	3	0	1	0	1	4	4	17%
	NPC (Nationalist People's Coalition)	29,902,207	10.15%	5.63%	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	2	8%
	LDP (Struggle of Democratic Filipinos)	15,858,995	5.38%	5.38%	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	4%
	PDP-Laban (Philippine Democratic Party – People's Power)	14,584,612	4.95%	2.72%	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	4%
	Akbayan (Akbayan Citizens' Action Party)	10,840,047	3.68%	3.68%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Bangon Pilipinas (Rise Up, Philippines)	6,686,774	2.33%	0.15%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Makabayan (Patriotic Coalition of the People)	4,254,245	1.44%	1.44%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Ang Kapatiran (Alliance for the Common Good)	2,947,826	1.00%	0.16%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	DPP (Democratic Party of the Philippines)	2,476,342	0.84%	0.84%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Social Justice Society	1,227,521	0.42%	0.42%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Lakas (People Power-Christian Muslim Democrats)	Not participating				1	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	8%	1
	PRP (People's Reform Party)	Not participating				0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4%
	Independent	47,863,756	16.24%	8.26%	5	2	0	0	2	0	2	3	3	13%
Vacancy		—	—	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	—	1	0	0%	1
Total votes		294,683,224	N/A		33	12	12	1	10	1	12	24	24	100%	TBD
Turnout		39,898,992	75.63%	1.29%
Registered voters		52,752,407	100%	2.80%

House of Representatives

Main article: Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2013

See also: Philippine House of Representatives party-list election, 2013

 Summary of the May 13, 2013 Philippine House of Representatives election results for representatives from congressional districts

Party/coalition			Popular vote			Breakdown						Seats
			Total	%	Swing	Entered	Up	Gains	Holds	Losses	New	Won	%	+/−
		Liberal (Liberal Party)	10,555,362	38.48%	18.55%	160	94	22	86	8	2	110	38.4%	16
		Bukidnon Paglaum (Hope for Bukidnon)	100,405	0.37%	0.37%	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.3%
		Kusug Agusanon (Progressive Agusan)	71,436	0.26%	0.26%	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.3%
		KKK (Struggle for Peace, Progress and Justice)	54,425	0.20%	0.17%	2		0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
		Akbayan (Akbayan Citizens' Action Party)	34,239	0.13%	0.13%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
	Liberal Party coalition		10,705,477	39.03%	19.26%	164	96	22	88	8	2	112	38.4%	16
		UNA (United Nationalist Alliance)	2,574,876	9.39%	9.39%	55	11	3	5	4	0	8	2.7%	3
		PDP-Laban (Philippine Democratic Party – People's Power)	281,320	1.03%	0.32%	13		0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
		PMP (Force of the Filipino Masses)	144,030	0.53%	1.98%	11		0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
		KABAKA (Partner of the Nation for Progress)	94,966	0.35%	0.14%	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.3%
		Magdiwang (Magdiwang Party)	23,253	0.09%	0.05%	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.3%	1
		1-Cebu (One Cebu)	21,936	0.08%	0.08%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
	United Nationalist Alliance coalition		3,127,769	11.40%	7.85%	83	12	3	7	4	0	10	3.4%	2
		Kambilan (Shield and Fellowship of Kapampangans)	96,433	0.35%	0.35%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%	1
		Unang Sigaw (First Cry of Nueva Ecija–Party of Change)	94,952	0.35%	0.35%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%	1
		United Negros Alliance	91,467	0.33%	0.33%	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.3%	1
		Hugpong (Party of the People of the City)	65,354	0.24%	0.24%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
		Sulong Zambales (Forward Zambales)	60,280	0.22%	0.22%	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0%	1
		PPP (Party of Change for Palawan)	57,485	0.21%	0.21%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%	1
		BALANE (New Force of Nueva Ecija Party)	39,372	0.14%	0.14%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
		Tingog Leytenon (Positive Leyte)	34,025	0.13%	0.13%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
		AZAP (Forward Zamboanga Party)	15,881	0.06%	0.06%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
		Ompia (Ompia Party)	1,682	0.01%	0.01%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
	Unaffiliated local parties		465,434	1.70%	1.52%	10	2	3	1	1	0	4	1.4%	2
		NPC (Nationalist People's Coalition)	4,799,890	17.50%	1.53%	71	39	4	37	6	2	43	14.7%	4
		NUP (National Unity Party)	2,355,195	8.59%	8.59%	34	30	0	24	6	0	24	8.2%	6
		Nacionalista (Nationalist Party)	2,340,932	8.53%	2.81%	44	20	4	13	8	0	17	5.8%	3
		Lakas (People Power-Christian Muslim Democrats)	1,363,126	4.97%	32.44%	24	18	0	14	5	0	14	4.8%	4
		Aksyon (Democratic Action)	97,982	0.36%	0.09%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
		KBL (New Society Movement)	94,484	0.35%	0.42%	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.3%
		LDP (Struggle of the Democratic Filipinos)	90,070	0.33%	0.15%	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0.7%	1
		CDP (Centrist Democratic Party of the Philippines)	68,281	0.25%	0.25%	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.3%
		Ang Kapatiran (Aliance for the Common Good)	19,019	0.07%	0.06%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
		PMM (Workers' and Farmers' Party)	10,396	0.04%	2.59%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
		PLM (Party of the Laboring Masses)	10,196	0.04%	0.04%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
		Makabayan (Patriotic Coalition of the People)	3,870	0.01%	0.01%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
		DPP (Democratic Party of the Philippines)	1,071	0.00%	0.00%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
		Independent	1,664,677	6.07%	0.88%	172	5	4	1	3	1	6	2.1%	1
Vacancy			—	—	—	—	4	0	0	4	—	—	—	4
Total			26,996,258	100%	N/A	627	229	41	188	41	5	234	80.1%	5
Valid votes			27,432,338	86.87%	4.65%
Invalid votes			4,149,379	13.14%	4.31%
Turnout
Registered voters (without overseas voters)			52,014,648	100%	2.54%

 Summary of the May 13, 2013 Philippine House of Representatives election results for party-list representatives

Party	Popular vote			Seats
	Total	%	Swing	Up	Won	+/−
BUHAY	1,255,734	4.44%		2
A TEACHER	1,033,873	3.65%		2
Bayan Muna	945,639	3.34%		2
1-CARE	931,303	3.29%		2
Akbayan	820,351	2.90%		2
AKB	761,115	2.69%		3
Abono	753,161	2.66%		2
OFW Family Club	735,854	2.60%		0
GABRIELA	706,194	2.50%		2
Senior Citizens	671,916	2.37%		1
Coop-NATCCO	640,180	2.26%		2
AGAP	588,095	2.08%		1
CIBAC	578,320	2.04%		2
Magdalo	561,613	1.98%		0
An Waray	540,210	1.91%		2
ABAMIN	465,192	1.64%		1
ACT Teachers	449,710	1.59%		1
Butil	437,084	1.54%		1
ACT-CIS	371,309	1.31%		0
AMIN	370,351	1.31%		0
LPGMA	369,989	1.31%		1
Kalinga	367,839	1.30%		1
TUCP	365,299	1.29%		1
YACAP	364,278	1.29%		1
Agri	363,204	1.28%		0
ANGKLA	357,205	1.26%		0
ABS	357,049	1.26%		1
DIWA	339,211	1.20%		1
Kabataan	337,950	1.19%		1
Anakpawis	319,328	1.13%		1
Alay Buhay	316,026	1.12%		1
AAMBIS-Owa	311,166	1.10%		1
1-SAGIP	286,448	1.01%		0
AVE	269,343	0.95%		1
ATING Koop	266,094	0.94%		1
Abang Lingkod	258,593	0.91%		0
1-BAP	243,197	0.86%		0
AMA	242,997	0.86%		0
Abakada	242,385	0.86%		0
ANAC-IP	240,747	0.85%		0
Ang Nars	240,289	0.85%		0
Agbiag	239,530	0.85%		1
Append	233,887	0.83%		0
ALIF	217,460	0.77%		1
Ating Guro	212,327	0.75%		0
PBA	211,358	0.75%		1
Aangat Tayo	206,350	0.73%		1
Ang Kasangga	200,829	0.71%		1
ANAD	199,365	0.70%		1
BH	188,569	0.67%		1
Binhi	184,948	0.65%		0
KAKUSA	174,720	0.62%		1
Piston	173,402	0.61%		0
ADA	164,356	0.58%		0
Bayani	164,209	0.58%		0
1-Aalalay	161,341	0.57%		0
Abante Retirees	160,182	0.57%		0
AKMA-PTM	155,090	0.55%		0
Katribu	153,671	0.54%		0
ABROAD	149,425	0.53%		0
ALE	149,232	0.53%		1
VFP	146,749	0.52%		0
APEC	145,783	0.52%		1
1JAMG	142,689	0.50%		0
Pasang Masda	133,837	0.47%		0
1 ang Pamilya	130,440	0.46%		1
AGHAM	128,898	0.46%		1
Ang Prolife	128,872	0.46%		0
PACYAW	123,062	0.43%		0
1-UTAK	122,459	0.43%		1
1-LAMBAT	117,984	0.42%		0
1-PABAHAY	116,238	0.41%		0
Akapbata	115,775	0.41%		0
BANTAY	112,799	0.40%		0
Abante KA	110,690	0.39%		0
FIRM 24K	103,028	0.36%		0
COCOFED	102,340	0.36%		0
ABA	101,390	0.36%		0
Ang Ladlad	99,738	0.35%		0
Atong Paglaum	95,267	0.34%		0
1st KABAGIS	94,060	0.33%		0
AANI	92,690	0.33%		0
1Bro-PGBI	86,237	0.30%		0
PWD	85,683	0.30%		0
Sanlakas	84,991	0.30%		0
SMART	82,743	0.29%		0
ATM	80,991	0.29%		0
Ako	78,818	0.28%		0
AA-Kasosyo	77,014	0.27%		1
ARAL	76,221	0.27%		0
ADAM	73,532	0.26%		0
KAAKBAY	70,943	0.25%		0
Ang Minero	65,745	0.23%		0
ALIM	64,499	0.23%		0
AASENSO	64,360	0.23%		0
1-AAMOVER	59,348	0.21%		0
AMA	58,277	0.21%		0
1GANAP/Guardians	57,314	0.20%		0
KAP	56,933	0.20%		0
AKO BAHAY	51,169	0.18%		0
Alyansa ng OFW Party	48,342	0.17%		0
Migrante	48,085	0.17%		0
UMALAB KA	45,253	0.16%		0
ARC	44,667	0.16%		0
ABP-Bicolnon	43,902	0.16%		0
A Blessed	43,251	0.15%		0
AAMA	42,682	0.15%		0
ADING	41,920	0.15%		0
ARARO	40,838	0.14%		0
AMOR Seaman	40,611	0.14%		0
UNI-MAD	40,585	0.14%		0
MTM Phils	39,540	0.14%		0
AWAT Mindanao	38,719	0.14%		0
Green Force	30,053	0.11%		0
Agila	29,376	0.10%		0
A-IPRA	28,131	0.10%		0
AMS	27,616	0.10%		0
Alagad	27,160	0.10%		1
AFPSEGCO	24,198	0.09%		0
KLBP	21,310	0.08%		0
1-ABILIDAD	19,240	0.07%		0
ALLUMAD	7,582	0.03%		0
AG	4,110	0.01%		1
Vacancy	—	—	—	1	—	1
Totals	28,292,869	100%		57	58	1

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

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See also

• Timeline of Philippine elections
• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system
• President of the Philippines
• Vice President of the Philippines
• Congress of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• Commission on Elections

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections

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