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2007 Philippine Senate election
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12 (of the 24) seats in the Senate of the Philippines
13 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Francis Pangilinan Manuel Villar Juan Miguel Zubiri
Party Liberal Nacionalista Lakas
Alliance GO GO TEAM Unity
Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large
Last election 2 seats, 11.8% Did not participate 4 seats, 31.7%
Seats before 4 2 6
Seats won 2 2 1
Seats after 4 3 4
Seat change Steady Increase 1 Decrease 2
Popular vote 28,843,415 27,125,724 59,973,862
Percentage 10.7% 10.1% 22.3%
Swing Decrease 1.1% Increase 10.1% Decrease 5.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Juan Ponce Enrile Edgardo Angara
Party PMP LDP
Alliance GO TEAM Unity
Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large
Last election 2 seats, 12.0% 1 seat, 5.2%
Seats before 4 2
Seats won 0 1
Seats after 2 2
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady
Popular vote Did not participate 12,657,538
Percentage 0.0% 4.7%
Swing Decrease 12.0% Decrease 0.5%
Senate President before election

Manuel Villar
Nacionalista

Elected Senate President

Manuel Villar
Nacionalista

The 2007 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 29th election to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on Monday, May 10, 2007 to elect 12 of the 24 seats in the Senate. Together with those elected in 2004, they will comprise the 14th Congress via plurality-at-large voting. The senators elected in 2004 will serve until June 30, 2010, while the senators elected in this election will serve up to June 30, 2013. The elections to the House of Representatives as well as local elections occurred on the same date. The Philippines uses plurality-at-large voting for seats in the Senate.

In the election, the opposition-backed alliance called the Genuine Opposition (GO) defeated the administration-led alliance TEAM Unity by winning seven of the twelve seats in the Senate. For the first time in Philippine history, Antonio Trillanes was elected as a senator while currently detained for mutiny and rebellion charges. Almost the incumbents running for reelection won except for Ralph Recto who was at fourteenth place.

Official candidates

On March 19, 2007 COMELEC released Resolution No.7832 which finalized and approved the official candidates for the senatorial election. On March 29, 2007 COMELEC certified 37 Senatorial Candidates:[1]

Background

COMELEC issues

The Old COMELEC Building after being razed by fire on March 11, 2007.

On March 11, 2007 the Old COMELEC Building in Intramuros, Manila was burned by a blazing fire ruining several ballot boxes and pending election protests. The Genuine Opposition considered the fire as political act which ended in burning of several election protests and contested ballot boxes. Investigators found out that instead of arson, it was the generator of the building which caused and since the building was built with tar and wood it would easily razed by fire. The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is facing scrutiny because of the fire that hit its old building on March 11 resulting in speculations of conspiracies to cheat on the May 14 elections [2]. The COMELEC was also lambasted for publishing on the internet the names, addresses and details of registered voters. [3]

The Aquino issue

Three people with the name Aquino filed their candidacies (Benigno Aquino III, Teresa Aquino-Oreta and Theodore Aquino), and there was confusion as to who is credited with a vote if someone wrote only "Aquino" on the ballot. Since Theodore Aquino was disqualified because he had dual citizenship and former Sen. Teresa Aquino-Oreta has the last name Oreta, COMELEC ruled that all votes with only the name Aquino would go to Tarlac Rep. Benigno Aquino III. All three Aquinos are related to each other.

The Cayetano issue

The matter was the same as the Aquino issue. Representative Alan Peter Cayetano (Taguig City-Pateros) found out that a certain Joselito Cayetano belonging to the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) filed his candidacy with the nickname "Peter" which was really "Jojo". Alan therefore filed a disqualification case (SPA 07-019) against Jojo. Jojo was declared a nuisance candidate by the COMELEC resolution on March 27, 2007.

Jojo then filed for a motion for reconsideration which was eventually rejected on May 11, 2007 but COMELEC did not remove his name from the Official List of Senatorial Candidates and ruled on May 12, 2007 that all votes with only the name "CAYETANO" will be stray votes (discarded) and therefore not counted to either the candidates until Supreme Court resolved the matter. The COMELEC said that Jojo could file a motion for reconsideration at the Supreme Court within five days.

Coalitions and party groupings

TEAM Unity

TEAM (Together Everyone Achieves More) Unity is the administration-backed coalition composed mostly of supporters and erstwhile critics of current Philippine president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. TEAM Unity seeks to take several Senate seats in order to ensure the passage of President Arroyo's legislative programs and also to protect her from any impeachment attempts by the political opposition after the midterm elections. Team Unity is composed by different major political parties in the country such as the Lakas – Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD), Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (KAMPI), Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP), and the Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas (PDSP). The campaign team of TEAM Unity is headed by veteran political strategist Reli German (campaign manager), Tourism Secretary Ace Durano (spokesperson) and Ike Rodriguez (campaign director). TEAM Unity had their proclamation rally at the Cebu Coliseum last February 17, 2007.

Genuine Opposition

Genuine Opposition (GO) is the main opposition-backed coalition of the parties' senatorial line-up for the elections, which is in opposition to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. It was originally called the "United Opposition" (UNO), created by opposition stalwart and Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay on June 2005 to unite all politicians who wanted to impeach President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. UNO then reorganized itself and changed its name to Grand and Broad Coalition (GBC), with the UNO party under that coalition. On February 15, 2007 the group changed its name again to Genuine Opposition after a meeting with Senate President Manny Villar in his office in Las Piñas City.

Campaign

Candidates made use of different campaign platforms to win. Prospero Pichay Jr., Manuel Villar, Mike Defensor, and Loren Legarda had been very visible in TV ads. Francis Pangilinan preferred to run as an independent and decided not to participate in sorties and campaign of the Genuine Opposition, even though he was initially drafted as a guest candidate. Teresa Aquino-Oreta had raised different reactions in her TV ad campaign asking the people’s forgiveness being the “dancing queen” during the impeachment of deposed President Joseph Estrada. Some candidates like Francis Escudero, Vicente Magsaysay, Francis Pangilinan, Joker Arroyo, Antonio Trillanes and Koko Pimentel made use of the internet by joining networks sites like Friendster; making or updating Wikipedia entries, establishing blogs and websites and airing the commercials on YouTube.

Candidates

Retiring and term-limited incumbents

At this point in time, two Senators are voluntarily retiring from the Senate at the end of their current term. As well four Senators are term-limited by the Constitution of the Philippines after serving two consecutive terms. There was one vacancy left in the outgoing Senate as Noli de Castro (Independent) was elected as Vice-President in 2004.

Lakas-CMD incumbents

Liberal Party incumbent

Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino incumbents

Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan incumbent

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling in the Philippine Senate election, 2007

Opinion polling (locally known as "surveys") is carried out by two major polling firms: Social Weather Stations (SWS), and Pulse Asia, with a handful of minor polling firms. A typical poll asks a voter to name twelve persons one would vote for in the senate election.

Winning candidates

Pollster Pulse Asia[2] SWS[3] Pulse Asia[4] SWS[3] Pulse Asia[5] SWS[3] SWS[3]
Date(s) administered January 25–28, 2007 February 22–27, 2007 February 26–March 5, 2007 March 15–18, 2007 April 3–5, 2007 April 14–17, 2007 May 2–4, 2007
Sample size 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200
Margin of error ±3.0% ±3.0% ±3.0% ±3.0% ±3.0% ±3.0% ±3.0%
Candidates (Party; ticket) 1    Legarda (NPC; GO), 46.6%    Pangilinan (LP; Ind), 57%    Legarda (NPC; GO), 56.8%    Legarda (NPC; GO), 58%    Legarda (NPC; GO), 56.8%    Legarda (NPC; GO), 58%    Legarda (NPC; GO), 59%
2    Lacson (UNO; GO), 34.6%
   Pangilinan (LP; Ind), 34.6% 		   Legarda (NPC; GO), 54%    Lacson (UNO; GO), 41.1%    Villar (NP; GO), 57%    Escudero (NPC; GO), 47.2%    Villar (NP; GO), 45%    Villar (NP; GO), 46%
3    Villar (NP; GO), 52%    Pangilinan (LP; Ind), 39.4%    Pangilinan (LP; Ind), 48%    Villar (NP; GO), 47.0%    Escudero (NPC; GO), 41%
   Lacson (UNO; GO), 41% 		   Escudero (NPC; GO), 43%
4    Cayetano (NP; GO), 31.7%    Cayetano (NP; GO), 43%    Escudero (NPC; GO), 35.5%    Lacson (UNO; GO), 42%    Lacson (UNO; GO), 43.9%    Pangilinan (LP; Ind), 41%
5    Sotto (NPC; TU), 28.8%    Lacson (UNO; GO), 42%    Recto (Lakas; TU), 35.2%    Escudero (NPC; GO), 40%    Pangilinan (LP; Ind), 38.8%    Pangilinan (LP; Ind), 39%    Lacson (UNO; GO), 39%
6    Villar (NP; GO), 26.4%    Recto (Lakas; TU), 37%    Villar (NP; GO), 35.0%    Cayetano (NP; GO), 39%    Cayetano (NP; GO), 38.2%    Recto (Lakas; TU), 36%    Recto (Lakas; TU), 36%
   Aquino (LP; GO), 36%
7    Recto (Lakas; TU), 26.0%    Escudero (NPC; GO), 36%    Arroyo (KAMPI; TU), 34.5%    Recto (Lakas; TU), 37%    Honasan (Ind; Ind), 35.7%    Angara (LDP; TU), 35%
8    Arroyo (KAMPI; TU), 25.8%    Sotto (NPC; TU), 31%    Aquino (LP; GO), 34.2%    Angara (LDP; TU), 32%    Aquino (LP; GO), 35.5%    Arroyo (KAMPI; TU), 32%    Cayetano (NP; GO), 34%
9    Ejercito (PMP; GO), 25.7%    Aquino (LP; GO), 30%
   Osmeña (UNO; GO), 30% 		   Angara (LDP; TU), 32.1%    Honasan (Ind; Ind), 29%    Recto (Lakas; TU), 35.4%    Cayetano (NP; GO), 31%    Honasan (Ind; Ind), 32%
   Zubiri (Lakas; TU), 32%
10    Pimentel (PDP Laban; GO), 24.4%    Cayetano (NP; GO), 30.9%    Aquino (LP; GO), 28%
   Arroyo (KAMPI; TU), 28% 		   Angara (LDP; TU), 35.2%    Sotto (NPC; TU), 30%
11    Angara (LDP; TU), 24.0%    Arroyo (KAMPI; TU), 29%    Honasan (Ind; Ind), 27.3%    Arroyo (KAMPI; TU), 33.4%

   Honasan (Ind; Ind), 28%
   Aquino (LP; GO), 28%
   Pimentel (PDP Laban; GO), 28%

   Arroyo (KAMPI; TU), 31%
   Angara (LDP; TU), 35%

12    Honasan (Ind; Ind), 23.3%    Honasan (Ind; Ind), 28%    Sotto (NPC; TU), 25.4%

   Sotto (NPC; TU), 26%
   Osmeña (UNO; GO), 26%

   Zubiri (Lakas; TU), 32.0%
13    Escudero (NPC; GO), 23.2%

   Pimentel (PDP Laban; GO), 27%
   Angara (LDP; TU), 27%

   Pimentel (PDP Laban; GO), 23.1%    Pimentel (PDP Laban; GO), 30.1%    Sotto (NPC; TU), 26%
14    Aquino (LP; GO), 22.5%    Magsaysay (Lakas; TU), 22.4%    Pimentel (PDP Laban; GO), 25%    Sotto (NPC; TU), 29.2%    Zubiri (Lakas; TU), 25%    Pimentel (PDP Laban; GO), 25%
15    Osmeña (UNO; GO), 17.9%    Defensor (Lakas; TU), 21%    Roco (Aksyon; GO), 22.4%    Defensor (Lakas; TU), 21%    Roco (Aksyon; GO), 23%    Roco (Aksyon; GO), 27.1%    Defensor (Lakas; TU), 24%
   Trillanes (UNO; GO), 24%
None
Refused
Undecided 		12.2% 14% 10% 10.6% 8.8% 12% 13%

Composition

Candidates who were not make it to the top 12, but were within the margin of error from the 12th-placed candidate, are denoted by figures inside the parenthesis.

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Pollster Date(s) administered Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Parties Coalitions
KAMPI Lakas LDP LP NP NPC PDP
Laban 		UNO Ind GO Ind TEAM Unity
SWS[3] May 2–4, 2007 1,200 ±3.0% 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 6 2 4
SWS[3] Apr 14–17, 2007 1,200 ±3.0% 1 1(+1) 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 6(+1) 2 4(+1)
Pulse Asia[4] Apr 3–5, 2007 1,200 ±3.0% 1 2 1 2 2 3 0(+1) 2 1 7(+1) 2 4
SWS[3] Mar 15–18, 2007 1,200 ±3.0% 1 1 1 2 2 3 0(+1) 1(+1) 1 6(+1) 2 5
Pulse Asia[4] Feb 26–Mar 5, 2007 1,200 ±3.0% 1 1(+1) 1 2 2 3 0(+1) 1 1 6(+2) 2 4(+1)
SWS[3] Feb 22–27, 2007 1,200 ±3.0% 1 1 0(+1) 2 2 3 0(+1) 2 1 6(+1) 2 4(+1)
Pulse Asia[2] Jan 25–28, 2007 1,200 ±3.0% 1 1 1 1(+1) 2 2(+1) 1 1 1 5(+2) 2 4

Results

Per candidate

CandidateParty or allianceVotes%
Loren LegardaGenuine OppositionNationalist People's Coalition18,501,73462.72
Francis EscuderoGenuine OppositionNationalist People's Coalition18,265,30761.92
Panfilo LacsonGenuine OppositionUnited Opposition15,509,18852.58
Manny VillarGenuine OppositionNacionalista Party15,338,41252.00
Francis PangilinanLiberal Party14,534,67849.27
Benigno Aquino IIIGenuine OppositionLiberal Party14,309,34948.51
Edgardo AngaraTEAM UnityLaban ng Demokratikong Pilipino12,657,76942.91
Joker ArroyoTEAM UnityKabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino11,803,10740.01
Alan Peter CayetanoGenuine OppositionNacionalista Party11,787,67939.96
Gregorio HonasanIndependent11,605,53139.34
Antonio TrillanesGenuine OppositionUnited Opposition11,189,67137.93
Migz Zubiri[a]TEAM UnityLakas–CMD11,005,86637.31
Koko Pimentel[a]Genuine OppositionPDP–Laban10,987,34737.25
Ralph RectoTEAM UnityLakas–CMD10,721,25236.34
Mike DefensorTEAM UnityLakas–CMD9,938,99533.69
Prospero Pichay Jr.TEAM UnityLakas–CMD9,798,62233.22
Sonia RocoGenuine OppositionAksyon Demokratiko8,457,74828.67
Cesar MontanoTEAM UnityLakas–CMD7,800,45126.44
Tito SottoTEAM UnityNationalist People's Coalition7,638,36125.89
John Henry OsmeñaGenuine OppositionUnited Opposition7,267,04824.64
Vicente MagsaysayTEAM UnityLakas–CMD6,357,90521.55
Nikki CosetengGenuine OppositionIndependent5,274,68217.88
Tessie Aquino-OretaTEAM UnityNationalist People's Coalition4,362,06514.79
Chavit SingsonTEAM UnityLakas–CMD4,353,64414.76
Richard GomezIndependent2,725,6649.24
Jamalul Kiram IIITEAM UnityPartido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas2,488,9948.44
Melchor ChavezKilusang Bagong Lipunan843,7022.86
Martin BautistaAng Kapatiran761,1652.58
Zosimo ParedesAng Kapatiran713,8172.42
Joselito Pepito CayetanoKilusang Bagong Lipunan510,3661.73
Adrian SisonAng Kapatiran402,3311.36
Oliver LozanoKilusang Bagong Lipunan305,6471.04
Antonio EstrellaKilusang Bagong Lipunan285,4880.97
Victor WoodKilusang Bagong Lipunan283,0360.96
Felix CantalPhilippine Green Republican Party123,6080.42
Eduardo OrpillaKilusang Bagong Lipunan107,5320.36
Ruben EncisoKilusang Bagong Lipunan100,5230.34
Total269,118,284100.00
Total votes29,498,660–
Registered voters/turnout43,104,36268.44
Source: COMELEC
  1. ^ a b Migz Zubiri was later removed from office in favor of Koko Pimentel who won an election protest.

Per coalition

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Coalition Total votes % Seats
won		 %
GO 136,883,341 50.9% 8 66.7%
TEAM Unity 98,923,052 36.8% 2 16.7%
Others 33,302,461 12.4% 2 16.7%
Totals 269,108,854 100.0% 12 100.0%

Per party

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Party Popular vote Breakdown Seats
Total % Swing Entered Up Not up Won End 13th 14th % +/−
Lakas 59,973,862 22.3% Decrease 9.5% 7 3 3 1 6 4 16.7% Decrease 2
NPC 48,766,327 18.1% Increase 18.1% 4 0 0 2 0 2 8.3% Increase 2
UNO 33,965,338 12.6% Increase 12.6% 3 1 0 2 1 2 8.3% Increase 1
Liberal 28,843,415 10.7% Decrease 1.1% 2 2 2 2 4 4 16.7% Steady
Nacionalista 27,125,724 10.1% Increase 10.1% 2 1 1 2 2 3 12.5% Increase 1
LDP 12,657,538 4.7% Increase 4.7% 1 1 1 1 2 2 8.3% Steady
KAMPI 11,802,870 4.4% Increase 4.4% 1 1 0 1 1 1 4.2% Steady
PDP–Laban 10,984,807 4.1% Increase 4.1% 1 1 1 0 1 1 4.2% Steady
Aksyon 8,457,710 3.1% Decrease 0.5% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% Steady
PDSP 2,488,553 0.9% Increase 0.9% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% Steady
KBL 2,436,193 0.9% Increase 0.7% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% Steady
Ang Kapatiran 1,877,293 0.7% Increase 0.7% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% Steady
PGRP 123,602 0.0% Increase 0.0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% Steady
PMP 0 0.0% Decrease 2.2% 0 1 3 0 4 2 8.3% Decrease 2
PRP 0 0.0% Decrease 4.8% 0 0 1 0 1 1 4.2% Steady
Independents 19,605,622 7.3% Decrease 0.5% 3 0 0 1 1 1 4.2% Steady
Totals 269,109,091 100.0% -- 37 11 12 12 23 23 95.8% Steady

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Unofficial tallies

Party/coalition Revised
by SET		 COMELEC NAMFREL Pulse Asia ABS-CBN[6] GMA[7]
GO 8 7 8 8 8 7
TEAM Unity 2 3 2 2 2 4
Independents 2 2 2 2 2 1
Others 0 0 0 0 0 0

ABS-CBN/Pulse Asia

Numbers in percentages. Conducted by ABS-CBN and Pulse Asia.

Name Pulse Asia
Legarda, Loren 58.5
Escudero, Francis 53.3
Villar, Manuel Jr., 49.8
Lacson, Panfilo 46.4
Pangilinan, Francis 44.6
Aquino, Benigno Simeon III 42.6
Angara, Edgardo 41.1
Arroyo, Joker 36.8
Trillanes, Antonio IV 35.4
Zubiri, Juan Miguel 34.9
Honasan, Gregorio 34.6
Recto, Ralph 34.3
Cayetano, Alan Peter 31.0
Pichay, Prospero Jr. 30.4
Pimentel, Aquilino III 28.5
Roco, Sonia 28.4
Defensor, Michael 28.2
Sotto, Vicente III 26.2
Montano, Cesar 24.0
Osmeña, John Henry 21.6
Magsaysay, Vicente 19.9
Coseteng, Anna Dominique 14.8
Oreta, Teresa 11.6
Singson, Luis 11.6
Gomez, Richard 8.9
Kiram, Jamalul III 6.6
Chavez, Melchor 3.0
Cayetano, Joselito 2.9
Bautista, Martin 2.6
Sison, Adrian 1.7
Paredes, Zosimo Jesus II 1.6
Lozano, Oliver 1.4
Wood, Victor 1.4
Estrella, Antonio 1.1
Cantal, Felix 0.7
Enciso, Ruben 0.7
Orpilla, Eduardo 0.3

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NASSA/NAMFREL quick count

Partial and Unofficial - 197,084 of 224,748 precincts or 87.69% of total precincts. June 2, 2007 11:41 p.m. Batch 43.
Name[8] Party[8] NAMFREL[9]
Legarda, Loren NPC 15,200,169
Escudero, Francis NPC 14,926,697
Lacson, Panfilo UNO 12,880,049
Villar, Manuel Jr. NP 12,537,728
Aquino, Benigno Simeon III LP 11,965,505
Pangilinan, Francis LP 11,930,557
Angara, Edgardo LDP 10,403,534
Cayetano, Alan Peter NP 9,691,262
Honasan, Gregorio Independent 9,636,150
Arroyo, Joker KAMPI 9,618,637
Trillanes, Antonio IV UNO 9,248,609
Pimentel, Aquilino III PDP-Laban 8,985,408
Zubiri, Juan Miguel Lakas-CMD 8,811,731
Recto, Ralph Lakas-CMD 8,599,532
Defensor, Michael Lakas-CMD[10] 8,075,073
Pichay, Prospero Jr. Lakas-CMD 7,938,313
Roco, Sonia AD 7,027,063
Montano, Cesar Lakas-CMD 6,444,301
Osmeña, John Henry UNO 6,095,478
Sotto, Vicente III NPC 6,082,898
Magsaysay, Vicente Lakas-CMD 5,269,394
Coseteng, Anna Dominique Independent 4,408,406
Oreta, Teresa NPC 3,481,280
Singson, Luis Lakas-CMD 3,468,039
Gomez, Richard Independent 2,308,620
Kiram, Jamalul III PDSP 1,956,612
Chavez, Melchor KBL 753,434
Paredes, Zosimo II AK 716,544
Bautista, Martin AK 689,272
Cayetano, Joselito KBL 560,281
Sison, Adrian AK 420,080
Lozano, Oliver KBL 366,146
Estrella, Antonio KBL 344,670
Wood, Victor KBL 310,079
Orpilla, Eduardo KBL 211,986
Enciso, Ruben KBL 184,401
Cantal, Felix PGRP 165,116

Source: NAMFRELPHILIPPINES.org website

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Aftermath

Although the Genuine Opposition gained control of the Senate after the elections, they were divided on who was to be next Senate President. As such, Senate President Manuel Villar (Nacionalista) formed a bloc in the Senate to contest the Senate presidency. Facing him was the minority leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. backed by several fellow opposition senators. On July 26, 2007, Villar defeated Pimentel was elected to Senate by a vote of 15–7 with Villar and Pimentel voting for each other. Senator Antonio Trillanes was not allowed to attend the Senate session.[11]

This is how the election for the Senate presidency went:[11]

Voted for Villar Voted for Pimentel Not voting Vacancy
  1. Manuel Villar
  2. Edgardo Angara (LDP)
  3. Joker Arroyo (Kampi)
  4. Alan Peter Cayetano
  5. Pia Cayetano
  6. Miriam Defensor Santiago (PRP)
  7. Juan Ponce Enrile (PMP)
  8. Francis Escudero (NPC)
  9. Jinggoy Estrada (PMP)
  10. Richard J. Gordon (Independent)
  11. Gregorio Honasan (Independent)
  12. Lito Lapid (Lakas-CMD)
  13. Francis Pangilinan (Liberal)
  14. Bong Revilla (Lakas-CMD)
  15. Juan Miguel Zubiri (Lakas-CMD)
  1. Aquilino Pimentel Jr.
  2. Benigno Aquino III (Liberal)
  3. Rodolfo Biazon (Liberal)
  4. Panfilo Lacson (UNO)
  5. Loren Legarda (NPC)
  6. Jamby Madrigal (UNO)
  7. Mar Roxas (Liberal)
  1. Antonio Trillanes (UNO; detained) *
  1. Seat vacated by Alfredo Lim (PMP; Elected Mayor of Manila)
Votes needed to win: 13

Pimentel vs. Zubiri electoral protest

Main article: Pimentel vs. Zubiri electoral protest

The 12th Senate seat was contested between TEAM Unity's Juan Miguel Zubiri and GO's Koko Pimentel Zubiri was proclaimed In July 2007 with a margin of about 20,000 votes,[12] but Pimentel filed an electoral protest to the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET), which the tribunal accepted, alleging there was massive electoral fraud in Maguindanao.[13] After the revision of votes on Pimentel's protest on July 2009, he released a statement that he now leads Zubiri by 96,000 votes;[14] Zubiri countered that his counter-protest that alleges similar fraud in Mega Manila has him leading by around 132,000 votes in areas affected by his counter protest.[14]

On July 2011, suspended Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) governor Zaldy Ampatuan and Maguindanao election supervisor Lintang Bedol alleged that there was indeed fraud in the ARMM in favor of TEAM Unity.[15] On August 3, 2011, Zubiri resigned, maintaining that he had no hand in alleged electoral fraud in the ARMM.[16] He withdrew his counter-protest,[17] which led to the SET to proclaim Pimentel as the winner on August 11, 2011.[18] Pimentel took his oath at Mati, Davao Oriental, where he had the highest rank among the provinces, finishing in second place.[19]

Pimentel sued former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, COMELEC chairman Benjamin Abalos, Maguinadanao elections supervisor Lintang Bedol and others for electoral sabotage on August 17, 2011 at the Department of Justice (DOJ).[20] A joint DOJ-COMELEC panel began investigations on Pimentel's suit by November 3.[21] On November 18, 2011, the commission voted to file charges against Arroyo and others at the Pasay Regional Trial Court, which later ordered Arroyo, Abalos and Bedol arrested later in the day.[22]

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  10. ^ He resigned from the Liberal Party in early February 2006.
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  18. ^ Calonzo, Andreo C. (2011-08-11). "Pimentel proclaimed 12th winning senator in '07 polls". GMA News Online. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
  19. ^ Merueñas, Mark (2011-08-12). "Koko Pimentel takes oath as senator". GMA News Online. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
  20. ^ Philip C. Tubeza (2011-10-18). "Sen. Pimentel files election fraud raps vs Arroyo couple et al". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  21. ^ Dennis Carcamo (2011-11-03). "Joint DOJ-Comelec panel starts poll sabotage hearings". Philippine Star. Archived from the original on 2012-09-15.
  22. ^ Matikas Santos (2011-11-18). "Warrant of arrest served on Arroyo". Philippine Daily Inquirer.

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