1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections

1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections

May 8, 1995
204 (of the 226) seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines 114 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jose de Venecia, Jr. Ronaldo Zamora Jose Cojuangco, Jr. Party Lakas NPC LDP Alliance Lakas-Laban Coalition NPC Lakas-Laban Coalition Leader's seat Pangasinan–4th San Juan-Mandaluyong Tarlac–1st Last election 41 seats, 21.20% 30 seats, 18.66% 86 seats, 33.73% Seats won 100 22 17 Seat change 59 8 69 Popular vote 7,811,625 2,342,378 2,079,611 Percentage 40.66% 12.19% 10.83% Swing 19.46% 6.47% 22.90%
Speaker before election Jose de Venecia, Jr. Lakas Elected Speaker 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.

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.

Results

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.

The top bar represents seats won, while the bottom bar represents the proportion of votes received.

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District	Sectoral
width=79.95% bgcolor=Template:Lakas-Laban Coalition/meta/color|157 width=12.25% bgcolor=Template:Nationalist People's Coalition/meta/color|25 14 8	22
width=69.24% bgcolor=Template:Lakas-Laban Coalition/meta/color|69.24% width=16.15% bgcolor=Template:Nationalist People's Coalition/meta/color|16.15% 8.01% Lakas-Laban NPC [1] Others [2]	. [3]

¹ Hybrid coalitions: 5.15%

² No seats won: 1.43%

³ Sectoral seats: appointed

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.

See also

• 10th Congress of the Philippines

References

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