1998 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1998

May 11, 1998
All 257 seats in the House of Representatives (including underhangs) 129 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. Manny Villar Raul Daza Party Lakas LAMMP Liberal Leader's seat Quezon City–4th Las Piñas City-Lone Northern Samar–1st Last election 100 seats, 40.7% LDP: 17 seats, 10.8% PMP: 1 seat, 0.9% 5 seats, 1.9% Seats won 111 55 15 Seat change 11 37 10 Popular vote 11,981,024 6,520,744 1,773,124 Percentage 49.0% 26.7% 7.3% Swing 8.3% 15.0% 5.4%
Speaker before election Jose de Venecia Lakas Elected Speaker Manny Villar LAMMP

The Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on May 11, 1998. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Fidel V. Ramos' Lakas-NUCD-UMDP, won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives. For the first time since the People Power Revolution, a party won majority of the seats in the House; Lakas had a seat over the majority. This is also the first Philippine elections that included the party-list system.

However, with Joseph Estrada of the opposition Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (LAMMP; an electoral alliance between the Partido ng Masang Pilipino (PMP), the NPC and the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP)) winning the presidential election, the majority of the elected Lakas-NUCD-UMDP congressmen switched sides to LAMMP. This led to Manny Villar (formerly of Lakas but became a LAMMP member prior to the election) on being elected as Speaker of the House

The elected representatives will serve in the 11th Congress from 1998 to 2001.

Results

Elections within each district were under the plurality system. In 1998 was the first party-list election. Previously, sectoral representatives were appointed by the president.

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District Party-list

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¹ Unfilled party-list seats

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP	11,981,024	49.01	+8.35	111	+11
	Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino	6,520,744	26.68	New	55	New
	Liberal Party	1,773,124	7.25	+5.39	15	+10
	Nationalist People's Coalition	998,239	4.08	−8.11	9	−13
	Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma	966,653	3.95	New	4	New
	Probinsya Muna Development Initiative	586,954	2.40	New	4	New
	PDP–Laban	134,331	0.55	−0.13	0	−1
	Aksyon Demokratiko	106,843	0.44	New	1	New
	Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino	47,273	0.19	New	0	New
	Ompia Party	46,462	0.19	New	1	New
	People's Reform Party	38,640	0.16	−0.73	0	0
	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	35,522	0.15	New	0	0
	Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas	8,850	0.04	−0.00	0	0
	Lapiang Manggagawa	8,792	0.04	−0.50	0	0
	Nacionalista Party	4,412	0.02	−0.78	0	−1
	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino	2,010	0.01	−0.52	0	−1
	Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapabago	1,310	0.01	New	0	New
	Unaffiliated	348,281	1.42	New	4	New
	Independent	834,934	3.42	−3.03	2	−5
Party-list seats					51	+51
Total		24,444,398	100.00	–	257	+37
Valid votes		24,444,398	83.47
Invalid/blank votes		4,841,377	16.53
Total votes		29,285,775	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		33,873,665	86.46
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann and Teehankee

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives	503,487	5.50	2
	Alyansang Bayanihan ng mga Magsasaka, Manggagawang Bukid at Mangingisda	321,646	3.51	1
	Alagad	312,500	3.41	1
	Veterans Federation Party	304,902	3.33	1
	Probinsya Muna Development Initiative	255,184	2.79	1
	Adhikain at Kilusan ng Ordinaryong Tao Para sa Lupa, Pabahay, Hanapbuhay at Kaunlaran	239,042	2.61	1
	National Federation of Small Coconut Farmers Organization	238,303	2.60	1
	Abanse! Pinay	235,548	2.57	1
	Akbayan	232,376	2.54	1
	Luzon Farmers Party	215,643	2.36	1
	Sanlakas	194,617	2.13	1
	Cooperative NATCCO Network Party	189,802	2.07	1
	Philippine Coconut Producers Federation	186,388	2.04	1
	Coalition of Associations of Senior Citizens in the Philippines	143,444	1.57	0
	Others	5,582,427	60.97	0
Total		9,155,309	100.00	14
Valid votes		9,155,309	31.26
Invalid/blank votes		20,130,466	68.74
Total votes		29,285,775	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		33,873,665	86.46
Source: Supreme Court (October 6, 2000). "G.R. No. 136781". and 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.

There were 51 seats for sectoral representatives that were contested. Each party has to get 2% of the national vote to win one seat; they'd win an additional seat for every 2% of the vote, up to the maximum three seats. Only 15 party-list representatives were elected under this rule. Eventually, the "2–4–6%" rule was ruled as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and 24 more winners were proclaimed. The remaining 12 seats were never filled up.

See also

• 11th Congress of the Philippines

References

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