1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections

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.[1]

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
Leader Jose de Venecia, Jr. Ronaldo Zamora Jose Cojuangco, Jr. Party Lakas NPC LDP Alliance Lakas-Laban NPC Lakas-Laban 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

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
157 25 14 8	22
69.24% 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

 Summary of the May 8, 1995 Philippine House of Representatives election results

Party			Popular vote			Seats won
			Total	%	Swing	Total	%	+/−
		Lakas (People Power–National Union of Christian Democrats–United Muslim Democrats of the Philippines)	7,811,625	40.66%	19.46%	100	49.02%	59
		LDP (Struggle of Democratic Filipinos)	2,079,611	10.83%	22.90%	17	8.33%	69
		Lakas-Laban (People Power–Struggle Coalition)^A	1,998,810	10.40%	44.53%	25	12.25%	102
		Administration coalitions^B	923,731	4.81%	4.81%	9	4.41%	9
		Liberal (Liberal Party)	358,245	1.86%	6.96%	5	2.45%	6
		PDP–Laban (Philippine Democratic Party–People's Power)	130,695	0.68%	8.14	1	0.49%	10
Lakas-Laban coalition			13,302,717	69.24%	58.26%	157	79.95%	119
		NPC (Nationalist People's Coalition)	2,342,378	12.19%	6.47%	22	10.78%	8
		Opposition coalitions^C	306,064	1.59%	1.59%	1	0.49%	1
		KBL (New Society Movement)	183,256	0.95%	1.40%	1	0.49%	2
		PRP (People's Reform Party)	171,454	0.89%	0.89%	0	0.00%
		PMP (Party of the Filipino Masses)	101,624	0.53%	0.53%	1	0.49%	1
NPC coalition			3,104,776	16.15%	4.86%	25	12.25%	8
		Hybrid coalitions^D	989,723	5.15%	5.15%	14	6.86%	14
		Nacionalista (Nationalist Party)	153,088	0.80%	3.12%	1	0.49%	6
		Lapiang Manggagawa (Workers' Party)	104,407	0.54%	0.54%	0	0.00%
		PDSP (Philippine Democratic Socialist Party)	7,563	0.04%	0.04%	0	0.00%
		Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas (Nationalist Party of the Philippines)	123	0.00%	0.00%	0	0.00%
		Independent	1,386,007	7.21%	2.17%	7	3.43%	1
		Unidentified	162,752	0.85%	0.85%	0	0.00%
Total			19,211,156	100%		204	100%	4
Valid votes			19,211,156	74.65%
Invalid votes			6,525,349	25.35%
Total turnout			25,736,505	70.68%
Registered voters			36,415,154	100%
Notes: A. ^ Lakas-Laban Coalition was the Lakas/LDP coalition. B. ^ There were candidates who ran under two or more national and/or local parties in the administration coalition. C. ^ There were candidates who ran under two or more national and/or local parties in the opposition coalition. D. ^ There were candidates who ran under both administration and opposition parties.
Sources: Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos. Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. & Philippine Electoral Almanac Revised And Expanded. Presidential Communications Development & Strategic Planning Office.

See also

• 10th Congress of the Philippines

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