1995 Philippine general election

← 1992 May 8, 1995(1995-05-08) 1998 →

Registered36,415,154

Turnout25,736,505

1995 Philippine Senate election

← 1992 May 8, 1995 1998 →

12 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority

Alliance LABAN NPC Seats won 9 3 Popular vote 123,660,355 56,015,645 Percentage 67.71 30.67

Alliance LABAN NPC

Seats won 9 3

Popular vote 123,660,355 56,015,645

Percentage 67.71 30.67

Senate President before election Edgardo Angara Laban Elected Senate President Edgardo Angara Laban

Senate President before election Edgardo Angara LabanElected Senate President Edgardo Angara Laban

1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections

← 1992 May 8, 1995 1998 →

204 (of the 226) seats in the House of Representatives 114 seats needed for a majority

Party Vote % Seats +/– Lakas 40.66 100 +59 NPC 12.19 22 −8 LDP 10.83 17 −69 LABAN 10.40 25 +25 Others 13.72 33 +20 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.Speaker before Speaker afterJose de Venecia Jr. Lakas Jose de Venecia Jr. Lakas

Party Vote % Seats +/–

Lakas · 40.66 · 100 · +59

NPC · 12.19 · 22 · −8

LDP · 10.83 · 17 · −69

LABAN · 10.40 · 25 · +25

Others · 13.72 · 33 · +20

Speaker before Speaker after

Jose de Venecia Jr. LakasJose de Venecia Jr. Lakas

The 1995 Philippine general election was held on May 8, 1995. Filipinos protected the ballot boxes with their lives and campaigned against politicians who used bribery, flying voters, violence, election rigging, stealing of ballot boxes, etc. The Philippine National Police (PNP) listed five people dead and more than 200 hotspots before and 300 hotspots during the election.

Major senatorial candidates

Lakas–Laban
For Senators
Lakas–Laban Coalition Lakas–Laban For Senators Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Laban Rodolfo Biazon Laban Franklin Drilon Lakas Juan Ponce Enrile Nacionalista Marcelo Fernan Laban Juan Flavier Lakas Ramon Magsaysay, Jr. Lakas Ramon Mitra, Jr. Laban Sergio Osmeña III Lakas Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. PDP–Laban Raul Roco Laban Francisco Tatad Laban	Nationalist People's Coalition NPC For Senators Rosemarie Arenas NPC Gaudencio Beduya NPC Nikki Coseteng NPC Amanda Cruz NPC Ramon Fernandez NPC Gringo Honasan Independent Bongbong Marcos KBL Adelisa Raymundo NPC Manuel C. Roxas NPC Miriam Defensor Santiago PRP Almarin C. Tillah NPC Arturo Tolentino NPC

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo		Laban
Rodolfo Biazon		Laban
Franklin Drilon		Lakas
Juan Ponce Enrile		Nacionalista
Marcelo Fernan		Laban
Juan Flavier		Lakas
Ramon Magsaysay, Jr.		Lakas
Ramon Mitra, Jr.		Laban
Sergio Osmeña III		Lakas
Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.		PDP–Laban
Raul Roco		Laban
Francisco Tatad		Laban

For Senators
Rosemarie Arenas		NPC
Gaudencio Beduya		NPC
Nikki Coseteng		NPC
Amanda Cruz		NPC
Ramon Fernandez		NPC
Gringo Honasan		Independent
Bongbong Marcos		KBL
Adelisa Raymundo		NPC
Manuel C. Roxas		NPC
Miriam Defensor Santiago		PRP
Almarin C. Tillah		NPC
Arturo Tolentino		NPC

Results

Senate

Candidate	Party or alliance	Votes	%
	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo	Lakas–Laban Coalition		Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	15,745,741	61.18
	Raul Roco	Lakas–Laban Coalition		Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	12,509,736	48.61
	Ramon Magsaysay Jr.	Lakas–Laban Coalition		Lakas–NUCD	11,862,458	46.09
	Franklin Drilon	Lakas–Laban Coalition		Lakas–NUCD	11,032,476	42.87
	Juan Flavier	Lakas–Laban Coalition		Lakas–NUCD	10,748,528	41.76
	Miriam Defensor Santiago	Nationalist People's Coalition		People's Reform Party	9,497,231	36.90
	Serge Osmeña	Lakas–Laban Coalition		Lakas–NUCD	9,390,935	36.49
	Francisco Tatad	Lakas–Laban Coalition		Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	9,146,951	35.54
	Gregorio Honasan	Nationalist People's Coalition		Independent	8,968,616	34.85
	Marcelo Fernan	Lakas–Laban Coalition		Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	8,762,235	34.05
	Juan Ponce Enrile	Lakas–Laban Coalition		Independent	8,701,191	33.81
	Nikki Coseteng	Nationalist People's Coalition	8,700,278	33.81
	Ramon Mitra Jr.	Lakas–Laban Coalition		Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	8,650,618	33.61
	Rodolfo Biazon	Lakas–Laban Coalition		Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	8,587,338	33.37
	Nene Pimentel	Lakas–Laban Coalition		PDP–Laban	8,522,148	33.11
	Bongbong Marcos	Nationalist People's Coalition		Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	8,168,768	31.74
	Arturo Tolentino	Nationalist People's Coalition	7,726,006	30.02
	Ramon Fernandez	Nationalist People's Coalition	3,572,604	13.88
	Rose Marie Arenas	Nationalist People's Coalition	3,178,837	12.35
	Manuel C. Roxas	Nationalist People's Coalition	2,455,764	9.54
	Herman T. Laurel	People's Reform Party	1,395,015	5.42
	Almarin C. Tillah	Nationalist People's Coalition	1,165,164	4.53
	Amanda T. Cruz	Nationalist People's Coalition	1,008,180	3.92
	Gaudencio Beduya	Nationalist People's Coalition	829,082	3.22
	Adelisa Raymundo	Nationalist People's Coalition	745,115	2.90
	Ibrahim Amerel	Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas	482,328	1.87
	Vicente N. Biego	Bicol Saro	417,901	1.62
	Felino C. Polintan Jr.	Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas	393,712	1.53
	Brigido Simon	People's Reform Party	152,161	0.59
	Jose Misa	Bicol Saro	109,711	0.43
Total	182,626,828	100.00

Total votes	25,736,505	–
Registered voters/turnout	36,415,154	70.68

House of Representatives


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	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	36,415,154	70.68
Source:

Local elections

Local elections for all positions above the barangay level, but below the regional level, were held on this day.

Summary of provincial elections

Province	Elected governor	Elected vice governor	Provincial board results
Name	Party	Name	Party
Abra	Vicente Valera		Lakas	Constante Culangen		Lakas	Lakas (7) Independent (1)
Agusan del Norte	Angelica Amante		Lakas	Roberto Tejano		Lakas	Lakas (8)
Agusan del Sur	Democrito Plaza		LDP	Alex Bascug		LDP	LDP (7) Lakas (3)
Aklan	Florencio Miraflores		LDP	Jean Rodriguez		LDP	LDP (7) Liberal (1)
Albay	Al Francis Bichara		Lakas	Danilo Azaña		NPC	Lakas (7) NPC (2) LDP (1)
Antique	Jovito Plameras Jr.		Lakas	Robin Rubinos		Lakas	Lakas (6) LDP (1) PRP (1)
Aurora	Edgardo Ong		Lakas	Agapito Samano Jr.		LDP	Lakas (6) NPC (1) PRP (1)
Basilan	Gerry Salapuddin		LDP	Ping Kasim		Lakas	Lakas (3) LDP (3)
Bataan	Leonardo Roman		Lakas	Serafin Roman		Lakas	Lakas (6) NPC (4)
Batanes	Telesforo Castillejos		Lakas	Elena Alcantara		Lakas	Lakas (3) Liberal (3)
Batangas	Hermilando Mandanas		LDP	Ricky Recto		Lakas	Lakas (6) LDP (2) Nacionalista (1) Independent (1)
Benguet	Raul Molintas		NPC	Wasing Sacla		Independent	Lakas (5) LDP (3) NPC (1) Independent (1)
Biliran	Wayne Jaro		Lakas	Danilo Parilla		PRP	Lakas (4) NPC (2)
Bohol	Rene Relampagos		Lakas	Edgar Chatto		LDP	LDP (6) Lakas (4)
Bukidnon	Carlos Fortich		Lakas	Nemesio Beltran		Lakas	Lakas (9) Liberal (1)
Bulacan	Roberto Pagdanganan		LDP	Josefina dela Cruz		LDP	Lakas (9) NPC (1)
Cagayan	Rodolfo Aguinaldo		Lakas	Florencio Vargas		Lakas	Lakas (6) LDP (1) Liberal (1) NPC (1) Independent (1)
Camarines Norte	Casimiro Roy Padilla Jr.		NPC	Alexis Pardo		LDP	LDP (4) NPC (3) Lakas (1)
Camarines Sur	Luis Villafuerte		LDP	Salvio Fortuno		LDP	Lakas (7) LDP (2) NPC (1)
Camiguin	Antonio Gallardo		Lakas	Nicolas Neri		Independent	Lakas (4) NPC/Lakas (2)
Capiz	Esteban Evan Contreras		Lakas	Luisito Escutin		Lakas	Liberal (5) Lakas (4) Independent (1)
Catanduanes	Severo Alcantara		Lakas	Teofisto Verceles		Lakas	Lakas (2) LDP (1) Liberal (1) NPC (1) Independent (1)
Cavite	Epimaco Velasco		Liberal	Bong Revilla		Liberal	LDP (10)
Cebu	Pablo P. Garcia		Lakas	Apolonio Abines Jr.		Lakas	Lakas (9) LDP (1)
Cotabato	Rosario Diaz		Lakas	Wilfredo Jalipa		Lakas	Lakas (8) NPC (2)
Davao del Norte	Prospero Amatong		Lakas	Pedro San Jose		Lakas	Lakas (8) PDP–Laban (1) PMP (1)
Davao del Sur	Rogelio Llanos		Lakas	Antonio Sunga		Lakas	Lakas (5) NPC (5)
Davao Oriental	Rosalind Lopez		Lakas	Capistrano Roflo		Lakas	Lakas (6) LDP (2)
Eastern Samar	Lutgardo Barbo		Lakas	German Alido		Lakas	Lakas (7) LDP (1)
Guimaras	Imelda Lopez		Lakas	Edgar Espinosa		Lakas	Lakas (5) Independent (1)
Ifugao	Ildefonso Dulinayan		LDP	Juan Dacawe		LDP	LDP (3) NPC (3)
Ilocos Norte	Rodolfo Fariñas		Lakas	Mariano Nalupta Jr.		KBL	LDP (4) KBL (2) Independent (2)
Ilocos Sur	Chavit Singson		LDP	Deogracias Victor Savellano		LDP	LDP (6) Lakas (1) NPC (1) Independent (2)
Iloilo	Arthur Defensor Sr.		Lakas	Demetrio Sonza		Lakas	Lakas (10)
Isabela	Benjamin Dy		NPC	Edwin Uy		Lakas	Lakas (5) NPC (5)
Kalinga-Apayao	Lawrence Wacnang		Lakas	Jocel Baac		Lakas	Lakas (4) Liberal (1) NPC (1) Independent (2)
La Union	Justo Orros Jr.		Lakas	Amparo Aspiras		Lakas	Lakas (10)
Laguna	Joey Lina		LDP	Teresita Lazaro		LDP	Lakas (7) LDP (3)
Lanao del Norte	Abdullah Dimaporo		Lakas	Timoteo Dacalos		Lakas	Lakas (8)
Lanao del Sur	Mahid Mutilan		NPC	Normala Lucman		Lakas	Lakas (5) Independent (2) Vacant (1)
Leyte	Remedios Petilla		LDP	Edgar Veloso		LDP	Lakas (7) KBL (1) LDP (1) Liberal (1)
Maguindanao	Zacaria Candao		LDP	Midpantao Midtimbang		LDP	Lakas (5) LDP (4) None (1)
Marinduque	Jose Antonio Carrion		NPC	Teodorito Rejano		Lakas	Lakas (4) Independent (4)
Masbate	Emilio Espinosa Jr.		INA	Ricardo Celera		Liberal	INA (4) Lakas (4) LDP (2)
Misamis Occidental	Florencio Garcia		NPC	Jesus Sanciangco		Lakas	Lakas (7) NPC (1)
Misamis Oriental	Vicente Emano		IPP	Danilo Lagbas		Lakas	Lakas (7) IPP (3)
Mountain Province	Maximo Dalog		Lakas	Leonard Mayaen		Lakas	Lakas (4) Independent (2)
Negros Occidental	Rafael Cosculluela		Lakas	Romeo Gamboa Jr.		Lakas	Lakas (6) NPC (3) Independent (1)
Negros Oriental	Emilio Macias		Lakas	George Arnaiz		Lakas	Lakas (6) LDP (4)
Northern Samar	Harlin Abayon		Liberal	Bayani Dato		Liberal	Liberal (9) Lakas (1)
Nueva Ecija	Eduardo Nonato Joson		NPC	Oscar Tinio		NPC	Lakas (5) NPC (5)
Nueva Vizcaya	Rodolfo Agbayani		Lakas	Natalia Dumlao		NPC	Lakas (5) NPC (1) Independent (2)
Occidental Mindoro	Josephine Sato		Lakas	Anita Villaroza		NPC	Lakas (6) LDP (2)
Oriental Mindoro	Rodolfo Valencia		Lakas	Bartolome Marasigan		NPC	NPC (4) Lakas (3) Liberal (3)
Palawan	Salvador Socrates		Lakas	Mario Joel Reyes		LDP	Lakas (7) Independent (3)
Pampanga	Lito Lapid		NPC	Cielo Salgado		NPC	Lakas (6) NPC (4)
Pangasinan	Oscar Orbos		Lakas	Victor Agbayani		Lakas	Lakas (6) NPC (2) KBL (1) LDP (1)
Quezon	Eduardo Rodriguez		Lakas	Roberto Racelis		Lakas	Lakas (6) LDP (2) Liberal (1) Independent (1)
Quirino	Josie Co		Lakas	Bonifacio Cristobal		Lakas	Lakas (3) LDP (1) NPC (1) Independent (1)
Rizal	Casimiro Ynares Jr.		NPC	Nicandro Natividad		Liberal	NPC (6) Lakas (2) Liberal (2)
Romblon	Jose Madrid		Lakas	Jose Cesar Fonte		Lakas	Lakas (6)
Samar	Jose Roño		Lakas	Ernesto Arcales		Lakas	Lakas (5) Liberal (3) Nacionalista (1) None (1)
Sarangani	Priscilla Chiongbian		Lakas	Miguel Escobar		Lakas	Lakas (6) NPC (1) Independent (1)
Siquijor	Lucito Balanay		Lakas	Elpedio Arcamo		Lakas	Lakas (6)
Sorsogon	Juan Frivaldo		PDP–Laban	Oscar Deri		LDP	LDP (5) Lakas (4) Liberal (1)
South Cotabato	Hilario de Pedro III		Lakas	Ludwig Morales		NPC	Lakas (5) NPC (5)
Southern Leyte	Oscar Ma. Tan		Lakas	Eva Tomol		NPC	Lakas (6) NPC (2)
Sultan Kudarat	Nesthur Gumana		Lakas	Rosila Jamison		Lakas	Lakas (9) LDP (1)
Sulu	Abdusakur Mahail Tan		Lakas	Hadji Munib Estino		Lakas	Lakas (8)
Surigao del Norte	Francisco Matugas		Lakas	Regina Barbers		Lakas	Lakas (5) NPC (3)
Surigao del Sur	Primo Murillo		Lakas	Johnny Pimentel		Lakas	Lakas (10)
Tarlac	Tingting Cojuangco		LDP	No winner	LDP (5) Lakas (3) NPC (2)
Tawi-Tawi	Hadjaril Matba		Lakas	Mohammad Abubakar		Lakas	Lakas (6)
Zambales	Amor Deloso		Lakas	Saturnino Bactad		Lakas	Lakas (4) LDP (3) PMP (2) Independent (1)
Zamboanga del Norte	Roldan Dalman		NPC	Concordio Adriatico		Independent	Lakas (9) NPC (1)
Zamboanga del Sur	Isidoro Real Jr.		Lakas	Romeo Vera Cruz		Lakas	Lakas (5) NPC (3) LDP (2)

Local plebiscites

Local plebiscites were also held on this day:

Location	Purpose	Result
Kalinga-Apayao	Division of the province to create Apayao and Kalinga	Approved
Jordan and Nueva Valencia, Guimaras	Creation of Sibunag	Approved
Jordan and Buenavista, Guimaras	Creation of San Lorenzo	Approved
Muntinlupa	Cityhood of Muntinlupa	Approved

1995 Philippine general election

Major senatorial candidates

Results

Senate

House of Representatives

Local elections

Summary of provincial elections

Local plebiscites

See also

External links