1995 Philippine general election

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Registered	36,415,154
Turnout	25,736,505
1995 Philippine Senate election
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12 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Edgardo Angara Ernesto Maceda Miriam Defensor Santiago Party LDP NPC PRP Alliance Lakas–Laban NPC NPC Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Seats won 9 2 1 Popular vote 123,678,255 28,452,737 19,619,923 Percentage 67.7% 25.5% 5.2%
Senate President before election Edgardo Angara LDP Elected Senate President Edgardo Angara LDP
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 % Seats +/– Lakas 40.66 100 +59 NPC 12.19 22 −8 LDP 10.83 17 −69 Lakas–Laban 10.40 25 +25 Lakas/Liberal 2.28 5 +5 Liberal 1.86 5 +5 LnB/Lakas/NPC 1.34 3 +3 Lakas/NPC 1.02 4 +4 LnB/NPC 0.98 2 +2 NPC/KBL 0.95 1 +1 Nacionalista 0.80 1 −6 PDP–Laban 0.68 1 +1 LnB/Liberal 0.55 2 +2 PMP 0.53 1 +1 NPC/PMP 0.53 1 +1 NPC/PDP–Laban/PRP 0.45 1 +1 LnB/Lakas/PMP 0.37 1 +1 LnB/PRP 0.34 1 +1 LnB/Nacionalista 0.34 1 +1 LnB/PDP–Laban 0.28 1 +1 PDP–Laban/PMP/PRP 0.27 1 +1 Lakas/PDP–Laban 0.17 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Speaker before Speaker after Jose de Venecia Jr. Lakas Jose de Venecia Jr. Lakas

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The 1995 Philippine general election were held on May 8, 1995. Filipinos protected the ballot boxes with their lives and campaigned against traditional 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

Results

Senate

House of Representatives

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP	7,811,625	40.66	100
	Nationalist People's Coalition	2,342,378	12.19	22
	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	2,079,611	10.83	17
	Lakas-Laban Coalition	1,998,810	10.40	25
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Liberal Party	437,080	2.28	5
	Liberal Party	358,245	1.86	5
	Lakas ng Bayan/Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Nationalist People's Coalition	257,821	1.34	3
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Nationalist People's Coalition	195,532	1.02	4
	Lakas ng Bayan/Nationalist People's Coalition	187,705	0.98	2
	Nationalist People's Coalition/Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	183,256	0.95	1
	People's Reform Party	171,454	0.89	0
	Nacionalista Party	153,088	0.80	1
	Independent Lakas–NUCD–UMDP	139,427	0.73	0
	PDP–Laban	130,695	0.68	1
	Lakas ng Bayan/Liberal Party	106,387	0.55	2
	Lapiang Manggagawa	104,407	0.54	0
	Partido ng Masang Pilipino	101,624	0.53	1
	Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino	100,879	0.53	1
	Nationalist People's Coalition/PDP–Laban/People's Reform Party	87,241	0.45	1
	Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino/Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	75,957	0.40	0
	Lakas ng Bayan/Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Partido ng Masang Pilipino	71,804	0.37	1
	Lakas ng Bayan/Nationalist People's Coalition/Partido ng Masang Pilipino	71,692	0.37	0
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Nacionalista Party	68,542	0.36	0
	Lakas ng Bayan/People's Reform Party	66,176	0.34	1
	Lakas ng Bayan/Nacionalista Party	65,970	0.34	1
	Nationalist People's Coalition/Liberal Party	62,338	0.32	0
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Lakas ng Bayan/Liberal Party	55,991	0.29	0
	Lakas ng Bayan/PDP–Laban	54,508	0.28	1
	Nationalist People's Coalition/Nacionalista Party	54,153	0.28	0
	PDP–Laban/Partido ng Masang Pilipino/People's Reform Party	51,752	0.27	1
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Lakas ng Bayan/Nacionalista Party	43,589	0.23	0
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/PDP–Laban	32,417	0.17	1
	PDP–Laban/Nacionalista Party	24,076	0.13	0
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Lapiang Manggagawa	15,726	0.08	0
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP/Partido Panaghiusa	15,631	0.08	0
	Independent Lakas ng Bayan	8,366	0.04	0
	Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas	7,563	0.04	0
	Nationalist People's Coalition/People's Reform Party	6,523	0.03	0
	People's Reform Party/Nacionalista Party	6,214	0.03	0
	Lakas ng Bayan/Lapiang Manggagawa	3,814	0.02	0
	Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas	123	0.00	0
	Unidentified	162,752	0.85	0
	Independent	1,238,214	6.45	7
Appointed seats				16
Total		19,211,156	100.00	220
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.

Local elections

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

Local plebiscites

A plebiscite to ratify the division of the province of Kalinga-Apayao to two provinces named Apayao and Kalinga was also done on this day. The voters approved the division.