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.

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.

Electoral system

The House of Representatives shall have not more than 250 members, unless otherwise fixed by law, of which 20% shall be elected via the party-list system, while the rest are elected via congressional districts. In lieu of an enabling law in regards to the party-list system, sectoral representatives shall continued to be appointed by the president just like previously in the Batasang Pambansa for the first three congresses from the enactment of the constitution, which includes this congress.

In this election, there are 204 seats voted via first-past-the-post in single-member districts. Each province, and a city with a population of 250,000, is guaranteed a seat, with more populous provinces and cities divided into two or more districts.

Congress has the power of redistricting three years after each census.

Redistricting

Reapportioning (redistricting) the number of seats is either via national reapportionment three years after the release of every census, or via piecemeal redistricting for every province or city. National reapportionment has not happened since the 1987 constitution took effect, and aside from piecemeal redistricting, the apportionment was based on the ordinance from the constitution, which was in turn based from the 1980 census.

Changes from the previous Congresses

• Creation of Biliran and Guimaras provinces
• The Local Government Code of 1991, enacted as Republic Act. No. 7160 mandates that all existing sub-provinces be made into provinces, having their own congressional representation.
• Biliran, which was a sub-province of Leyte and included in its 3rd district, was then made into a province and became its own at-large district.
• Guimaras, which was a sub-province of Iloilo and included in its 2nd district, was then made into a province and became its own at-large district.
• Both approved in separate plebiscites on May 11, 1992.
• Creation of Sarangani province
• The municipalities included in South Cotabato's 3rd district becomes the at-large district of the newly-created province of Sarangani
• South Cotabato's 1st and 2nd districts were left intact.
• Enacted into law as Republic Act. 7228.
• Approved in a plebiscite on May 19, 1992.

Changes from the outgoing Congress

• Division of San Juan–Mandaluyong's at-large district to two districts
• Mandaluyong attains cityhood and becomes its own at-large district.
• San Juan becomes its own at-large district.
• Enacted into law as Republic Act No. 7675.
• Approved in a plebiscite on April 10, 1994.
• Reassignment of Benguet's two districts
• Baguio (Benguet's 1st district) becomes its own at-large district.
• Benguet (Benguet's 2nd district) becomes its own at-large district.

Summary of changes

As there were 218 seats from congressional districts, and since the constitution requires that there should be 1 party-list seat for every 4 seats from congressional districts, this means there were 53 party-list seats up for this election, or for a total of 270 seats.

Retiring incumbents

1. Agusan del Norte–2nd: Edelmiro Amante (Lakas)
2. Cagayan–1st: Juan Ponce Enrile (Independent), ran for the Senate
3. Cagayan–3rd: Francisco Mamba (Lakas)
4. Cebu–3rd: Pablo P. Garcia (Lakas), ran for Governor of Cebu
5. Davao del Sur–1st: Alejandro Almendras (Lakas)
6. Ilocos Norte–2nd: Bongbong Marcos (KBL), ran for the Senate
7. Laguna–2nd: Rodolfo Tingzon (Lakas), ran for Governor of Laguna
8. Lanao del Sur–2nd: Mohammad Ali Dimaporo (Lakas), ran for Governor of Lanao del Sur
9. Masbate–3rd: Antonio Kho (Liberal), ran for Governor of Masbate
10. Misamis Occidental–2nd: Hilarion Ramiro Jr. (Lakas)
11. Pangasinan–1st: Oscar Orbos (Lakas), ran for Governor of Pangasinan
12. Pangasinan–6th: Conrado Estrella III (NPC)
13. Zambales–1st: Katherine Gordon (Nacionalista)

Vacancies

1. Masbate–1st: Tito Espinosa (LDP) was assassinated on February 28, 1995.

Results

The administration party, Lakas–NUCD–UMDP (Lakas), forged an electoral agreement with Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP, then known as Laban) 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 (NPC) led the opposition coalition that also composed of candidates from Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL), People's Reform Party (PRP) and Partido ng Masang Pilipino (PMP).

Per coalition

Definitions:

• Administration coalition: Ran solely under the banner of one of the following: Lakas–NUCD–UMDP, Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (Laban), Liberal Party, and PDP–Laban
• Opposition coalition: Ran solely under the banner of one of the following: Nationalist People's Coalition, Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, People's Reform Party, and Partido ng Masang Pilipino
• Others: Ran solely on other parties and coalitions not mentioned above
• Hybrid coalitions: Ran on any combinations of parties and coalitions mentioned above

Per party

Summary by district

Defeated incumbents

1. Aurora: Benedicto Miran (Lakas) lost to Bella Angara (Lakas)
2. Basilan: Elnorita Tugung (Lakas) lost to Candu Muarip (LDP)
3. Bataan–2nd: Dominador Venegas (Lakas) lost to Tet Garcia (NPC)
4. Batanes: Enrique Lizardo (Lakas) lost to Florencio Abad (Liberal)
5. Benguet: Samuel Dangwa (Lakas) lost to Ronald Cosalan (Lakas)
6. Caloocan–1st: Aurora Henson (NPC) lost to Bobby Guanzon (Lakas)
7. Camarines Sur–2nd: Celso Baguio (Lakas) lost to Leopoldo San Buenaventura (PDP–Laban)
8. Cavite–1st: Dominador Nazareno Jr. (Lakas) lost to Plaridel Abaya (NPC)
9. Davao City–1st: Jesus Dureza (NPC) lost to Prospero Nograles (Independent)
10. Iloilo–4th: Nicetas Panes (Lakas) lost to Narciso Monfort (LDP)
11. Iloilo City: Rafael Lopez Vito (Lakas) lost to Raul M. Gonzalez (Nacionalista)
12. Laguna–1st: Roy Almoro of (Lakas) lost to Nereo Joaquin (LDP)
13. Lanao del Norte–2nd: Mario Hisuler (LDP) lost to Abdullah Mangotara (Independent)
14. Leyte–1st: Cirilo Roy Montejo (Lakas) lost to Imelda Marcos (KBL)
15. Maguindanao–1st: Michael Mastura (Lakas) lost to Didagen Dilangalen (NPC)
16. Negros Occidental–1st: Tranquilino Carmona (NPC) lost to Jules Ledesma (Lakas)
17. Negros Occidental–2nd: Manuel Puey (Liberal) lost to Alfredo Marañon of (Lakas)
18. Negros Occidental–6th: Hortensia Starke (Lakas) lost to Genaro Alvarez Jr. (NPC)
19. Nueva Ecija–4th: Victorio Lorenzo (Lakas) lost to Julita Villareal (LDP)
20. Nueva Vizcaya: Leonardo B. Perez (NPC) lost to Carlos Padilla (LDP)
21. Palawan–1st: David Ponce de Leon (Lakas) lost to Vicente Sandoval (Lakas)
22. Pampanga–2nd: Emigdio Lingad (Lakas) lost to Zenaida Cruz-Ducut (NPC)
23. Pampanga–3rd: Andrea D. Domingo (Lakas) lost to Oscar Samson Rodriguez (LDP)
24. Pangasinan–2nd: Chris Mendoza (Lakas) lost to Antonio Bengson III (LDP)
25. Quezon–4th: Manolet Lavides (Lakas) lost to Wigberto Tañada (Liberal)
26. Quezon City–1st: Renato Yap of (Lakas) lost to Reynaldo Calalay (PMP)
27. Quezon City–3rd: Dennis Roldan (Lakas) lost to Mike Defensor (Liberal)
28. Sultan Kudarat: Estanislao Valdez (Lakas) lost to Angelo Montilla (Lakas)
29. Surigao del Norte–1st: Glenda Ecleo (NPC) lost to Constantino Navarro Jr. of (Lakas)
30. Surigao del Sur–2nd: Ernesto Estrella (Lakas) lost to Jesnar Falcon (Lakas)
31. Zamboanga del Norte–1st: Artemio Adasa Jr. (Lakas) lost to Romeo Jalosjos Sr. (Independent)
32. Zamboanga del Norte–2nd: Ernesto Amatong (Liberal) lost to Cresente Llorente Jr. (NPC)

See also

• 10th Congress of the Philippines

References

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