List of members of the 15th Congress of the Philippines

These are the members of the 15th Congress of the Philippines. The 15th Congress convened on July 26, 2010, and adjourned on June 6, 2013. Senators elected on the 2007 Senate election and senators elected on the 2010 Senate election comprise the Senate while representatives elected on the 2010 House of Representatives election comprise the House of Representatives.

Senate

The following are the terms of the senators of this Congress, according to the date of election:

• For senators elected on May 14, 2007: June 30, 2007 – June 30, 2013
• For senators elected on May 10, 2010: June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2016

House of Representatives

The term of office of the members of the House of Representatives will be from June 30, 2010, to June 30, 2013. The political party stated is the one that the member is currently a member of, which may be different from the one where the member ran under during the elections, or even from the one stated on the ballot.

District representatives

Party-list representatives

Notes

Changes

These are the changes in membership after the proclamation of winners:

Senate

A vacant seat can only be filled up on a special election held on the day of the next regular election.

House of Representatives

• For representatives elected via legislative districts, a special election will be called to determine the successor unless the vacancy occurred a year before the next regular election.
• For sectoral representatives, the next person on the list will take office.

Vacancies

These are the vacant seats in Congress:

• Senate (1):
• The seat of Benigno Aquino III who gave it up after being elected president in 2010. It will remain vacant the term expires, as special elections for vacated Senate seats can only be scheduled on the next regular election.
• House of Representatives (5):
• The seat for 2nd district of Bohol after Erico B. Aumentado died. No special election was held.
• The seat for 1st district of Cavite after Joseph Emilio Abaya was sworn in Secretary of Transportation and Communications. No special election was held.
• The seat for lone district of Dinagat Islands after Ruben Ecleo was removed from the rolls. No special election was held.
• The seat for 1st district of Sorsogon after Salvador Escudero died. No special election was held.
• The seat for lone district of Camiguin after Pedro Romualdo died. No special election was held.
• One seat of the Coalition of Associations of Senior Citizens in the Philippines, Inc. after David Kho resigned. The Commission on Elections forbade the party from calling up the 4th person from the list after the 3rd person from the list, who was ejected from the party, protested, and that Kho revealed it was a part of a term-sharing agreement, in which the commission has prohibited.

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