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Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1995

Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1995
Philippines
← 1992 May 8, 1995 1998 →

204 (of the 226) seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
114 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Speakerjdv.jpg Ronaldo Zamora (cropped).jpg Peping Cojuangco.jpg
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 Increase 59 Decrease 8 Decrease 69
Popular vote 7,811,625 2,342,378 2,079,611
Percentage 40.66% 12.19% 10.83%
Swing Increase 19.46% Decrease 6.47% Decrease 22.90%

Speaker before election

Jose de Venecia, Jr.
Lakas

Elected Speaker

Jose de Venecia, Jr.
Lakas


Jose de Venecia, Jr.
Lakas

Jose de Venecia, Jr.
Lakas

The 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.

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.









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.


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