Philippine Senate election, 1998

Philippine Senate election, 1998

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12 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Marcelo Fernan Teofisto Guingona Party LDP Lakas Alliance LAMMP Lakas Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Seats before 16 5 Seats won 7 5 Seats after 12 12 Seat change 4 7 Popular vote 91,421,394 93,261,379 Percentage 44.5% 45.4%
Senate President before election Neptali Gonzales LDP Elected Senate President Marcelo Fernan LDP

Neptali Gonzales
LDP

Marcelo Fernan
LDP

The senatorial election was held in the Philippines on May 11, 1998. The two main competing coalitions in the senatorial election were the Lakas-NUCD-UMDP and the Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (LAMMP; Struggle of the Nationalist Filipino Masses)-led coalition composed of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP), Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP), the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) and PDP-Laban. The two coalitions split the 12 contested seats 7–5 in favor of LAMMP.

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