Philippine Senate election, 2016

Philippine Senate election, 2016

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12 (of the 24) seats to the Senate of the Philippines 13 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Franklin Drilon Gringo Honasan Party Liberal UNA Last election 1 seat, 11.32% 3 seats, 26.97% Seats before 4 (3 up) 3 (1 up) Seats won 5 1 Seats after 6 3 Seat change 2 Popular vote 97,968,789 23,915,053 Percentage 31.30% 7.64% Swing 19.98% 19.33%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Tito Sotto Alan Peter Cayetano Party NPC Nacionalista Last election 1 seat, 10.15% 3 seats, 15.30% Seats before 2 (1 up) 5 (1 up) Seats won 2 0 Seats after 3 3 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 31,511,953 2,651,871 Percentage 10.07% 0.85% Swing 0.08% 14.45%
Election result per province; the shade refers to which party won a plurality of votes in that province. Note that independent candidates never campaigned together, and that the seats are allocated via the nationwide vote.
Senate President before election Franklin Drilon Liberal Elected Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III PDP-Laban

Franklin Drilon
Liberal

Aquilino Pimentel III
PDP-Laban

The 2016 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 32nd election of members to the Senate of the Philippines. The seats of 12 senators elected in 2010 are to be filled during this election. The winners in this election will join the winners of the 2013 election to form the 17th Congress of the Philippines. The senators elected in 2013 will serve until June 30, 2019, while the senators elected in this election will serve up to June 30, 2022.

The Senate election was part of the 2016 general election where elections for the President of the Philippines, Vice President, members of the Philippine House of Representatives, and all local officials, including those from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, were held.

The Senate election used a plurality-at-large voting system where the voter votes for 12 candidates, with each candidate getting one vote, and from which the twelve candidates with the highest number of votes are elected to serve for six years.

Philippine senatorial elections are done via the plurality-at-large voting system: the entire country is one at-large "district", where a voter can vote up to twelve people (one vote per candidate), with the twelve candidates with the highest number of votes deemed elected. Senators who are currently serving their second consecutive term are term limited, although they may run again in 2019. Only half of the seats are up in every senatorial election. The winning senators will replace the batch elected in 2010, and will join the batch elected in 2013 in the 17th Congress.