Philippine Senate election, 2019

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May 13, 2019

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12 (of the 24) seats to the Senate of the Philippines
13 seats needed for a majority


Leader	Franklin Drilon	Aquilino Pimentel III
Party	Liberal	PDP-Laban
Last election	5 seats, 31.30% of vote	Did not participate
Current seats	5 (1 up)	4 (2 up)


Leader	Tito Sotto	Nancy Binay
Party	NPC	UNA
Last election	2 seats, 10.07% of vote	1 seat, 7.64% of vote
Current seats	3 (1 up)	2 (2 up)

Incumbent Senate President

Aquilino Pimentel III
PDP-Laban

The 2019 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines will be the 33rd election of members to the Senate of the Philippines. The seats of 12 senators elected in 2013 are to be filled during this election. The winners in this election will join the winners of the 2016 election to form the 18th Congress of the Philippines. The senators elected in 2016 will serve until June 30, 2022, while the senators elected in this election will serve up to June 30, 2025.

The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), the ruling party headed by President Rodrigo Duterte is expected lead its own coalition. The opposition is expected to be headed by Vice President Leni Robredo, is the de facto leader of the Liberal Party, which is expected to lead its own coalition.

The Senate election is held concurrently with elections to the House of Representatives and local officials above the barangay level.

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 2022. Only half of the seats are up in every senatorial election. The winning senators will replace the batch elected in 2013, and will join the batch elected in 2016 in the 18th Congress.

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