1998 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on May 11, 1998. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Fidel V. Ramos' Lakas-NUCD-UMDP, won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.[1] For the first time since the People Power Revolution, a party won majority of the seats in the House; Lakas had a seat over the majority. This is also the first Philippine elections that included the party-list system.[2]

1998 Philippine House of Representatives elections
May 11, 1998
All 258 seats in the House of Representatives (including 38 underhang seats)
130 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Feliciano Belmonte Jr. Manny Villar Raul Daza
Party Lakas LAMMP Liberal
Leader's seat Quezon City–4th Las Piñas Northern Samar–1st
Last election 100 seats, 40.66% new party 5 seats, 1.86%
Seats won 111 55 15
Seat change Increase 11 Increase 55 Increase 10
Popular vote 11,981,024 6,520,744 1,773,124
Percentage 49.01% 26.68% 7.25%
Swing Increase 8.35% Increase 26.68% Increase 5.39%
Speaker before election

Jose de Venecia Jr.
Lakas

 Elected Speaker

Manny Villar
LAMMP

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However, with Joseph Estrada of the opposition Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (LAMMP; an electoral alliance between the Partido ng Masang Pilipino (PMP), the NPC and the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP)) winning the presidential election, the majority of the elected Lakas-NUCD-UMDP congressmen switched sides to LAMMP. This led to Manuel Villar, Jr. (formerly of Lakas but became a LAMMP member prior to the election) on being elected as the Speaker of the House.

The elected representatives served in the 11th Congress from 1998 to 2001.

Results

District elections
PartyVotes%Seats
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP11,981,02449.01111
Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino6,520,74426.6855
Liberal Party1,773,1247.2515
Nationalist People's Coalition998,2394.089
Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma966,6533.954
Probinsya Muna Development Initiative586,9542.404
PDP–Laban134,3310.550
Aksyon Demokratiko106,8430.441
Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino47,2730.190
Ompia Party46,4620.191
People's Reform Party38,6400.160
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan35,5220.150
Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas8,8500.040
Lapiang Manggagawa8,7920.040
Nacionalista Party4,4120.020
Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino2,0100.010
Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapabago1,3100.010
Unaffiliated348,2811.424
Independent834,9343.422
Party-list seats[lower-alpha 1]51
Total24,444,398100.00257
Valid votes24,444,39883.47
Invalid/blank votes4,841,37716.53
Total votes29,285,775100.00
Registered voters/turnout33,873,66586.46
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[3] and Teehankee[4]
  1. Only 14 were seated in the party-list election.
Vote share
Lakas
 
 49.01%
LAMMP
 
 26.68%
LP
 
 7.25%
NPC
 
 4.08%
Reporma
 
 3.95%
PROMDI
 
 2.40%
Others
 
 4.65%
District seats
Lakas
 
 53.88%
LAMMP
 
 26.70%
LP
 
 7.28%
NPC
 
 4.37%
Reporma
 
 1.94%
PROMDI
 
 1.94%
Others
 
 3.89%

Party-list election

There were 52 seats for sectoral representatives that were contested. Each party has to get 2% of the national vote to win one seat; they would win an additional seat for every 2% of the vote, up to the maximum three seats. Only 14 party-list representatives were elected under this rule, leaving 38 unfilled seats. Eventually, the "2–4–6%" rule was ruled as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court on October 6, 2000 on the case Veterans Federation Party, et. al. vs. COMELEC.[5] Despite this ruling, no additional seats were awarded to any party-lists.

PartyVotes%Seats
Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives503,4875.502
Alyansang Bayanihan ng mga Magsasaka, Manggagawang Bukid at Mangingisda321,6463.511
Alagad312,5003.411
Veterans Federation Party304,9023.331
Probinsya Muna Development Initiative255,1842.791
Adhikain at Kilusan ng Ordinaryong Tao Para sa Lupa, Pabahay, Hanapbuhay at Kaunlaran239,0422.611
National Federation of Small Coconut Farmers Organization238,3032.601
Abanse! Pinay235,5482.571
Akbayan232,3762.541
Luzon Farmers Party215,6432.361
Sanlakas194,6172.131
Cooperative NATCCO Network Party189,8022.071
Philippine Coconut Producers Federation186,3882.041
Others5,725,87162.540
Total9,155,309100.0014
Valid votes9,155,30931.26
Invalid/blank votes20,130,46668.74
Total votes29,285,775100.00
Registered voters/turnout33,873,66586.46
Source: Supreme Court (October 6, 2000). "G.R. No. 136781".
and Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook. Vol. 2: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

See also

References
  1. Quezon, Manuel III (2007-06-06). "An abnormal return to normality". PCIJ.org. Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  2. "The Party-List System in the Philippines".
  3. Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook. Vol. 2: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford: Oxford University Press..
  4. Teehankee, Julio (2002). "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). In Croissant, Aurel (ed.). Electoral Politics in Southeast and East Asia. Singapore: Fiedrich-Ebert-Siftung. pp. 149–202 – via quezon.ph.
  5. Supreme Court (October 6, 2000). "G.R. No. 136781". Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  • Paras, Corazon L. (2000). The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. Giraffe Books. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
  • Pobre, Cesar P. (2000). Philippine Legislature 100 Years. Philippine Historical Association. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.
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