1987 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Elections for the House of Representatives in the Philippines were held on May 11, 1987. This was the first legislative election since 1984, the first House of Representatives elections since 1969, and the first election since the People Power Revolution that overthrew president Ferdinand Marcos and brought Corazon Aquino to power after alleged election fraud by the former during the 1986 presidential election against the latter.

1987 Philippine House of Representatives elections
May 11, 1987
200 (of the 214) seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
101 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ramon Mitra Jr. Peping Cojuangco Jose Yap
Party LnB PDP–Laban UNIDO
Alliance LABAN LABAN LABAN
Leader's seat Palawan–2nd Tarlac–1st Tarlac–2nd
Last election new party 6 35
Seats won 24 43 19
Seat change Increase 24 Increase 37 Decrease 16
Popular vote 3,510,638 3,477,958 2,570,876
Percentage 17.48% 17.32% 12.80%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Raul Daza Rodolfo Albano
Party Liberal Nacionalista KBL
Alliance LABAN GAD GAD
Leader's seat Northern Samar–1st Isabela–1st
Last election 0 2 114C
Seats won 16 4 11
Seat change Increase 16 Increase 2 Decrease 103
Popular vote 2,101,575 1,444,399 823,676
Percentage 10.46% 7.19% 4.10%
Speaker before election

Nicanor Yñiguez
KBL

 Elected Speaker

Ramon Mitra Jr.
LnB

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Although no party surpassed 20% of the popular vote, candidates that ran under two or more parties won a quarter of the seats, followed by PDP–Laban and Lakas ng Bansa of subsequent speaker Ramon Mitra, Jr. that would later be the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino after some of the members of PDP–Laban defected. The Ferdinand Marcos loyalists either ran under the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, as independents, or found their way into the pro-Corazon Aquino parties. The pro-Aquino parties won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.

Under the provisions of the Constitution, the 8th Congress spanned for an unprecedented five years, from June 30, 1987 until June 30, 1992.

Results

The top bar represents seats won, while the bottom bar represents the proportion of votes received.

1 Partido ng Bayan: 1.63%
2 Sectoral seats: appointed
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Lakas ng Bansa3,510,63817.4824New
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan3,477,95817.3243+49
United Nationalist Democratic Organization2,570,87612.8019−16
Liberal Party2,101,57510.4616New
Nacionalista Party1,444,3997.194+2
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan823,6764.1011−99
Partido ng Bayan328,2151.632New
Grand Alliance for Democracy268,1561.342New
Lakas ng Bayan248,4891.241New
Coalitions/others2,648,71913.1955New
Independent2,660,89413.2523+17
Appointed seats14+11
Total20,083,595100.00214+14
Source: Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos (15 November 2001).
Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. ISBN 978-0-19-924959-6.
& Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph.

Note
C. ^ KBL Independents were absorbed by the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan. This led to the combination of their seats, giving them 114 seats.

See also

References
    • Paras, Corazon L. (2000). The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
    • Pobre, Cesar P. (2000). Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.
    • Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
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