1987 Philippine Senate election

The 1987 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 23rd election to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on Monday, May 11, 1987. The Philippine Senate was re-instituted following the approval of a new constitution in 1987 restoring the bicameral Congress of the Philippines; earlier, a constitution was approved in 1973 that created a unicameral Batasang Pambansa (parliament) that replaced the bicameral Congress. The last Senate election prior to this was the 1971 election.

1987 Philippine Senate election

May 11, 1987
All 24 seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority
Leader Jovito Salonga Juan Ponce Enrile Party Liberal Nacionalista Alliance LABAN GAD Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Seats won 22 2 Popular vote 243,431,395 99,754,162 Percentage 64.9% 26.6%
Senate President before election Abolished Last held by: Gil Puyat Nacionalista Elected Senate President Jovito Salonga Liberal

The Lakas ng Bayan Coalition (LABAN) got 64.9% of the vote but won 22 out of 24 seats in the Senate; only two candidates from the Grand Alliance for Democracy won: former Secretary of National Defense Juan Ponce Enrile and San Juan Mayor Joseph Estrada, despite getting 26.6% of the vote.

Background

After Marcos was ousted in the People Power Revolution in 1986, his political party, the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, was fragmented. Almost all its members including Assemblymen Arturo Tolentino, Jose Rono, Nicanor Yniquez, Cesar Virata who were coming from the Nacionalista Party among others were orphaned.

On the other hand, the Aquino coalition took all positions in the Ministry/Cabinet. Most notable were Prime Minister Salvador Laurel, Local Government Minister Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and Executive Secretary Joker Arroyo

The Lakas ng Bayan (LABAN) consists of the PDP–Laban headed by Local Government Minister Nene Pimentel, the Lakas ng Bansa party headed by Assemblyman Ramon Mitra, the UNIDO, the Liberal Party headed by Senator Jovito Salonga, the National Union of Christian Democrats headed by Raul Manglapus, the Bayang Nagkakaisa sa Diwa at Layunin headed by Butz Aquino, Panaghusia and other pro-Cory regional parties

The GAD consists of the faction of the KBL headed by Assemblyman Arturo Tolentino, the Jose Roy faction of the Nacionalista Party headed by Renato Cayetano, the pre-1986 opposition leaders who defected from Aquino headed by Senator Eva Estrada-Kalaw, the Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas headed by Former Labor Minister Blas Ople, the Mindanao Alliance, the Muslim Federal Party and the Christian Social Democratic Party.

UPP-KBL coalition is composed of Pro-Marcos forces.

Major Senatorial Candidates

Administration coalition Lakas ng Bayan Party and Coalition Heherson Alvarez UNIDO Edgardo Angara Independent (politician) Agapito Aquino BANDILA Arthur Defensor UNIDO Neptali Gonzales UNIDO Teofisto Guingona Jr. Liberal Ernesto Herrera Liberal Sotero H. Laurel UNIDO Jose Lina Jr. UNIDO Ernesto Maceda PDP–Laban Raul Manglapus NUCD-UMDP Orlando S. Mercado Liberal Vicente Paterno UNIDO John Henry Osmena LABAN-Liberal Aquilino Pimentel Jr. PDP–Laban Santanina Rasul Liberal Alberto Romulo UNIDO Rene Saguisag Liberal Augusto Sanchez UNIDO Jovito Salonga Liberal Leticia Ramos-Shahani UNIDO Mamintal Tamano UNIDO Wigberto Tañada Liberal Victor Ziga Liberal

Main opposition coalition Grand Alliance for Democracy Party and Coalition Firdausi Smail Abbas Muslim Federal Party Homobono Adaza Mindanao Alliance Alejandro Almendras KBL Abul Khayr Alonto^1 UNIDO Juan Ponce Enrile Nacionalista Joseph Estrada Nacionalista Rene Espina^1 UNIDO Wilson Gamboa^1 UNIDO Romeo Jalosjos Nacionalista Eva Estrada-Kalaw^1 UNIDO Wenceslao Lagumbay Nacionalista Vicente Magsaysay KBL Jeremias Montemayor KBL Edith Nakpil-Rabat KBL Blas Ople KBL Rafael Palmares Nacionalista Zosimo Jesus Paredes II KBL Vicente Puyat KBL Isidro Rodriguez Nacionalista Roilo Golez Independent Lorenzo Teves KBL Arturo Tolentino KBL Fernando Veloso KBL Francisco Tatad Independent (politician) ^1 defected from President Aquino

Other notable candidates

Union for Peace and Progress–Kilusang Bagong Lipunan Vicente Abanggan Arnold Caoile Edilberto del Valle Concordio Diel Joseph Estrada* Wenceslao Lagumbay* Macabangkit Lanto Pacifico Lopez de Leon Casimiro Madarang Vicente Magsaysay* Mel Mathay Precy Mathay Vicente Millora Edith Nakpil-Rabat* Ed Panelo Leonardo Perez Rafael Recto Isidro Rodriguez* Nilo Tayag Lorenzo Teves* Arturo Tolentino* Joaquin Venus Nicanor Yñiguez *Guest candidate

Partido ng Bayan Crispin Beltran Jose Burgos Bernabe Buscayno Romeo Capulong Horacio Morales Nelia Sancho Jaime Tadeo

Independent Antonio Raquiza Rodolfo Fariñas Ramon Fernandez Manuel Manahan Elly Pamatong Ramon Revilla Sr.

Results

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Seats	22 2
Votes	64.9% 24.6%

Tally of votes

 Summary of the May 11, 1987, Philippine Senate election result

Rank	Candidate	Coalition	Party		Votes	%
1	Jovito Salonga	LABAN		Liberal	12,988,360	57.1%
2	Agapito Aquino	LABAN		BANDILA	12,426,432	54.6%
3	Orlando S. Mercado	LABAN		Liberal	11,901,673	52.3%
4	John Henry Osmeña	LABAN		Liberal	11,299,102	49.7%
5	Edgardo Angara	LABAN		Independent	11,288,407	49.6%
6	Alberto Romulo	LABAN		UNIDO	11,119,193	48.9%
7	Leticia Ramos-Shahani	LABAN		UNIDO	11,089,340	48.8%
8	Rene Saguisag	LABAN		Liberal	10,871,850	47.8%
9	Neptali Gonzales	LABAN		UNIDO	10,855,796	47.7%
10	Joey Lina	LABAN		UNIDO	10,679,150	47.0%
11	Wigberto Tañada	LABAN		Liberal	10,420,831	45.8%
12	Heherson Alvarez	LABAN		UNIDO	10,288,113	45.2%
13	Sotero Laurel	LABAN		UNIDO	10,278,729	45.2%
14	Joseph Estrada	GAD		Nacionalista	10,029,978	44.1%
15	Teofisto Guingona Jr.	LABAN		Liberal	9,957,591	43.8%
16	Raul Manglapus	LABAN		NUCD	9,910,244	43.6%
17	Vicente Paterno	LABAN		PDP–Laban	9,647,680	42.4%
18	Victor San Andres Ziga	LABAN		Liberal	9,489,132	41.7%
19	Ernesto Maceda	LABAN		PDP–Laban	9,381,682	41.3%
20	Aquilino Pimentel Jr.	LABAN		PDP–Laban	9,042,696	39.8%
21	Ernesto Herrera	LABAN		Liberal	8,474,297	37.3%
22	Mamintal Tamano	LABAN		UNIDO	8,102,231	35.6%
23	Santanina Rasul	LABAN		Liberal	7,966,882	35.0%
24	Juan Ponce Enrile	GAD		Nacionalista	7,964,966	35.0%
25	Augusto Sanchez	LABAN		UNIDO	7,891,932	34.7%
26	Arturo Defensor	LABAN		UNIDO	7,865,702	34.6%
27	Eva Estrada-Kalaw	GAD		UNIDO	6,922,810	30.4%
28	Vicente Puyat	GAD		Nacionalista	6,859,307	30.2%
29	Alejandro Almendras	GAD		Nacionalista	6,317,107	27.8%
30	Blas Ople	GAD		KBL	5,736,911	25.2%
31	Arturo Tolentino	GAD		KBL	5,725,189	25.2%
32	Vicente Magsaysay	GAD		KBL	5,500,447	24.2%
33	Ramon Revilla Sr.			Independent	5,203,982	22.9%
34	Rene Espina	GAD		UNIDO	5,107,313	22.5%
35	Francisco Tatad	GAD		Independent	4,743,678	20.9%
36	Homobono Adaza	GAD		Mindanao Alliance	4,657,782	20.6%
37	Roilo Golez	GAD		Independent	4,657,782	20.5%
38	Rafael Recto	KBL		KBL	3,277,088	14.4%
39	Romeo Jalosjos	GAD		Nacionalista	3,131,226	13.8%
40	Wilson Gamboa	GAD		UNIDO	2,450,523	10.8%
41	Isidro Rodriguez	GAD		Nacionalista	2,326,937	10.2%
42	Wenceslao Lagumbay	GAD		Nacionalista	2,168,086	9.5%
43	Abul Khayr Alonto	GAD		UNIDO	1,998,261	8.8%
44	Rafael Palmares	GAD		Nacionalista	1,974,023	8.7%
45	Lorenzo Teves	GAD		KBL	1,790,962	7.9%
46	Zosimo Jesus Paredes II	GAD		KBL	1,786,271	7.9%
47	Rodolfo Fariñas	KBL		KBL	1,668,147	7.3%
48	Fernando Veloso	GAD		KBL	1,660,100	7.3%
49	Edith Rabat	GAD		KBL	1,655,065	7.3%
50	Leonardo Perez	KBL		KBL	1,559,353	6.9%
51	Jeremias Montemayor	GAD		KBL	1,522,413	6.7%
52	Salvador Britanico	KBL		KBL	1,501,159	6.6%
53	Nicanor Yñiguez	KBL		KBL	1,429,910	6.3%
54	Firdausi Smail Abbas	GAD		Muslim Federal Party	1,372,920	6.0%
Total turnout					22,739,995	85.6%
Total votes					375,004,620	Voters x 12
Registered voters					26,569,539	100.0%
Note: a total of 84 candidates ran for senator.					Source:[1]

Per party

Party/coalition		Votes	%	Seats won	%
	LABAN || 243,431,395 || 64.9% || 22 || 91.7%
	GAD || 99,754,162 || 26.6% || 2 || 8.3%
	KBL || 16,356,441 || 4.4% || 0 || 0.0%
	Partido ng Bayan	8,532,855	2.3%	0	0.0%
	Independent || 6,874,428 || 1.8% || 0 || 0.0%
	Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas	55,519	0.0%	0	0.0%
Valid votes		375,004,620	—	24	100.0%
Turnout		22,739,995	85.6
Registered voters		26,569,539	100.0%
Source: "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-10.

See also

• Commission on Elections
• 8th Congress of the Philippines

References

1. Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos Jr. (2001). Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz and Christof Hartmann (ed.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific Vol. II. Oxford University Press. pp. 185–230. ISBN 0199249598.

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections
• Official website of the House of Representatives
• G.R. No. 83767 October 27, 1988