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
LP Leader Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. Manuel Villar, Jr. 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 11 55 10 Popular vote 11,981,024 6,520,744 1,773,124 Percentage 49.01% 26.68% 7.25% Swing 8.35% 26.68% 5.39%
Speaker before election Jose de Venecia, Jr. Lakas Elected Speaker Manuel Villar, Jr. LAMMP

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

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

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District	PL
111 64 16 15	14
49.20% 30.77% 11.86% 7.25% Lakas-NUCD-UMDP LAMMP Others LP	. ^[1] ^[2]

No seats won in districts: 0.93% (first white bar)

¹ Party-lists with seats won: 37.46%

² Party-lists with no seats won: 62.54%

District elections

 Summary of the May 11, 1998 Philippine House of Representatives election results for representatives from congressional districts

Party			Popular vote			Seats won
			Total	%	Swing	Total	%	+/−
		Lakas (People Power–National Union of Christian Democrats–United Muslim Democrats of the Philippines)	11,981,024	49.01%	8.35%	111	53.88%	11
		KAMPI (Partner of the Free Filipino)	47,273	0.19%	0.19%	0	0.00%
Lakas-NUCD-UMDP coalition			12,028,297	49.20%	8.54%	111	53.88%	11
		LAMMP^A (Struggle of the Patriotic Filipino Masses)	6,520,744	26.68%	26.68%	55	26.70%	55
		NPC (Nationalist People's Coalition)	998,239	4.08%	8.11%	9	4.37%	13
		PMP (Party of the Filipino Masses)	2,010	0.01%	0.52%	0	0.00%	1
LAMMP coalition			7,520,993	30.77%	18.05%	64	31.07%	41
		Liberal (Liberal Party)	1,773,124	7.25%	5.39%	15	7.28%	10
		Reporma-LM^B (Party for Democratic Reforms–Workers' Party)	966,653	3.95%	3.95%	4	1.94%	4
		Lapiang Manggagawa (Workers' Party)	8,792	0.04%	0.50%	0	0.00%
Reporma-LM coalition			975,445	3.99%	Δ 3.45%	4	1.94%	Δ 4
		PROMDI (Provinces First Development Initiative)	586,954	2.40%	2.40%	4	1.94%	4
		PDP–Laban (Philippine Democratic Party–People's Power)	134,331	0.55%	0.13%	0	0.00%	1
		Aksyon (Democratic Action)	106,843	0.44%	0.44%	1	0.49%	1
		Ompia (Reform Party)	46,462	0.19%	0.19%	1	0.49%	1
		PRP (People's Reform Party)	38,640	0.16%	0.73%	0	0.00%
		KBL (New Society Movement)	35,522	0.15%	0.80%	0	0.00%	1
		PDSP (Philippine Democratic Socialist Party)	8,850	0.04%		0	0.00%
		Nacionalista (Nationalist Party)	4,412	0.02%	0.78%	0	0.00%	1
		Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapabago (National Renewal Movement)	1,310	0.01%	0.01%	0	0.00%
		Unaffiliated	348,281	1.42%	1.42%	4	1.94%	4
		Independent	834,934	3.42%	3.79%	2	0.97%	5
Total			24,444,398	100%		206	100%	2
Valid votes			24,444,398	83.47%
Invalid votes			4,841,377	16.53%
Total turnout			29,285,775	86.46%
Registered voters			33,873,665	100%
Notes: A. ^ Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino was the PMP/LDP/NPC coalition. B. ^ Partido ng Demokratikong Reporma-Lapiang Manggagawa was the Reporma/LM coalition.
Sources: Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos. Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific.

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.[3] Despite this ruling, no additional seats were awarded to any party-lists.

 Summary of the May 11, 1998 Philippine House of Representatives election results for party-list representatives

Party	Popular vote		Seats won
	Total	%
APEC	503,487	5.50%	2
ABA	321,646	3.51%	1
Alagad	312,500	3.41%	1
VFP	304,902	3.33%	1
PROMDI	255,184	2.79%	1
AKO	239,042	2.61%	1
SCFO	238,303	2.60%	1
Abanse! Pinay	235,548	2.57%	1
Akbayan	232,376	2.54%	1
Butil	215,643	2.36%	1
Sanlakas	194,617	2.13%	1
Coop-NATCCO	189,802	2.07%	1
COCOFED	186,388	2.04%	1
Others	5,725,871	62.54%	0
Total	9,155,309	100%	14
Valid votes	9,155,309	31.26%
Invalid votes	20,130,466	68.74%
Total turnout	29,285,775	86.46%
Registered voters	33,873,665	100%
Sources: Supreme Court (October 6, 2000). "G.R. No. 136781". & Nohlen; Grotz; Hartmann; Hassall; Santos. Elections in Asia and the Pacific: Vol II: South East Asia.

See also

• 11th Congress of the Philippines

References

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3. Supreme Court (October 6, 2000). "G.R. No. 136781". Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2017.

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