Opinion polling for the 2016 Philippine Senate election

In most polls (surveys) for the Senate, a respondent is given the option to give up to 12 names.

Voting preferences per candidate

In this table, the people that are in the top twelve are boldfaced, while those within the margin of error are italicized.

Until filing of candidacies

Name and party		Date	Jun 24–Jul 2, 2014	Sep 8–15, 2014	Nov 14–20, 2014	Mar 1–7, 2015	May 30–Jun 7, 2015	Sep 2–5, 2015
		Pollster	Pulse Asia[1]	Pulse Asia[2]	Pulse Asia[3]	Pulse Asia[4]	Pulse Asia[5]	SWS[6]
		Sample size	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200
		Margin of error	±3%	±3%	±3%	±3%	±3%	±3%
Florencio Abad		Liberal	5.0	5.6	—	—	—	—
Benny Abante		UNA	—	—	1.9	—	—	—
Joseph Emilio Abaya		Liberal	—	—	3.5	3.0	4.7	4
Persida Acosta		Independent	—	—	10.1	7.5	—	2
Jose Rene Almendras		Liberal	2.7	1.5	—	—	2.9	—
Rafael Alunan		Independent	—	1.4	1.2	2.3	1.5	—
Kris Aquino		Independent	—	—	—	—	—	7
Baby Arenas		Liberal	—	—	1.5	3.3	3.1	—
Lito Atienza		Buhay	22.1	22.0	26.7	25.3	26.6	—
Robert "Ace" Barbers		Nacionalista	10.6	10.3	—	—	—	—
Herbert Bautista		Liberal	32.3	—	—	—	—	—
Darlene Berberabe		Independent	—	—	0.7	2.2	0.7	—
Ruffy Biazon		Liberal	18.4	17.0	18.6	19.6	23.5	—
Abby Binay		UNA	—	—	—	—	26.8	—
Jejomar Binay		UNA	—	—	—	—	—	12
Teodoro Casiño		Makabayan	—	9.2	9.0	6.9	—	—
Lino Cayetano		Nacionalista	32.0	27.7	31.3	29.7	36.1	—
Arnold Clavio		Independent	—	7.9	11.4	8.1	—	—
Neri Colmenares		Makabayan	2.2	2.6	2.5	2.5	4.1	3
Miriam Coronel-Ferrer		Independent	—	—	—	—	1.1	—
Dingdong Dantes		Independent	11.5	11.1	12.8	13.0	15.2	6
Randy David		Independent	—	—	4.4	4.1	2.7	—
Rizalito David		Ang Kapatiran	—	—	—	—	—	1
Leila de Lima		Liberal	28.6	35.3	33.8	36.0	38.7	33
John Carlos de los Reyes		Ang Kapatiran	3.9	—	—	—	—	—
Jose Manuel Diokno		Independent	—	—	2.8	—	—	—
Franklin Drilon		Liberal	44.7	42.6	44.9	44.1	45.9	42
Ace Durano		Liberal	3.6	—	—	—	—	—
Rodrigo Duterte		PDP–Laban	—	—	—	—	39.2	—
Edgar Erice		Liberal	—	1.7	—	—	—	—
Leonardo Espina		Independent	—	—	—	—	—	2
Precy Estrada		Independent	—	—	—	—	16.5	—
Rodolfo Fariñas		Nacionalista	2.9	2.9	2.3	6.1	—	—
Janette Garin		Liberal	—	—	—	—	—	3
Win Gatchalian		NPC	5.0	3.2	8.1	5.8	5.3	10
Richard J. Gordon		Independent	45.1	45.9	42.9	35.5	39.7	29
TG Guingona		Liberal	30.8	23.5	31.8	29.8	28.1	23
Edward Hagedorn		Liberal	20.1	19.6	22.0	—	—	—
Mujiv Hataman		Liberal	3.0	2.6	3.1	2.9	3.0	—
Kim Henares		Independent	—	—	—	7.1	—	3
Ernesto Herrera		Independent	—	—	8.7	—	—	—
Risa Hontiveros		Akbayan	32.4	30.7	35.4	33.1	27.0	21
Lorna Kapunan		Aksyon	—	—	—	2.1	—	—
Princess Jacel Kiram		UNA	—	—	—	—	—	2
Panfilo Lacson		Independent	47.1	47.1	52.9	58.3	67.4	47
Rey Langit		UNA	—	—	4.3	3.8	—	—
Mark Lapid		Aksyon	18.1	15.6	18.2	27.6	22.7	—
Danilo Lim		Liberal	6.5	4.8	7.3	7.0	6.2	—
Joey Lina		Independent	—	—	5.1	—	—	—
Jun Lozada		Independent	4.3	—	4.1	3.9	—	—
Romulo Macalintal		Independent	—	—	2.6	—	—	—
Jamby Madrigal		Liberal	38.2	35.9	34.9	33.1	33.9	—
Edu Manzano		Independent	—	—	11.9	—	—	—
Mitos Magsaysay		UNA	23.2	20.6	21.5	18.9	—	—
Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.		Independent	43.8	47.2	40.5	47.2	54.2	40
Lani Mercado		Lakas	—	—	—	—	—	15
Alma Moreno		UNA	—	—	8.8	—	—	—
Isko Moreno		PMP	—	24.5	19.6	22.9	23.6	4
Sergio Osmeña III		Independent	37.4	35.4	37.8	36.0	41.2	28
Manny Pacquiao		UNA	25.6	31.3	21.9	29.5	37.6	30
Francis Pangilinan		Liberal	54.7	51.5	49.2	44.7	46.9	40
Jericho Petilla		Liberal	—	2.3	2.1	2.1	3.1	2
Gwendolyn Pimentel		PDP–Laban	18.9	16.8	—	—	—	—
Juan Ponce Enrile, Jr.		NPC	23.8	20.4	23.6	—	—	—
Manuel Quezon III		Independent	6.4	—	—	—	—	—
Miro Quimbo		Liberal	—	—	—	—	—	0.8
Amina Rasul		Independent	4.6	4.5	4.8	4.9	—	—
Ralph Recto		Liberal	52.7	44.1	45.1	43.9	47.6	43
Danton Remoto		Ladlad	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.4	—
Gilbert Remulla		UNA	11.0	11.7	11.3	8.7	7.4	—
Lani Revilla		Lakas	28.4	21.4	19.0	19.0	19.1	—
Leni Robredo		Liberal	15.2	20.6	12.4	9.6	13.1	23
Rufus Rodriguez		CDP	5.4	4.8	4.7	5.2	2.9	4
Martin Romualdez		Lakas	4.8	2.6	5.8	6.9	5.2	8
Bernadette Romulo-Puyat		Independent	—	0.8	—	—	—	—
Roman Romulo		Independent	—	3.3	4.4	3.2	3.3	3
Harry Roque		Independent	—	—	0.5	0.9	1.2	1
Etta Rosales		Akbayan	2.1	1.9	—	—	—	—
Mar Roxas		Liberal	47.0	47.6	—	—	—	—
Joey Salceda		Liberal	3.1	4.0	6.0	6.5	—	—
Vilma Santos		Liberal	—	44.5	—	—	—	18
Shalani Soledad		Liberal	8.9	8.7	—	—	—	—
Corazon Soliman		Independent	—	11.7	—	—	—	—
Tito Sotto		NPC	53.8	51.6	54.7	59.3	63.4	54
Lorenzo Tañada III		Liberal	4.2	4.0	6.4	6.6	6.7	—
Gilberto Teodoro, Jr.		Independent	—	—	—	—	—	3
"Niel Tupas" (unspecified)		Liberal	—	3.9	—	—	—	—
Niel Tupas, Jr.		Liberal	—	—	—	—	—	4
Francis Tolentino		Independent	12.2	9.7	14.2	15.6	17.8	10
Reynaldo Umali		Liberal	2.2	—	—	—	—	0.6
Luis Raymond Villafuerte		NPC	2.4	2.1	—	—	—	—
Mark Villar		Nacionalista	—	—	—	—	—	24
Joel Villanueva		Liberal	7.4	5.3	8.3	9.2	17.2	12
Juan Miguel Zubiri		Independent	42.2	41.5	45.5	40.2	43.9	32
Others		—	0.6	—	—	—	—	4
Don't know		—	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.4	0.1
Refused		—	0.3	0.4	0.3	1.0	0.6
None		—	1.8	1.0	3.6	2.1	0.1

Until the campaign period

Name and party		Date	Oct 25 to Nov 5, 2015	Nov 28, 2015	Dec 4-11, 2015	Dec 4-12, 2015	Dec 12-14, 2015	Jan 8-10, 2016	Jan 24–28, 2016	Feb 5–7, 2016
		Pollster	RMN	MBC-DZRH[7][8]	Pulse Asia [9]	Standard [10]	SWS [11]	SWS[12]	Pulse Asia[13]	SWS[14]
		Sample size	3,607	7,436	1,800	1,500	1,200	1,200	1,800	1,200
		Margin of error	±2.5%	±1.14%	±2%	±2.6%	±3%	±3%	±2%	±3%
Shariff Albani		Independent	—	—	—	—	—	01	—	—
Aldin Ali		Independent	—	—	—	05.00	—	01	—	—
Rafael Alunan		Independent	—	04.38	—	—	—	03	—	—
Ina Ambolodto		Liberal	—	02.56	—	—	—	00.8	—	—
Aladon Ampatuan		Independent	—	03.53	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tonyboy Aquino		Independent	—	12.4	—	—	—	—	08.6	—
Levito Baligod		Independent	—	01.90	—	—	—	—	—	—
Greco Belgica		Independent	—	02.29	—	—	—	00.8	—	—
Walden Bello		Independent	—	03.17	—	—	—	02	—	—
Sandra Cam		PMP	—	02.39	—	—	—	02	—	—
Melchor Chavez		PMM	—	—	—	06.00	—	08	07.5	—
Neri Colmenares		Makabayan	07.94	09.48	—	07.00	—	06	17.1	—
Leila de Lima		Liberal	34.91	36.27	46.80	40.00	35.00	33	48.6	35
Franklin Drilon		Liberal	41.26	47.74	55.10	47.00	39.00	43	58.8	40
Mary Lou Estrada		KBL	—	—	15.90	—	12.00	—	—	—
Win Gatchalian		NPC	13.79	19.46	36.00	25.00	21.00	17	37.7	23
Richard J. Gordon		Independent	31.47	37.07	57.00	33.00	32.00	31	48.6	26
TG Guingona		Liberal	21.70	26.22	38.60	26.00	28.00	28	41.4	26
Rodrigo Gutang		Independent	—	02.27	—	—	—	—	—	—
Risa Hontiveros		Akbayan	29.16	33.81	35.70	28.00	26.00	28	41.1	27
Dante Jimenez		Independent	—	04.82	—	—	—	—	—	—
Lorna Kapunan		Aksyon	—	04.66	—	—	—	05	—	—
Princess Jacel Kiram		UNA	—	03.98	—	—	—	02	—	—
Panfilo Lacson		Independent	49.86	54.00	58.50	46.00	46.00	49	63.3	49
Razel Lagman		Independent	—	03.50	—	—	—	—	—	—
Rey Langit		UNA	06.60	10.72	—	05.00	—	05	—	—
Mark Lapid		Aksyon	24.97	21.18	20.90	19.00	19.00	19	27.2	19
Dante Liban		Independent	—	01.72	—	—	—	—	—	—
Romeo Maganto		Lakas	—	02.80	—	—	—	03	—	—
Edu Manzano		Independent	18.90	21.38	22.50	19.00	15.00	16	24.5	18
Allan Montaño		UNA	—	04.94	—	05.00	—	06	—	—
Ramon Montaño		Independent	—	04.57	—	—	—	—	—	—
Alma Moreno		UNA	08.88	11.04	—	12.00	13.00	11.1	11.8	—
Isko Moreno		PMP	14.10	18.64	19.20	20.00	30.00	28	24.5	—
Getulio Napeñas		UNA	—	03.12	—	—	—	03	—	—
Susan Ople		Nacionalista	06.33	10.12	—	06.00	—	09	09.1	—
Sergio Osmeña III		Independent	33.88	37.89	49.80	33.00	38.00	42	54.8	37
Manny Pacquiao		UNA	34.21	36.64	40.00	37.00	40.00	37	46.9	35
Cresente Paez		Independent	—	01.28	—	—	—	00.6	—	—
Samuel Pagdilao		Independent	—	03.06	—	—	—	02	—	—
Jovito Palparan		Independent	—	04.45	—	—	—	03	—	—
Francis Pangilinan		Liberal	43.62	43.33	54.50	48.00	56.00	46	65.6	42
Jericho Petilla		Liberal	06.88	05.34	—	—	—	03	07.4	—
Ralph Recto		Liberal	44.34	45.98	58.90	44.00	56.00	46	59.9	46
Martin Romualdez		Lakas	11.76	14.20	21.60	28.00	13.00	13	19.1	18
Roman Romulo		Independent	—	06.24	—	—	—	06	—	—
Tito Sotto		NPC	57.99	58.00	67.90	57.00	59.00	56	68.8	52
Francis Tolentino		Independent	13.24	17.76	23.50	12.00	24.00	19	23.7	19
Joel Villanueva		Liberal	14.04	19.24	29.40	17.00	20.00	19	31.1	22
Juan Miguel Zubiri		Independent	40.18	46.97	55.90	39.00	40.00	39	54.9	38
Others		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Don't know		—	08.15	—	—	—	—	03	—	—
Refused		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
None		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Campaign period

Name and party		Date	Feb 13, 2016	Feb 15-20, 2016	Feb 16-27, 2016	Feb 24-Mar 1, 2016	Mar 30–Apr 2, 2016
		Pollster	MBC-DZRH[15][16][17]	Pulse Asia[18]	Pulse Asia [19]	Standard [20] [21]	SWS[22]
		Sample size	7,572	1,800	5,200	3,000	1,500
		Margin of error	±1.13%	±2%	±1.4%	±1.8%	±3%
Shariff Albani		Independent	03.1	3.0	2.6	1
Aldin Ali		PMM	02.6	2.6	2.5	1
Rafael Alunan		Independent	03.2	3.9	3.1	2
Ina Ambolodto		Liberal	02.2	3.4	2.9	3
Gofredo Arquiza		Independent	02.5	1.0	2.2	1
Levito Baligod		Independent	02.3	1.3	1.9	1
Greco Belgica		Independent	02.3	0.9	1.8	1
Walden Bello		Independent	03.3	2.1	2.8	1
Sandra Cam		PMP	02.9	0.8	1.1	1
Melchor Chavez		PMM	08.6	6.4	8.1	4	6
Neri Colmenares		Makabayan	12.6	13.5	11.1	13	7
Leila de Lima		Liberal	38.1	45.3	35.1	30	31
Ray Dorona		Independent	02.9	0.6	1.0	1
Franklin Drilon		Liberal	41.2	52.4	46.5	36	45
Larry Gadon		KBL	04.6	1.9	4.1	3
Win Gatchalian		NPC	28.3	41.2	26.1	32	25
Richard J. Gordon		Independent	33.4	42.6	34.9	30	30
TG Guingona		Liberal	24.2	36.7	28.2	30	21
Risa Hontiveros		Akbayan	31.3	36.2	33.1	39	30
Eid Kabalu		Independent	01.9	2.0	1.5	1
Lorna Kapunan		Aksyon	04.8	5.0	3.9	3
Princess Jacel Kiram		UNA	03.0	2.4	2.3	2
Panfilo Lacson		Independent	53.0	60.2	44.9	36	37
Rey Langit		UNA	08.6	7.7	5.2	3
Mark Lapid		Aksyon	20.6	21.5	20.3	19	21
Dante Liban		Independent	02.4	1.2	1.2	1
Romeo Maganto		Lakas	03.3	2.8	3.2	2
Edu Manzano		Independent	21.8	17.1	19.3	12	16
Allan Montaño		UNA	04.8	3.5	4.8	3	7
Ramon Montaño		Independent	03.2	2.1	2.9	1
Alma Moreno		UNA	12.8	11.2	6.7	7	7
Isko Moreno		PMP	15.0	19.2	10.2	25	16
Getulio Napeñas		UNA	03.9	2.5	4.0	2
Susan Ople		Nacionalista	08.0	10.2	7.9	5
Sergio Osmeña III		Independent	33.6	43.7	36.3	25	30
Manny Pacquiao		UNA	37.9	34.8	33.2	30	31
Cresente Paez		Independent	02.1	0.7	0.8	0.4
Samuel Pagdilao		Independent	03.0	1.8	2.0	1
Jovito Palparan		Independent	03.7	2.8	2.4	2
Francis Pangilinan		Liberal	42.2	54.1	47.2	43	37
Jericho Petilla		Liberal	03.7	9.1	7.9	7	10
Ralph Recto		Liberal	43.4	53.4	43.5	43	30
Martin Romualdez		Lakas	17.4	22.0	20.6	31	22
Roman Romulo		Independent	05.8	6.5	5.9	4
Dionisio Santiago		Independent	04.0	5.3	6.2	3
Tito Sotto		NPC	51.0	63.6	50.6	50	42
Francis Tolentino		Independent	18.0	24.0	20.5	19	24
Diosdado Valeroso		Independent	02.1	0.8	1.1	1
Joel Villanueva		Liberal	27.7	39.1	28.5	36	28
Juan Miguel Zubiri		Independent	46.6	48.5	39.4	37	31
Others		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Don't know		—	—	0.8	—	—
Refused		—	—	0.1	—	—
None		—	—	1.4	7.8	7

Seats won

In this table, the first figure are seat totals within the top twelve; if a party has any of its members within the margin of error of the twelfth-placed candidate, it is denoted by the second figure inside the parenthesis. Parties that won the majority (7 or more) of the seats contested are boldfaced; those which had the plurality of seats are italicized.

Pollster	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	AKB	Lakas	LP	NP	NPC	PDP	UNA	Others	Ind.
2013 election	May 13, 2013	40.1 million	NA	0	0	1	3	1	0	3	2	2
Pulse Asia[1]	Jun 24–Jul 2, 2014	1,200	±3%	1	0 (1)	5 (2)	1 (1)	1	0	2	0	2 (1)
Pulse Asia[2]	Sep 8–15, 2014	1,200	±3%	0 (1)	0	6	1	1	0	2 (1)	0	2 (1)
Pulse Asia[3]	Nov 14–20, 2014	1,200	±3%	1	0	4 (1)	1 (1)	1	0	2	0	3
Pulse Asia[4]	Mar 1–7, 2015	1,200	±3%	1	0	4 (1)	1 (1)	1	0	2 (1)	0	3
Pulse Asia[5]	May 30–Jun 5, 2015	1,200	±3%	0	0	3 (1)	1 (1)	1	1	3	0	3
SWS[6]	Sep 2–5, 2015	1,200	±3%	0	0	3	2	1	0	3	0	3
MBC-DZRH[7][8]	Nov 28, 2015	7,436	±1.14%
Pulse Asia [9]	Dec 4–11, 2015	1,800	±2%
Standard [10]	Dec 4–13, 2015	1,500	±2.6%
SWS [11]	Dec 12–14, 2015	1,200	±3%
SWS[12]	Jan 8–10, 2016	1,200	±3%
Pulse Asia[13]	Jan 24–28, 2016	1,800	±2%

Senate composition

In this table, the first figure are seat totals within the top twelve; if a party has any of its members within the margin of error of the twelfth-placed candidate, it is denoted by the second figure inside the parenthesis. Parties that won the majority (13 or more) of the seats contested are boldfaced; those which had the plurality of seats are italicized.

Pollster	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	AKB	Lakas	LP	NP	NPC	PDP	UNA	Others	Ind.
2013 election	May 13, 2013	40.1 million	NA	0	2	4	5	2	1	5	2	3
Pulse Asia[1]	Jun 24–Jul 2, 2014	1,200	±3%	1	0 (1)	6 (2)	4 (1)	2	0	5	2	4 (1)
Pulse Asia[2]	Sep 8–15, 2014	1,200	±3%	0 (1)	0	7	4	2	0	5 (1)	2	4 (1)
Pulse Asia[3]	Nov 14–20, 2014	1,200	±3%	1	0	4 (1)	4 (1)	2	0	5	2	5
Pulse Asia[4]	Mar 1–7, 2015	1,200	±3%	1	0	5 (1)	4 (1)	2	0	5 (1)	2	5
Pulse Asia[5]	May 30–Jun 5, 2015	1,200	±3%	0	0	4 (1)	3 (1)	2	1	6	2	5
SWS[6]	Sep 2–5, 2015	1,200	±3%	0	0	4	5	2	0	6	2	5
MBC-DZRH[7][8]	Nov 28, 2015	7,436	±1.14%
Pulse Asia [9]	Dec 4–11, 2015	1,800	±2%
Standard [10]	Dec 4–13, 2015	1,500	±2.6%
SWS [11]	Dec 12–14, 2015	1,200	±3%
SWS[12]	Jan 8–10, 2016	1,200	±3%
Pulse Asia[13]	Jan 24–28, 2016	1,800	±2%

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