1998 Philippine House of Representatives elections
1998 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Congressional district elections
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Party-list election
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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]
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
Party Votes % Seats Lakas–NUCD–UMDP 11,981,024 49.01 111 Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino 6,520,744 26.68 55 Liberal Party 1,773,124 7.25 15 Nationalist People's Coalition 998,239 4.08 9 Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma 966,653 3.95 4 Probinsya Muna Development Initiative 586,954 2.40 4 PDP–Laban 134,331 0.55 0 Aksyon Demokratiko 106,843 0.44 1 Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino 47,273 0.19 0 Ompia Party 46,462 0.19 1 People's Reform Party 38,640 0.16 0 Kilusang Bagong Lipunan 35,522 0.15 0 Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas 8,850 0.04 0 Lapiang Manggagawa 8,792 0.04 0 Nacionalista Party 4,412 0.02 0 Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino 2,010 0.01 0 Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapabago 1,310 0.01 0 Unaffiliated 348,281 1.42 4 Independent 834,934 3.42 2 Party-list seats[a] 51 Total 24,444,398 100.00 257 Valid votes 24,444,398 83.47 Invalid/blank votes 4,841,377 16.53 Total votes 29,285,775 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 33,873,665 86.46 Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[3] and Teehankee[4]
^ 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.
Party Votes % Seats Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives 503,487 5.50 2 Alyansang Bayanihan ng mga Magsasaka, Manggagawang Bukid at Mangingisda 321,646 3.51 1 Alagad 312,500 3.41 1 Veterans Federation Party 304,902 3.33 1 Probinsya Muna Development Initiative 255,184 2.79 1 Adhikain at Kilusan ng Ordinaryong Tao Para sa Lupa, Pabahay, Hanapbuhay at Kaunlaran 239,042 2.61 1 National Federation of Small Coconut Farmers Organization 238,303 2.60 1 Abanse! Pinay 235,548 2.57 1 Akbayan 232,376 2.54 1 Luzon Farmers Party 215,643 2.36 1 Sanlakas 194,617 2.13 1 Cooperative NATCCO Network Party 189,802 2.07 1 Philippine Coconut Producers Federation 186,388 2.04 1 Coalition of Associations of Senior Citizens in the Philippines 143,444 1.57 0 Others 5,582,427 60.97 0 Total 9,155,309 100.00 14 Valid votes 9,155,309 31.26 Invalid/blank votes 20,130,466 68.74 Total votes 29,285,775 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 33,873,665 86.46 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
^ 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 .
^ "The Party-List System in the Philippines" .
^ 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. .
^ 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.
^ Supreme Court (October 6, 2000). "G.R. No. 136781" . Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2017 .