1987 Philippine House of Representatives elections

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

Party Vote % Seats +/– LnB 17.48 24 +24 PDP–Laban 17.32 43 +37 UNIDO 12.80 19 −16 Liberal 10.46 16 +16 Nacionalista 7.19 4 +2 KBL 4.10 11 −99 PnB 1.63 2 +2 GAD 1.34 2 +2 LABAN 1.24 1 +1 Coalitions/others 13.19 55 +38 Independent 13.25 23 +17 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Speaker before Speaker after Nicanor Yñiguez KBL Ramon Mitra Jr. LnB

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.

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.

Electoral system

The House of Representatives shall have not more than 250 members, unless otherwise fixed by law, of which 20% shall be elected via the party-list system, while the rest are elected via congressional districts. In lieu of an enabling law in regards to the party-list system, sectoral representatives shall continued to be appointed by the president just like previously in the Batasang Pambansa for the first three congresses from the enactment of the constitution, which includes this congress.

In this election, there are 200 seats voted via first-past-the-post in single-member districts. Each province, and a city with a population of 250,000, is guaranteed a seat, with more populous provinces and cities divided into two or more districts.

Congress has the power of redistricting three years after each census.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Lakas ng Bansa	3,510,638	17.48	24	New
	PDP–Laban	3,477,958	17.32	43	+49
	United Nationalist Democratic Organization	2,570,876	12.80	19	−16
	Liberal Party	2,101,575	10.46	16	New
	Nacionalista Party	1,444,399	7.19	4	+2
	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	823,676	4.10	11	−99
	Partido ng Bayan	328,215	1.63	2	New
	Grand Alliance for Democracy	268,156	1.34	2	New
	Lakas ng Bayan	248,489	1.24	1	New
	Coalitions/others	2,648,719	13.19	55	+38
	Independent	2,660,894	13.25	23	+17
Appointed seats				14	+11
Total		20,083,595	100.00	214	+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.

See also

• 8th Congress of the Philippines
• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections

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.