Philippine Senate election, 1992

Philippine Senate election, 1992

May 11, 1992

All 24 seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Neptali Gonzales Ernesto Maceda Party LDP NPC Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Seats before 6 0 Seats after 16 5 Seat change 10 5 Popular vote 124,399,291 48,956,459 Percentage 45.0 17.7   Third party Fourth party   Leader Leticia Ramos-Shahani Wigberto Tañada Party Lakas Liberal Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Seats before 0 9 Seats after 2 1 Seat change 2 8 Popular vote 48,658,631 19,158,013 Percentage 17.6 6.9

Senate President before election Neptali Gonzales LDP Elected Senate President Neptali Gonzales LDP

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The senatorial election was held in the Philippines on May 11, 1992. This was the first general election (where all positions are contested) under the 1987 Philippine Constitution. An estimated 80,000 candidates ran for 17,000 posts from the presidency down to municipal councilors.

Under the transitory provisions of the Philippine constitution, 24 senators were elected in this election. The first 12 senators who garnered the highest votes would have a 6 six-year term while the next 12 senators would have a 3-year term. Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) got a large share in the Senate race. TV personality and Former Quezon City Vice Mayor Vicente Sotto III (also known as Tito Sotto) got the highest number of votes.

Candidates

These are the following tickets:

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Result

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Tally of votes

The first 12 elected candidates were to serve from June 30, 1992 until June 30, 1998 while the following 12 elected candidates were to serve from June 30, 1992 until June 30, 1995.

Per party

Political Parties in 1992

• LDP - Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino
• Lakas-NUCD - Lakas Tao–National Union of Christian Democrats
• NPC - Nationalist People's Coalition
• LP-PDP-LABAN - Liberal Party–Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan
• NP - Nacionalista Party
• KBL - Kilusang Bagong Lipunan
• PRP - People's Reform Party

See also

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections
• President of the Philippines
• 9th Congress of the Philippines

References

External links

• The Philippine Presidency Project
• Official website of the Commission on Elections
• Official website of the House of Representatives

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