1992 Philippine Senate election

The 1992 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 24th election to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on Monday, May 11, 1992. This was the first general election (where all positions were contested) under the 1987 Philippine Constitution. An estimated 80,000 candidates ran for 17,000 posts, from the presidency all the way down to municipal councilors.

The Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) got a large share in the Senate race. TV personality and former Quezon City Vice Mayor Tito Sotto got the highest number of votes.

Electoral system

Philippine Senate elections are via pluraity block voting, with staggered elections, with the entire country as an at-large "district". Each voter has 24 votes, and can vote for up to 24 candidates.

Under the transitory provisions of the Philippine constitution, all 24 senators were elected in this election. The first 12 senators who garnered the highest votes would have a six-year term while the next 12 senators would also have a three-year term. For purposes of term limits, each term counts as 1 term regardless of length.

Political parties in 1992

As this was as held concurrently with the 1992 presidential election, presidential candidates also presented senatorial slates. Six of seven slates had 24 candidates, while one has 16.

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 (Koalisyong Pambansa)
NP: Nacionalista Party
KBL: Kilusang Bagong Lipunan
PRP: People's Reform Party

Candidates

As the Senate elections were held with the presidential election, all 7 presidential candidates put up senatorial tickets. These were as follows:

{| class="wikitable"

! colspan=2| Party

!Presidential candidate

!Vice presidential candidate

!Number of candidates

|colspan=1 bgcolor=|

|Kilusang Bagong Lipunan

|Imelda Marcos

|Vicente Magsaysay

|24

|colspan=1 bgcolor=|

|Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino

|Ramon Mitra Jr.

|Marcelo Fernan

|24

|colspan=1 bgcolor=|

|Lakas–NUCD

|Fidel V. Ramos

|Lito Osmeña

|24

|colspan=1 bgcolor=yellow|

|Liberal Party–PDP–Laban (Koalisyong Pambansa)

|Jovito Salonga

|Nene Pimentel

|23

|colspan=1 bgcolor=|

|Nationalist People's Coalition

|Danding Cojuangco

|Joseph Estrada

|24

|colspan=1 bgcolor=|

|People's Reform Party

|Miriam Defensor Santiago

|Ramon Magsaysay Jr.

|16

|colspan=1 bgcolor=|

|Nacionalista Party

|Salvador Laurel

|Eva Estrada Kalaw

|24

These were the following tickets:

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

|+Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (Marcos-Magsaysay) ticket

|colspan=4 bgcolor=|

!width=120px|Name !!width=120px|Name

|Simeon Alejandro

|Rod Navarro

|James Barbers

|Benjamin Nuega

|Rommel Corro

|Arturo Padua

|Alfredo de Gracia

|Salvador Panelo

|Jaime Echeverria

|Augusto Pangan, Sr.

|Louie Garchitorena

|Leonora Petines

|Alfredo Lamen

|Vicente Piccio

|Pacifico Lopez de Leon

|Josephus Ramas

|Oliver Lozano

|Rafael Recto

|Abdul Sarip Macmod

|Jose Tumbokon

|Jesus Martinez

|Elpidio Valera

|Madrino Muñoz

|Johnny Wilson

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

|+Koalisyong Pambansa (Salonga-Pimentel) ticket

|bgcolor=yellow colspan=4|

!width=120px|Name !!width=120px|Name

|Florencio Abad

|Oscar Morado

|Macapanton Abbas

|Ceferino Padua, Jr. (withdraw)

|Miguel Acebedo

|Nemesio Prudente

|Gerardo del Mundo

|Wilfredo Rafols

|Florangel Rosario-Braid

|Ruperto Martin

|Jesus Antonio M. Carpio Sr

|Reynaldo San Juan

|Raul Contreras

|Ponciano Subido

|Elfren Cruz

|Ramon Tagle, Jr.

|Camilo Diel

|Wigberto Tañada

|Genaro Mabasa

|Lorna Verano Yap

|Ramon Garcia

|Victor Ziga

|Alfredo Zerrudo

|Melchor Chavez (disqualified)

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

|+Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (Mitra-Fernan) ticket

|colspan=4 bgcolor=|

!width=120px|Name !!width=120px|Name

|Heherson Alvarez

|Leonor Luciano

|Wencelito Andanar

|Orlando S. Mercado

|Edgardo Angara

|Narciso Monfort

|Butz Aquino

|Blas Ople

|Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

|Carlos M. Padilla

|Rodolfo Biazon

|Ramon Revilla, Sr.

|Jose S. Concepcion, Jr.

|Raul Roco

|Neptali Gonzales

|Alberto Romulo

|Teofisto Guingona, Jr.

|Tito Sotto

|Rodrigo Gutang

|Mamintal Tamano

|Ernesto Herrera

|Ramon Villarama

|Jose Lina, Jr.

|Freddie Webb

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

|+Lakas–NUCD (Ramos-Osmeña) ticket

|colspan=4 bgcolor=|

!width=120px|Name !!width=120px|Name

|Sanchez Ali

|Conrado Manicad

|Adolfo Azcuna

|Manuel Morato

|Silvestre Bello III

|Aurelio Periquet

|Alfredo Bengzon

|Eduardo Pilapil

|Israel Bocobo

|Leonardo Quisumbing

|Guillermo Carague

|Santanina Rasul

|Francisco Chavez

|Jose Villegas

|Jaime Cura

|Jose V. Romero Jr.

|Marietta P. Goco

|Leticia Ramos-Shahani

|Tomas Gomez III

|Francisco Sumulong

|Ramon Jacinto

|Ruben Torres

|Jose Lopez

|Arsenio Yulo

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

|+Nacionalista Party (Laurel-Kalaw) ticket

|colspan=4 bgcolor=|

!width=120px|Name !!width=120px|Name

|Edgardo Abenina

|Sotero Laurel

|Homobono Adaza

|Horacio Marasigan

|Marcelino Arias

|Ramon Maronilla

|Roger Arienda

|Steve Osmeña

|Edgar Ilarde

|Roger Panotes

|Ramon Orosa

|Datu Ray Ibrahim Uy

|Vincent Crisologo

|Hjalmar Quintana

|Nora Daza

|Norberto Romualdez III

|Wilson Gamboa

|Dorotheo Salazar

|Crisostomo Vitug

|Mariano Santiago

|Amado Gat Inciong

|Bonifacio Tupaz

|Antonio Fa. Muyot

|Gonzalo Villa

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

|+Nationalist People's Coalition (Cojuangco-Estrada) ticket

|colspan=4 bgcolor=|

!width=120px|Name !!width=120px|Name

|Blo Umpar Adiong

|Mario Leviste

|Alexander Aguirre

|Felix Brawner Jr.

|Ruben Ancheta

|Ernesto Maceda

|Manuel Barcelona Jr.

|Estelito Mendoza

|Jerry Barican

|Vicente Rivera Jr.

|Julio Cesar Climaco

|John Henry Osmeña

|Nikki Coseteng

|Jose Tamayo

|Gerry Espina

|Jesus Paredes

|Alex Fider

|Elsa Payumo

|Gerry Geronimo

|Rufus Rodriguez

|Vivian Hultman

|Francisco Tatad

|Katrina Legarda-Santos

|Arturo Tolentino

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

|+People's Reform Party (Santiago-Magsaysay) ticket

|colspan=4 bgcolor=|

!width=120px|Name !!width=120px|Name

|Fortunato Abat

|Antonio Leviste

|Cris Abasolo

|Abdullah Abe Madale

|Carlos Cajelo

|Jaime Muyargas

|Dominico Casas

|Antonio Policarpio

|Jose Cordova

|Mariano Reyes

|Dante de Guzman

|Jonathan Rivera

|Renato Ecarma

|Efren Sumajit

|Melchor Ines

|Albert D. Umali

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

|+Partido ng Masang Pilipino ticket

|bgcolor=|

!width=120px|Name

|Conrado Leonardo

|Jovencio Kintanar

|Rolando Quintos

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

|+Independents

|bgcolor=|

!width=120px|Name

|Juanito Arribas

|Miguel Lopez Jr.

Retiring incumbents

Joseph Estrada (NPC), ran for Vice President of the Philippines and won
Vicente Paterno (PDP–Laban), retired from politics
Aquilino Pimentel Jr. (PDP–Laban), ran for Vice President of the Philippines and lost, ran for senator in 1995 and lost, ran again in 1998 and won
Juan Ponce Enrile (Nacionalista), ran for representative from Cagayan's 1st district and won; ran for senator in 1995 and won
Rene Saguisag (Liberal), originally promised to run for just one term; retired from politics
Jovito Salonga (Liberal), ran for President of the Philippines and lost

Mid-term vacancies

Raul Manglapus, appointed as Secretary of Foreign Affairs

Results

The Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) winning 16 seats, the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) winning five, the Lakas-NUCD winning two, and the Liberal Party winning one.

These were the incumbents who won: Lakas's Leticia Ramos-Shahani and Nina Rasul, LDP's Heherson Alvarez, Edgardo Angara, Butz Aquino, Neptali Gonzales, Teofisto Guingona Jr., Ernesto Herrera, Joey Lina, Orlando S. Mercado, and Alberto Romulo, Liberal's Wigberto Tañada, and NPC's John Henry Osmeña and Ernesto Maceda,

Neophyte senators were LDP's Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Rodolfo Biazon, Blas Ople, Ramon Revilla Sr., Raul Roco, Tito Sotto and Freddie Webb, and NPC's Nikki Coseteng.

Returning was Arturo Tolentino, who last served in the Senate in 1971.

Incumbents who were defeated were LDP's Mamintal A.J. Tamano, Liberal's Victor Ziga, and Nacionalista's Sotero Laurel.

For purposes of counting of terms the three-year terms of those that finished 13th to 24th in this election count as one term, just as those who have six-year terms

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"

!Before election

| bgcolor="" |‡

| bgcolor="" |

| bgcolor="" |‡

| bgcolor="" |

| ‡^

| colspan="25" |

!Election result

| colspan="16" bgcolor="" |

| colspan="2" bgcolor="" |Lakas

| bgcolor=""|LP

| colspan="5" bgcolor="" |Nationalist People's Coalition|

!After election

| bgcolor="" |

| bgcolor="" |√

| bgcolor="" |

!Senate bloc

| colspan=23 bgcolor="" |

| bgcolor="" |

|}Key:

‡ Seats up
+ Gained by a party from another party
√ Held by the incumbent
* Held by the same party with a new senator
^ Vacancy

Per candidate

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.

1992 Philippine Senate election

Electoral system

Political parties in 1992

Candidates

Retiring incumbents

Mid-term vacancies

Results

Per candidate

Per party

Defeated incumbents

See also

References

External links