1992 Philippine House of Representatives elections

1992 Philippine House of Representatives elections

May 11, 1992

200 (of the 216) seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines 101 seats needed for a majority

Party Vote % Seats +/– LDP 33.73 86 +86 Lakas 21.20 41 +41 NPC 18.66 30 +30 LP–PDP 8.82 11 +11 Nacionalista 3.92 7 +3 KBL 2.35 3 −8 Coalitions/others 6.28 16 −39 Independent 5.04 6 −17 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Speaker before Speaker after Ramon Mitra Jr. LDP Jose de Venecia Jr. Lakas

Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on May 11, 1992. Held on the same day as the presidential election since incumbent president Corazon Aquino did not contest the election, the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) served as the de facto administration party; just as all House of Representative elections, the perceived party of the president won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives. However, Fidel V. Ramos of Lakas-NUCD won the presidential election; this caused most of the newly elected congressmen to abandon the LDP for Lakas-NUCD.

The elected representatives served in the 9th Congress from 1992 to 1995.

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.

Redistricting

Congress passed no redistricting bills for this election.

Results

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	6,286,922	33.73	New	86	New
	Lakas–NUCD	3,951,144	21.20	New	41	New
	Nationalist People's Coalition	3,478,780	18.66	New	30	New
	Koalisyong Pambansa	1,644,568	8.82	New	11	New
	Nacionalista Party	730,696	3.92	−3.27	7	+3
	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	438,577	2.35	−1.75	3	−8
	Coalitions	679,411	3.64	New	14	New
	Others	491,970	2.64	New	2	New
	Independent	938,558	5.04	−8.21	6	−17
Appointed seats					16	0
Total		18,640,626	100.00	–	216	+2
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann and Teehankee

Vote share LDP   33.73% Lakas   21.20% NPC   18.66% LP-PDP   8.82% Others   17.59%

District seats LDP   43.00% Lakas   20.50% NPC   15.00% LP-PDP   5.50% Others   16.00%

See also

• 9th Congress of the Philippines
• Rainbow Coalition (Philippines)

Notes

D. ^ Lakas ng Bansa, in which Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino originated from, won 24 seats last election.

E. ^ Due to Koalisyong Pambansa, seats won by Liberal Party and PDP–Laban last election were combined which totaled to 59 seats.

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.