1992 Philippine Senate election
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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:
| Party | Presidential candidate | Vice presidential candidate | Number of candidates | |
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| colspan=1 bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Kilusang Bagong Lipunan | Imelda Marcos | Vicente Magsaysay | 24 |
| colspan=1 bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino | Ramon Mitra Jr. | Marcelo Fernan | 24 |
| colspan=1 bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Lakas-NUCD | Fidel V. Ramos | Lito Osmeña | 24 |
| Liberal Party–PDP–Laban (Koalisyong Pambansa) | Jovito Salonga | Nene Pimentel | 23 | |
| colspan=1 bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Nationalist People's Coalition | Danding Cojuangco | Joseph Estrada | 24 |
| colspan=1 bgcolor=Template:Party color| | People's Reform Party | Miriam Defensor Santiago | Ramon Magsaysay Jr. | 16 |
| colspan=1 bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Nacionalista Party | Salvador Laurel | Eva Estrada Kalaw | 24 |
These were the following tickets:
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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
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.
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Per party
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Defeated incumbents
- Sotero Laurel (Nacionalista), retired from politics
- Mamintal A. J. Tamano (LDP), retired from politics
- Victor Ziga (Liberal), retired from politics
See also
- Commission on Elections
- Politics of the Philippines
- Philippine elections
- President of the Philippines
- 9th Congress of the Philippines
References
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External links
- The Philippine Presidency Project
- Official website of the Commission on Elections
- Official website of the House of Representatives Template:Webarchive
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