1987 Philippine Senate election

The 1987 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 23rd election to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on Monday, May 11, 1987. The Philippine Senate was re-instituted following the approval of a new constitution in 1987 restoring the bicameral Congress of the Philippines; earlier, a constitution was approved in 1973 that created a unicameral Batasang Pambansa (parliament) that replaced the bicameral Congress. The last Senate election prior to this was the 1971 election.

1987 Philippine Senate election

← 1971 May 11, 1987 1992 →
All 24 seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Jovito Salonga Juan Ponce Enrile Party Liberal Nacionalista Alliance LABAN GAD Seats won 22 2 Popular vote 243,431,395 99,754,162 Percentage 64.9% 26.6%
Senate President before election Abolished Last held by: Gil Puyat Nacionalista Elected Senate President Jovito Salonga Liberal

The Lakas ng Bayan Coalition (LABAN) got 64.9% of the vote but won 22 out of 24 seats in the Senate; only two candidates from the opposition Grand Alliance for Democracy won: former Secretary of National Defense Juan Ponce Enrile and San Juan Mayor Joseph Estrada, despite getting 26.6% of the vote.

Along with the 1916 and 1941 elections, this is the third and last senatorial election where all seats were up.

Background

After Marcos was ousted in the People Power Revolution in 1986, his political party, the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, was fragmented. Almost all its members including Assemblymen Arturo Tolentino, Jose Rono, Nicanor Yniquez, Cesar Virata who were coming from the Nacionalista Party among others were orphaned.

On the other hand, the Aquino coalition took all positions in the Ministry/Cabinet. Most notable were Prime Minister Salvador Laurel, Local Government Minister Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and Executive Secretary Joker Arroyo.

The Lakas ng Bayan (LABAN) consists of the PDP–Laban headed by Local Government Minister Pimentel, the Lakas ng Bansa party headed by Assemblyman Ramon Mitra, the UNIDO, the Liberal Party headed by Senator Jovito Salonga, the National Union of Christian Democrats headed by Raul Manglapus, the Bayang Nagkakaisa sa Diwa at Layunin headed by Butz Aquino, Panaghusia and other pro-Cory regional parties

The GAD consists of the faction of the KBL headed by Assemblyman Arturo Tolentino, the Jose Roy faction of the Nacionalista Party headed by Renato Cayetano, the pre-1986 opposition leaders who defected from Aquino headed by Senator Eva Estrada-Kalaw, the Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas headed by Former Labor Minister Blas Ople, the Mindanao Alliance, the Muslim Federal Party and the Christian Social Democratic Party.

The UPP-KBL coalition was composed of pro-Marcos forces. This coalition included some GAD candidates as guest candidates, and was considered to be the loyalist politicians of the Marcos government.

The Left also put up a seven-man slate, under the Partido ng Bayan banner. These includes the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and its allied organizations.

Other political parties who fielded candidates are the Lapiang Manggagawa, Lakas ng Bansa and the Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas, along with several independent candidates.

Major Senate candidates

Administration coalition Lakas ng Bayan Party Heherson Alvarez UNIDO Edgardo Angara Independent Agapito Aquino BANDILA Arthur Defensor UNIDO Neptali Gonzales UNIDO Teofisto Guingona Jr. Liberal Ernesto Herrera Liberal Sotero Laurel UNIDO Jose Lina Jr. UNIDO Ernesto Maceda PDP–Laban Raul Manglapus NUCD-UMDP Orlando S. Mercado Liberal Vicente Paterno UNIDO John Henry Osmena LABAN-Liberal Aquilino Pimentel Jr. PDP–Laban Santanina Rasul Liberal Alberto Romulo UNIDO Rene Saguisag Liberal Augusto Sanchez UNIDO Jovito Salonga Liberal Leticia Ramos-Shahani UNIDO Mamintal Tamano UNIDO Wigberto Tañada Liberal Victor Ziga Liberal

Main opposition coalition Grand Alliance for Democracy Party Firdausi Ismail Abbas Muslim Federal Party Homobono Adaza Mindanao Alliance Alejandro Almendras KBL Abul Khayr Alonto^1 UNIDO Juan Ponce Enrile Nacionalista Joseph Estrada Nacionalista Rene Espina^1 UNIDO Wilson Gamboa^1 UNIDO Romeo Jalosjos Nacionalista Eva Estrada-Kalaw^1 UNIDO Wenceslao Lagumbay Nacionalista Vicente Magsaysay KBL Jeremias Montemayor KBL Edith Nakpil-Rabat KBL Blas Ople KBL Rafael Palmares Nacionalista Zosimo Jesus Paredes II KBL Vicente Puyat KBL Isidro Rodriguez Nacionalista Roilo Golez Independent Lorenzo Teves KBL Arturo Tolentino KBL Fernando Veloso KBL Francisco Tatad Independent ^1 defected from President Aquino

Other notable candidates

Union for Peace and Progress–Kilusang Bagong Lipunan Vicente Abangan Salvador Britanico Rommel Corro Edilberto del Valle Concordio Diel Joseph Estrada* Wenceslao Lagumbay* Macabangkit Lanto Pacifico Lopez de Leon Vicente Magsaysay* Norma Precy Mathay Vicente Millora Edith Nakpil-Rabat* Salvador Panelo Leonardo Perez Geronimo Quadra Antonio Raquiza Rafael Recto Isidro Rodriguez* Nilo Tayag Lorenzo Teves* Arturo Tolentino* Joaquin Venus Nicanor Yñiguez *Guest candidate

Partido ng Bayan Crispin Beltran Jose Burgos Bernabe Buscayno Romeo Capulong Horacio Morales Nelia Sancho Jaime Tadeo

Independent Silvino Agudo Oswaldo Carbonell Elpidio Dizon Rodolfo Fariñas Gervero Ramon A. Gonzales Manuel Manahan Carmelito Montano Manuel Pages Franco Rimando Ramon Revilla Sr. Taasan Antonio Velasco

Lapiang Manggagawa
Jacinto Tamayo
Bienvenido Medrano

Lakas ng Bansa
Juan David

Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas
Leopoldo Quesada

Results

The Lakas ng Bayan (LABAN) coalition won 22 seats, while the Grand Alliance for Democracy (GAD) won two.

Winners who had served in the 1935 constitution Senate were LABAN's Raul Manglapus, Ernesto Maceda, John Henry Osmeña, Jovito Salonga and Mamintal A.J. Tamano.

Winners who had served in the Batasang Pambansa were LABAN's Neptali Gonzales, Orlando S. Mercado, Aquilino Pimentel Jr., Alberto Romulo, and Victor ZIga, and GAD's Juan Ponce Enrile.

Winners who had neither served in the 1935 constitution Senate and in the 1973 constitution Batasang Pambansa were LABAN's Heherson Alvarez, Edgardo Angara, Butz Aquino, Teofisto Guingona Jr., Ernesto Herrera, Sotero Laurel, Joey Lina, Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Nina Rasul, Rene Saguisag and Wigberto Tañada, and GAD's Joseph Estrada.

The first 21 proclaimed winners were all seated on June 30, the day the terms start. The 22nd and 23rd senators were proclaimed a few days after June 30. Finally, the Commission on Elections, due to the tight race between GAD's Juan Ponce Enrile and LABAN's Augusto Sanchez, only declared the 24th winner by August.^[1]

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Before election	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^	‡^
Election result	LABAN																						GAD
After election	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Senate bloc	Majority bloc																						Min bloc

Key:

• ‡ Seats up
• + Gained by a party from another party
• ^ Vacancy

Tally of votes

e • d Summary of the May 11, 1987, Philippine Senate election result

Rank	Candidate	Coalition		Votes	%
1	Jovito Salonga		LABAN	12,988,360	57.1%
2	Agapito Aquino		LABAN	12,426,432	54.6%
3	Orlando S. Mercado		LABAN	11,901,673	52.3%
4	John Henry Osmeña		LABAN	11,299,102	49.7%
5	Edgardo Angara		LABAN	11,288,407	49.6%
6	Alberto Romulo		LABAN	11,119,193	48.9%
7	Leticia Ramos-Shahani		LABAN	11,089,340	48.8%
8	Rene Saguisag		LABAN	10,871,850	47.8%
9	Neptali Gonzales		LABAN	10,855,796	47.7%
10	Joey Lina		LABAN	10,679,150	47.0%
11	Wigberto Tañada		LABAN	10,420,831	45.8%
12	Heherson Alvarez		LABAN	10,288,113	45.2%
13	Sotero Laurel		LABAN	10,278,729	45.2%
14	Joseph Estrada		GAD^[a]	10,029,978	44.1%
15	Teofisto Guingona Jr.		LABAN	9,957,591	43.8%
16	Raul Manglapus		LABAN	9,910,244	43.6%
17	Vicente Paterno		LABAN	9,647,680	42.4%
18	Victor San Andres Ziga		LABAN	9,489,132	41.7%
19	Ernesto Maceda		LABAN	9,381,682	41.3%
20	Aquilino Pimentel Jr.		LABAN	9,042,696	39.8%
21	Ernesto Herrera		LABAN	8,474,297	37.3%
22	Mamintal Tamano		LABAN	8,102,231	35.6%
23	Santanina Rasul		LABAN	7,966,882	35.0%
24	Juan Ponce Enrile		GAD	7,964,966	35.0%
25	Augusto Sanchez		LABAN	7,891,932	34.7%
26	Arturo Defensor		LABAN	7,865,702	34.6%
27	Eva Estrada-Kalaw		GAD	6,922,810	30.4%
28	Vicente Puyat		GAD	6,859,307	30.2%
29	Alejandro Almendras		GAD	6,317,107	27.8%
30	Blas Ople		GAD	5,736,911	25.2%
31	Arturo Tolentino		GAD^[a]	5,725,189	25.2%
32	Vicente Magsaysay		GAD^[a]	5,500,447	24.2%
33	Ramon Revilla Sr.^[b]		Independent	5,203,982	22.9%
34	Rene Espina		GAD	5,107,313	22.5%
35	Francisco Tatad		GAD	4,743,678	20.9%
36	Homobono Adaza		GAD	4,657,782	20.6%
37	Roilo Golez		GAD	4,657,782	20.5%
38	Rafael Recto		UPP–KBL	3,277,088	14.4%
39	Romeo Jalosjos		GAD	3,131,226	13.8%
40	Wilson Gamboa		GAD	2,450,523	10.8%
41	Isidro Rodriguez		GAD^[a]	2,326,937	10.2%
42	Wenceslao Lagumbay		GAD^[a]	2,168,086	9.5%
43	Abul Khayr Alonto		GAD	1,998,261	8.8%
44	Rafael Palmares		GAD	1,974,023	8.7%
45	Lorenzo Teves		GAD^[a]	1,790,962	7.9%
46	Zosimo Paredes		GAD	1,786,271	7.9%
47	Rodolfo Fariñas		Independent	1,668,147	7.3%
48	Fernando Veloso		GAD	1,660,100	7.3%
49	Edith Nakpil-Rabat		GAD^[a]	1,655,065	7.3%
50	Leonardo Perez		UPP–KBL	1,559,353	6.9%
51	Jeremias Montemayor		GAD	1,522,413	6.7%
52	Salvador Britanico		UPP–KBL	1,501,159	6.6%
53	Nicanor Yñiguez		UPP–KBL	1,429,910	6.3%
54	Firdausi Ismail Abbas		GAD	1,372,920	6.0%
55	Horacio Morales		Independent^[c]	1,327,920	5.8%
56	Bernabe Buscayno		PnB	1,307,527	5.7%
57	Jose Burgos Jr.		Independent^[c]	1,300,596	5.7%
58	Nelia Sancho		PnB	1,264,375	5.6%
59	Vicente Millora		UPP–KBL	1,242,115	5.5%
60	Crispin Beltran		PnB	1,154,593	5.1%
61	Jaime Tadeo		PnB	1,093,995	4.8%
62	Romeo Capulong		PnB	1,063,818	4.7%
63	Macabangkit Lanto		UPP–KBL	861,506	3.8%
64	Pacifico Lopez de Leon		UPP–KBL	836,316	3.7%
65	Antonio Raquiza		UPP–KBL	771,951	3.4%
66	Norma Precy Mathay		UPP–KBL	743,573	3.3%
67	Nilo Tayag		UPP–KBL	721,431	3.2%
68	Concordio Diel		UPP–KBL	573,248	2.5%
69	Manuel Manahan		Independent	570,979	2.5%
70	Joaquin Venus		UPP–KBL	554,644	2.4%
71	Vicente Abangan		UPP–KBL	549,901	2.4%
72	Edilberto del Valle		UPP–KBL	468,522	2.1%
73	Rommel Corro		UPP–KBL	459,758	2.0%
74	Geromino Quadra		UPP–KBL	402,346	1.8%
75	Salvador Panelo		UPP–KBL	393,413	1.7%
76	Oswaldo Carbonell		Independent	326,848	1.4%
77	Antonio Velasco		Independent	261,707	1.2%
78	Jacinto Tamayo		LM	155,353	0.7%
79	Juan David		Lakas	101,499	0.4%
80	Carmelito Montano		Independent	85,425	0.3%
81	Elpidio Dizon		Independent	79,080	0.3%
82	Bienvenido Medrano		LM	59,653	0.3%
83	Leopoldo Quesada		Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas	55,519	0.2%
84	Manuel Pages		Independent	29,908	0.1%
85	Franco Rimando		Independent	26,650	0.0%
86	Gervero		Independent	18,750	0.0%
87	Silvino Agudo		Independent	11,250	0.0%
88	Taasan		Independent	7,501	0.0%
89	Ramon A. Gonzales		Independent	3,750	0.0%
Total turnout				22,739,995	85.6%
Total votes				375,004,620
Registered voters				26,569,539	100.0%
Source:^[2]

1. Guest candidate of UPP–KBL
2. Ran under his birth name "Jose Bautista"
3. Guest candidate of PnB

Per coalition

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Lakas ng Bayan	243,431,395	64.91	22
	Grand Alliance for Democracy	99,754,162	26.60	2
	Union for Peace and Progress–Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	16,356,441	4.36	0
	Partido ng Bayan	8,532,855	2.28	0
	Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas	55,519	0.01	0
	Independent	6,874,428	1.83	0
Total		375,004,800	100.00	24
Total votes		22,739,995	–
Registered voters/turnout		26,569,539	85.59

Vote share LABAN   64.9% GAD   26.6% UPP–KBL   4.4% PnB   2.3% Others   1.8%

Senate seats LABAN   91.7% GAD   8.3% UPP–KBL   0.0% PnB   0.0% Others   0.0%

See also

• Commission on Elections
• 8th Congress of the Philippines

References

1. Guerrero, Eileen (August 13, 1987). "Enrile Proclaimed Senator, Says Will Take Oath Friday". AP News. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
2. Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos Jr. (2001). Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz and Christof Hartmann (ed.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific Vol. II. Oxford University Press. pp. 185–230. ISBN 0199249598.

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections
• Official website of the House of Representatives
• G.R. No. 83767 October 27, 1988