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Elections for the House of Representatives in the Philippines were held on May 11, 1987. This was the first legislative election since1984, the first House of Representatives elections since1969, and the first election since thePeople Power Revolution that overthrew presidentFerdinand Marcos and broughtCorazon Aquino to power after alleged election fraud by the former during the1986 presidential election against the latter.
Although no party surpassed 20% of the popular vote, candidates that ran under two or more parties won a quarter of the seats, followed byPDP–Laban and Lakas ng Bansa of subsequent speakerRamon Mitra, Jr. that would later be theLaban ng Demokratikong Pilipino after some of the members of PDP–Laban defected. TheFerdinand Marcos loyalists either ran under theKilusang Bagong Lipunan, as independents, or found their way into the pro-Corazon Aquino parties. The pro-Aquino parties won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.
Under the provisions of theConstitution, the8th Congress spanned for an unprecedented five years, from June 30, 1987 until June 30, 1992.
The House of Representatives shall have not more than 250 members, unless otherwise fixed by law, of which 20% shall be elected via theparty-list system, while the rest are elected viacongressional 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 theBatasang Pambansa for the first three congresses from the enactment of the constitution, which includes this congress.
In this election, there are 200 seats voted viafirst-past-the-post insingle-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 ofredistricting three years after eachcensus.
This election is the first under the1987 constitution. The districts were based on the ordinance to the constitution. Unlike in theRegular Batasang Pambansa where each province and some cities elected members of parliamentat-large inmulti-member districts for more populous provinces and cities, the 1987 constitution reintroduced thesingle-member districts for more populous provinces and cities.
These include the changes in the number of seats per province and city, as compared with the Regular Batasang Pambansa, with each at-large district having one seat unless specified:
Other at-large districts were divided into districts of the same number. There are 17 new seats that were disputed on this election.
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| Party | Seats | +/– | |
| Lakas ng Bansa | 24 | New | |
| PDP–Laban | 43 | +49 | |
| United Nationalist Democratic Organization | 19 | −16 | |
| Liberal Party | 16 | New | |
| Nacionalista Party | 4 | +2 | |
| Kilusang Bagong Lipunan | 11 | −99 | |
| Partido ng Bayan | 2 | New | |
| Grand Alliance for Democracy | 2 | New | |
| Lakas ng Bayan | 1 | New | |
| Coalitions/others | 55 | +38 | |
| Independent | 23 | +17 | |
| Appointed seats | 14 | +11 | |
| Total | 214 | +14 | |
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