1998 Philippine Senate election

← 1995 May 11, 1998 2001 →
12 (of the 24) seats in theSenate 13 seats needed for a majority
Alliance Lakas LAMMP Seats won 5 7 Popular vote 93,261,379 91,421,394 Percentage 45.44 44.54
Senate President before election Neptali Gonzales LDP ElectedSenate President Marcelo Fernan LDP

The1998 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 26th election to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on Monday, May 11, 1998 to elect 12 of the 24 seats in the Senate. The two main competing coalitions in the senatorial election wereLakas—National Union of Christian Democrats—United Muslim Democrats of the Philippines and theLaban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino umbrella coalition composed ofLaban ng Demokratikong Pilipino,Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino,Nationalist People's Coalition, andPartido Demokratiko Pilipino—Lakas ng Bayan. The two coalitions split the 12 contested seats 7–5 in favor of LAMMP.

Philippine Senate elections are viapluraity block voting, with the entire country as anat-large "district". Each voter has 12 votes, and can vote for up to 12 candidates. Seats up were for the 1st to 12th placed candidates in 1992.

The two major presidential candidates,House SpeakerJose C. de Venecia Jr. ofLakas—NUCD—UMDP andVice PresidentJoseph E. Estrada ofLAMMP presented full 12-person senatorial slates.

FormerNational Defense SecretaryRenato de Villa's Partido ng Demokratikong Reporma, Santiago Dumlao's Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago, andManila MayorAlfredo Lim'sLiberal Party also presented senatorial slates.

Oliver Lozano was the sole independent not included in senatorial slates who was allowed to run.

1. Heherson Alvarez (LDP), term limited, ran for representative fromIsabela's4th district and won; ran for senatorin 2004 and lost
2. Edgardo Angara (LDP), term limited,ran for Vice President of the Philippines and lost; ran for senatorin 2001 and won
3. Neptali Gonzales (LDP), term limited, retired from politics
4. Ernesto Herrera (LDP), term limited, ran for representative fromBohol's1st district and won; ran for senatorin 2001 andin 2004 and lost both times
5. Ernesto Maceda (NPC), term limited, ran for mayor ofManila and lost; ran for senatorin 2004 and lost
6. Orlando S. Mercado (LDP), term limited, was subsequently appointed asSecretary of National Defense; ran for senatorin 2001 andin 2004 and lost both times
7. Alberto Romulo (LDP), term limited
8. Leticia Ramos-Shahani (Lakas), term limited, retired from politics

These all won in the1995 election, and if lost, would have still returned to finish their six-year Senate term.

1. Miriam Defensor Santiago (PRP),ran for President of the Philippines and lost
2. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (Lakas),ran for Vice President of the Philippines and won
3. Raul Roco (Aksyon),ran for President of the Philippines and lost
4. Francisco Tatad (GAD),ran for Vice President of the Philippines and lost

Arroyo's victory in the vice presidential election meant that she would vacate her Senate seat by June 30, 1998.

TheLaban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (LAMMP) won seven seats, while theLakas-NUCD won five.

Three incumbents, all from LAMMP, successfully defended their seats:Blas Ople,Ramon Revilla Sr., andTito Sotto.

There are five neophyte senators:Rene Cayetano,Loren Legarda, andRobert Barbers of Lakas, andRobert Jaworski andTessie Aquino-Oreta of LAMMP.

Returning senators areRodolfo Biazon,John Henry Osmeña, andAquilino Pimentel Jr. of LAMMP, andTeofisto Guingona, Jr. of Lakas.

Freddie Webb was the sole incumbent defeated.

The election ofGloria Macapagal Arroyo as Vice President of the Philippinesin a concurrent election meant that her Senate seat was vacant until June 30, 2001.

Key:

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

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats
					Up	Before	Won	After	+/−
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP	93,261,379	45.44	+21.88	2	7	5	9	+2
	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	56,058,540	27.31	−7.41	9	10	4	5	−5
	Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma	13,090,781	6.38	New	0	0	0	0	0
	PDP–Laban	10,227,765	4.98	+0.31	0	0	1	1	New
	Nationalist People's Coalition	9,242,652	4.50	−11.59	1	2	1	2	0
	Partido ng Masang Pilipino	8,968,616	4.37	New	0	0	1	1	New
	Liberal Party	5,429,123	2.65	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago	1,688,775	0.82	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Independent	7,275,858	3.54	−1.88	0	2	0	2	0
	Aksyon Demokratiko				0	1	0	1	0
	Grand Alliance for Democracy/Gabaybayan				0	1	0	1	0
	People's Reform Party				0	1	0	1	0
Vacancy					0	0	0	1	+1
Total		205,243,489	100.00	–	12	24	12	24	0
Total votes		25,736,505	–
Registered voters/turnout		36,415,154	70.68
Source:[1]

1. Freddie Webb (LDP/LAMMP), ran as House representative fromPasay in2001 and lost^[2]

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