Philippine Senate election, 2001

May 14, 2001

12 (of the 24) seats to the Senate of the Philippines and one mid-term vacancy 12 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Franklin Drilon	Edgardo Angara
Party	Independent	LDP
Alliance	PPC	Puwersa ng Masa
Leader's seat	Nationwide at-large	Nationwide at-large
Last election	5 seats	7 seats
Seats before	10	12
Seats won	8	4
Seats after	15	8
Seat change	5	4
Popular vote	123,491,617	95,072,114
Percentage	50.8%	39.1%

Senate President before election

Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.
PDP-Laban

Elected Senate President

Franklin Drilon
Independent

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The senatorial election was held in the Philippines on May 14, 2001 Independent candidate Noli de Castro, a former television anchor of TV Patrol of ABS-CBN was announced as the topnotcher. This is the first synchronized national and local elections held after the ouster of Former President Joseph Estrada in January due to a military-backed civilian uprising (popularly known as EDSA II).

The two competing coalitions in this election were the People Power Coalition (PPC) which supported Estrada's ouster, and the Puwersa ng Masa (Force of the Masses) coalition that supported Estrada. The PPC was composed of Lakas-NUCD-UMDP, Reporma-LM, Aksyon Demokratiko, PROMDI, Liberal Party and the PDP-Laban; the Puwersa ng Masa included the LDP, Partido ng Masang Pilipino and other pro-Estrada independents. There were supposed to be twelve seats to be contested but with the appointment of Teofisto Guingona as vice president, the Commission on Elections ruled that the thirteenth-placed candidate will serve the remainder of Guingona's term.

The PPC won eight seats, the Puwersa ng Masa won four, and Noli de Castro as an independent; PPC's Ralph Recto edged out Puwersa ng Masa's Gringo Honasan for the twelfth place and Honasan was declared to serve Guingona's remaining term. On February 20, 2007, the Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled that former senator Gringo Honasan lost the election but declared constitutional the special election for the remaining three-year term of Teofisto Guingona.

Major Senatorial Candidates

Administration coalition

People Power Coalition
Candidate	Party
Joker Arroyo	Lakas-NUCD
Liwayway Vinzons-Chato	Independent
Franklin Drilon	Independent
Juan Flavier	Lakas-NUCD
Ernesto Herrera	Lakas-NUCD
Ramon Magsaysay Jr.	Independent
Winnie Monsod	Aksyon
Sergio Osmeña III	PDP-Laban
Obet Pagdanganan	Lakas-NUCD
Kiko Pangilinan	Liberal
Ralph Recto	Lakas-NUCD
Wigberto Tañada	Liberal
Manny Villar	Independent

Opposition coalition

Puwersa ng Masa
Candidate	Party
Edgardo Angara	LDP
Reuben Canoy	LDP
Noli de Castro	Independent
Miriam Defensor Santiago	PRP
Juan Ponce Enrile	Independent
Loi Ejercito	Independent
Gringo Honasan	Independent
Ping Lacson	LDP
Jamby Madrigal	LDP
Orly Mercado	Independent
Dong Puno	LDP
Nina Rasul	Independent
Ombra Tamano	LDP

Other notable candidates

Independent
Perfecto Yasay
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan
Oliver Lozano
Melchor Chavez
Nacionalista Party
Homobono Adaza
Partido Isang Bansa Isang Diwa
Eddie Gil

Note: Party affiliation based on Certificate of Candidacy.

Results

Not up (5)	Up (13)			Not up (5)
↓
4	9	1	8	5
Puwersa ng Masa (8)		I (1)	PPC (15)

Final COMELEC Tally for Senators as of August 30, 2001.

Summary of the May 14, 2001 Philippine Senate election results
Rank	Candidate	Coalition	Party		Votes	%
1.	Noli de Castro	Puwersa ng Masa¹		Independent	16,237,386	55.09%
2.	Juan Flavier	PPC		Lakas	11,735,897	39.82%
3.	Sergio Osmeña III	PPC		PDP-Laban	11,593,389	39.33%
4.	Franklin Drilon	PPC		Independent	11,301,700	38.34%
5.	Joker Arroyo	PPC		Lakas	11,262,402	38.21%
6.	Ramon Magsaysay Jr.	PPC		Independent	11,250,677	38.17%
7.	Manny Villar	PPC		Independent	11,187,375	37.96%
8.	Kiko Pangilinan	PPC		Liberal	10,971,896	37.23%
9.	Edgardo Angara	Puwersa ng Masa		LDP	10,805,177	36.66%
10.	Ping Lacson	Puwersa ng Masa		LDP	10,535,559	35.74%
11.	Loi Ejercito	Puwersa ng Masa		Independent	10,524,130	35.71%
12.	Ralph Recto	PPC		Lakas	10,480,940²	35.56%
13.	Gringo Honasan³	Puwersa ng Masa		Independent	10,454,527	35.47%
14.	Juan Ponce Enrile	Puwersa ng Masa		LDP	9,677,209	32.83%
15.	Miriam Defensor Santiago	Puwersa ng Masa		PRP	9,622,742	32.65%
16.	Dong Puno	Puwersa ng Masa		LDP	8,701,205	29.52%
17.	Wigberto Tañada	PPC		Liberal	8,159,836	27.68%
18.	Orly Mercado	Puwersa ng Masa		Independent	7,395,092	25.09%
19.	Obet Pagdanganan	PPC		Lakas	7,185,415	24.38%
20.	Ernesto Herrera	PPC		Lakas	6,801,861	23.08%
21.	Winnie Monsod	PPC		Aksyon	6,728,728	22.83%
22.	Nina Rasul	Puwersa ng Masa		Independent	5,222,490	17.72%
23.	Jamby Madrigal	Puwersa ng Masa		LDP	5,043,043	17.11%
24.	Liwayway Vinzons-Chato	PPC		Independent	4,831,501	16.39%
25.	Perfecto Yasay			Independent	4,557,364	15.46%
26.	Ombra Tamano	Puwersa ng Masa		LDP	3,548,480	12.04%
27.	Reuben Canoy	Puwersa ng Masa		LDP	3,542,460	12.02%
28.	Homobono Adaza			Nacionalista	770,647	2.61%
29.	Rod Navarro			Independent	652,012	2.21%
30.	Manuel Morato			Independent	625,789	2.12%
31.	Moner Bajunaid			PDSP	503,437	1.71%
32.	Oliver Lozano			KBL	470,572	1.60%
33.	Melchor Chavez			KBL	244,553	0.83%
34.	Camilo Sabio			Independent	230,759	0.78%
35.	Norma Nueva			KBL	83,700	0.28%
37.	Juan Casil			KBL	74,481	0.25%
38.	Eddie Gil			Partido Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa	15,522	0.05%
Turnout					29,474,309	86.39%
Note: A total of 38 candidates ran for senator.			Source: COMELEC (vote totals), NCSB (turnout)

^1 Guest candidate

^2 18,000 votes deducted from Ralph G. Recto from Zamboanga del Norte as per Resolution No. NBC 01-003

^3 Elected to serve the unexpired term (until June 2004) of Teofisto Guingona, Jr., who was appointed Vice President on February 2001.

Per coalition

Party/coalition		Votes	%	Seats won	%
	PPC	123,491,617	50.8%	8	61.5%
	Puwersa ng Masa	95,072,114	39.1%	4	30.8%
	Others and independents	24,466,222	10.1%	1	7.7%
Totals		243,029,953	100.0%	12	100.0%

Per party

Party		Votes	%	Seats won	%
	LDP	51,853,133	21.3%	2	15.4%
	Lakas	47,466,515	19.5%	3	23.1%
	Independents (PPC)	38,571,253	15.9%	3	23.1%
	Independents (Puwersa ng Masa)	33,596,239	13.8%	2	15.4%
	Liberal	19,131,732	7.9%	1	7.7%
	PDP-Laban	11,593,389	4.8%	1	7.7%
	PRP	9.622,742	4.0%	0	0.0%
	Aksyon	6,728,728	2.8%	0	0.0%
	Reporma-LM	4,831,501	2.0%	0	0.0%
	KBL	873,306	0.4%	0	0.0%
	Nacionalista	770,647	0.3%	0	0.0%
	PDSP	503,437	0.2%	0	0.0%
	Partido Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa	15,522	0.0%	0	0.0%
	Independents (not affiliated and guest)	22,303,310	9.2%	1	7.7%
Totals		243,029,953	100.0%	13*	100.0%

*the thirteenth-placed candidate will serve up to June 30, 2004 the twelve candidates with the highest number of votes will serve up to June 30, 2007.

References

SWS Media Release. Accessed on March 2007

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