Chamber:
	Kapulungan Mga Kinatawan
Dates of elections / renewal (from/to):
	8 May 1995
Purpose of elections:
	Elections were held for all the popularly chosen seats in the House of Representatives on the normal expiry of the members’ term of office.
Background and outcome of elections:
	The 1995 “Mid-term” congressional elections coincided with polling for 76 provincial governors and thousands of local officials. At stake were 204 Representatives’ seats in the newly enlarged House and one-half (12) of those in the Senate, the winners in the latter case being the top vote-getters in the country as a whole. For the national seats, the ruling Laban-Lakas coalition of President of the Republic (since 1992) Fidel Ramos was the clear favourite. During the three-month campaign, the President focused on the country’s economy, which had grown by a sound margin of 5.1% in 1994 and was projected to better that in 1995. He promised further improvement in this sector and especially vigorous job-creating legislation to reduce the unemployment rate. The Administration’s programme also included the continued deregulation of industry, the break-up of entrenched monopolies, tax code revisions and electoral reform. Foreign investment in the Philippines had for its part risen markedly since President Ramos had taken over. Altogether 35 candidates (including the son of late President Ferdinand Marcos) contested the 12 Senate seats, while thousands (including Mr. Marcos’ widow Imelda) vied for the House. Polling day saw a relatively high turnout but was marred by incidents of violence which had already surfaced during the campaign. The governing coalition swept to victory as certain opposition groups alleged fraud. Analysts largely attributed this outcome to President Ramos’ popularity and to an anti-incumbent, anti-politician mood of the electorate, which voted generally younger and well-educated members into the Congress.

STATISTICS

Round no 1 (8 May 1995): Elections results
Number of registered electors	36,398,324

Round no 1: Distribution of votes
Political Group	Votes
Lakas – National Union of Christian Democrats (NUCD)	5,979,338
Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (DLP)	1,166,276
National People’s Coalition (NPC)	1,117,473
Liberal Party	149,266
Partido Demokratikong Pilipino (PLP) – Laban	59,663
Others	3,210,970
Independents	281,894

Round no 1: Distribution of seats
Political Group	Total
Lakas – National Union of Christian Democrats (NUCD)	142
Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (DLP)	21
National People’s Coalition (NPC)	23
Liberal Party	7
Partido Demokratikong Pilipino (PLP) – Laban	2
Others	3
Independents	5

Comments:
	Directly elected members; one outstanding vacancy.

Distribution of seats according to sex:
Men:	181
Women:	22

Distribution of seats according to age:
25-30 years	2
31-41 years	15
42-51 years	55
52-61 years	83
62-71 years	41
Over 71 years	7
Distribution of seats according to profession:
Legal profession	86
Government officials	62
Businessmen	37
Doctors, dentists	6
Civil engineers	4
Accountants	3
Farmers	2
Others	3