The 2007 Senate election in the Philippines occurred on May 14, 2007 to elect one-half of the Senate. The senators elected in 2007, together with those elected in 2004, comprise the Senate's delegation in the 14th Congress.
Voting for senators is via nationwide, at-large basis via plurality-at-large voting system. A voter has twelve votes: the voter can vote less than twelve but not more than it. Then votes are tallied nationwide and the twelve candidates with the highest number of votes are elected to the Senate. The Commission on Elections administers elections for the Senate, with the Senate Electoral Tribunal deciding election disputes after a Senator has taken office.
Place | Senator | Party | Coalition | Voted at* | Date proclaimed | Religion | Prior congressional and elective executive positions | Born | |
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1st | Loren Legarda | June 3, 2007 | Senator (1998–2004) | 1960 | |||||
2nd | Francis Escudero | June 6, 2007 | Member of the House of Representatives from Sorsogon's 1st district (1998–2007) | 1969 | |||||
3rd | Panfilo Lacson | June 3, 2007 | Senator (2001–2007) | 1948 | |||||
4th | Manny Villar | June 3, 2007 | Senator (2001–2007), member of the House of Representatives from Las Piñas' district (1992–2001; Speaker, 1998–2000) | 1949 | |||||
5th | Francis Pangilinan | None | June 3, 2007 | Senator (2001–2007) | 1963 | ||||
6th | Benigno Aquino III | June 6, 2007 | Member of the House of Representatives from Tarlac's 2nd district (1998–2007) | 1960 | |||||
7th | Edgardo Angara | June 6, 2007 | Senator (1987–1998, 2001–2007; Senate President, 1993–1995) | 1934 | |||||
8th | Joker Arroyo | June 6, 2007 | Senator (2001–2007), member of the House of Representatives from Makati's 1st district (1992–2001) | 1927 | |||||
9th | Alan Peter Cayetano | June 6, 2007 | Member of the House of Representatives from Taguig and Pateros's district (1998–2007) | 1970 | |||||
10th | Gregorio Honasan | None | June 6, 2007 | Senator (1995–2004) | 1948 | ||||
11th | Antonio Trillanes | June 15, 2007 | 1971 | ||||||
12th | Koko Pimentel | August 11, 2011 | 1964 |
Pimentel was declared the winner after the Senate Electoral Tribunal ruled in favor of his electoral protest against Zubiri, who had resigned in August 3, 2011.
These are the changes in membership after the proclamation of winners:
Party | Former representative | Left office | Cause | Special election | Party | New representative | Took office | ||
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June 30, 2010 | Resignation | None | To be filled at the 2013 election. | ||||||
August 3, 2011 | Resignation | None | August 15, 2011 |