Election Name: | 1987 Philippine House of Representatives elections |
Country: | Philippines |
Flag Year: | 1986 |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Noleader: | yes |
Previous Election: | 1984 |
Next Election: | 1992 |
Next Year: | 1992 |
Election Date: | May 11, 1987 |
Seats For Election: | 200 (of the 214) seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines |
Majority Seats: | 101 |
Party1: | Lakas ng Bansa |
Percentage1: | 17.48 |
Last Election1: | 0 |
Seats1: | 24 |
Party2: | PDP–Laban |
Percentage2: | 17.32 |
Last Election2: | 6 |
Seats2: | 43 |
Party3: | United Nationalist Democratic Organization |
Percentage3: | 12.80 |
Last Election3: | 35 |
Seats3: | 19 |
Party4: | Liberal Party (Philippines) |
Percentage4: | 10.46 |
Last Election4: | 0 |
Seats4: | 16 |
Party5: | Nacionalista Party |
Percentage5: | 7.19 |
Last Election5: | 2 |
Seats5: | 4 |
Party6: | Kilusang Bagong Lipunan |
Percentage6: | 4.10 |
Last Election6: | 110 |
Seats6: | 11 |
Party7: | Partido ng Bayan |
Percentage7: | 1.63 |
Last Election7: | 0 |
Seats7: | 2 |
Party8: | Grand Alliance for Democracy |
Percentage8: | 1.34 |
Last Election8: | 0 |
Seats8: | 2 |
Party9: | Lakas ng Bayan |
Percentage9: | 1.24 |
Last Election9: | 0 |
Seats9: | 1 |
Party10: | Coalitions/others |
Percentage10: | 13.19 |
Last Election10: | 17 |
Seats10: | 55 |
Party11: | Independent |
Percentage11: | 13.25 |
Last Election11: | 6 |
Seats11: | 23 |
Speaker | |
After Election: | Ramon Mitra Jr. |
Before Party: | Kilusang Bagong Lipunan |
After Party: | Lakas ng Bansa |
Elections for the House of Representatives in the Philippines were held on May 11, 1987. This was the first legislative election since 1984, the first House of Representatives elections since 1969, and the first election since the People Power Revolution that overthrew president Ferdinand Marcos and brought Corazon Aquino to power after alleged election fraud by the former during the 1986 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 by PDP–Laban and Lakas ng Bansa of subsequent speaker Ramon Mitra, Jr. that would later be the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino after some of the members of PDP–Laban defected. The Ferdinand Marcos loyalists either ran under the Kilusang 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 the Constitution, the 8th Congress spanned for an unprecedented five years, from June 30, 1987 until June 30, 1992.
C. KBL Independents were absorbed by the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan. This led to the combination of their seats, giving them 114 seats.