1987 Philippine House of Representatives elections explained

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.

Note

C. KBL Independents were absorbed by the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan. This led to the combination of their seats, giving them 114 seats.

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