2001 Philippine House of Representatives elections explained
| Election Name: | 2001 Philippine House of Representatives elections |
| Country: | Philippines |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1998 Philippine House of Representatives elections |
| Previous Year: | 1998 |
| Next Election: | 2004 Philippine House of Representatives elections |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
| Seats For Election: | All 261 seats in the House of Representatives (including underhangs) |
| Election Date: | May 14, 2001 |
| Majority Seats: | 130 |
| Module: | | Embed: | yes | | Election Name: | Congressional district elections | | Noleader: | yes | | Nopercentage: | yes | | Party1: | Lakas–NUCD–UMDP | | Last Election1: | 111 | | Seats1: | 79 | | Party2: | Nationalist People's Coalition | | Last Election2: | 9 | | Seats2: | 42 | | Party3: | Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino | | Last Election3: | 0 | | Seats3: | 21 | | Party4: | Liberal Party (Philippines) | | Last Election4: | 15 | | Seats4: | 19 | | Party5: | Others | | Last Election5: | 15 | | Seats5: | 48 | | Map: | 2001PhilippineHouseElections.PNG | | Map Size: | 300px | | Module: | | Embed: | yes | | Election Name: | Party-list election | | Noleader: | yes | | Party1: | Bayan Muna | | Percentage1: | 26.19 | | Last Election1: | 0 | | Seats1: | 3 | | Party2: | APEC | | Percentage2: | 12.30 | | Last Election2: | 2 | | Seats2: | 3 | | Party3: | Akbayan | | Percentage3: | 5.79 | | Last Election3: | 1 | | Seats3: | 2 | | Party4: | BUTIL | | Percentage4: | 5.06 | | Last Election4: | 1 | | Seats4: | 1 | | Party5: | Citizens' Battle Against Corruption | | Percentage5: | 4.96 | | Last Election5: | 0 | | Seats5: | 1 | | Party6: | BUHAY | | Percentage6: | 4.46 | | Last Election6: | 0 | | Seats6: | 1 | | Party7: | Anak Mindanao | | Percentage7: | 3.86 | | Last Election7: | 0 | | Seats7: | 1 | | Party8: | ABA | | Percentage8: | 3.71 | | Last Election8: | 1 | | Seats8: | 1 | | Party9: | COCOFED | | Percentage9: | 3.51 | | Last Election9: | 1 | | Seats9: | 1 | | Party10: | Partido ng Manggagawa | | Percentage10: | 3.32 | | Last Election10: | 0 | | Seats10: | 1 | | Party11: | Sanlakas | | Percentage11: | 2.32 | | Last Election11: | 1 | | Seats11: | 1 | | Party12: | Abanse! Pinay | | Percentage12: | 2.07 | | Last Election12: | 0 | | Seats12: | 1 | | Speaker | | Before Election: | Feliciano Belmonte Jr. | | Before Party: | Lakas-NUCD-UMDP | | After Election: | Jose de Venecia Jr. | | After Party: | Lakas-NUCD-UMDP |
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Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on May 14, 2001. This was the next election succeeding the events of the 2001 EDSA Revolution that deposed Joseph Estrada from the presidency; his vice president, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo became president, and her party, Lakas NUCD-UMDP, and by extension the People Power Coalition (PPC), dominated the midterm elections winning majority of the seats in the Senate and in the House of Representatives.[1]
The elected representatives served in the 12th Congress from 2001 to 2004.
Results
Party-list election
On Election Day, parties are guaranteed to win at least one seat if they surpass 2% of the national vote, then another seat for every 2% until it reaches the maximum of three seats per party. However, with the Supreme Court decision on VFP vs. COMELEC, the 2% increments was declared unconstitutional. Instead, the party with the most votes gets at least one seat, then another seat for every 2% until it reaches the maximum of three seats. For parties that got 2% of the vote but did not have the most votes, they will automatically have one more seat, then any extra seats will be determined via dividing their votes to the number of votes of the party with the most votes, then the quotient will be multiplied by the number of seats the party with the most votes has. The product, disregarding decimals (it is not rounded), will be the number of seats a party will get.
For example, for the Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives (APEC):
Disregarding decimals, APEC won one additional seat aside from one seat they automatically won after surpassing the 2% threshold.
See also
References
- Book: The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines . 971-8832-24-6 . Paras . Corazon L. . 2000 .
- Book: Pobre
, Cesar P.
. Philippine Legislature 100 Years . 2000 . 971-92245-0-9 .
- Web site: Electoral Politics in the Philippines . Julio . Teehankee . quezon.ph . 2010-12-06.
Notes and References
- Web site: An abnormal return to normality . Manuel III . Quezon . Manuel Quezon III . PCIJ.org . 2007-06-06 . 2010-12-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101129022315/http://pcij.org/stories/an-abnormal-return-to-normality/ . 2010-11-29 . dead .
