Elections for the House of Representatives in the Philippines were held on May 11, 1987. This was the first legislative election since

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, the first House of Representatives elections since 1969, and the first election since the

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that overthrew president

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and brought

Corazon Aquino Maria Corazon "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino (; ; January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a Filipina politician who served as the 11th president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. She was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People ...

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

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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

loyalists either ran under the

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, as independents, or found their way into the pro-

parties. The pro-Aquino parties won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives. Under the provisions of the

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, the 8th Congress spanned for an unprecedented five years, from June 30, 1987 until June 30, 1992.

Results

The top bar represents seats won, while the bottom bar represents the proportion of votes received. : Partido ng Bayan: 1.63% : Sectoral seats: appointed

Note

:C. KBL Independents were absorbed by the

. This led to the combination of their seats, giving them 114 seats.

References

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1987 elections in the Philippines

Results

Note

See also

References