Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on May 8, 1995. Being the first midterm election since

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, the party of the incumbent president,

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's Lakas-NUCD-UMDP, won a plurality of the seats in the House of Representatives. The elected representatives served in the 10th Congress from 1995 to 1998.

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was easily reelected as the speaker of the House.

Results

The administration party, Lakas-NUCD-UMDP, forged an electoral agreement with

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to create the

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. Candidates from the Liberal Party and

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also joined the administration coalition. On the other hand,

Nationalist People's Coalition The Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) is a conservative political party in the Philippines, founded in 1992 by then-presidential candidate Eduardo Cojuangco Jr. History The Party was founded in 1992 after some members of the Nacionalista ...

led the opposition coalition that also composed of candidates from

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, People's Reform Party and

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Per coalition

Definitions: *Administration coalition: Ran solely under the banner of one of the following: Lakas-NUCD-UMDP,

, Liberal Party, and

*Opposition coalition: Ran solely under the banner of one of the following:

, People's Reform Party, and

*Others: Ran solely on other parties and coalitions not mentioned above *Hybrid coalitions: Ran on any combinations of parties and coalitions mentioned above

Per party

References

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1995 elections in the Philippines

Results

Per coalition

Per party

See also

References