The 1998 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 26th election to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on Monday, May 11, 1998 to elect 12 of the 24 seats in the Senate. The two main competing coalitions in the senatorial election were Lakas—National Union of Christian Democrats—United Muslim Democrats of the Philippines and the

Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino The Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino () was the umbrella political coalition party of the opposition during the May 11, 1998 Philippine general election that led to the presidency of then-Vice President Joseph E. Estrada. It was the larges ...

umbrella coalition composed of

Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino The Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino () is a centre-right political party in the Philippines. There are no results available for the 2004 election for the House of Representatives, but according to the website of the House, the party held 7 out ...

Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino The Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (), formerly ''Partido ng Masang Pilipino'' (), is a populist political party in the Philippines. It is the political party of former Philippine President Joseph E. Estrada. In the May 1998 presidential election, ...

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 ...

, and Partido Demokratiko Pilipino—Lakas ng Bayan. The two coalitions split the 12 contested seats 7–5 in favor of LAMMP.

Candidates

The two major presidential candidates,

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Jose C. de Venecia Jr. of Lakas—NUCD—UMDP and Vice President Joseph E. Estrada of

LAMMP The Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino () was the umbrella political coalition party of the opposition during the May 11, 1998 Philippine general election that led to the presidency of then-Vice President Joseph E. Estrada. It was the larges ...

presented full 12-person senatorial slates. Former National Defense Secretary Renato de Villa's Partido ng Demokratikong Reporma—Lapiang Manggagawa, Santiago Dumlao's Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago, and

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Alfredo Lim's Liberal Party also presented senatorial slates.

Oliver Lozano Oliver "Oli" Ocol Lozano (May 13, 1940 – April 12, 2018) was a Filipino lawyer who was the legal counsel of the Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos. He was born in Ilocos Norte. Education and career Lozano graduated elementary and high school ...

was the sole independent not included in senatorial slates who was allowed to run.

Administration coalition

Lakas-NUCD-UMDP ticket: #Lisandro Abadia #Rolando Andaya #

Robert Barbers Robert Zabala Barbers (January 19, 1944 – December 25, 2005) was a police officer, Secretary of the Interior and Local Government and Senator of the Philippines. Early life and studies Barbers was born in the then-town of Surigao to Felix and ...

# Rene Cayetano # Roberto de Ocampo #Ricardo Gloria #

Teofisto Guingona Jr. Teofisto "Tito" Tayko Guingona Jr. (born July 4, 1928) is a Filipino politician and diplomat who served as the 11th vice president of the Philippines from 2001 to 2004, during the first term of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Born in San ...

# Loren Legarda # Roberto Pagdanganan #Hernando Perez #

Nina Rasul Santanina Tillah Rasul (born Santanina Centi Tillah, September 14, 1930) is a Filipina politician and the first Muslim woman member of the Senate of the Philippines. Education In 1952, Rasul earned a BA in Political Science ''cum laude'' from ...

Ramon Revilla Sr. Ramon Bautista Revilla Sr. (born Jose Acuña Bautista; March 8, 1927 – June 26, 2020), popularly known simply as Ramon Revilla Sr., was a Filipino actor who served as Senator of the Republic of the Philippines. He was known as the "''Hari ng ...

Primary opposition coalition

ticket #

Tessie Aquino-Oreta Maria Teresa Aquino-Oreta (born Maria Teresa Aquino Aquino; June 28, 1944 – May 14, 2020), better known as Tessie Aquino-Oreta, was a Filipina politician. She was the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Education, Arts and Culture in th ...

Ramon Bagatsing Jr. Ramon Sevilla Bagatsing Jr. (born January 25, 1950), also known as Dondon Bagatsing, is a Filipino lawyer, politician, and diplomat who was the Ambassador of the Philippines to India and Nepal from 2019 to 2022. He was previously a member of the ...

Rodolfo Biazon Rodolfo Gaspar Biazon (, born April 14, 1935) is a Filipino politician and former Philippine Marine Corps general. He was the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in early 1991 and then served as a Senator from 1992 to 1995 ...

Robert Jaworski Robert Vincent Salazar Jaworski Sr. (; born March 8, 1946) is a Filipino former professional basketball player, head coach and politician who served as a Senator of the Philippines from 1998 to 2004. He played 23 seasons in the Philippine Bas ...

Edcel Lagman Edcel Castelar Lagman Sr. (, born May 1, 1942) is a Filipino human rights lawyer and politician from the province of Albay. He was elected as a member of the House in 1987 up to the present. He served as Minority Floor Leader of the House of Re ...

# Blas Ople #

John Henry Osmeña John Henry Renner Osmeña (January 17, 1935 – February 2, 2021), also known as Sonny Osmeña or simply John Osmeña, was the grandson of Philippine President Sergio Osmeña. He served as a senator of the Philippines from 1971 to 1972, 1987 to ...

Aquilino Pimentel Jr. Aquilino Quilinging Pimentel Jr. (, December 11, 1933 – October 20, 2019), commonly known as Nene Pimentel, was a Filipino politician and human rights lawyer who was one of the leading political opposition leaders during the regime of Ferdinan ...

#Miguel Luis Romero # Tito Sotto #

Ruben D. Torres Ruben Deloso Torres (born September 10, 1941 in Botolan, Zambales) is a politician in the Philippines. He goes by the nom de guerre "''Kadre''" which he was known as a leftist during martial law period. Life Torres was known as a student act ...

# Freddie Webb

Other opposition coalitions

Partido ng Demokratikong Reporma-Lapiang Manggagawa The Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma ( en, Party for Democratic Reform; PDR), commonly known as Partido Reporma, is a political party in the Philippines. History It was founded by former Defense Secretary Renato de Villa when he left t ...

ticket #Adolfo Geromino #Abraham Iribani # Rey Langit #Roberto Sebastian #

Roy Señeres Roy Villareal Señeres (July 6, 1947 – February 8, 2016) was a Filipino politician and diplomat who initially ran in the 2016 Philippine presidential election under the Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka party before withdrawing on February 5 ...

#Hadja Putri Tamano #

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# Haydee Yorac Liberal Party ticket #

Raul Daza Raul A. Daza (born May 2, 1935) is a Filipino lawyer, certified public accountant, and politician, who served in the House of Representatives of the Philippines for 20 years as Representative of the 1st District of Northern Samar (1987–1998; 201 ...

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Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagbabago ticket #

Ludovico Badoy Ludovico Deles Badoy (September 19, 1951 – April 18, 2021) was a Filipino politician who served as executive director of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) from 2002 to 2020. He previously served as the mayor of Cotab ...

#Eduardo Bondoc #David Castro #Renato Garcia #Fred Henry Marallag

Independent

Retiring and term limited incumbents

# Heherson Alvarez ( LDP), term limited, ran for representative from Isabela's

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and won; ran for senator in 2004 and lost # Edgardo Angara ( LDP), term limited, ran for Vice President of the Philippines and lost; ran for senator in 2001 and won # Neptali Gonzales ( LDP), term limited, retired from politics # Ernesto Herrera ( LDP), term limited, ran for representative from Bohol's

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and won; ran for senator in 2001 and in 2004 and lost both times # Ernesto Maceda ( NPC), term limited, ran for mayor of Manila and lost; ran for senator in 2004 and lost #

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( LDP), term limited, was subsequently appointed as

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; ran for senator in 2001 and in 2004 and lost both times #

Alberto Romulo Alberto Gatmaitan Romulo (born August 7, 1933) is a Filipino politician and diplomat. He served in the Philippine in various capacities as Executive Secretary, Finance Secretary, Foreign Affairs Secretary, and Budget Secretary. His most recent o ...

( LDP), term limited #

Leticia Ramos-Shahani Leticia Valdez Ramos-Shahani (September 30, 1929 – March 20, 2017) was a Filipina senator, diplomat, and writer. She was the younger sister of Fidel V. Ramos, the 12th president of the Philippines. Early life She was born on September 30, ...

( Lakas), term limited, retired from politics

Incumbents running elsewhere

These all won in the 1995 election, and if lost, would have still returned to finish their six-year Senate term. #

Miriam Defensor Santiago Miriam Palma Defensor-Santiago (''née'' Defensor; June 15, 1945 – September 29, 2016) was a Filipino scholar, academic, lawyer, judge, author, and stateswoman who served in all three branches of the Philippine government: judicial, executiv ...

( PRP), ran for President of the Philippines and lost # Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ( Lakas), ran for Vice President of the Philippines and won #

Raul Roco Raul Sagarbarria Roco (October 26, 1941 – August 5, 2005) was a political figure in the Philippines. He was the standard-bearer of ''Aksyon Demokratiko'', which he founded in 1997 as a vehicle for his presidential bids in 1998 and 2004. He was ...

(

Aksyon Aksyon may refer to *Aksyon Demokratiko, a Philippine political party * ''Aksyon'' (TV program), a 2010–2020 Philippine news program *AksyonTV Aksyon TV () was a Philippine free-to-air television network. It was a joint venture of Nation Bro ...

), ran for President of the Philippines and lost # Francisco Tatad ( GAD), ran for Vice President of the Philippines and lost Arroyo's victory in the vice presidential election meant that she would vacate her Senate seat by June 30, 1998.

Results

The

(LAMMP) won seven seats, while the Lakas-NUCD won five. Three incumbents, all from LAMMP, successfully defended their seats: Blas Ople,

, and Tito Sotto. There are five neophyte senators: Rene Cayetano, Loren Legarda, and

of Lakas, and

and

of LAMMP. Returning senators are

, and

of LAMMP, and

Teofisto Guingona, Jr. Teofisto "Tito" Tayko Guingona Jr. (born July 4, 1928) is a Filipino politician and diplomat who served as the 11th vice president of the Philippines from 2001 to 2004, during the first term of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Born in San ...

of Lakas. Freddie Webb was the sole incumbent defeated. The election of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as Vice President of the Philippines in a concurrent election meant that her Senate seat was vacant until June 30, 2001. Key: * ‡ Seats up * + Gained by a party from another party * √ Held by the incumbent * * Held by the same party with a new senator *^ Vacancy

Per candidate

Per coalition

Per party

External links

The Philippine Presidency Project

Official website of the Commission on Elections

Official website of the House of Representatives
{{Philippine elections

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