The 2001 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 27th election to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on Monday, May 14, 2001, to elect 12 of the 24 seats in the Senate. Independent candidate

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, a journalist and former television anchor, was announced as the topnotcher. This became the first synchronized national and local elections held after the ouster of former President

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in January due to a military-backed civilian uprising, popularly known as

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. The two competing coalitions in this election were the anti-Estrada

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and the pro-Estrada

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coalition. The PPC was composed of Lakas—National Union of Christian Democrats—United Muslim Democrats of the Philippines, Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma—Lapiang Manggagawa,

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, Probinsya Muna Development Initiative,

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and Partido Demokratiko Pilipino—Lakas ng Bayan, while the Puwersa ng Masa included Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino and

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along with pro-Estrada independent candidates. Twelve seats were supposed to be contested but with the appointment of Teofisto Guingona Jr. as

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, the

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ruled that the thirteenth-placer candidate would serve the remainder of Guingona's term. The PPC won eight seats, the Puwersa ng Masa won four, and Noli de Castro as an independent won one; PPC's

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edged out Puwersa ng Masa's

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for the twelfth place and Honasan was elected to serve the remainder of Guingona's term. On February 20, 2007, the Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled that Honasan did lose the election but declared the special election constitutional for the remaining three-year term of Teofisto Guingona Jr.

Candidates

Administration coalition

Opposition coalition

Others

''Note: Party affiliation based on Certificate of Candidacy.''

Retiring and term limited incumbents

# Nikki Coseteng (Nationalist People's Coalition, NPC), term limited; ran for senator 2007 Philippine Senate election, in 2007 and lost # Francisco Tatad (People's Reform Party, PRP), term limited; ran for senator 2004 Philippine Senate election, in 2004 and 2010 Philippine Senate election, in 2010 and lost both times

Mid-term vacancies

# Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (Lakas–CMD (1991), Lakas), 1998 Philippine presidential election, ran for Vice President of the Philippines and won in 1998 #*Arroyo subsequently became president on January 20, 2001, after the Second EDSA Revolution which resulted in the overthrow of

. #Marcelo Fernan (Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino, LDP), died on July 11, 1999 #Teofisto Guingona Jr. (Lakas–CMD (1991), Lakas), appointed Vice President of the Philippines on February 7, 2001 #Raul Roco (Aksyon Demokratiko, Aksyon), appointed Secretary of Education (Philippines), Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports on February 10, 2001

Results

The

(PPC) won eight seats, the

won four, and an independent candidate won one. Of the four seats Puwersa ng Masa won, one was for the seat of Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr., whose senatorial term would have ended on June 30, 2004. Four incumbent senators won: Franklin Drilon, Juan Flavier, Ramon Magsaysay Jr. and Serge Osmeña of PPC, There are seven neophyte senators: PPC's Joker Arroyo, Francis Pangilinan,

, Manny Villar, Puwersa ng Masa's Loi Ejercito and Panfilo Lacson, independent candidate

. Returning is Edgardo Angara, who was term limited in the previous election. Puwersa ng Masa senators

Miriam Defensor Santiago and Juan Ponce Enrile did not successfully defend their seats. 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

References

SWS Media Release
''Accessed on March 2007''

External links

Official website of the Commission on Elections

Official website of the House of Representatives
{{Philippine elections Philippine Senate elections, 2001 2001 Philippine general election Special elections to the Congress of the Philippines May 2001 events in the Philippines