General Information
Results:
Seats Won in this Election:
- Philippine Democratic Party-People’s Power (PDP-Laban): 4
- Nacionalista Party (NP): 3
- United Nationalist Alliance (UNA): 1
- Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD): 1
- Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC): 1
- Struggle of Filipino Democrats (LDP): 1
- Independents: 1
At Stake in this Election:
- 12 seats in the Senado (Senate)
Government Structure:
- Chief of State: President Rodrigo DUTERTE
- Head of Government: President Rodrigo DUTERTE
- Assembly: Philippines has a bicameral Kongreso (Congress) consisting of the Senado (Senate) with 24 seats and the Kapulungan Ng Mga Kinatawan (House of Representatives), which currently has 297 seats.
Electoral System:
- Members of the Senate are directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by majority vote. Members serve 6-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 3 years.
Main Parties in this Election:
- Party: United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) / Nagkakaisang Alyansang Makabansa
- Party: Liberal Party of the Philippines (LP) / Partido Liberal ng Pilipinas
- Leader: Francis PANGILINAN
- Party: Nacionalista Party (NP) / Partido Nasyonalista
- Leader: Manuel VILLAR
- Party: Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC)
- Leader: Eduardo COJUANGCO, Jr.
- Party: Struggle of Filipino Democrats (LDP) / Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino
- Party: Philippine Democratic Party-People’s Power (PDP-Laban) / Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan
- Leader: Rodrigo DUTERTE
- Party: Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD)
- Leader: Martin ROMUALDEZ
- Party: National Unity Party (NUP)
- Leader: Ronaldo V. PUNO
- Party: Puwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP)
- Leader: Joseph Ejercito ESTRADA
- Party: Akbayan Citizens’ Action Party
- Independents
Population and Registered Voters:
- Population: 108,106,310 (2019 est.)
- Registered Voters: 61,843,750 domestic, 1,822,173 overseas
Gender Data:
- Female Population: 64,757,286 (2019 est.)
- Is Philippines a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (15 July 1980)
- Has Philippines ratified CEDAW: Yes (5 August 1981)
- Gender Quota: No
- Female candidates in this election: Yes
- Number of Female Parliamentarians: 85 (27.16%) There are 79 women serving in the House of Representatives (27.34%) and 6 in the Senate (25%).
- Human Development Index Position: 113 (2018)
- Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very High (2019)
Disability Data:
- Is Philippines a signatory to CRPD: Yes (25 September 2007)
- Has Philippines ratified CRPD: Yes (15 April 2008)
- Population with a disability: 15,149,756 (est.)