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Campaigning for the Senate elections began on February 9, 2016. The United Nationalist Alliance's campaign started with a proclamation rally held in Mandaluyong on that same day. [ 31 ] The 10-person senatorial line-up of Miriam Defensor Santiago 's campaign were unveiled during a campaign event at the Ynares Sports Arena on February 14, 2016 ...
The 2016 Senate election in the Philippines occurred on May 9, 2016 to elect one-half of the Senate. The senators elected in 2016, together with those elected in 2013, comprise the Senate's delegation in the 17th Congress. The proclamation of all the 12 senators was done ten days after Election Day, on May 19. three incumbents that ran ...
2016 Philippine general election (May 9, 2016) 2016 Philippine presidential election; 2016 Philippine Senate election; 2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections; 2016 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election; 2016 Philippine gubernatorial elections; 2016 Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (October 2016)
Provincial results of the Senate election, denoting which party won a plurality of votes per province; Metro Manila at the inset. Note that seats are allocated on the nationwide vote. 12 seats of the Senate of the Philippines were up for election. The Philippines uses plurality-at-large voting to determine the winning
The Senate, when it existed, met at the Old Legislative Building from 1918 to 1941, from 1949 to 1973, and from 1987 to 1997.. Elections to the Senate of the Philippines are done via plurality-at-large voting; a voter can vote for up to twelve candidates, with the twelve candidates with the highest number of votes being elected.
Candidate Party or alliance Votes % Franklin Drilon: Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid: Liberal Party: 18,607,391: 41.37: Joel Villanueva: Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid [a]: Liberal Party
The results are then printed as the election return and sent electronically to the city or municipal Board of Canvassers. In 2016, for the third time in a row, the Philippines automated their elections using electronic vote counting machines. The deployment of 92,500 of these machines was the largest in the world.
The term "general election" is not predominantly used in the Philippines, but for the purposes of this article, a "general election" may refer to an election day where the presidency or at least a class of members of Congress are on the ballot. Since 1992, on presidential election days, the presidency, half of the Senate, the House of ...