Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Senate Electoral Tribunal then dismissed the petitions, ruling that Pimentel's supposed first team from 2011 to 2013 was an "involuntary interruption" of the term, arguing that "Being an interrupted term, the 2017-2013 Senatorial term cannot be counted against [Pimentel] for purposes of counting term limitation provided by the Constitution ...
Candidate Party or alliance Votes % Cynthia Villar: Hugpong ng Pagbabago: Nacionalista Party: 25,283,727: 53.46: Grace Poe: Independent: 22,029,788: 46.58: Bong Go
The senators elected in 2019, together with those elected in 2016, comprise the Senate's delegation in the 18th Congress. The proclamation of all the 12 senators was done nine days after Election Day, on May 22. five incumbents that ran successfully defended their seats, while three former and four new senators were elected.
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 ...
Having placed 20th overall in the 2016 senatorial elections as a candidate under the Grace Poe-led Partido Galing at Puso coalition, he might run as an independent without support from any major coalition this time but may be teaming up with another former congressman and media personality, Lorenzo "Erin" Tañada, under the Makabayan aegis ...
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.
The 1987 Constitution of the Philippines states that unless otherwise provided by law, the election of members of Congress is on every second Monday of May. [1] According to Republic Act No. 7166, election for national, provincial, city and municipal elections are on the second Monday of May, since 1992, and every three years thereafter, with the president and vice president being elected in ...
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.