2019 Philippine Senate election

2019 Philippine Senate election

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12 (of the 24) seats to the Senate of the Philippines 13 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Majority party Minority party   Leader Koko Pimentel Franklin Drilon Party PDP–Laban Liberal Alliance HNP Otso Diretso Seats won 9 0 Popular vote 203,023,825 50,038,801 Percentage 56.2% 13.8%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Tito Sotto Nancy Binay Party NPC UNA Alliance Split[a] UNA Seats won 1 1 Popular vote 16,965,464 14,974,776 Percentage 4.7% 4.1%
Map showing the number of winning HNP candidates if elections were done per province and city, with darker red shades denoting more candidates from HNP winning there. The winners are determined via the nationwide vote.
Composition of the Senate after the election, with the seats up for election inside the box.
Senate President before election Tito Sotto NPC Elected Senate President Tito Sotto NPC

The 2019 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 33rd election of members to the Senate of the Philippines for a six-year term. It was held on May 13, 2019.

The seats of 12 senators elected in 2013 were contested during this election, and the senators that were elected in this election would serve up to June 30, 2025. The winners in this election joined the winners of the 2016 election to form the 18th Congress of the Philippines. The senators elected in 2016 would serve until June 30, 2022.

The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP–Laban), the ruling party headed by President Rodrigo Duterte, led its own administration coalition, the Hugpong ng Pagbabago.

The Senate election was held concurrently with elections to the House of Representatives and local officials above the barangay level.

Hugpong ng Pagbabago won overwhelmingly, while the main opposition coalition, Otso Diretso, was not able to win any seat in the Senate. Hugpong won 9 seats, while the Nationalist People's Coalition, United Nationalist Alliance, and an independent candidate won 1 seat each.

A total of five women, or 42% of the seats contested, won the election, beating the previous record of four female winners set in 2013 (12 seats contested) and in 1992 (24 seats contested).
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