Misplaced Pages

List of Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives elections

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

This article is missing information about elections prior to the 10th Congress. Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page. (July 2024)

The following is a list of elections held to determine the officeholder of the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines.

10th Congress

1995 election for speaker
Candidate Votes Percent
Jose de Venecia Jr. (Lakas–NUCD; Pangasinan–2nd) 160 87.91%
Ronaldo Zamora (NPC; San Juan–Mandaluyong) 22 12.09%
Total votes: 182

11th Congress

1998 election

1998 election for speaker
Candidate Votes Percent
Manny Villar (LAMMP; Las Piñas) 171 82.21%
Joker Arroyo (Independent; Makati–1st) 37 17.79%
Total votes: 208

2001 election

2001 election for speaker
Candidate Votes Percent
Feliciano Belmonte (Lakas–CMD; Quezon City–4th) Unopposed 100.00
Total votes: Unknown

12th Congress

2001 election for speaker
Candidate Votes Percent
Jose de Venecia Jr. (Lakas–NUCD; Pangasinan–2nd) 185 91.13%
Carlos Padilla (Nacionalista; Nueva Vizcaya) 17 8.37%
Abstained 1 0.49%
Total votes: 203

13th Congress

2004 election for speaker
Candidate Votes Percent
Jose de Venecia, Jr. (Lakas–CMD; Pangasinan–2nd) 193 85.02%
Francis Escudero (NPC; Sorsogon–1st) 13 5.73%
Jacinto Paras (Lakas–CMD; Negros Oriental–1st) 8 3.52%
Ronaldo Zamora (PMP; San Juan) 7 3.08%
Abstained 6 2.64%
Total votes: 227

14th Congress

2007 election

2007 election for speaker
Candidate Votes Percent
Jose de Venecia, Jr. (Lakas–CMD; Pangasinan–2nd) 193 85.32%
Against 1 0.46%
Abstained 24 11.01%
Total votes: 218

2008 election

2008 election for speaker
Candidate Votes Percent
Prospero Nograles (Lakas–CMD; Davao City–1st) 174 77.33%
Against 35 15.56%
Abstained 16 7.11%
Total votes: 225

15th Congress

Feliciano Belmonte Jr. won against Edcel Lagman for the House speakership.

2010 election for speaker
Candidate Votes Percent
Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. (Liberal; Quezon City–4th) 227 88.67%
Edcel Lagman (Lakas-Kampi-CMD; Albay–1st) 29 11.33%
Total votes: 256

16th Congress

Feliciano Belmonte retained his post as House Speaker after he secured the most votes from the legislature, beating Ronaldo Zamora and Ferdinand Romualdez.

2013 election for speaker
Candidate Votes Percent
Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. (Liberal; Quezon City–4th) 244 86.83%
Ronaldo Zamora (UNA; San Juan) 19 6.76%
Ferdinand Martin Romualdez (Lakas; Leyte–1st) 16 5.69%
Abstained 2 0.71%
Total votes: 281

17th Congress

2016 election

The House of Representatives voted for Pantaleon Alvarez as its speaker on July 26, 2016, when it opened its first session.

2016 election for speaker
Candidate Votes Percent
Pantaleon Alvarez (PDP–Laban; Davao del Norte–1st) 252 87.2%
Teodoro Baguilat, Jr. (Liberal; Ifugao) 8 2.77%
Danilo Suarez (Lakas–CMD; Quezon–3rd) 7 2.42%
Abstained 21 7.27%
No vote 1 0.35%
Total votes: 289

2018 election

The start of the 2018 State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte on July 23, 2018, was delayed by almost half an hour after the House of Representatives informally convened to install Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as House Speaker, with 161 members voting for her appointment. Alvarez disputed the appointment and his allies blocked the declaration of the position as vacant. The House convened in a formal session in the evening after the presidential speech to conduct another vote. 243 members were recorded to be present with 199 representatives participating; 184 voting in favor of Arroyo's appointment, three casting a "no" vote, and 12 officially abstaining from the vote. The session which included Arroyo's formal election was recorded in House Resolution No. 2025.

2018 election for speaker
Candidate Votes Percent
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (PDP–Laban; Pampanga–2nd) 184 92.46%
Abstained 12 6.03%
No vote 3 1.51%
Total votes: 199

18th Congress

2019 election

The House of Representatives voted for Alan Peter Cayetano as its speaker on July 22, 2019, when it opened its first session.

2019 election for speaker
Candidate Votes Percent
Alan Peter Cayetano (Nacionalista; Taguig–Pateros) 266 89.56%
Bienvenido Abante (Asenso Manileño; Manila–6th) 28 9.43%
Abstained 2 0.67%
No vote 1 0.34%
Total votes: 297

2020 election

186 members of the House of Representatives gathered on October 12, 2020, at Celebrity Sports Complex in Quezon City to elect Lord Allan Velasco as the new speaker ousting then incumbent Alan Peter Cayetano. This was initially disputed by Cayetano until October 13, 2020, when the same number of representatives ratified Velasco's election as speaker during a special session at the Batasang Pambansa.

2020 election for speaker
Candidate Votes Percent
Lord Allan Velasco (PDP–Laban; Marinduque) 186 100%
Total votes: 186

19th Congress

2022 election

2022 Philippine House Speaker elections

25 July 2022
  Majority party
  Ferdinand Martin Gomez Romualdez.jpg
Leader Martin Romualdez
Party Lakas
Leader's seat Leyte–1st
Electoral votes 284
Percentage 91.29

Speaker before election

Lord Allan Velasco
PDP–Laban

Elected Speaker

Martin Romualdez
Lakas

2022 election for speaker
Candidate Votes Percent
Martin Romualdez (Lakas; Leyte–1st) 284 91.29%
Abstained 4 1.29%
Against 1 0.32%
did not vote 21 6.77%
Total votes: 310

References

  1. Santos, Reynaldo Jr. (May 28, 2016). "How did Rodrigo Duterte fare as congressman?". Rappler. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  2. "JOURNAL NO. 1, Monday, July 23, 2001" (PDF). House Journal. 1. 12th Congress of the House of Representatives: 33–41. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  3. "JOURNAL NO. 1, Monday, July 26, 2004" (PDF). House Journal. 1. 13th Congress of the House of Representatives: 33. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  4. "Congressional Record Vol. 1, Monday, July 23, 2007" (PDF). Congressional Record. 1 (1). 14th Congress of the House of Representatives: 31–33. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  5. "Congressional Record Vol. 3, Monday and Tuesday, February 4 and 5, 2008" (PDF). Congressional Record. 3 (54–a). 14th Congress of the House of Representatives: 646. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  6. Legazpi, Amita (26 July 2010). "Rep. Belmonte elected as House Speaker". GMA News. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  7. Camero, J.; Bundang, R.; Reyes, M.; Yambot, I. (26 July 2010). "House Members welcome Rep. Belmonte's election as Speaker of the 15th Congress". Congress of the Philippines. MRS-PRIB. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  8. Casin, Grace; Navales, Ruth (22 July 2013). "Rep. Feliciano Belmonte Jr., muling nahalal bilang House Speaker". UNTV News. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  9. Boncocan, Karen (July 22, 2013). "House re-elects Belmonte in overwhelming vote". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
  10. "Pimentel, Alvarez are new Congress leaders". Sunstar. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  11. "Plenary Proceedings of the 17th Congress, First Regular Session" (PDF). Congressional Record. 1 (1). 17th Congress of the House of Representatives: 36–37. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  12. Lalu, Gabriel Pabico (23 July 2018). "Sona already delayed by 30 minutes". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  13. Domingo, Katrina (23 July 2018). "House leadership row to continue after SONA". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  14. "House Resolution 2025" (PDF). Congress of the philippines. 25 July 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  15. "Plenary Proceedings of the 17th Congress, First Regular Session" (PDF). Congressional Record. 1 (1). 17th Congress of the House of Representatives: 36–37. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  16. "House installs Alan Peter Cayetano as speaker". Philstar.com. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  17. Cepeda, Mara (October 13, 2020). "It's official: Lord Allan Velasco is new Speaker of the House". Rappler. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
Philippines Elections and referendums in the Philippines
General elections
Presidential elections
Senate elections
House elections
Constitutional conventions
Local elections
Barangay elections
Referendums
Categories: