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.)