List of legislatures of the Philippines
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The Philippines has been governed by legislatures since 1898. The country has had different setups, with legislatures under the presidential system and the parliamentary system, and with legislatures having one or two chambers.
The first national legislature in the
The Americans then sent several commissions to assess the situation; these eventually became the
The Allies reconquered the Philippines and the legislators elected in 1941 who are either still alive or are not arrested for collaboration convened in 1945. The Americans granted independence on July 4, 1946, and the Commonwealth Congress was renamed as Congress of the Republic of the Philippines. This will continue until the declaration of martial law by President
List
Per legislative term
Per party
These are at the start of every legislature. A politician may switch parties mid-term. Appointed members appear after the plus sign (+).
Senate
Year | NP[a] | Prog | Dem | Uni/Pro | LP | PF | Ind | Total |
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1916 | 20+2 | 1 | 1 | 24 | ||||
1919 | 20+1 | 1+1 | 1 | 24 | ||||
1922 | 11 | 5+2 | 6 | 24 | ||||
1925 | 13 | 9+2 | 24 | |||||
1928 | 17+1 | 5+1 | 24 | |||||
1931 | 16+1 | 6 | 0+1 | 24 | ||||
1934 | 15+1 | 7+1 | 24 | |||||
1941 | 24 | 24 | ||||||
1946 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 24 |
Year | LP | NP | PF | DP | NCP | PPP | Ind | Total |
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1947 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 24 | ||||
1949 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 24 | ||||
1951 | 14 | 10 | 24 | |||||
1953 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 24 | |||
1955 | 23 | 1 | 24 | |||||
1957 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 24 | ||||
1959 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 24 | ||||
1961 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 24 | |||
1963 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 24 | |||
1965 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 24 | |||
1967 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 24 | |||
1969 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 24 | |||
1971 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 24 |
Year | Lakas[b] | LDP | LP | NPC | NP | PRP | PDP
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PMP | UNA | Akbayan | Others | Ind | Total |
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1987 | 22 LABAN, 2 GAD | 24 | |||||||||||
1992 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 24 | ||||||||
1995 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | ||||||
1998 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 | |||||
2001 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 LAMP | 6 | 24 | ||||||
2004 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 KNP, 1 Aksyon | 2 | 24 | |||||
2007 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 KAMPI, 2 UNO | 1 | 24 | ||
2010 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 24 | ||||
2013 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 24 | |||
2016 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 24 | ||||
2019 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 24 | |||
2022 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 PDDS | 5 | 24 |
House of Representatives
Year | NP | Prog | Dem | Pro | LP | Others | Ind | Total | |
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1907 | 59 | 16 | 1 Catolico | 4 | 80 | ||||
1909 | 62 | 17 | 2 | 81 | |||||
1912 | 62 | 16 | 3 | 81 | |||||
1916
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75 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 90 | ||||
1919 | 83 | 4 | 3 | 90 | |||||
1922 | 26 | 35 Colectivista, 29 Unipersonalata | 3 | 93 | |||||
1925 | 64 | 22 | 6 | 92 | |||||
1928 | 71 | 16 | 7 | 94 | |||||
1931 | 68 | 13 | 5 | 86 | |||||
1934 | 70 | 19 | 3 Sakdalista | 92 | |||||
1935 | 64 | 19 | 6 | 89 | |||||
1938 | 98 | 98 | |||||||
1941 | 95 | 3 | 98 | ||||||
1943 | 108 KALIBAPI | 108 | |||||||
1946 | 35 | 49 | 6 Democratic Alliance, 3 minor parties | 5 | 98 |
Year | LP | NP | KBL | Others | Ind | Sec | Total |
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1949 | 60 | 33 | 6 Liberal-Avelino wing | 1 | 100 | ||
1953 | 31 | 59 | 11 Democratic | 1 | 102 | ||
1957 | 19 | 82 | 1 NCP | 102 | |||
1961 | 29 | 74 | 1 | 104 | |||
1965 | 61 | 38 | 1 independent Nacionalista, 1 independent Liberal | 3 | 104 | ||
1969 | 18 | 88 | 2 independent Nacionalista | 2 | 110 | ||
1978 | 150 | 13 Pusyon Bisaya, 2 minor parties | 0+14 | 165 | |||
1984 | 2 | 114 | 61 UNIDO | 6 | 0+9 | 183 |
Year | KBL | LP | NP | PDP
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Lakas[b] | LDP | NPC | PMP | Reporma | Aksyon | NUP | UNA | Others | Party-list | Ind | Total |
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1987 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 43 | 49 coalitions, 24 Lakas ng Bansa, 19 UNIDO, 2 GAD, 2 PnB, 1 LABAN, 6 minor parties | 0+14 | 23 | 214 | ||||||||
1992 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 86 | 30 | 14 coalitions, 11 Koalisyong Pambansa, 2 minor parties | 0+15 | 6 | 216 | |||||||
1995 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 25 Lakas-Laban, 14 hybrid coalitions, 9 administration coalitions, 1 opposition coalition, 1 PRP
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0+24 | 7 | 226 | ||||
1998 | 15 | 111 | 9 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 4 PROMDI , 5 minor parties
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14 | 2 | 258 | ||||||
2001 | 19 | 2 | 79 | 21 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 , 1 NPC/LDP, 17 minor parties, 5 others | 16 | 8 | 261 | ||||
2004 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 92 | 15 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 KAMPI, 1 PDSP | 28 | 4 | 261 | ||
2007 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 89 | 5 | 28 | 4 | 44 KAMPI, 3 PDSP, 1 Lingkod Taguig | 53 | 4 | 271 | ||||
2010 | 1 | 47 | 26 | 2 | 107 | 2 | 29 | 6 | 1 LM, 1 PDSP | 57 | 7 | 286 | ||||
2013 | 1 | 112 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 42 | 24 | 10 | 1 CDP, 4 minor parties | 59 | 6 | 293 | ||||
2016 | 115 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 8 minor parties | 59 | 4 | 297 | |||
2019 | 18 | 42 | 82 | 12 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 5 PFP, 1 CDP, 1 PRP, 14 minor parties | 61 | 2 | 304 | |||
2022 | 10 | 36 | 66 | 26 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 3 PRP, 2 PFP, 2 PDDS, 1 CDP, 35 minor parties | 63 | 6 | 316 |
Party-list elections
This includes all parties that have won at least 2 seats in any election.
Party | 1998 | 2001 | 2004 | 2007 | 2010 | 2013 | 2016 | 2019 | 2022 |
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APEC | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Akbayan | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
Alagad
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1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Butil | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Bayan Muna | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
CIBAC | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Buhay | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
Anakpawis | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Gabriela | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
PM | 1 | 2 | |||||||
A TEACHER
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2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
ARC
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2 | ||||||||
AMIN | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
Abono
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2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
YACAP | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
AGAP
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2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Ako Bikol | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Senior Citizens | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Coop-NATCCO | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
1-CARE | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
An Waray | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
OFW Family Club | 2 | 1 | |||||||
Magdalo
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2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
ACT-CIS
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1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
1-PACMAN
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2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
ACT Teachers | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Kabayan | 2 | 1 | |||||||
Agri | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
PBA | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
ANG PROBINSYANO
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2 | 1 | |||||||
Marino
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2 | 1 | |||||||
Probinsyano Ako | 2 | ||||||||
1 Rider | 2 | ||||||||
Tingog | 1 | 2 | |||||||
4Ps | 2 | ||||||||
SAGIP | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Other parties | 8 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 34 |
Total party-list seats | 14 | 14 | 28 | 53 | 57 | 59 | 59 | 61 | 63 |
Graphical timeline
- Legend
Senate
- Gaps refer to instances when the legislature was unicameral.
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House of Representatives
- Gaps from 1946 to 1971 refer to instances when there was no lower house election for it was a midterm election (senators have 6-year terms with staggered elections every two years, while representatives have 4-year terms). Starting in 1995, a midterm election includes both upper and lower house elections (senators have 6-year terms with staggered elections every three years, while representatives have 3-year terms).
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Chronological timeline
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
- ISBN 9780199249596.
- Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines"(PDF). quezon.ph.
- "Philippine Electoral Almanac". Retrieved March 9, 2021.