1987 Philippine legislative election

1987 Philippine general election

May 11, 1987 (1987-05-11)
May 11, 1987

12 (of the 24) seats in the Senate
13 seats needed for a majority
 
Alliance LABAN GAD
Seats won 22 2
Popular vote 243,237,045 98,060,057
Percentage 67.71 64.89

Senate President before election

Abolished (last held by Gil Puyat)
Nacionalista

Elected Senate President

Jovito Salonga
LABAN (Liberal)

May 11, 1987

200 (of the 214) seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
101 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
LnB 17.48 24 +24
PDP–Laban 17.32 43 +37
UNIDO 12.80 19 −16
Liberal 10.46 16 +16
Nacionalista 7.19 4 +2
KBL 4.10 11 −99
PnB 1.63 2 +2
GAD 1.34 2 +2
LABAN 1.24 1 +1
Coalitions/others 13.19 55 +38
Independent 13.25 23 +17
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Speaker before Speaker after
Nicanor Yñiguez
KBL
Ramon Mitra Jr.
LnB

The 1987 Philippine legislative election was the first general election in the Philippines since the People Power Revolution and the approval of the 1987 constitution. The election was for the restored bicameral Congress of the Philippines. All winners' terms are from June 30, 1987, up to June 30, 1992.