1987 Philippine Senate election
May 11, 1987
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All 24 seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||
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Results showing the alliance affiliation of first-placed candidates by region | |||||||||||||||||||
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The 23rd election to the Senate of the Philippines was held on Monday, May 11, 1987. The Senate was re-instituted following the approval of a new constitution in 1987 restoring the bicameral Congress of the Philippines; earlier, a constitution was approved in 1973 that created a unicameral Batasang Pambansa (parliament) that replaced the bicameral Congress. The last Senate election prior to this was the 1971 election.
The Lakas ng Bayan (LABAN) got 64.9% of the vote but won 22 out of 24 seats in the Senate; only two candidates from the opposition Grand Alliance for Democracy won: former Secretary of National Defense Juan Ponce Enrile and San Juan Mayor Joseph Estrada, despite getting 26.6% of the vote.
Along with the 1916, 1941 and the 1992 elections, this is the third senatorial election where all seats were up.