2001 Philippine Senate election

The 2001 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 27th election to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on Monday, May 14, 2001 to elect 12 of the 24 seats in the Senate. Independent candidate Noli de Castro, a former television anchor of TV Patrol of ABS-CBN was announced as the topnotcher. This is the first synchronized national and local elections held after the ouster of Former President Joseph Estrada in January due to a military-backed civilian uprising (popularly known as EDSA II).

2001 Philippine Senate election

May 14, 2001
12 (of the 24) seats to the Senate of the Philippines and one mid-term vacancy 13 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Franklin Drilon Edgardo Angara Party Independent LDP Alliance PPC Puwersa ng Masa Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Last election 5 seats 7 seats Seats before 10 12 Seats won 8 4+1 Seats after 15 8 Seat change 5 4 Popular vote 123,491,617 95,072,114 Percentage 50.8% 39.1%
Senate President before election Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. PDP–Laban Elected Senate President Franklin Drilon Independent

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The two competing coalitions in this election were the People Power Coalition (PPC) which supported Estrada's ouster, and the Puwersa ng Masa (Force of the Masses) coalition that supported Estrada. The PPC was composed of Lakas-NUCD-UMDP, Reporma-LM, Aksyon Demokratiko, PROMDI, Liberal Party and the PDP–Laban; the Puwersa ng Masa included the LDP, Partido ng Masang Pilipino and other pro-Estrada independents. There were supposed to be twelve seats to be contested but with the appointment of Teofisto Guingona as vice president, the Commission on Elections ruled that the thirteenth-placed candidate will serve the remainder of Guingona's term.

The PPC won eight seats, the Puwersa ng Masa won four, and Noli de Castro as an independent won one; PPC's Ralph Recto edged out Puwersa ng Masa's Gregorio Honasan for the twelfth place and Honasan was elected to serve the remainder of Guingona's term. On February 20, 2007, the Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled that Honasan did lose the election but declared constitutional the special election for the remaining three-year term of Teofisto Guingona Jr.