List of Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives elections

The following is a list of elections held to determine the officeholder of the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines.

12th Congress

2001 election for speaker [1]
Candidate Votes Percent
Jose de Venecia, Jr. (Lakas–NUCD; Pangasinan 2nd District) 185 91.13%
Carlos Padilla (Nacionalista; Nueva Vizcaya) 17 8.37%
Abstained 1 0.49%
Total votes: 203

13th Congress

2004 election for speaker [2]
Candidate Votes Percent
Jose de Venecia, Jr. (Lakas–CMD; Pangasinan 2nd District) 193 85.02%
Francis Joseph Escudero (NPC; Sorsogon 1st District) 13 5.73%
Jacinto Paras (Lakas–CMD; Negros Oriental 1st District) 8 3.52%
Ronaldo Zamora (PMP; San Juan) 7 3.08%
Abstained 6 2.64%
Total votes: 227

14th Congress

First election

2007 election for speaker [3]
Candidate Votes Percent
Jose de Venecia, Jr. (Lakas–CMD; Pangasinan 2nd District) 193 88.15%
Against 1 0.47%
Abstained 24 11.37%
Total votes: 211

Second election

2008 election for speaker [4]
Candidate Votes Percent
Prospero Nograles (Lakas–CMD; Davao City 1st District) 174 77.33%
Against 35 15.56%
Abstained 16 7.11%
Total votes: 225

15th Congress

Feliciano Belmonte Jr. won against Edcel Lagman for the House speakership.[5][6]

2010 election for speaker
Candidate Votes Percent
Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. (Liberal; Quezon City 4th District) 227 88.67%
Edcel Lagman (Lakas-Kampi-CMD; Albay 1st District) 29 11.33%
Total votes: 256

16th Congress

Feliciano Belmonte retained his post as House Speaker after he secured the most votes from the legislature, beating Ronaldo Zamora and Ferdinand Romualdez.[7][8]

2013 election for speaker
Candidate Votes Percent
Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. (Liberal; Quezon City 4th District) 244 86.83%
Ronaldo Zamora (UNA; San Juan) 19 6.76%
Ferdinand Martin Romualdez (Lakas; Leyte 1st District) 16 5.69%
Abstained 2 0.71%
Total votes: 281

17th Congress

First election

The House of Representatives voted for Pantaleon Alvarez as its speaker on July 26, 2016 when it opened its first session.[9]

2016 election for speaker [10]
Candidate Votes Percent
Pantaleon Alvarez (PDP–Laban; Davao del Norte 1st District) 252 87.2%
Teodoro Baguilat, Jr. (Liberal; Ifugao) 8 2.77%
Danilo Suarez (Lakas–CMD; Quezon 3rd District) 7 2.42%
Abstained 21 7.27%
No vote 1 0.35%
Total votes: 289

Second election

The start of the 2018 State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte on July 23, 2018 was delayed by almost half an hour[11] after the House of Representatives informally convened to install Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as House Speaker, with 161 members voting for her appointment. Alvarez disputed the appointment and his allies blocked the declaration of the position as vacant.[12] The House convened in a formal session in the evening after the presidential speech to conduct another vote. 243 members were recorded to be present with 199 representatives participating; 184 voting in favor of Arroyo's appointment, three casting a "no" vote, and 12 officially abstaining from the vote. The session which included Arroyo's formal election was recorded in House Resolution No. 2025.[13]

2018 election for speaker [14]
Candidate Votes Percent
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (PDP–Laban; Pampanga 2nd District) 184 92.46%
Abstained 12 6.03%
No vote 3 1.51%
Total votes: 199

18th Congress

1st election

The House of Representatives voted for Alan Peter Cayetano as its speaker on July 22, 2019 when it opened its first session.[15]

2019 election for speaker
Candidate Votes Percent
Alan Peter Cayetano (Nacionalista; Pateros–Taguig) 266 89.56%
Bienvenido Abante (UNA; Manila 6th District) 28 9.43%
Abstained 2 0.67%
No vote 1 0.34%
Total votes: 297

2nd election

186 members of the House of Representatives gathered on October 12, 2020 at Celebrity Sports Complex in Quezon City to elect Lord Allan Velasco as the new speaker ousting then incumbent Alan Peter Cayetano. This was initially disputed by Cayetano until October 13, 2020 when the same number of representatives ratified Velasco's election as speaker during a special session at the Batasang Pambansa.[16]

2020 election for speaker
Candidate Votes Percent
Lord Allan Velasco (PDP–Laban; Marinduque Lone District) 186 100%
Total votes: 186

References

  1. "JOURNAL NO. 1, Monday, July 23, 2001" (PDF). House Journal. 12th Congress of the House of Representatives. 1: 33–41. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. "JOURNAL NO. 1, Monday, July 26, 2004" (PDF). House Journal. 13th Congress of the House of Representatives. 1: 33. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  3. "Congressional Record Vol. 1, Monday, July 23, 2007" (PDF). Congressional Record. 14th Congress of the House of Representatives. 1 (1): 31–33. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  4. "Congressional Record Vol. 3, Monday and Tuesday, February 4 and 5, 2008" (PDF). Congressional Record. 14th Congress of the House of Representatives. 3 (54-a): 646. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  5. Legazpi, Amita (26 July 2010). "Rep. Belmonte elected as House Speaker". GMA News. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  6. Camero, J.; Bundang, R.; Reyes, M.; Yambot, I. (26 July 2010). "House Members welcome Rep. Belmonte's election as Speaker of the 15th Congress". Congress of the Philippines. MRS-PRIB. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  7. Casin, Grace; Navales, Ruth (22 July 2013). "Rep. Feliciano Belmonte Jr., muling nahalal bilang House Speaker". UNTV News. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  8. Boncocan, Karen (July 22, 2013). "House re-elects Belmonte in overwhelming vote". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
  9. "Pimentel, Alvarez are new Congress leaders". Sunstar. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  10. "Plenary Proceedings of the 17th Congress, First Regular Session" (PDF). Congressional Record. 17th Congress of the House of Representatives. 1 (1): 36–37. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  11. Lalu, Gabriel Pabico (23 July 2018). "Sona already delayed by 30 minutes". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  12. Domingo, Katrina (23 July 2018). "House leadership row to continue after SONA". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  13. "House Resolution 2025" (PDF). Congress of the philippines. 25 July 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  14. "Plenary Proceedings of the 17th Congress, First Regular Session" (PDF). Congressional Record. 17th Congress of the House of Representatives. 1 (1): 36–37. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  15. "House installs Alan Peter Cayetano as speaker". philstar.com. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  16. Cepeda, Mara (October 13, 2020). "It's official: Lord Allan Velasco is new Speaker of the House". Rappler. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
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