2013 Philippine general election

A general election was held in the Philippines on May 13, 2013. It was a midterm election—the officials elected will be sworn in on June 30, 2013, midway through President Benigno Aquino III's term of office.

For specific elections, see Philippine Senate election, 2013; Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2013; Philippine local elections, 2013; and Philippine gubernatorial elections, 2013.

2013 Philippine general election
May 13, 2013 (2013-05-13)
Registered52,982,173
Turnout40,144,207
2013 Philippine Senate election
May 13, 2013 (2013-05-13)
12 (of the 24) seats to the Senate of the Philippines
13 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Franklin Drilon Juan Ponce Enrile
Party Liberal PMP
Alliance Team PNoy UNA
Seats won 9 3
Popular vote 175,716,460 90,808,675
Percentage 59.63% 30.82%
Senate President before election

Juan Ponce Enrile
UNA

 Elected Senate President

Franklin Drilon
Liberal

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections
May 13, 2013 (2013-05-13)
All 293 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
147 seats needed for a majority
Party % Seats +/–
Liberal 37.56 109 +62
NPC 17.08 42 +13
UNA 11.17 8 +8
NUP 8.55 24 +24
Nacionalista 8.41 18 −7
Lakas 5.24 14 −92
Bukidnon Paglaum 0.36 1 +1
Kambilan 0.34 1 +1
KABAKA 0.34 1 0
Unang Sigaw 0.34 1 +1
KBL 0.34 1 0
UNEGA 0.33 1 +1
LDP 0.32 2 0
Kusug Agusanon 0.25 1 +1
CDP 0.24 1 +1
PPPL 0.20 1 +1
Akbayan 0.12 1 +1
Magdiwang 0.08 1 0
Independent 5.92 6 −1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Speaker before Speaker after
Feliciano Belmonte, Jr.
Liberal		 Feliciano Belmonte, Jr.
Liberal
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Being elected are 12 senators (half of the Senate), and all 229 district members of the House of Representatives. These national elections were held on the same day as local and gubernatorial elections, as well as a general election in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. In total, there were 18,022 national and local positions up for election.

Barangay officials, including barangay captains, were elected on October 28, 2013. The elections for SK officials were held at the same day, but on September 24, 2013, the Congress of the Philippines voted to postpone of the election for at least a year.

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