1987 Philippine House of Representatives elections

1987 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Philippines
← 1984 May 11, 1987 1992 →

200 (of the 214) seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
101 seats needed for a majority
Party 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

Elections for the House of Representatives in the Philippines were held on May 11, 1987. This was the first legislative election since 1984, the first House of Representatives elections since 1969, and the first election since the People Power Revolution that overthrew president Ferdinand Marcos and brought Corazon Aquino to power after alleged election fraud by the former during the 1986 presidential election against the latter.

Although no party surpassed 20% of the popular vote, candidates that ran under two or more parties won a quarter of the seats, followed by PDP–Laban and Lakas ng Bansa of subsequent speaker Ramon Mitra, Jr. that would later be the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino after some of the members of PDP–Laban defected. The Ferdinand Marcos loyalists either ran under the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, as independents, or found their way into the pro-Corazon Aquino parties. The pro-Aquino parties won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.

Under the provisions of the Constitution, the 8th Congress spanned for an unprecedented five years, from June 30, 1987 until June 30, 1992.