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The 2007 Senate election in the Philippines occurred on May 14, 2007 to elect one-half of the Senate . The senators elected in 2007, together with those elected in 2004 , will comprise the Senate's delegation in the 14th Congress .
Manner of election [ edit ]
Voting for senators is via nationwide, at-large basis via plurality-at-large voting system. A voter has twelve votes: the voter can vote less than twelve but not more than it. Then votes are tallied nationwide and the twelve candidates with the highest number of votes are elected to the Senate. The Commission on Elections administers elections for the Senate, with the Senate Electoral Tribunal deciding election disputes after a Senator has taken office.
Senators elected in 2007 [ edit ]
Key: Boldface : incumbent, italicized : neophyte senator
Place
Senator
Party
Coalition
Voted at*
Date proclaimed
Religion
Prior congressional and elective executive positions
Born
1st
Loren Legarda
NPC
Genuine Opposition
Malabon
June 3, 2007
Roman Catholicism
Senator (1998–2004)
1960
2nd
Francis Escudero
NPC
Genuine Opposition
Sorsogon City , Sorsogon
June 6, 2007
Roman Catholicism
Member of the House of Representatives from Sorsogon 's 1st district (1998–2007)
1969
3rd
Panfilo Lacson
UNO
Genuine Opposition
Imus , Cavite
June 3, 2007
Roman Catholicism
Senator (2001–2007)
1948
4th
Manny Villar
Nacionalista
Genuine Opposition
Las Piñas
June 3, 2007
Roman Catholicism
Senator (2001–2007), member of the House of Representatives from Las Piñas ' district (1992–2001; Speaker , 1998–2000)
1949
5th
Francis Pangilinan
Liberal
None
Quezon City
June 3, 2007
Roman Catholicism
Senator (2001–2007)
1963
6th
Benigno Aquino III
Liberal
Genuine Opposition
Tarlac City , Tarlac
June 6, 2007
Roman Catholicism
Member of the House of Representatives from Tarlac 's 2nd district (1998–2007)
1960
7th
Edgardo Angara
LDP
TEAM Unity
Baler, Aurora
June 6, 2007
Roman Catholicism
Senator (1987–1998, 2001–2007; Senate President , 1993–1995)
1934
8th
Joker Arroyo
KAMPI
TEAM Unity
Makati
June 6, 2007
Roman Catholicism
Senator (2001–2007), member of the House of Representatives from Makati 's 1st district (1992–2001)
1927
9th
Alan Peter Cayetano
Nacionalista
Genuine Opposition
Taguig
June 6, 2007
Evangelical Christianity
Member of the House of Representatives from Taguig and Pateros 's district (1998–2007)
1970
10th
Gregorio Honasan
Independent
None
Marikina
June 6, 2007
Roman Catholicism
Senator (1995–2004)
1948
11th
Antonio Trillanes
UNO
Genuine Opposition
Caloocan
June 15, 2007
Roman Catholicism
1971
12th
Koko Pimentel
PDP–Laban
Genuine Opposition
Cagayan de Oro
August 11, 2011
Roman Catholicism
1964
*Senators are elected on a nationwide, at-large basis.
a b Pimentel was declared the winner after the Senate Electoral Tribunal ruled in favor of his electoral protest against Zubiri, who had resigned in August 3, 2011.
Changes [ edit ]
These are the changes in membership after the proclamation of winners: