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The 2022 Senate election in the Philippines occurred on May 9, 2022 to elect one-half of the Senate. The senators elected in 2022, together with those elected in 2019, comprise the Senate's delegation in the 19th Congress. The proclamation of all the 12 senators was done nine days after Election Day, on May 18.
The Senate of the Philippines is the upper house of Congress.The Senate is composed of 24 senators, each elected to a six-year term, renewable once, under plurality-at-large voting: on each election, the voters vote for up to twelve candidates, with the twelve candidates the highest number of votes being elected in.
The 2022 Philippine Senate election was the 34th election of members to the Senate of the Philippines for a six-year term. It was held on May 9, 2022. It was held on May 9, 2022. The seats of the 12 senators elected in 2016 were contested in this election, and the senators that will be elected in this election serve until June 30, 2028.
Leila de Lima , former senator and secretary of justice De Lima declined to run for senator. [13] She is running for House representative for Mamamayang Liberal party-list instead. [14] Chel Diokno , chairman of the Free Legal Assistance Group and senatorial candidate in 2019 and 2022 Diokno declined to run for senator. [15]
The senators elected in 2019, together with those elected in 2016, comprise the Senate's delegation in the 18th Congress. The proclamation of all the 12 senators was done nine days after Election Day, on May 22. five incumbents that ran successfully defended their seats, while three former and four new senators were elected. [1]
The Senate, when it existed, met at the Old Legislative Building from 1918 to 1941, from 1949 to 1973, and from 1987 to 1997.. Elections to the Senate of the Philippines are done via plurality-at-large voting; a voter can vote for up to twelve candidates, with the twelve candidates with the highest number of votes being elected.
Senators serve six-year terms with a maximum of two consecutive terms, with half of the senators elected in staggered elections every three years. When the Senate was restored by the 1987 Constitution, the 24 senators who were elected in 1987 served until 1992. In 1992, the 12 candidates for the Senate obtaining the highest number of votes ...
List of senators elected in the 2022 Philippine Senate election This page was last edited on 6 November 2024, at 05:04 (UTC). Text is ...