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The 2007 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 29th election to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on Monday, May 14, 2007, to elect 12 of the 24 seats in the Senate. The winners in this election joined the winners of the 2004 election to form the 14th Congress of the Philippines. The senators elected in 2004 will ...
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, comprise the Senate's delegation in the 14th Congress.
Legislative and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 14, 2007. Positions contested included half the seats in the Senate, which are elected for six-year terms, and all the seats in the House of Representatives, who were elected for three-year terms.
On February 15, 2007, the group changed its name again to Genuine Opposition after a meeting with Senate President Manny Villar due to the defection of senators Edgardo Angara, Tessie Aquino-Oreta, and Tito Sotto to Arroyo's senatorial slate, TEAM Unity. In the Senate election, GO won seven of the 11 contested
TEAM Unity (acronym of Together Everybody Achieves More) was an electoral alliance in the Philippines that contested the 2007 Philippine general election. Its candidates were supporters of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her administration. The alliance sought to win several Senate and House seats to protect Arroyo from impeachment attempts.
Aquilino L. Pimentel III versus Juan Miguel Zubiri (SET Case No. 001-07), better known as Pimentel v.Zubiri, is a Senate Electoral Tribunal case that resolved the election protest filed by Koko Pimentel after the proclamation of Migz Zubiri as senator after the 2007 Philippine Senate election.
Candidate Party or alliance Votes % Loren Legarda: Genuine Opposition: Nationalist People's Coalition: 18,501,734: 62.72: Francis Escudero: Genuine Opposition
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.