2022 Philippine Senate election

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2022 Philippine Senate election
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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.

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Party-switching before the election

For senators running in this election cycle:

  • Panfilo Lacson (independent) switched to Reporma on July 29, 2021, to run for president.[1] He left Reporma on March 24, 2022, to become an independent.[2]
  • Joel Villanueva (CIBAC[3]) became an independent when he filed his candidacy to run for senator.[4]
  • Manny Pacquiao (PDP–Laban) switched to PROMDI when he filed his candidacy to run for president.[5]
  • Dick Gordon (Independent) switched to Bagumbayan–VNP when he filed his candidacy to run for senator.[6]

For senators whose seats are not up:

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Term-limited and retiring incumbents

Term limited incumbents

The following are ineligible from running since they are on their second consecutive six-year term:[8]

  1. Franklin Drilon (Liberal), retiring[9][10]
  2. Ralph Recto (Nacionalista), running for House representative from Batangas's 6th district[11][12][13]
  3. Tito Sotto (NPC), running for vice president of the Philippines[14][15][16][17]

Retiring incumbents

The following senators' terms are ending in 2022. They were eligible to run again, but targeted other positions:

  1. Panfilo Lacson (Reporma), running for president of the Philippines[18][19][16][1] [20]
  2. Manny Pacquiao (PROMDI), running for president of the Philippines[21][5][22]
  3. Francis Pangilinan (Liberal), running for vice president of the Philippines[23][24][25]

Running for another position mid-term

Ronald dela Rosa (PDP–Laban) originally filed to run for president of the Philippines, as Bong Go's presidential running mate.[26] Dela Rosa withdrew later on.[27] Bong Go then ran for president, switching from PDP–Laban to Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan (PDDS).[28] Go himself officially withdrew on December 14.[29]

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Candidates

A total of 178 people filed candidacies for senator.[30] A total of 114 people were found to be disallowed by the commission for being nuisance candidates, disqualified for other reasons, or have their candidacies cancelled.[31][32]

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Opinion polling

Opinion polling in the Philippines is conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS), Pulse Asia, OCTA Research, and other pollsters.

Per candidate

The top 16 candidates with the highest favourability in each poll are listed below, where the top 12 are marked with a "black line".

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Results

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    Proclamation of winning senators of the May 9, 2022 Senate elections

    Per candidate

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    First-placing candidate per province in the Philippines during the Senate election 2022
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    1. Guest candidate of UniTeam Alliance
    2. Guest candidate of the Lacson–Sotto slate
    3. Guest candidate of the MP3 Alliance
    4. Guest candidate of Tuloy na Pagbabago
    5. Guest candidate of Team Robredo–Pangilinan
    6. Guest candidate of Labor and Ecology Advocates for Democracy
    7. Withdrew
    8. Guest candidate of Aksyon Demokratiko

    Per coalition

    The seats won totals does not account for guest candidates unless specified.

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    Sources

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