List of senators elected in the Philippine Senate election, 2007

The 2007 Senate election

Philippine Senate election, 2007

Election to the Senate of the Philippines was held on Monday, May 14, 2007. This is to elect 12 of the 24 seats in the Senate. Together with those elected in 2004, they will comprise the 14th Congress via plurality-at-large voting. The senators elected in 2004 will serve until June 30, 2010, while...

in the Philippines

Philippines

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occurred on May 14, 2010 to elect one-half of the Senate

Senate of the Philippines

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. The senators elected in 2007, together with those elected on 2004, will comprise the Senate's delegation in the 14th Congress

14th Congress of the Philippines

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Manner of election

Voting for senators is via nationwide, at-large

At-Large

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basis via plurality-at-large voting

Plurality-at-large voting

Plurality-at-large voting is a non-proportional voting system for electing several representatives from a single multimember electoral district using a series of check boxes and tallying votes similar to a plurality election...

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

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administers elections for the Senate, with the Senate Electoral Tribunal deciding election disputes after a Senator has took office.

Senators elected in 2007

Key: Boldface: incumbent, italicized: neophyte senator

Place	Senator	\|Party	Coalition	Voted at*	Date proclaimed	Religion	Prior congressional and elective executive positions
7rd	Edgardo Angara Edgardo Angara Edgardo Javier Angara is a Filipino politician who served as President of the Senate of the Philippines from 1993-1995. He is currently serving his fourth term in the Senate which ends in 2013.-Early life and career:...	TEAM Unity TEAM Unity Together Everybody Achieves More Unity was the umbrella coalition of the administration-backed senatorial line-up for the 2007 Philippine Midterm Elections. TEAM Unity is composed mostly of supporters and erstwhile critics of current Philippine president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo...	Baler, Aurora Baler, Aurora Baler is a 4th class municipality in the province of Aurora, Philippines. It is the provincial capital of Aurora. According to the latest census, it has a population of 34,492 people and 5.955 members per household....	June 6, 2007	Roman Catholicism	Senator (1987–98, 2001–07; Senate President President of the Senate of the Philippines The President of the Senate of the Philippines, or more popularly known as the Senate President, is the presiding officer and the highest ranking-official of the Senate of the Philippines. He/she is elected by the entire body to be their leader... , 1993–95)	1934
6th	Benigno Aquino III Benigno Aquino III Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III , also known as Noynoy Aquino or PNoy, is a Filipino politician who has been the 15th and current President of the Philippines since June 2010....	GO Genuine Opposition Genuine Opposition is the umbrella political coalition of the parties' senatorial line-up for the 2007 Philippine midterm elections, which is in opposition to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo...	Tarlac City Tarlac City The City of Tarlac is a 1st class city in the province of Tarlac, Philippines. Tarlac provincial capitol building is shown on the back of the Philippines 500 peso note that features former Senator Benigno Aquino Jr... , Tarlac Tarlac Tarlac is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Luzon Island. Its capital is Tarlac City. Tarlac borders Pampanga to the south, Nueva Ecija to the east, Pangasinan to the north, and Zambales to the west...	June 6, 2007	Roman Catholicism	Member of the House of Representatives House of Representatives of the Philippines The House of Representatives of the Philippines is the lower chamber of the... from Tarlac Tarlac Tarlac is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Luzon Island. Its capital is Tarlac City. Tarlac borders Pampanga to the south, Nueva Ecija to the east, Pangasinan to the north, and Zambales to the west... 's 2nd district (1998–2007)	1960
4th	Joker Arroyo Joker Arroyo Joker Paz Arroyo is a Filipino lawyer, politician and Senator of the Republic of the Philippines. He has no direct relation with former Presidential spouse Jose Miguel Arroyo.-Early life and career:...	TEAM Unity TEAM Unity Together Everybody Achieves More Unity was the umbrella coalition of the administration-backed senatorial line-up for the 2007 Philippine Midterm Elections. TEAM Unity is composed mostly of supporters and erstwhile critics of current Philippine president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo...	Makati	June 6, 2007	Roman Catholicism	Senator (2001–07), member of the House of Representatives House of Representatives of the Philippines The House of Representatives of the Philippines is the lower chamber of the... from Makati's 1st district (1992–2001)	1927
9th	Alan Peter Cayetano Alan Peter Cayetano Alan Peter Schramm Cayetano is a senator from the Philippines.He was the congressional representative from the district of Taguig-Pateros for 9 years. He had a seven-point program for his Taguig-Pateros constituency in Metro Manila. He ran for senator on the May 14, 2007 Philippine elections under...	GO Genuine Opposition Genuine Opposition is the umbrella political coalition of the parties' senatorial line-up for the 2007 Philippine midterm elections, which is in opposition to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo...	Taguig	June 6, 2007	Evangelical Christianity	Member of the House of Representatives House of Representatives of the Philippines The House of Representatives of the Philippines is the lower chamber of the... from Taguig and Pateros Pateros Pateros refers to the following places:Pateros, Metro Manila, a municipality in Metro Manila, PhilippinesPateros, Washington, a city located in Okanogan County, Washington, United States... 's district (1998–2007)	\|1970
2nd	Francis Escudero Francis Escudero Francis Joseph "Chiz" Guevara Escudero is a Filipino politician who has been a member of the Philippine Senate since 2007...	GO Genuine Opposition Genuine Opposition is the umbrella political coalition of the parties' senatorial line-up for the 2007 Philippine midterm elections, which is in opposition to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo...	Sorsogon City Sorsogon City Sorsogon City is a 2nd class city in Sorsogon, Philippines. It is the capital city of the province of Sorsogon The city is located at southernmost tip province of Luzon. This city was formed by merging the Bacon and Sorsogon towns. The city serves a trans-shipment point from the Visayas and... , Sorsogon Sorsogon Sorsogon is a province of the Philippines located in the Bicol Region; it is the southernmost province in Luzon and is subdivided into fourteen municipalities and one city. Its capital is Sorsogon City and borders the province of Albay to the north...	June 6, 2007	Roman Catholicism	Member of the House of Representatives House of Representatives of the Philippines The House of Representatives of the Philippines is the lower chamber of the... from Sorsogon Sorsogon Sorsogon is a province of the Philippines located in the Bicol Region; it is the southernmost province in Luzon and is subdivided into fourteen municipalities and one city. Its capital is Sorsogon City and borders the province of Albay to the north... 's 1st district (1998–2007)	1969
10th	Gregorio Honasan	None	Marikina	June 6, 2007	Roman Catholicism	Senator (1995–2004)	1948
7th	Panfilo Lacson Panfilo Lacson Panfilo "Ping" Morena Lacson, Sr. is a Filipino politician. He was Director-General of the Philippine National Police from 1999 to 2001 and has been a member of the Philippine Senate since 2001.-Early life and education:...	GO Genuine Opposition Genuine Opposition is the umbrella political coalition of the parties' senatorial line-up for the 2007 Philippine midterm elections, which is in opposition to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo...	Imus, Cavite Imus, Cavite The Municipality of Imus is a first-class municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines, and it is the officially designated capital of Cavite...	June 3, 2007	Roman Catholicism	Senator (2001–07)	1948
1st	Loren Legarda Loren Legarda Loren Legarda is a Filipino broadcast journalist, environmentalist, and politician of Visayan ancestry, notable as the only female to top two senatorial elections . During the 2004 Philippine general election, she ran for the position of Vice-President as an Independent with Fernando Poe, Jr...	GO Genuine Opposition Genuine Opposition is the umbrella political coalition of the parties' senatorial line-up for the 2007 Philippine midterm elections, which is in opposition to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo...	Malabon	June 3, 2007	Roman Catholicism	Senator (1998–2004)	1960
5th	Francis Pangilinan	None	Quezon City Quezon City Quezon City is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. Located on the island of Luzon, Quezon City is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila, the National Capital Region. The city was named after Manuel L...	June 3, 2007	Roman Catholicism	Senator (2001–07)	1963
12th	Aquilino Pimentel III Aquilino Pimentel III Aquilino Martin de la Llana Pimentel III commonly known as Koko Pimentel, is the son of the former senator Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. and Lourdes dela Llana-Pimentel. He was proclaimed on August 11, 2011 as the 12th winning senator in the 2007 election...	GO Genuine Opposition Genuine Opposition is the umbrella political coalition of the parties' senatorial line-up for the 2007 Philippine midterm elections, which is in opposition to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo...	Cagayan de Oro	August 11, 2011	Roman Catholicism	National Youth Commission Commissioner for Mindanao (1996–98)	1964
8th	Antonio Trillanes IV Antonio Trillanes IV Antonio "Sonny" Fuentes Trillanes IV is a former Navy Lieutenant Senior Grade and concurrently serving as a senator of the Philippines since 2007....	GO Genuine Opposition Genuine Opposition is the umbrella political coalition of the parties' senatorial line-up for the 2007 Philippine midterm elections, which is in opposition to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo...	Caloocan	June 15, 2007	Roman Catholicism	None	1971
4th	Manny Villar Manny Villar Manuel "Manny" Bamba Villar, Jr. is a Filipino businessman and politician. He is currently a Philippine Senator, president of the Nacionalista Party...	GO Genuine Opposition Genuine Opposition is the umbrella political coalition of the parties' senatorial line-up for the 2007 Philippine midterm elections, which is in opposition to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo...	Las Piñas	June 3, 2007	Roman Catholicism	Senator (2001–07), member of the House of Representatives House of Representatives of the Philippines The House of Representatives of the Philippines is the lower chamber of the... from Las Piñas' district (1992–2001; Speaker, 1998–2000)	1949
12th	Juan Miguel Zubiri Juan Miguel Zubiri Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri is a Filipino politician who served as a Congressman representing the third district of Bukidnon for three consecutive terms, and was the Senate of the Philippines Majority Leader, replacing Senator Francis Pangilinan on November 17, 2008...	TEAM Unity TEAM Unity Together Everybody Achieves More Unity was the umbrella coalition of the administration-backed senatorial line-up for the 2007 Philippine Midterm Elections. TEAM Unity is composed mostly of supporters and erstwhile critics of current Philippine president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo...	Malaybalay, Bukidnon Bukidnon Bukidnon is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Northern Mindanao region. Its capital is Malaybalay City. The province borders, clockwise starting from the north, Misamis Oriental, Agusan del Sur, Davao del Norte, Cotabato, Lanao del Sur, and Lanao del Norte.Bukidnon is...	July 14, 2007	Roman Catholicism	Member of the House of Representatives House of Representatives of the Philippines The House of Representatives of the Philippines is the lower chamber of the... from Bukidnon Bukidnon Bukidnon is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Northern Mindanao region. Its capital is Malaybalay City. The province borders, clockwise starting from the north, Misamis Oriental, Agusan del Sur, Davao del Norte, Cotabato, Lanao del Sur, and Lanao del Norte.Bukidnon is... 's 3rd district (1998–2007)	1968

*Senators are elected on a nationwide, at-large basis.

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

These are the changes in membership after the proclamation of winners:
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Party		Former representative	Left office	Cause	Special election	\|Party	New representative	Took office
Benigno Aquino III Benigno Aquino III Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III , also known as Noynoy Aquino or PNoy, is a Filipino politician who has been the 15th and current President of the Philippines since June 2010....	June 30, 2010	Resignation	None	To be filled at the 2013 election Philippine Senate election, 2013 Election to the Senate of the Philippines will be held on Monday, May 13, 2013. This is to elect 12 of the 24 seats in the Senate. Together with those elected in 2010, they will comprise the 16th Congress. The senators elected in 2010 will serve until June 30, 2016, while the senators elected in... .
Juan Miguel Zubiri Juan Miguel Zubiri Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri is a Filipino politician who served as a Congressman representing the third district of Bukidnon for three consecutive terms, and was the Senate of the Philippines Majority Leader, replacing Senator Francis Pangilinan on November 17, 2008...	August 3, 2011	Resignation	None	Aquilino Pimentel III Aquilino Pimentel III Aquilino Martin de la Llana Pimentel III commonly known as Koko Pimentel, is the son of the former senator Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. and Lourdes dela Llana-Pimentel. He was proclaimed on August 11, 2011 as the 12th winning senator in the 2007 election...	Scheduled on August 15, 2011

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