page_title: Philippine senatorial elections
section_title: Summary
hierarchical_section_title: Philippine senatorial elections / Manner of election / Summary
caption_attribution_description: English: Proportion of votes in the Philippine senatorial elections.
context_page_description: Elections to the Senate of the Philippines is 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. The 24-member Senate uses staggered elections, with only one-half of its members up for election at any given time, except for special elections, which are always held concurrently with regularly scheduled elections.
context_section_description: Out of the 24 senators-elect, the first eight candidates with the highest number of votes will serve for six years, the next eight for four years, and the next eight for two years. However, this was not followed due to the intervention of World War II.
  Out of the 16 senators-elect, the first eight candidates with the highest number of votes will serve for six years, and the next eight for four years.
  A special election for the seat vacated by Fernando Lopez who was elected vice president on 1949 was held.
  A special election for the seat vacated by Carlos P. Garcia who was elected vice president on 1953 was held.
  Out of the 24 senators-elect, the first twelve candidates with the highest number of votes will serve for six years, and the next twelve for three years.
  Teofisto Guingona, Jr. was appointed vice president on 2001; the thirteenth-placed candidate in the election will serve for Guingona's unexpired term of three years.
caption: Election results by total votes from 1946 to the present.
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