Senate of the Philippines

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The Senate of the Philippines (Filipino: Senado ng Pilipinas) is the upper house of Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the House of Representatives as the lower house. The Senate is composed of 24 senators who are elected at-large (the country is treated as a single district in senatorial elections) under a plurality-at-large voting system. Senators serve six-year terms, and staggered elections are held every three years to choose half of the senators. A senator who has been elected to two consecutive terms must be out of office for at least one term before being allowed to run again. When the Senate was restored by the 1987 Constitution, transitory provisions were included to establish the staggered elections in an orderly fashion. The 24 senators who were elected in 1987 served a full term, until 1992. In 1992, there were new elections for all 24 senate seats; the 12 candidates with the highest number of votes served a full term until 1998, while the next 12...

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