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Eva Estrada-Kalaw was the first woman to be re-elected as senator. Nikki Coseteng was the youngest senator during the 9th and 10th Congress. She was first elected in 1992 and then re-elected in 1995. Loren Legarda is the first Filipino woman senator to top the Senate race twice in 1998 and 2007.
She is the longest-serving female Senator in the history of the Senate, and the only female in the Philippines to top two senatorial elections: 1998 and 2007. Legarda was also the House Deputy Speaker during her three-year stint as the representative of Antique from 2019 to 2022.
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Jul 29, 2022 · Loren Legarda has the longest stint in the Senate among our female senators. She has been elected four times to the Upper Chamber —in 1998, 2007, 2013 and 2022. Miriam Defensor-Santiago and Pia ...
Mar 15, 2023 · According to the records of the Senate, Legarda is the only female who topped the senatorial elections twice, with more than 15 million and 18.4 million votes in 1998 and 2007 elections, respectively.
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Politics of the Philippines. The Senate of the Philippines is the upper house of Congress. The Senate is composed of 24 senators, each elected to a six-year term, renewable once, under plurality-at-large voting: on each election, the voters vote for up to twelve candidates, with the twelve candidates the highest number of votes being elected in.
SenatorSenatorDistrictTermNationwide at-largeDecember 30, 1949 – December 17, 19542nd – 3rd CongressJune 6, 1922 – June 6, 19286th – 7th LegislaturesNovember 13, 1923 – July 14, 19286th – 8th LegislatureNationwide at-largeDecember 30, 1959 – September 23, 19724th – 7th CongressJul 2, 2019 · There are 7 female senators in the 18th Congress, the biggest number in the Senate’s history. They are reelectionists Cynthia Villar, Grace Poe, and Nancy Binay, returning senator Pia Cayetano ...
Sep 28, 2021 · Kalaw Katigbak in 1961, Tecla Ziga in 1963, Eva Kalaw in 1965, Magnolia Antonino in 1967, Helen Benitez in 1967, Letty R. Shahani in 1987, Santanina Rasul in 1987. Other female senators are; GMA ...
