Legislative and local elections were held in the

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on May 14, 2007. Positions contested included half the seats in the

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, which are elected for six-year terms, and all the seats in the

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, who were elected for three-year terms. The duly elected legislators of the 2007 elections joined the elected senators of the 2004 elections to comprise the 14th Congress of the Philippines. Most representatives won seats by being elected directly, the constituency being a geographical district of about 250,000 voters. There were 220 seats in total for all the legislative districts. Some representatives were elected under a party-list system. Only parties representing marginalized groups were allowed to run in the party-list election. To gain one seat, a party must win 2% of the vote. No party-list party may have more than 3 seats. After the election, in a controversial decision, the

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(COMELEC) changed how it allocates the party-list seats. Under the new formula only one party will have the maximum 3 seats. It based its decision on a formula contained in a Supreme Court decision. Local elections for governor, vice governor, provincial board seats and mayoral, vice mayoral and city/municipal council seats in

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and the provinces were up for grabs as well.

Issues in the elections

Automated elections

Sen. Richard J. Gordon and his fellow Senators succeeded in passin
Republic Act No. 9369
or the ''Amending the Election Modernization Act'' but it was too late since it was passed three months before the elections but since the law was passed, the elections for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Regional Governor and Vice-Governor later in August 2008 it will be used for the test-run for computerization and the general elections in 2010 for the nationwide computerization of elections.

Failure of elections

The following areas held special elections after the COMELEC designated the following areas as failure of elections:

Candidates

TEAM Unity

Genuine Opposition

Other tickets

Ang Kapatiran

KBL

Others

Election results

Senate

House of Representatives

Elections at congressional districts

Party-list election

Local elections

All local positions are disputed in the elections, with the candidate with the most votes for governor, vice-governor, mayor and vice-mayor being declared as the winner. Winners for the positions for board members and councilors depends on the size of the assembly.
Local tallies partial and unofficial completeArchived

References

External links

COMELEC
– Official website of the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC)
NAMFREL
– Official website of National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL)
PPCRV
– Official website of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV)
VForce
– 1 Million Volunteers for Clean Elections (VForce)

Media websites

– Election coverage by

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Eleksyon 2007
Election coverage by

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Eleksyon 2007
– Election coverage by the

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