House Of Representatives Electoral Tribunal - Wikipedia

Government institution in the Philippines

House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal
Established	1987
Jurisdiction	Philippines
Location	Quezon City
Composition method	Designation of the Chief Justice (3 members)Nomination by the House of Representatives (6 members)
Authorized by	Constitution of the Philippines
Appeals to	Supreme Court of the Philippines
Number of positions	9
Website	Official website
Chairman
Currently	Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa

The House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) is an electoral tribunal that decides election protests in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. It consists of six representatives and three justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, who are designated by the Chief Justice. The equivalent tribunals for elections to the upper house is the Senate Electoral Tribunal and for president is the Presidential Electoral Tribunal. The tribunal is located at SET-HRET Building, Commission on Audit Compound, Quezon City.

Members of the Tribunal receive a monthly allowance of 100,000 Philippine pesos on top of their regular salaries.[1]

In August 2020, the tribunal abandoned its old building in Quezon City when the city's Department of Building Official condemned it.[2]

History

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In the 1935 constitution, the HRET had 9 members, 3 of which were justices of the Supreme Court designated by the Chief Justice, three designated by the largest political party, and another three from the second largest party.

In the 1987 constitution, the HRET still had 9 members, 3 were still justices of the Supreme Court designated by the Chief Justice, but the six members from the House were now "shall be chosen on the basis of proportional representation from the political parties and the parties or organizations registered under the party-list system represented therein".

Current members

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The chairman is always the most senior associate justice of the Supreme Court that's sitting on the tribunal.

The three members from the Supreme Court are designated by the chief justice. While there's no regular occurrence on when a chief justice designates members, this is almost certainly done when there is a new justice of the Supreme Court.

The six members from the House of Representatives are named in a resolution of the House. This always happens at the organization of the chamber at the start of every new Congress.

These are the members in the 20th Congress, which first convened on July 28, 2025

20th Congress (July 28, 2025 – June 30, 2028)

Members	Tenure started	Party		District	Membership
Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa	May 16, 2022[3]	Nonpartisan	—N/a	Supreme Court associate justice (chairman)
Amy Lazaro-Javier		Nonpartisan	—N/a	Supreme Court associate justice
Rodil Zalameda		Nonpartisan	—N/a	Supreme Court associate justice
Bel Zamora	August 5, 2025[4]	Lakas	San Juan	Representative from the majority
Munir Arbison		Lakas	Sulu–2nd	Representative from the majority
Linabelle Villarica		PFP	Batangas–3rd	Representative from the majority
Brian Yamsuan	August 11, 2025[5]	NUP	Parañaque–2nd	Representative from the majority
Solomon Chungalao		NPC	Ifugao	Representative from the majority
Jan Rurik Padiernos	October 20, 2025[6]	Galing sa Puso Party	Party-list	Representative from the minority

• Zaldy Co (Ako Bikol, party-list) served as member from August 11, 2025,[6] until his resignation as House representative on September 29, 2025.[7]

Successful contests

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• 1987 elections:
  • Alawadin Bandon Jr. (Tawi-Tawi): disqualified in 1990, replaced by Romulo Espaldon
  • Virgilio Robles (Caloocan's 1st): disqualified in 1991, replaced by Romeo Santos
• 1992 elections:
  • Manuel Sanchez (Rizal's 1st) disqualified in 1993, special election won by Gilberto Duavit Sr.
  • Macabangkit Lanto (Lanao del Norte's 2nd) disqualified in 1994, replaced by Mario Hisuler
  • Joker Arroyo (Makati) disqualified in 1995, replaced by Augusto Syjuco Jr., reversed by the Supreme Court in 1995
• 1995 elections:
  • None

• 1998 elections:
  • Girlie Villarosa (Occidental Mindoro): disqualified in 2000, replaced by Ricardo Quintos.[8]
• 2001 elections:
  • Henry Lanot (Pasig): disqualified in 2004, replaced by Noel Cariño
  • Mark Jimenez (Manila's 6th): disqualified in 2003, not replaced[9][10]
• 2004 elections:
  • Anuar Abubakar (Tawi-Tawi): disqualified in 2006, replaced by Nur Jaafar
• 2007 elections:
  • Danilo Fernandez (Laguna's 1st): disqualified in 2009, reversed by the Supreme Court in 2010.[11][12]
  • Alvin Sandoval (Malabon/Navotas): disqualified in 2009, replaced by Josephine Lacson-Noel
  • Henry Dueñas (Taguig's 2nd): disqualified in 2010, replaced by Angelito Reyes[13]
• 2010 elections:
  • Lucy Torres-Gomez (Leyte's 4th): ousted in 2013, not replaced
• 2013 elections:
  • Harlin Abayon (Northern Samar's 1st): replaced by Raul Daza, reversed by the Supreme Court in 2016.[14]
  • Philip Pichay (Surigao del Sur's 1st): ousted in 2016, replaced by Mary Elizabeth Delgado-Ty
  • Regina Reyes Mandanas (Marinduque): disqualified in 2016, replaced by Lord Allan Jay Velasco
• 2016 elections:
  • None
• 2019 elections:
  • None
• 2022 elections:
  • None

References

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1. ^ Diaz, Jess (August 8, 2014). "Reduction in Senate electoral tribunal's funding sought". The Philippine Star. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
2. ^ "Building housing HRET offices declared 'dangerous and ruinous'". Manila Bulletin. 2020-08-21. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
3. ^ "SC reorganizes 3 divisions, SET, and HRET; to take effect immediately". 2022-05-16. Retrieved 2025-11-11.
4. ^ Lalu, Gabriel Pabico (2025-08-05). "Arroyo gets poverty alleviation panel as House elects more solons". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2025-11-11.
5. ^ Quismorio, Ellson (2025-08-11). "House names 10th deputy speaker; find out who".
6. ^ a b Porcalla, Delon. "House leadership undertakes minor reshuffle". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2025-11-11.
7. ^ "Zaldy Co resigns amid flood control projects investigation". GMA News Online. Retrieved 2025-09-29.
8. ^ "MA. AMELITA C. VILLAROSA, PETITIONER, VS. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL AND RICARDO V. QUINTOS, RESPONDENTS". Senate Electoral Tribunal. 2010-09-14. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
9. ^ "Jimenez disqualified as congressman". Gulf News. 2003-03-07. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
10. ^ "MJ appeals disqualification from House seat". Philstar News. 2003-03-19. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
11. ^ "Laguna solon loses HRET appeal". ABS-CBN News. 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
12. ^ "G. R. No. 187478". Supreme Court of the Philippines. 2009-12-01. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
13. ^ "G. R. No. 185401". Supreme Court of the Philippines. 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
14. ^ "G. R. No. 222236" (PDF). Supreme Court of the Philippines. 2016-05-03. Retrieved 2016-05-31.

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