More than 50 million people in the Philippines cast their votes for a new set of lawmakers and local officials on May 13, 2013. Half of the Senate's 24 seats and more than 230 House of Representatives were being contested.
Philippine Midterm Elections
![Election posters for the midterm elections hang along a street as residents walk to a polling precinct in Taguig, Metro Manila, May 13, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c47bae55-0ed2-448d-808a-95944cad9943_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Election posters for the midterm elections hang along a street as residents walk to a polling precinct in Taguig, Metro Manila, May 13, 2013.
![A supporter greets former Philippine President Joseph Estrada after he cast his vote inside a precinct poll at a school in Manila, May 13, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9d85f1a0-5f86-4303-a18f-474ab66c457e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A supporter greets former Philippine President Joseph Estrada after he cast his vote inside a precinct poll at a school in Manila, May 13, 2013.
![A member of a tribal "Igorot" family casts his vote through a voting machine during midterm elections in Baguio city, northern Philippines, May 13, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d104517a-6a3c-4ad3-b95d-11a91a1c8409_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A member of a tribal "Igorot" family casts his vote through a voting machine during midterm elections in Baguio city, northern Philippines, May 13, 2013.
![A mother with her daughter fills out a ballot form at a school in Manila, May 13, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/146c9f15-1a57-4d90-9adb-5180839935ee_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A mother with her daughter fills out a ballot form at a school in Manila, May 13, 2013.