Senate Electoral Tribunal


The Senate Electoral Tribunal is an electoral tribunal that decides election protests in the Senate of the Philippines. It consists of 6 senators nominated by the Senate, and 3 justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, who are designated by the Chief Justice. The equivalent tribunals for elections to the lower house is the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal and to president and vice presidents is Presidential Electoral Tribunal.
The SET 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 salary.

Cases

Successful electoral protests:
The chairperson of the SET is always the most senior justice of the Supreme Court that's sitting in the tribunal. These are the members as of the 18th Congress, which first convened on July 22, 2019.
MembersPartyTermMembership
Estela Perlas-BernabeNonpartisanAugust 28, 2018–presentSupreme Court associate justice
Alfredo Benjamin CaguioaNonpartisanNovember 4, 2019–presentSupreme Court associate justice
Alexander GesmundoNonpartisanNovember 4, 2019–presentSupreme Court associate justice
Pia CayetanoNacionalistaAugust 6, 2019–presentSenator from the majority bloc
Nancy BinayUNAAugust 10, 2016–presentSenator from the majority bloc
Richard J. GordonIndependentAugust 10, 2016–presentSenator from the majority bloc
Lito LapidNPCAugust 6, 2019–presentSenator from the majority bloc
Manny PacquiaoPDP-LabanAugust 6, 2019-presentSenator from the majority bloc
Franklin DrilonLiberalAugust 10, 2016–presentSenator from the minority bloc

Former senator members