1998 Philippine general election
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1998 Philippine presidential election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1998 Philippine vice presidential election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1998 Philippine Senate election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All 257 seats in the House of Representatives (including 38 underhang seats) 129 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Presidential elections, legislative and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 11, 1998. In the presidential election, Vice President Joseph Estrada won a six-year term as president by a landslide victory. In the vice-presidential race, Senator Gloria Macapagal Arroyo won a six-year term as vice president also by a landslide victory. This was the third election where both president and vice president came from different parties.
Candidates
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Lakas-NUCD-UMDP[edit]
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LAMMP[edit]
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Results
[edit]President
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Joseph Estrada | Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino | 10,722,295 | 39.86 | |
Jose de Venecia Jr. | Lakas–NUCD–UMDP | 4,268,483 | 15.87 | |
Raul Roco | Aksyon Demokratiko | 3,720,212 | 13.83 | |
Lito Osmeña | PROMDI | 3,347,631 | 12.44 | |
Alfredo Lim | Liberal Party | 2,344,362 | 8.71 | |
Renato de Villa | Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma–Lapiang Manggagawa | 1,308,352 | 4.86 | |
Miriam Defensor Santiago | People's Reform Party | 797,206 | 2.96 | |
Juan Ponce Enrile | Independent | 343,139 | 1.28 | |
Santiago Dumlao | Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago | 32,212 | 0.12 | |
Manuel Morato | Partido Bansang Marangal | 18,644 | 0.07 | |
Total | 26,902,536 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 26,902,536 | 91.86 | ||
Invalid/blank votes[a] | 2,383,239 | 8.14 | ||
Total votes | 29,285,775 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 33,873,665 | 86.46 | ||
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[1] |
- ^ Includes 232,714 votes for Imelda Marcos (Kilusang Bagong Lipunan) who withdrew after the ballots were printed.
Vice president
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | Lakas–NUCD–UMDP | 12,667,252 | 49.56 | |
Edgardo Angara | Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino | 5,652,068 | 22.11 | |
Oscar Orbos | Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma–Lapiang Manggagawa | 3,321,779 | 13.00 | |
Serge Osmeña | Liberal Party | 2,351,462 | 9.20 | |
Francisco Tatad | Grand Alliance for Democracy | 745,389 | 2.92 | |
Ismael Sueno | PROMDI | 537,677 | 2.10 | |
Irene Santiago | Aksyon Demokratiko | 240,210 | 0.94 | |
Camilo Sabio | Partido Bansang Marangal | 22,010 | 0.09 | |
Reynaldo Pacheco | Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago | 21,422 | 0.08 | |
Total | 25,559,269 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 25,559,269 | 87.28 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 3,726,506 | 12.72 | ||
Total votes | 29,285,775 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 33,873,665 | 86.46 |
Senate
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Lakas-NUCD-UMDP
LDP
NPC
Aksyon Demokratiko
GAD/Gabaybayan
PDP–Laban
PRP
PMP
Independent
Vacancy
House of Representatives
[edit]The first party-list elections were held. Aside from voting for the representative from their congressional district, a voter can also vote for a party-list.
District elections
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
Lakas–NUCD–UMDP | 11,981,024 | 49.01 | 111 | |
Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino | 6,520,744 | 26.68 | 55 | |
Liberal Party | 1,773,124 | 7.25 | 15 | |
Nationalist People's Coalition | 998,239 | 4.08 | 9 | |
Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma | 966,653 | 3.95 | 4 | |
Probinsya Muna Development Initiative | 586,954 | 2.40 | 4 | |
PDP–Laban | 134,331 | 0.55 | 0 | |
Aksyon Demokratiko | 106,843 | 0.44 | 1 | |
Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino | 47,273 | 0.19 | 0 | |
Ompia Party | 46,462 | 0.19 | 1 | |
People's Reform Party | 38,640 | 0.16 | 0 | |
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan | 35,522 | 0.15 | 0 | |
Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas | 8,850 | 0.04 | 0 | |
Lapiang Manggagawa | 8,792 | 0.04 | 0 | |
Nacionalista Party | 4,412 | 0.02 | 0 | |
Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino | 2,010 | 0.01 | 0 | |
Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapabago | 1,310 | 0.01 | 0 | |
Unaffiliated | 348,281 | 1.42 | 4 | |
Independent | 834,934 | 3.42 | 2 | |
Party-list seats[a] | 51 | |||
Total | 24,444,398 | 100.00 | 257 | |
Valid votes | 24,444,398 | 83.47 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 4,841,377 | 16.53 | ||
Total votes | 29,285,775 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 33,873,665 | 86.46 | ||
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[2] and Teehankee[3] |
- ^ Only 14 were seated in the party-list election.
Party-list election
[edit]Local elections
[edit]Local elections for all positions above the barangay level, but below the regional level, were held on this day.
The newly created province of Compostela Valley (now known as "Davao de Oro") held its first local elections on this day as well.
See also
[edit]- Commission on Elections
- Politics of the Philippines
- Philippine elections
- President of the Philippines
- 11th Congress of the Philippines
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos.
Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. - ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook. Vol. 2: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford: Oxford University Press..
- ^ Teehankee, Julio (2002). "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). In Croissant, Aurel (ed.). Electoral Politics in Southeast and East Asia. Singapore: Fiedrich-Ebert-Siftung. pp. 149–202 – via quezon.ph.