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Year and Type Contenders Issues Results POST EDSA PERIOD 1992 Synchronized presidential , Congressional and Local Elections ( May 11 , 1992 )
1998 Presidential , Vice- Presidential and Congressional Elections ( May 11 , 1998 )
2004 Presidential , Legislative and Local Election ( May 10 , 2004 )
Seven candidates competed for the top post : Nacionalista Party-Salvador Laurel Liberal Party-Jovito Salonga Laban ng Demokratrikong Pilipino ( LDP ) - Ramon V . Mitra Lakas-NUCD-Fidel V . Ramos Nationalist People ’ s Coalition ( NPC ) -Eduardo Cojuangco People ’ s Reform Party ( PRP ) - Miriam Defensor Santiago Kilusang Bagong Lipunan- Imelda Marcos Presidential Candidates Partido Masang Pilipino-Joseph Estrada -Jose de Venecia -Renato De Villa -Santiago Dumlao -Juan Ponce Enrile -Alfredo Lim -Imelda Marcos -Manoling Morato -Lito Osmena -Raul Roco -Miriam Defensor-Santiago
LAKAS – Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo KNP – Fernando Poe Jr Panfilo Lacson – LDP Raul Roco – Aksyon Eddie Villanueva – Bangon Pilipinas
And the rest as they say is “ History ”…
Economic reform , political stability , clean government , and social justice were the main issues of the campaign . “ Trapo ” or traditional politics and politicians was the central issue at that time .
First party-list elections
Apparent victory for candidates with “ celebrity status ” or associated with “ celebrities ”
Elections in the Philippines have always been a manual process with the results for national positions often being announced more than a month after election day . An attempt to rectify this was done by the Commission on Elections by automating the process of counting the votes . More than 30 billion pesos were spent in acquiring counting machines that were never used in this elections because of numerous controversies and political opposition .
Fidel V . Ramos bested the other candidates for the presidency .
With 38 % of votes , Joseph Ejercito Estrada won the presidency over the other candidates , while Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo won the vicepresidency .
After three years , however , in January 2001 , EDSA DOS , a repeat of the 1986 People Power removed Estrada from Malacañang and seated Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the new president . Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo won over Fernando Poe Jr . and Independent ( allied with LAKAS ) Noli de Castro won as Vice .
Her presidency is questionable due to the famous “ Hello Garci ” issue .
* This matrix of History of Philippine Elections is consolidated from : Carlos , C . R . and Banlaoi , RC . ( 1996 ). Elections in the Philippines From Pre-colonial Period to the Present . Makati City : Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung .; www . comelec . gov . ph , and Maambong , Regalado . ( n . d .). Outline and Study Guide on Election Law .
* Serves as Annex to Your Vote . Our Future- Citizen-Voter Education Module prepared by the Institute for Political and Electoral Reform ( IPER ) in cooperation with the Consortium on Electoral Reforms ( CER ).
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