Philippine presidential election, 1986
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| Philippine presidential election, 1986 | ||||
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| February 7, 1986 | ||||
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| Nominee | Corazon C. Aquino | Ferdinand E. Marcos | ||
| Party | UNIDO | KBL | ||
| Running mate | Salvador H. Laurel | Arturo M. Tolentino | ||
| Popular vote | 9,291,761 | 10,807,197 | ||
| Percentage | 46.10% (Election returns nullified) |
53.62% (Election returns nullified) |
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The Presidential and Vice-Presidential snap elections were held on February 7, 1986 in the Philippines. President Ferdinand E. Marcos and former Foreign Affairs Minister and Senate President Arturo Tolentino were proclaimed winners by the Batasang Pambansa as well as the official election canvasser, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) thus granting President Marcos another six-year term as President of the Philippines. The electoral exercise was marred by alleged electoral fraud from both sides of the political fence as well as violence. Marcos and Tolentino won by over a million votes according to the COMELEC. The opposition headed by Sen. Benigno Aquino, Jr.'s widow Corazon C. Aquino and former senator Salvador Laurel refused to accept the allegedly fraudulent result. Due to the reports of fraud, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) issued a statement condemning the elections, the United States Senate passed a resolution stating the same. This chain of events eventually led to the resignation of Marcos' Defence Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and military vice-chief Fidel Ramos, who then decided to seclude themselves in the military and police headquarters at Camp Aguinaldo and Camp Crame respectively, leading to the People Power Revolution which precipitated Marcos's departure from the country into exile in Hawaii. On March 24, 1986, the Regular Batasang Pambansa made a people's resolution sign by 150 lawmakers which nullified the election returns that proclaimed that Marcos and Tolentino as the winners. Instead, it mandated that Aquino and Laurel were the real winners of the snap elections.
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[edit] Results
[edit] President
Final Official Parliamentary Canvass (Nullified on March 24, 1986)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| Ferdinand E. Marcos | Kilusang Bagong Lipunan | 10,807,197 | 53.62% |
| Corazon C. Aquino | United Nationalists Democratic Organizations (UNIDO)- LABAN | 9,291,761 | 46.10% |
| Reuben Canoy | Social Democratic Party | 34,041 | 0.17% |
| Narciso Padilla | Movement for Truth, Order and Righteousness | 23,652 | 0.12% |
| Total: | 20,156,651 | 100.0% | |
NAMFREL Tally
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
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| Corazon C. Aquino | United Nationalists Democratic Organizations (UNIDO)- LABAN | 7,835,070 |
| Ferdinand E. Marcos | Kilusang Bagong Lipunan | 7,053,068 |
[edit] Vice-President
Final Official Parliamentary Canvass (Nullified on March 24, 1986)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| Arturo M. Tolentino | Kilusang Bagong Lipunan | 10,134,130 | 50.65% |
| Salvador H. Laurel | United Nationalists Democratic Organizations (UNIDO)-LABAN | 9,173,105 | 45.85% |
| Eva Estrada-Kalaw | Liberal Party (Kalaw Wing) | 662,185 | 3.31% |
| Roger Arienda | Movement for Truth, Order and Righteousness | 35,974 | 0.18% |
| Total: | 20,053,394 | 100.0% | |
NAMFREL Tally
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
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| Arturo M. Tolentino | Kilusang Bagong Lipunan | 6,613,507 |
| Salvador H. Laurel | United Nationalists Democratic Organizations (UNIDO)-LABAN | 7,441,313 |
[edit] Nullification of COMELEC final tally
The COMELEC final tally showed that Marcos won by twice Aquino's margin in the NAMFREL tally (roughly 1.6 million), and also had Tolentino winning over Laurel. This alleged fraudulent outcome would eventually lead to the People Power Revolution which ousted President Ferdinand Marcos and installed Corazon Aquino as president. It only changed when the Regular Batasang Pambansa declared on March 24, 1986 that Aquino and Laurel won the elections and admitted that Marcos's lawmakers that they tampered the official COMELEC Canvass at the PICC and the Batasang Pambansa to make sure Marcos and Tolentino won the elections.
[edit] See also
- Commission on Elections
- Politics of the Philippines
- Philippine elections
- President of the Philippines
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