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1998 Philippine general election

← 1995 May 11, 1998 2001 →
Registered	33,873,665
Turnout	29,285,775
1998 Philippine presidential election
← 1992 May 11, 1998 2004 →
Turnout	86.5% 11.0%
Nominee Joseph Estrada Jose de Venecia Jr. Raul Roco Party LAMMP Lakas Aksyon Running mate Edgardo Angara Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Irene Santiago Popular vote 10,722,295 4,268,483 3,720,212 Percentage 39.86% 15.87% 13.38%
President before election Fidel V. Ramos Lakas Elected President Joseph Estrada LAMMP
1998 Philippine vice presidential election
← 1992 May 11, 1998 2004 →
Candidate Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Edgardo Angara Oscar Orbos Party Lakas LAMMP Reporma Popular vote 12,667,252 5,652,068 3,321,779 Percentage 49.56% 22.11% 13.00%
Vice President before election Joseph Estrada LAMMP Elected Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Lakas
1998 Philippine Senate election
← 1995 May 11, 1998 2001 →
12 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Lakas LDP Seats won 5 7 Popular vote 93,261,379 91,421,394 Percentage 45.44 44.54
Senate President before election Neptali Gonzales LDP Elected Senate President Marcelo Fernan LDP
1998 Philippine House of Representatives elections
← 1995 May 11, 1998 2001 →
All 257 seats in the House of Representatives (including 38 underhang seats) 129 seats needed for a majority
Party Vote % Seats +/– Lakas 49.01 111 +11 LAMMP 26.68 55 +55 Liberal 7.25 15 +10 NPC 4.08 9 −13 Reporma 3.95 4 +4 PROMDI 2.40 4 +4 Aksyon 0.44 1 +1 Ompia 0.19 1 +1 Others 1.42 4 +4 Independent 3.42 2 −5 Party-list — 14 +14 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Speaker before Speaker after Jose de Venecia Jr. Lakas Manny Villar LAMMP

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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

Results

President

1. Includes 232,714 votes for Imelda Marcos (Kilusang Bagong Lipunan) who withdrew after the ballots were printed.

Vice president

Senate

House of Representatives

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

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP	11,981,024	49.01	+8.35	111	+11
	Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino	6,520,744	26.68	New	55	New
	Liberal Party	1,773,124	7.25	+5.39	15	+10
	Nationalist People's Coalition	998,239	4.08	−8.11	9	−13
	Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma	966,653	3.95	New	4	New
	Probinsya Muna Development Initiative	586,954	2.40	New	4	New
	PDP–Laban	134,331	0.55	−0.13	0	−1
	Aksyon Demokratiko	106,843	0.44	New	1	New
	Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino	47,273	0.19	New	0	New
	Ompia Party	46,462	0.19	New	1	New
	People's Reform Party	38,640	0.16	−0.73	0	0
	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	35,522	0.15	New	0	0
	Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas	8,850	0.04	−0.00	0	0
	Lapiang Manggagawa	8,792	0.04	−0.50	0	0
	Nacionalista Party	4,412	0.02	−0.78	0	−1
	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino	2,010	0.01	−0.52	0	−1
	Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapabago	1,310	0.01	New	0	New
	Unaffiliated	348,281	1.42	New	4	New
	Independent	834,934	3.42	−3.03	2	−5
Party-list seats					51	+51
Total		24,444,398	100.00	–	257	+37
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 and Teehankee

1. Only 14 were seated in the party-list election.

Party-list election

Local elections

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

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections
• President of the Philippines
• 11th Congress of the Philippines

References

1. 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.
2. 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..
3. 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.

External links

• The Philippine Presidency Project
• Official website of the Commission on Elections
• Official website of the House of Representatives

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