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Local elections for governors, vice governors, mayors and vice mayors in the nation's first elections for provincial and municipal officials since the declaration of martial law were held on January 30, 1980. As usual, President Ferdinand Marcos's party the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan dominated the elections.
1980 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1980. ... in 1966. President ... local elections in the ...
For much of its history since 1935, the Philippines has been governed as a presidential unitary republic.The term "general election" is not predominantly used in the Philippines, but for the purposes of this article, a "general election" may refer to an election day where the presidency or at least a class of members of Congress are on the ballot.
This list of presidential elections in the Philippines includes election results of both presidential and vice presidential elections since 1899 with the candidates' political party and their corresponding percentage. The offices of the president and vice president are elected separately; hence a voter may split their vote.
The first national presidential election was held, [note 3] and Manuel L. Quezon (1935–44) was elected to a six-year term, with no provision for re-election, [4] as the second Philippine president and the first Commonwealth president. [note 2] In 1940, however, the Constitution was amended to allow re-election but shortened the term to four ...
This is a list of Philippine presidents by tickets. The list contains the candidates for the offices of President of the Philippines and Vice President of the Philippines that their parties have nominated since 1935. This list only includes the major parties and coalitions during the elections and their closest rivals during the elections.
US President Jimmy Carter pressured the Marcos Administration to release Ninoy Aquino and to hold parliamentary elections to demonstrate that some "normalization" had begun after the declaration of martial law. [236]: 168 Marcos did not release Aquino, but announced that the 1978 Philippine parliamentary election would be held. [236]: 168
According to World Bank data, the Philippines' gross domestic product (GDP) quadrupled from $8 billion in 1972 to $32.45 billion in 1980, for an inflation-adjusted average growth rate of 6% per year. [40] Indeed, according to the U.S.-based Heritage Foundation, the Philippines enjoyed its best economic development since 1945 between 1972 and 1980.