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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.
Elections in the Philippines are of several types. The president, vice-president, and the senators are elected for a six-year term, while the members of the House of Representatives, governors, vice-governors, members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial board members), mayors, vice-mayors, members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod/members of the Sangguniang Bayan (city/municipal councilors ...
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 election of the Bangsamoro Parliament was scheduled to be held on the same date, but was rescheduled to 2025. This is the first election in Davao de Oro under that name, as it was renamed from Compostela Valley in December 2019 after a successful plebiscite. Logo for the 2022 NLE used for public materials and election awareness campaigns.
He is running for House representative for Akbayan party-list instead. [16] Paolo Duterte , incumbent House representative from Davao City's 1st district Duterte was brought up by her Vice President Sara Duterte, her daughter, as a possible candidate. [17] He is running for re-election under Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod instead. [18]
The election saw the highest turnout since 1998, with about 56 million voters participating. Marcos received 31.6 million votes, the most votes ever cast for a candidate in a presidential election in the Philippines, while Duterte received 32.2 million votes, the most votes ever cast for a candidate in the country.
A voter has two separate votes. In 32 seats, voting shall be via different parliamentary districts via first-past-the-post. In 40 seats, voting shall be party-list proportional representation. In the remaining 8 seats, it shall be determined separately in different sectoral conventions. [3]
The November 2016 barangay and SK elections were postponed to May 2018, and the following election was scheduled for May 2020, then every three years thereafter. [6]On September 30, 2019, the Senate of the Philippines passed a bill postponing the date of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to December 5, 2022. [7]