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The 2022 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on May 9, 2022, as part of the 2022 general election.This was the 17th direct presidential election and 16th vice presidential election in the Philippines since 1935, and the sixth sextennial presidential and vice presidential election since 1992.
On September 30, 2021, the Philippine Democratic Socialist Party announced the candidacy of their party chairman, Gonzales in the 2022 elections. [2] Panfilo Lacson (Independent), incumbent senator In July 2021, Senate President Tito Sotto confirmed that Lacson will run for president in a tandem with him.
The inauguration of Bongbong Marcos as the 17th president of the Philippines took place around noon on Thursday, June 30, 2022, at the National Museum of Fine Arts. [1] [2] The chief justice of the Supreme Court Alexander Gesmundo administered the oath of office, a first in 18 years, since the previous two presidential oaths were administered by an associate justice.
Marcos, 64, better known as "Bongbong", takes over on June 30 from Rodrigo Duterte and will serve until 2028, with the incumbent president's daughter, Sara Duterte-Carpio, as his vice president.
Marcos ran for president on a campaign platform centered on national unity and continuity of the policies of Rodrigo Duterte, his predecessor. [20] [21] He won the 2022 elections, receiving 31,629,783 (58.77%) votes out of a total of 56,097,722, beating his closest rival, Liberal Party member and Vice President Leni Robredo by over 15 million votes.
The 2022 presidential campaign of Bongbong Marcos began on October 6, 2021, when he filed his candidacy for the 2022 Philippine presidential elections under the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas. Bongbong Marcos , a former senator from 2010 to 2016, is the son of former president Ferdinand Marcos .
Marcos ran for President of the Philippines in the 2022 election under the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas, [18] which he won by a landslide [5] with nearly 59% of the vote. [19] [20] His win was the largest since 1981, when his father won 88% of the votes due to a boycott by the opposition who protested the prior election. [21] [22] [23]
Marcos topped the official count by the Congress of the Philippines with 31,629,783 votes. [1] The joint bicameral Congress proclaimed Marcos as the president-elect and Sara Duterte as the vice president-elect on May 25, 2022. [2] The transition lasted until the day of the president-elect's inauguration on June 30, 2022.