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[3] and postponed the elections in eleven of the 73 provinces until February 1 due to security reasons [3] [5] to give way for the implementation of special measures against fraud and violence. [2] Election officials placed cadets, college students in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps and local officers of Jaycees as official poll monitors. [3]
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.
January 18 – First local elections under the Aquino administration are held. Administration candidates win a majority of the local seats. [1] January 28 – Toymaker company Mattel Incorporated announces the closure of its Philippine subsidiary, with 3,000 job losses. [1]
There had been 17 direct presidential elections in history: 1935, 1941, 1946, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1981, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010, 2016 and 2022. When referring to "presidential elections", these 17 are usually the ones being referred to. All of these also included vice presidential elections, except for 1981.
^5 Named after the wife of Philippine President Manuel Luis Quezon, Maria Aurora Aragon-Quezon, the province was separated from the province of Quezon on August 13, 1979. Prior to that, it became a sub-province of Quezon after Aurora's death in 1951.
Sara Duterte-Carpio campaigns in the City of Parañaque ahead of the Philippines’ 2022 national elections. Credit - Aaron Favila—AP. 2024 may be the world’s biggest-ever election year, but ...
President Trump can cite 1988 as proof that summer polling doesn't always hold up when presidential election ballots are tallied in November. That year, the Republican nominee, George H.W. Bush ...
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