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Avelino and Francisco did not win at least a plurality of votes in a single province except Avelino's home province of Samar. ^2 In 1946, two candidates from the Nacionalista Party contested the election: Sergio Osmeña and Manuel Roxas. Both candidates won a plurality votes in more than one province.
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.
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.
For full results and candidates, see the list of Philippine presidential elections. From the Commonwealth period to the last election prior the declaration of martial law, the major parties always split their ticket: one candidate was from Luzon and another either from the Visayas or Mindanao (the so-called "North-South" ticket).
January 14 - Abdulmari Imao, National Artist of the Philippines for Sculpture. (d. 2014) April 3 - Louie Beltran, Filipino columnist (d. 1994) April 6 – Boy Asistio, former mayor of Caloocan (d. 2017) July 18 - Kurt Bachmann, Olympic basketball player (d. 2014) October 2 - Feliciano Belmonte, Jr., member of the Philippine House of Representatives
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 ...
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 .
The seat from Ilocos Norte's 2nd district was vacated when assemblyman-elect Julio Nalundasan was shot at his home in Batac just right after the 1935 legislative election. [1] Nalundasan was murdered on September 20, 1935 while he was brushing his teeth.