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  2. Elections in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    There were a few attempts to nationally elect local officials during the Spanish colonial period. Following the defeat of Spain in the Spanish–American War and the Philippines later in the Philippine–American War, the Captaincy General of the Philippines and the First Philippine Republic were replaced by the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands (which was established by the United ...

  3. Government of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The government of the Philippines (Filipino: Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas) has three interdependent branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.The Philippines is governed as a unitary state under a presidential representative and democratic constitutional republic in which the president functions as both the head of state and the head of government of the country within a pluriform ...

  4. List of political parties in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Philippine Libertarian Party: PHILIPA: Julius Apud (interim chairman) Right-libertarianism: Koalisyong Katoliko Kristiyano: KKK: Rizalito David: Christian democracy: Communist Party of the Philippines: CPP: vacant: Marxism–Leninism–Maoism: Marxista-Leninistang Partido ng Pilipinas Marxist–Leninist Party of the Philippines: MLPP: Caridad ...

  5. 2010 Philippine presidential election - Wikipedia

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    The candidates are determined via political conventions of the different political parties. As most political parties in the Philippines are loosely structured, with most politicians switching parties from time to time, a person not nominated by a party may either run as an independent, get drafted by another party, or form their own party.

  6. Politics of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    President Manuel Roxas' inauguration as the first president of an independent Philippines. The impact of the war led to a weaker civil service and a reduction in the dominance of Manila, with provincial politicians gaining political power and in some cases de facto autonomy. Many leveraged their provincial power to engage in national politics.

  7. Commission on Elections (Philippines) - Wikipedia

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    The commission proper is the policy-making body composed of the chairman and six commissioners who must be natural-born citizens of the Philippines; at least thirty-five years of age at the time of their appointment; holders of a college degree, with a majority of them, including the chairman, members of the Philippine Bar who have been engaged ...

  8. How third-party and independent candidates could threaten ...

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    No independent or third-party candidate has won an electoral vote in more than half a century, never mind the 270 needed to claim the presidency, but Messina said Biden and his team still need to ...

  9. Multi-party system - Wikipedia

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    In political science, a multi-party system is a political system where more than two meaningfully-distinct political parties regularly run for office and win elections. [1] Multi-party systems tend to be more common in countries using proportional representation compared to those using winner-take-all elections, a result known as Duverger's law .