Philippine presidential election, 1986

‹ 1984 1987› Philippine presidential election, 1986
February 7, 1986 Nominee Corazon Aquino Ferdinand MarcosParty UNIDO KBLRunning mate Salvador Laurel Arturo TolentinoPopular vote 9,291,761 10,807,197 Percentage 46.10%
(Election returns nulliified) 53.62%
(Election returns nulliified) Incumbent President
Ferdinand Marcos
KBLPresident-Elect
Corazon Aquino
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The Presidential and Vice-Presidential snap elections were held on February 7, 1986 in the Philippines. President Ferdinand E. Marcos and former Foreign Affairs Minister and Senate President Arturo Tolentino were proclaimed winners by the Batasang Pambansa as well as the official election canvasser, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) thus granting President Marcos another six-year term as President of the Philippines. The electoral exercise was marred by alleged electoral fraud from both sides of the political fence as well as violence. Marcos and Tolentino won by over a million votes according to the COMELEC. The opposition headed by Sen. Benigno Aquino, Jr.'s widow Corazon C. Aquino and former senator Salvador Laurel refused to accept the allegedly fraudulent result. Due to the reports of fraud, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) issued a statement condemning the elections, the United States Senate passed a resolution stating the same. This chain of events eventually led to the resignation of Marcos' Defence Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and military vice-chief Fidel Ramos, who then decided to seclude themselves in the military and police headquarters at Camp Aguinaldo and Camp Crame respectively, leading to the People Power Revolution which precipitated Marcos's departure from the country into exile in Hawaii. On March 24, 1986, the Regular Batasang Pambansa made a people's resolution sign by 150 lawmakers which nullified the election returns that proclaimed that Marcos and Tolentino as the winners. Instead, it mandated that Aquino and Laurel were the real winners of the snap elections.

1 Results
- 1.1 President
- 1.2 Vice-President
2 Events after the elections
- 2.1 Results
3 See also
4 External links

Results

President

Final Official Parliamentary Canvass (Nullified on March 24, 1986)

Candidate Party Votes % Ferdinand Marcos Kilusang Bagong Lipunan10,807,197 53.62% Corazon Aquino United Nationalists Democratic Organizations(UNIDO)- LABAN9,291,761 46.10% Reuben Canoy Social Democratic Party 34,041 0.17% Narciso Padilla Movement for Truth, Order and Righteousness 23,652 0.12% Total: 20,156,651 100.0%

NAMFREL Tally

Candidate Party Votes Corazon Aquino United Nationalists Democratic Organizations(UNIDO)- LABAN7,835,070 Ferdinand Marcos Kilusang Bagong Lipunan7,053,068

Vice-President

Final Official Parliamentary Canvass (Nullified on March 24, 1986)

Candidate Party Votes % Arturo M. Tolentino Kilusang Bagong Lipunan10,134,130 50.65% Salvador H. Laurel United Nationalists Democratic Organizations(UNIDO)-LABAN9,173,105 45.85% Eva Estrada-Kalaw Liberal Party(Kalaw Wing) 662,185 3.31% Roger Arienda Movement for Truth, Order and Righteousness 35,974 0.18% Total: 20,053,394 100.0%

NAMFREL Tally

Candidate Party Votes Arturo M. Tolentino Kilusang Bagong Lipunan6,613,507 Salvador H. Laurel United Nationalists Democratic Organizations(UNIDO)-LABAN7,441,313

Events after the elections

Results

The COMELEC final tally showed that Marcos won by twice Aquino's margin in the NAMFREL tally (roughly 1.6 million), and also had Tolentino winning over Laurel. This alleged fraudulent outcome would eventually lead to the People Power Revolution which ousted President Ferdinand Marcos and installed Corazon Aquino as president. It only changed when the Regular Batasang Pambansa declared on March 24, 1986 that Aquino and Laurel won the elections and admitted that Marcos's lawmakers that they tampered the official COMELEC Canvass at the PICC and the Batasang Pambansa to make sure Marcos and Tolentino won the elections.