Philippine presidential election, 1998
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Presidential elections, legislative elections and local elections were held in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 on May 11, 1998. In the presidential election, Vice President
Vice President of the Philippines
-Description:The Vice-President is the first in the Philippine line of succession, assuming the Presidency upon the death, resignation, or removal by impeachment and subsequent conviction of the incumbent. The position was abolished by Martial Law in 1972, and was not included in the original text...

 Joseph Estrada
Joseph Estrada
Joseph "Erap" Ejercito Estrada was the 13th President of the Philippines, serving from 1998 until 2001. Estrada was the first person in the Post-EDSA era to be elected both to the presidency and vice-presidency.Estrada gained popularity as a film actor, playing the lead role in over 100 films in...

 won a six-year term as President
President of the Philippines
The President of the Philippines is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...

 by a landslide victory
Landslide victory
In politics, a landslide victory is the victory of a candidate or political party by an overwhelming margin in an election...

. In the vice-presidential race, Senator
Senate of the Philippines
The Senate of the Philippines is the upper chamber of the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, the Congress of the Philippines...

 Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga...

 won a six-year term as Vice President
Vice President of the Philippines
-Description:The Vice-President is the first in the Philippine line of succession, assuming the Presidency upon the death, resignation, or removal by impeachment and subsequent conviction of the incumbent. The position was abolished by Martial Law in 1972, and was not included in the original text...

 also by a landslide victory
Landslide victory
In politics, a landslide victory is the victory of a candidate or political party by an overwhelming margin in an election...

. This was the third election where both president and vice president came from different parties.

Results

The 10th Congress
10th Congress of the Philippines
The Tenth Congress of the Philippines is the current meeting of the national legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives.-Sessions:...

 canvassed the votes in joint session
Joint session
A joint session or joint convention is, most broadly, when two normally-separate decision-making groups meet together, often in a special session or other extraordinary meeting, for a specific purpose....

 for a number of days before declaring Estrada and Arroyo as the winners; with Senate President Neptali Gonzales
Neptali Gonzales
Neptali A. Gonzales, Sr. was the President of the Philippine Senate from 1992 to 1993, 1995 to 1996, and 1998.-Early Life and Career:...

 and Speaker De Venecia announcing the victors.

While the official canvassing did not start a fortnight after Election Day, the National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) held a parallel and unofficial quick count which was released days after the election and was updated at irregular intervals. NAMFREL based their tally from the seventh copy of the election returns given to them.

In theory, the totals for the official canvassing (derived from the certificates of canvass, which are then derived from the election returns) and the completed NAMFREL quick count should be equal.

NAMFREL quick count

Take note that Manuel Morato
Manuel Morato
Manoling Morato is an infamous public servant in the Philippines.-Early life and career:Morato is the son of Calauag, Quezon Mayor and Quezon City's first appointed mayor Tomàs Morató, a blond and blue-eyed Spanish settler in the Philippines. He graduated with Bachelor of Science degree in...

 had a higher amount of votes in the NAMFREL quick count than the official Congressional canvass.
NAMFREL quick count result (79.25% of precincts)
Candidate Party Results
Votes % Diff*
Joseph Estrada
Joseph Estrada
Joseph "Erap" Ejercito Estrada was the 13th President of the Philippines, serving from 1998 until 2001. Estrada was the first person in the Post-EDSA era to be elected both to the presidency and vice-presidency.Estrada gained popularity as a film actor, playing the lead role in over 100 films in...


8,239,823 39.47% −0.39%
Jose de Venecia
Jose de Venecia, Jr.
Jose Claveria de Venecia, Jr. also known as JDV or Joe De V is a former Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, serving from 1992 to 1998 and from 2001 to 2008. As Speaker, he was the fourth highest ranking official of the Philippines. He was the former president of the...


3,247,067 15.55% −0.32%
Raul Roco
Raul Roco
Raul Sagarbarria Roco was a political figure in the Philippines. He was the standard-bearer of Aksyon Demokratiko, which he founded in 1997 as a vehicle for his presidential bids in 1998 and 2004. He was a former senator and the Secretary of the Department of Education under the presidency of...


2,923,842 14.00% 0.17%
Emilio Osmeña
2,454,432 11.76% −0.68%
Alfredo Lim
Alfredo Lim
Alfredo Siojo Lim is the incumbent Mayor of the City of Manila and a former senator of the Philippines. A widower, he first served as mayor of Manila from 1992 to 1998 and returned to that post after winning in the 2007 mayoral election.-Early life and career:Born on December 21, 1929 in 1324 J...


1,815,664 8.70% −0.01%
Renato de Villa
Renato de Villa
Renato "Rene" de Villa is a political figure in the Philippines and founder of the rightist political party Partido ng Demokratikong Reporma-Lapiang Manggagawa.-Biography:...


1,028,854 4.93% 0.07%
Miriam Defensor Santiago
584,633 2.80% −0.16%
Juan Ponce Enrile
Juan Ponce Enrile
Juan Ponce Enrile is a Filipino politician. As a protege of President Ferdinand Marcos, he served as Justice Secretary and then Defense Secretary under the Marcos regime. He later became one of the leaders of the 1986 People Power Movement that drove Marcos from power...


297,801 1.43% 0.15%
Imelda Marcos
Imelda Marcos
Imelda R. Marcos is a Filipino politician and widow of 10th Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos. Upon the ascension of her husband to political power, she held various positions to the government until 1986...

 (withdrew)
232,714 1.11% N/A
Santiago Dumlao Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago 29,327 0.14% 0.02%
Manuel Morato
Manuel Morato
Manoling Morato is an infamous public servant in the Philippines.-Early life and career:Morato is the son of Calauag, Quezon Mayor and Quezon City's first appointed mayor Tomàs Morató, a blond and blue-eyed Spanish settler in the Philippines. He graduated with Bachelor of Science degree in...

 
Partido Bansang Marangal 23,208 0.07% 0.04%
Votes 20,877,365 100.00%
*Difference from the NAMFREL quick count from the official Congressional canvass.

NAMFREL quick count

Take note that Reynaldo Pacheco had a higher amount of votes in the NAMFREL quick count than the official Congressional canvass.
NAMFREL quick count result (79.25% of precincts)
Candidate Party Results
Votes % Diff*
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga...


9,624,397 48.85% −0.71%
Edgardo Angara
Edgardo Angara
Edgardo Javier Angara is a Filipino politician who served as President of the Senate of the Philippines from 1993-1995. He is currently serving his fourth term in the Senate which ends in 2013.-Early life and career:...


4,380,991 22.24% 0.13
Oscar Orbos
Oscar Orbos
Oscar M. Orbos, popularly known as Ka Oca, is a Philippine TV personality and host of GMA Network's Debate with Mare at Pare.Orbos was a former cabinet secretary, provincial governor, and vice presidential candidate...


2,651,184 13.46% 0.46
}
| 1,183,998 || 9.21% ||0.01
|-
|align=left|Francisco Tatad
Francisco Tatad
Francisco “Kit” Tatad is a political figure in the Philippines.-Journalist:Tatad practiced journalism as a wire service reporter for the Agence France-Presse...


/Gabay Bayan
|582,548 || 2.96% ||0.05
|-
|align=left|Ismael Sueño

|409,966 || 2.08% ||−0.02
|-
|align=left|Irene Santiago

|196,386 || 1.00% ||0.07
|-
|align=left|Reynaldo Pacheco || ||align=left|Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago ||23,107 || 0.12% || 0.04
|-
|align=left|Camilo Sabio
Camilo Sabio
Camilo Sabio is a public lawyer and past chairman of the Philippines' Presidential Commission on Good Government. He previously held the position of Secretary-General in the Philippine House of Representatives from 1992 to 1998 under Jose de Venecia....

 || ||align=left|Partido Bansang Marangal || 19,555 || 0.10% || 0.01
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="font-weight:bold"
| colspan="3" align="right" | Votes
| align="right" | 19,702,132
| align="right" | 100.00%
| align="right" | —
|}*Difference from the NAMFREL quick count from the official Congressional canvass.

See also

  • Commission on Elections
    Commission on Elections (Philippines)
    The Commission on Elections, or COMELEC, is one of the three constitutional commissions of the Philippines. Its principal role is to enforce all laws and regulations relative to the conduct of elections, initiatives, referendums, and recalls....

  • Politics of the Philippines
    Politics of the Philippines
    The Politics of the Philippines takes place in an organized framework of a presidential, representative, and democratic republic whereby the president is both the head of state and the head of government within a pluriform multi-party system...

  • Philippine elections
  • President of the Philippines
    President of the Philippines
    The President of the Philippines is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...

  • 11th Congress of the Philippines
    11th Congress of the Philippines
    The Eleventh Congress of the Philippines is the meeting of the national legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives...


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