Philippine general election, 1998

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Presidential elections, legislative elections and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 11, 1998. In the presidential election, Vice President Joseph Estrada won a six-year term as President by a landslide victory. In the vice-presidential race, Senator Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo won a six-year term as Vice President also by a landslide victory. This was the third election where both president and vice president came from different parties.

Results

For president

 Summary of the May 11, 1998 Philippine presidential election results

Candidate	Party		Results
			Votes	%
Joseph Estrada		LAMMP	10,722,295	39.86%
Jose de Venecia		Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	4,268,483	15.87%
Raul Roco		Aksyon	3,720,212	13.83%
Emilio Osmeña		PROMDI	3,347,631	12.44%
Alfredo Lim		Liberal	2,344,362	8.71%
Renato de Villa		Reporma-LM	1,308,352	4.86%
Miriam Defensor Santiago		PRP	797,206	2.96%
Juan Ponce Enrile		Independent	343,139	1.28%
Santiago Dumlao		Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago	32,212	0.12%
Manuel Morato		Partido Bansang Marangal	18,644	0.07%
Valid votes			26,902,536	91.9%
Invalid votes			2,383,239	8.1%
Votes cast			29,285,775	86.5%
Registered voters			33,873,665	100.00%

For vice-president

Vice presidential election per province/city.

 Summary of the May 11, 1998 Philippine vice presidential election results

Candidate	Party		Results
			Votes	%
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo		Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	12,667,252	49.56%
Edgardo Angara		LDP	5,652,068	22.11%
Oscar Orbos		Reporma-LM	3,321,779	13.00%
Sergio Osmeña III		Liberal	2,351,462	9.20%
Francisco Tatad		PRP/Gabay Bayan	745,389	2.91%
Ismael Sueño		PROMDI	537,677	2.10%
Irene Santiago		Aksyon	240,210	0.93%
Camilo Sabio		Partido Bansang Marangal	22,010	0.09%
Reynaldo Pacheco		Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago	21,422	0.08%
Total valid votes cast			25,539,269	100.00%

For senator

 Summary of the May 11, 1998 Senate of the Philippines election result

Rank	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1.	Loren Legarda		Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	14,933,965	51.0%
2.	Renato Cayetano		Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	13,177,584	45.0%
3.	Tito Sotto		LDP	11,520,678	39.3%
4.	Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.		PDP-Laban	10,227,765	34.9%
5.	Robert Barbers		Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	9,768,045	33.4%
6.	Rodolfo Biazon		LDP	9,352,964	31.9%
7.	Blas Ople		LDP	9,278,448	31.7%
8.	John Henry Osmeña		NPC	9,242,652	31.6%
9.	Robert Jaworski		PMP	8,968,616	30.6%
10.	Ramon Revilla, Sr.		Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	8,683,500	29.7%
11.	Teofisto Guingona, Jr.		Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	7,325,343	25.0%
12.	Teresa Aquino-Oreta		LDP	7,238,086	24.7%
13.	Roberto Pagdanganan		Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	6,938,178	23.7%
14.	Ruben Torres		Independent	6,923,821	23.6%
15.	Edcel Lagman		LDP	6,831,441	23.3%
16.	Santanina Rasul		Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	6,695,955	22.9%
17.	Rolando Andaya		Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	5,722,871	19.5%
18.	Roberto F. de Ocampo		Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	5,663,401	19.3%
19.	Lisandro Abadia		Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	5,426,378	18.5%
20.	Haydee Yorac		Reporma-LM	4,618,565	15.8%
21.	Ricardo Gloria		Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	4,589,190	15.7%
22.	Ramon Bagatsing, Jr.		LDP	4,540,475	15.5%
23.	Freddie Webb		LDP	4,514,475	15.4%
24.	Hernando Perez		Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	4,336,969	14.8%
25.	Rey Langit		Reporma-LM	3,930,085	13.4%
26.	Raul Daza		Liberal	2,995,851	10.2%
27.	Miguel Luis Romero		LDP	2,781,973	9.5%
28.	Charito Plaza		Liberal	2,433,272	8.3%
29.	Roy Señeres		Reporma-LM	1,165,455	4.0%
30.	Gerry Geronimo		Reporma-LM	871,518	3.0%
31.	Hadja Putri Zorayda Tamano		Reporma-LM	855,738	2.9%
32.	Roberto Sebastian		Reporma-LM	721,824	2.5%
33.	Jose Villegas		Reporma-LM	608,186	2.1%
34.	Renato Garcia		Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago	554,818	1.9%
35.	David Castro		Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago	436,779	1.5%
36.	Ludovico Badoy		Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago	388,465	1.3%
37.	Oliver Lozano		Independent	352,037	1.2%
38.	Abraham Iribani		Reporma-LM	319,410	1.1%
39.	Eduardo Bondoc		Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago	202,217	0.7%
40.	Fred Henry Marallag		Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago	106,496	0.4%
Total turnout				29,285,775	86.5%
Total votes				206,248,556	N/A
Registered voters				33,873,665	100.0%
Note: A total of 40 candidates ran for senator.				Source: COMELEC

Per party

Party/coalition		Votes	%	Seats won	%
	Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	93,261,379	45.4%	5	41.7%
	LDP	56,058,540	27.3%	4	33.3%
	Reporma-LM	13,090,781	6.4%	0	0.0%
	PDP-Laban	10,227,765	5.0%	1	8.3%
	NPC	9,242,652	4.5%	1	8.3%
	PMP	8,968,616	4.4%	1	8.3%
	Independents	7,275,858	3.5%	0	0.0%
	Liberal	5,429,123	2.6%	0	0.0%
	Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago	1,688,775	0.8%	0	0.0%
Totals		205,243,489	100.0%	12	100.0%

For members of the House of Representatives

 Summary of the May 11, 1998 Philippine House of Representatives election results

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote		Seats won
		Total	%	Total	%
	Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	11,981,024	49.0	111	53.9
	LAMMP	6,520,744	26.7	55	25.0
	Liberal	1,773,124	7.3	15	8.6
	NPC	998,239	4.1	9	4.1
	Reporma-LM	966,653	4.0	4	1.8
	Independents	834,934	3.4	2	0.9
	PROMDI	586,954	2.3	4	1.8
	PDP-Laban	134,331	0.5	0	0.0
	Ompia Party	46,462	0.2	1	1.9
	Others	495,090	2.0	4	1.8
Total		24,444,398	100.0	206	93.6
Source: Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines". quezon.ph. http://www.quezon.ph/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/Electoral%20Politics%20in%20the%20Philippines.pdf. Retrieved 2010-12-11.

See also

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections
• President of the Philippines
• 11th Congress of the Philippines

External links

• The Philippine Presidency Project
• Official website of the Commission on Elections
• Official website of the House of Representatives