1992 Philippine general election

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1992 Philippine general election

← 1987 May 11, 1992 1995 →
Registered32,141,079
Turnout24,254,954
1992 Philippine presidential election

← 1986 May 11, 1992 1998 →
Turnout75.5% Decrease 3.3%
 
Nominee Fidel V. Ramos Miriam Defensor-Santiago Danding Cojuangco
Party
Lakas
PRP NPC
Running mate Lito Osmeña Ramon Magsaysay Jr. Joseph Estrada
Popular vote 5,342,521 4,468,173 4,116,376
Percentage 23.58% 19.72% 18.17%

President before election

Corazon Aquino

PDP–Laban

Elected President

Fidel V. Ramos

Lakas

1992 Philippine vice presidential election

← 1986 May 11, 1992 1998 →
 
Candidate Joseph Estrada Marcelo Fernan Lito Osmeña
Party NPC LDP
Lakas
Popular vote 6,739,738 4,438,494 3,362,467
Percentage 33.01% 21.74% 16.47%

Vice President before election

Salvador Laurel
Nacionalista

Elected Vice President

Joseph Estrada
NPC

1992 Philippine Senate election

← 1987 May 11, 1992 1995 →

All 24 seats in the Senate
13 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Neptali Gonzales Ernesto Maceda Leticia Ramos-Shahani
Party LDP NPC
Lakas
Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large
Seats before 10 3 2
Seats after 16 5 2
Seat change Increase 6 Increase 2 Steady
Popular vote 124,399,291 48,956,459 48,658,631
Percentage 45.0 17.7 17.6

Senate President before election

Neptali Gonzales
LDP

Elected Senate President

Neptali Gonzales
LDP

1992 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Philippines
← 1987 May 11, 1992 1995 →

200 (of the 216) seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
109 seats needed for a majority
Party Vote % Seats +/–
LDP

33.73 86 +86
Lakas

21.20 41 +41
NPC

18.66 30 +30
LP–PDP

8.82 11 +11
Nacionalista

3.92 7 +3
KBL

2.35 3 −8
Coalitions
/others

6.28 16 −39
Independent

5.04 6 −17
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Speaker before Speaker after
Ramon Mitra Jr.
LDP
Lakas

Presidential and vice presidential elections, legislative elections and local elections were held in the

1987 Constitution. Even though she was permitted by the Constitution to run for a second term, President Corazon Aquino
did not stand for re-election.

Retired general

power outages
as evidence, but her protest was eventually dismissed.

The 1992 election was the second time both the president and vice-president came from different parties. Film actor and senator Joseph Estrada won a six-year term as Ramos' vice-president by a landslide victory.

Under the transitory provisions of the Constitution, 24 senators were elected in the polls. The first twelve senators who garnered the highest votes would have a six-year term while the next twelve senators would have a three-year term. Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) got a large share in the Senate race. Television personality and

Vicente Sotto III
got the highest number of votes.

Candidates

Major political parties

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Fidel V. RamosLakas–NUCD5,342,52123.58
Miriam Defensor SantiagoPeople's Reform Party4,468,17319.72
Danding CojuangcoNationalist People's Coalition4,116,37618.17
Ramon Mitra Jr.Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino3,316,66114.64
Imelda MarcosKilusang Bagong Lipunan2,338,29410.32
Jovito SalongaLiberal Party2,302,12410.16
Salvador LaurelNacionalista Party770,0463.40
Total22,654,195100.00
Valid votes22,654,19593.40
Invalid/blank votes1,600,7596.60
Total votes24,254,954100.00
Registered voters/turnout32,141,07975.46
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[1]

Vice president

CandidatePartyVotes%
PDP–Laban
2,023,2899.91
Vicente MagsaysayKilusang Bagong Lipunan699,8953.43
Eva Estrada KalawNacionalista Party255,7301.25
Total20,420,169100.00
Valid votes20,420,16984.19
Invalid/blank votes3,834,78515.81
Total votes24,254,954100.00
Registered voters/turnout32,141,07975.46
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[2]
  1. ^ Running mate of Jovito Salonga (Liberal Party)

Senate

The top 12 elected candidates served from June 30, 1992, until June 30, 1998, while the following 12 elected candidates were to serve from June 30, 1992, until June 30, 1995. A total of 165 candidates ran for senator.

Lakas-NUCD
  Liberal Party
CandidatePartyVotes%
Partido ng Masang Pilipino
38,5810.16
Ruperto MartinKoalisyong Pambansa11,7840.05
Datu Ray Ibrahim UyNacionalista Party6,2780.03
Melchor Chavez[a]Koalisyong Pambansa00.00
Ceferino Padua[b]Koalisyong Pambansa00.00
Total276,042,700100.00
Total votes24,254,954
Registered voters/turnout32,141,07975.46
  1. ^ Disqualified but remained on the ballot
  2. ^ Withdrew but remained on the ballot

House of Representatives

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino6,286,92233.73New86New
Lakas–NUCD3,951,14421.20New41New
Nationalist People's Coalition3,478,78018.66New30New
Koalisyong Pambansa1,644,5688.82New11New
Nacionalista Party730,6963.92−3.277+3
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan438,5772.35−1.753−8
Coalitions679,4113.64New14New
Others491,9702.64New2New
Independent938,5585.04−8.216−17
Appointed seats160
Total18,640,626100.00216+2
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[3] and Teehankee[4]

Local elections

Local elections for all positions above the barangay level, but below the regional level, were held on this day.

Local plebiscites

Plebiscites to ratify the provincehood of Biliran and Guimaras were also done on this day. Both proposals were carried.

See also

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos.
    Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific
    .
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos.
    Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific
    .
  3. ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook. Vol. 2: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford: Oxford University Press..
  4. (PDF). In Croissant, Aurel (ed.). Electoral Politics in Southeast and East Asia. Singapore: Fiedrich-Ebert-Siftung. pp. 149–202 – via quezon.ph.

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