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Philippines President

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Office

President

Honorific

President - Abbr: President

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

February 25, 1986 - 05:00pm Central

Polls Open

February 25, 1986 - 08:00am Central

Polls Close

February 25, 1986 - 06:00pm Central

Term Start

February 25, 1986 - 12:00am

Term End

June 30, 1992 - 12:00am

Contributor

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Last Modified

Politicoomer September 11, 2023 05:19pm

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Ferdinand Marcos unexpectedly called for a presidential election in February 1986, the opposition united behind Aquino to opposed the Marcos regime. Although she was officially reported to have lost the election to Marcos, the elections were widely believed to be fraudulent. Both Marcos and Aquino claimed to have won, and held rival inaugurations on February 25, but Marcos then fled in the face of huge popular demonstrations and the refusal of the military to intervene against them.

LAST GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	New Society Movement	Won	06/16/1981
	Name	Ferdinand E. Marcos	Votes	18,309,360 (88.02%)
	Term	07/01/1981 - 02/25/1986	Margin	16,592,911 (+79.77%)

NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	National Union of Christian Democrats	Won	05/11/1992
	Name	Fidel Ramos	Votes	5,342,521 (23.58%)
	Term	06/30/1992 - 06/30/1998	Margin	874,348 (+3.86%)