2010 Philippine general election

2010 Philippine general election

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Registered51,317,073
Turnout38,149,371
2010 Philippine presidential election

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Nominee Benigno Aquino III Joseph Estrada Manuel Villar
Party Liberal PMP Nacionalista
Running mate Mar Roxas Jejomar Binay Loren Legarda
Popular vote 15,208,678 9,487,837 5,573,835
Percentage 42.08% 26.25% 15.42%

President before election

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Lakas–Kampi

Elected President

Benigno Aquino III
Liberal

2010 Philippine vice presidential election

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Candidate Jejomar Binay Mar Roxas Loren Legarda
Party PDP–Laban Liberal NPC
Popular vote 14,645,574 13,918,490 4,294,664
Percentage 41.65% 39.58% 12.21%

Vice President before election

Noli de Castro
Independent

Elected Vice President

Jejomar Binay
UNA

2010 Philippine Senate election

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12 (of the 24) seats to the Senate
13 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Liberal Nacionalista PMP
Seats won 4 3 2
Popular vote 97,187,269 80,719,737 51,960,970
Percentage 32.72% 27.18% 17.49%

Senate President before election

Juan Ponce Enrile
PMP

Elected Senate President

Juan Ponce Enrile
PMP

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Philippines
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All 286 seats to the House of Representatives of the Philippines
144 seats needed for a majority
Party Vote % Seats +/–
Lakas–Kampi

37.41 106 +106
Liberal

19.93 47 +24
NPC

15.97 29 +1
Nacionalista

11.35 25 +14
Others

12.78 22 0
Party-list

57 +4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Speaker before Speaker after
Prospero Nograles
Lakas–Kampi
Feliciano Belmonte Jr.
Liberal

Elections for all positions in the Philippines above the barangay (except for Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao regional level) were held on May 10, 2010. The elected president is Benigno Aquino III, the 15th President of the Philippines, succeeding President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo who was barred from seeking re-election due to term restrictions. The successor of Vice-President Noli de Castro is Jejomar Binay, the 13th Vice President of the Philippines. The legislators elected in the 2010 elections joined the senators of the 2007 elections and comprised the 15th Congress of the Philippines.

The 2010 elections were administered by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in compliance with the Republic Act No. 9369,[1] also known as the Amended Computerization Act of 2007. It was the first national, and second overall computerized election after the 2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao regional election in the history of the Philippines. Although there were cases of precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machine failures, there was no postponement of elections since most technical issues were resolved by election day.[2] Despite the fact that some provinces have reported failure of elections, these have not surpassed the 0.50% of the total number of PCOS machines, and most were replaced on time.[3]

Local elections were held in all provinces, cities and municipalities for provincial governors, vice governors and board members, and city/municipal mayors, vice mayors and councilors.

There were more than 85,000 candidates for 17,000 national and local positions and it is believed that the youth had the swing vote in this election as 40% of voters are 18–35 and there are a potential 3 million first-time voters.[4]

  1. ^ "Republic Act No. 9369" (PDF). Congress of the Philippines. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2010. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
  2. ^ "NCRPO, Comelec: All systems go for polls – the Philippine Star » News…". The Philippine STAR. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012.
  3. ^ "Over 400 defective poll machines found, replaced, Smartmatic says". gmanews.tv. Archived from the original on May 12, 2010.
  4. ^ "Continuity or Change?". the-diplomat.com. Archived from the original on March 15, 2010. Retrieved March 12, 2010.