1992 Philippine presidential election

1992 Philippine presidential election

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Turnout75.5% Decrease 3.3%
 
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Candidate 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%

 
Speaker Ramon Mitra.jpg
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Candidate Ramon Mitra Jr. Imelda Marcos Jovito Salonga
Party LDP KBL Liberal
Running mate Marcelo Fernan Vicente Magsaysay Aquilino Pimentel Jr.
Popular vote 3,316,661 2,338,294 2,302,123
Percentage 14.64% 10.32% 10.16%

Election results per province/city.

President before election

Corazon Aquino
Independent

Elected President

Fidel V. Ramos
Lakas

1992 Philippine vice presidential election

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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%

 
Candidate Ramon Magsaysay Jr. Aquilino Pimentel Jr. Vicente Magsaysay
Party PRP PDP–Laban KBL
Popular vote 2,900,556 2,023,289 699,895
Percentage 14.20% 9.91% 3.43%

Election results per province/city

Vice President before election

Salvador Laurel
Nacionalista

Elected Vice President

Joseph Estrada
NPC

The 1992 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on May 11, 1992.[1] This was the first general election held under the 1987 Constitution. An estimated 80,000 candidates ran for 17,000 posts from the presidency down to municipal councilors.

The new constitution limited the president to a single six-year term with no possibility of reelection, even if nonsuccessive.[2] Although some of President Corazon Aquino's advisers suggested that she could run for a second term,[3] as she was sworn in before the 1987 Constitution took effect, Aquino did not run again.[4]

In the presidential election, retired general Fidel Ramos of Lakas–NUCD narrowly defeated populist candidate Miriam Defensor Santiago of the People's Reform Party.[5] Ramos also got the lowest plurality in the Philippine electoral history, and beat the previous election for the closest margin of victory, percentage-wise (this record would later be beaten by the 2004 election).[6]

Santiago led the canvassing of votes for the first five days but then was overtaken by Ramos in a few days. Santiago cried fraud and filed an electoral protest citing power outages as evidence.[7] Various media personnel became witnesses to the fraud made in the election, where the phrase, 'Miriam won in the election, but lost in the counting' became popular.[8] However, her protest was eventually dismissed by the Supreme Court of the Philippines.[7]

The 1992 election was the second time both president and vice president came from different parties.[9] Movie actor and Senator Joseph Estrada, running with presidential candidate Eduardo Cojuanco, won a six-year term as vice-president.[10]

Under the transitory provisions of the Constitution, 24 senators were elected in this election. The first 12 senators who garnered the highest votes would have six-year terms while the next 12 senators would have three-year terms.[11] Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) received a large share in the Senate race.[12] Television personality and Quezon City vice mayor Vicente Sotto III (also known as Tito Sotto) received the highest number of votes.[13]

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  2. ^ "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippine – Article VII". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
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  10. ^ "Erap presidency redux". The Philippine Star. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  11. ^ "Term of Office of Senators". senate.gov.ph. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  12. ^ Banks, Arthur S.; Day, Alan J.; Muller, Thomas C. (February 1, 2016). Political Handbook of the World 1998. Springer. ISBN 9781349149513.
  13. ^ "Senators Profile - Vicente C. Sotto III". www.senate.gov.ph. Retrieved November 8, 2018.