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1992 Philippine general election

← 1987 May 11, 1992 1995 →
Registered	32,141,079
Turnout	24,254,954
1992 Philippine presidential election
← 1986 May 11, 1992 1998 →
Turnout	75.5% 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 6 2 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
← 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 Jose de Venecia Jr. Lakas

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Presidential and vice presidential elections, legislative elections and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 11, 1992. An estimated 80,000 candidates ran for 17,000 posts from the presidency down to municipal councillors in the first general election under 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 Fidel Ramos of Lakas-NUCD won a six-year term as president of the Philippines by a small margin, narrowly defeating populist candidate Miriam Defensor Santiago of the People's Reform Party. Ramos also got the lowest plurality in Philippine electoral history. Santiago led the canvassing of votes for the first five days, but was overtaken by Ramos afterwards. Santiago accused Ramos of fraud and filed an electoral protest citing 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 Quezon City Vice-Mayor Vicente Sotto III got the highest number of votes.

Candidates

Major political parties

• Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL)
• Lakas ng Tao—National Union of Christian Democrats (Lakas–NUCD)
• Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP)
• Liberal Party—Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (LP—PDP–Laban; Koalisyong Pambansa)
• Nacionalista Party (NP)
• Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC)
• People's Reform Party (PRP)

Results

President

Vice president

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.

1. Disqualified but remained on the ballot
2. Withdrew but remained on the ballot

House of Representatives

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	6,286,922	33.73	New	86	New
	Lakas–NUCD	3,951,144	21.20	New	41	New
	Nationalist People's Coalition	3,478,780	18.66	New	30	New
	Koalisyong Pambansa	1,644,568	8.82	New	11	New
	Nacionalista Party	730,696	3.92	−3.27	7	+3
	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	438,577	2.35	−1.75	3	−8
	Coalitions	679,411	3.64	New	14	New
	Others	491,970	2.64	New	2	New
	Independent	938,558	5.04	−8.21	6	−17
Appointed seats					16	0
Total		18,640,626	100.00	–	216	+2
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann and Teehankee

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

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections
• President of the Philippines
• 9th Congress of the Philippines

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. Teehankee, Julio (2002). "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). In Croissant, Aurel (ed.). Electoral Politics in Southeast and East Asia. Singapore: Fiedrich-Ebert-Siftung. pp. 149–202 – via quezon.ph.

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections

Further reading

• Fontaine, Roger W. (1992). "The Philippines: After Aquino". Asian Affairs: An American Review. 19 (3): 170–190. doi:10.1080/00927678.1992.9936959.

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