HISTORY OF ELECTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES

Spanish & American Colonial Period

President of the First Philippine Republic

MALE VOTERS: ILUSTRADOS

September 15, 1935 –First Presidential Election after the ratification of the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines.

The Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines was approved by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt on March 23, 1935

ACT 4112 : Granting Women Right of Suffrage

Signing of Women’s Suffrage Law by President Quezon

First Lady Aurora Quezon voting for the first time

WORLD WAR IIJAPANESE OCCUPATION

1949 - The First Election for the newly Independent Republic

First • Presidential, • V. Presidential• Congressional

Elections

Oy! Lolo ni Mr. Palinki!

MANUEL ROXAS

1953 ELECTIONS:RAMON MAGSAYSAY

SAVIOUR OF DEMOCRACY AND MAN OF THE MASSES

I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.

1965-1986: FERDINAND MARCOS• First President of the Republic to be re-elected.• Abolished the 1935 Constitution• On September 21, 1972, declared Martial Law.

WIN OR LOSE, we go shopping after

the Elections

1986 - Snap elections were held in 1986. The mass action known as the People Power Revolution of 1986 led to the ouster of Marcos, the collapse of KBL and the installation of Corazon Aquino as the President.

• 1987 - National plebiscite for the approval of the 1987 Constitution in February 1987; election for members of the Senate and House of Representatives in May 1987; and local elections in January 1988. The 1987 Constitution provided for a multi-party system.

• 1992 synchronized national and local elections, the people voted for president for the first time under the 1987 Constitution.

• 1995, congressional and local elections were held.

• In 1998, the first party-list elections were held. • January 2001, EDSA DOS, a repeat of the 1986

People Power removed Estrada from Malacañang and seated Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the new president.

VOTING BEHAVIOR OF THE FILIPINOS

1. Popularity of the Candidate’s Name

2. Endorsement of traditional

networks and organizations

3. Characteristics that could be of benefit to the voter

4. Party Program

WHAT IS THE VALUE OF YOUR VOTE?It will mean:• Better services from the executive• Better policies and laws from the

legislative• Brighter future for us, Filipinos