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Presidential elections, legislative elections and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 10, 2004. In the presidential election, incumbent president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo successfully won a full six-year term as President, with a margin of just over one million votes over her leading opponent, movie actor Fernando Poe, Jr.. Download high resolution version (600x900, 57 KB)Map of the Philippines showing which presidential candidate won in which provinces/cities in the 2004 Philippine election. ... Download high resolution version (600x900, 57 KB)Map of the Philippines showing which presidential candidate won in which provinces/cities in the 2004 Philippine election. ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (born April 5, 1947) is the current (14th) president of the Philippines. ... Seal of the President of the Philippines The President of the Philippines is the head of state and of the government of the Republic of the Philippines. ... Fernando Poe, Jr. ...

The elections were notable for several reasons This election first saw the implementation of the Absentee Voting Bill (see Wikisource), which enabled Filipinos in over 70 countries to vote. This is also the first election since the People Power Revolution where an incumbent President ran for re-election. Under the 1987 Constitution, an elected president cannot run for another term. However, Arroyo was not elected president, but instead succeeded ousted President Joseph Estrada, who was impeached with charges of plunder and corruption in 2000. Moreover, this was the first time since 1986 that both president and vice president were under the same party/coalition. This election was also held at a period in modern Philippines marked by serious political polarization. This resulted in lesser candidates for the Presidential and Vice-Presidential elections compared to the 1992 and 1998 elections. The EDSA Revolution, also referred to as the People Power Revolution and the Philippine Revolution of 1986, was a mostly nonviolent mass demonstration in the Philippines. ... Joseph Marcelo Ejercito Estrada, widely known as Erap (born April 19, 1937) is a popular film actor in the Philippines and was the 13th President of the Philippines from June 30, 1998 to January 20, 2001. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Presidential elections, legislative elections and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 11, 1992. ... Presidential elections, legislative elections and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 11, 1998. ...

Results

The official results of the election were released in staggered dates with most winners in local elective positions declared within two weeks from the May 10 election date. The winners in the Senatorial and Party-list Representative elections were declared on May 24, with the exception of the 12th senator which was announced on June 3. The results of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential races were finalized by the Congress on June 20, more than a month after the elections. Out of the 43,536,028 registered voters, about 35.4 million ballots were cast giving a voter turn-out of 81.4%.

Shown below are the official tallies of the Presidential, Vice-Presidential, and Senatorial races as well as the last tallies of the Quickcount conducted by the National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL), the citizens' arm of the COMELEC. The National Movement for Free Elections or NAMFREL is an officially accredited election watchdog in the Philippines. ...

President

NAMFREL Quickcount
(Partial and Unofficial) PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (born April 5, 1947), also known by her initials GMA, is the current and 14th President of the Republic of the Philippines. ... The Lakas-Christian and Muslim Democrats, also more popularly known as simply Lakas or LAKAS-CMD is the current ruling political party in the Philippines It was formed for the 1992 Presidential elections as then General Fidel V. Ramos and Cebu Goverenor Emilio R. Osmena running for President and Vice... The Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (K-4, Coalition of Truth and Experience for Tomorrow), the coalition that supported president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who whon the 2004 presidential elections. ... Fernando Poe, Jr. ... The Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (Coalition of United Filipinos), or KNP, is the coalition of the dominant opposition. ... Panfilo Morena Lacson (born June 1, 1948) is a retired Director-General of the Philippine National Police, and is currently a member of the Philippine Senate. ... The Laban Ã±g Demokratikong Pilipino (Struggle for Democratic Filipinos) is a political party in the Philippines. ... Raul Sagarbarria Roco (26 October 1941 â€“ 5 August 2005) was a political figure in the Philippines. ... The Democratic Action (Aksyon Demokratika) is a political party in the Philippines. ... Eduardo Villanueva (born October 6, 1946) was a presidential candidate in the 2004 Philippine election. ...

PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (born April 5, 1947), also known by her initials GMA, is the current and 14th President of the Republic of the Philippines. ... The Lakas-Christian and Muslim Democrats, also more popularly known as simply Lakas or LAKAS-CMD is the current ruling political party in the Philippines It was formed for the 1992 Presidential elections as then General Fidel V. Ramos and Cebu Goverenor Emilio R. Osmena running for President and Vice... The Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (K-4, Coalition of Truth and Experience for Tomorrow), the coalition that supported president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who whon the 2004 presidential elections. ... Fernando Poe, Jr. ... The Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (Coalition of United Filipinos), or KNP, is the coalition of the dominant opposition. ... Panfilo Morena Lacson (born June 1, 1948) is a retired Director-General of the Philippine National Police, and is currently a member of the Philippine Senate. ... The Laban Ã±g Demokratikong Pilipino (Struggle for Democratic Filipinos) is a political party in the Philippines. ... Raul Sagarbarria Roco (26 October 1941 â€“ 5 August 2005) was a political figure in the Philippines. ... The Democratic Action (Aksyon Demokratika) is a political party in the Philippines. ... Eduardo Villanueva (born October 6, 1946) was a presidential candidate in the 2004 Philippine election. ...

Vice-President

NAMFREL Quickcount
(Partial and Unofficial) Manuel Noli de Castro, Jr. ... The Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (K-4, Coalition of Truth and Experience for Tomorrow), the coalition that supported president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who whon the 2004 presidential elections. ... Loren Legarda-Leviste is a Filipino broadcast journalist and senator of the Philippines. ... The Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (Coalition of United Filipinos), or KNP, is the coalition of the dominant opposition. ... Herminio S. Aquino is a Filipino businessman, former politician and a vice presidential candidate where he ran as the running mate of Raul Roco on 2004. ... The Democratic Action (Aksyon Demokratika) is a political party in the Philippines. ...

Manuel Noli de Castro, Jr. ... The Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (K-4, Coalition of Truth and Experience for Tomorrow), the coalition that supported president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who whon the 2004 presidential elections. ... Loren Legarda-Leviste is a Filipino broadcast journalist and senator of the Philippines. ... The Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (Coalition of United Filipinos), or KNP, is the coalition of the dominant opposition. ... Herminio S. Aquino is a Filipino businessman, former politician and a vice presidential candidate where he ran as the running mate of Raul Roco on 2004. ... The Democratic Action (Aksyon Demokratika) is a political party in the Philippines. ...

Senators

The COMELEC sits as the National Board of Canvassers for the 12 senatorial positions.

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Legislative and local elections

In the legislative elections, voters elected twelve Senators (half the members of the Senate), who are elected at large with the whole country voting as one constituency, and all 208 members of the House of Representatives, who are elected from single-member districts. The Senate of the Philippines is the upper chamber of the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, the Congress of the Philippines. ... House of Representatives of the Philippines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

In the local elections, voters elected governors, vice-governors, and board members of the country's 79 provinces, and the mayor, vice-mayor and councilors of the nation's more than 1,600 cities and municipalities. Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ...

Parties and Coalitions

This election has seen strong shifts of alliances and new parties as candidates switched allegiances. The two major coalitions seen in this elections were the K-4 (Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan), of the administration, and the KNP (Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino), the dominant opposition.

The Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (Coalition of Truth and Experience for Tomorrow) or K-4, is the remnant of the People Power Coalition that was formed following the ascendancy of president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to power. Arroyo is seeking a complete term under this coalition with Sen. Noli de Castro, an independent, yet popular, politician, as her running mate. The leading party in this coalition is the ruling Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD), of which Arroyo is a member. Other parties under this coalition are the Liberal Party, the Nationalist People's Coalition, the Nacionalista Party, and the People's Reform Party. ... The Liberal Party is a liberal party in the Philippines, founded in 1945 by a breakaway from the Nacionalista Party. ... The Nationalist Peoples Coalition is a political party in the Philippines. ... The Nacionalista Party is the oldest political party in the Philippines today responsible for leading the country throughout the majority of the 20th century since 1907. ... The Peoples Reform Party is a political party in the Philippines. ...

The Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (Coalition of United Filipinos), or KNP, is the coalition of the dominant opposition. Its standard bearers are Fernando Poe, Jr. for president and Sen. Loren Legarda-Leviste for vice-president. The leading party of this coalition is the Angara wing of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (Struggle of Democratic Filipinos) or LDP. The LDP split in late 2003 over issues on who is to be their standard bearer. Most of the party followed the lead of the president, Sen. Edgardo Angara especially with the support of the former president Joseph Estrada and former first lady Imelda Marcos. The other major party under this coalition is Estrada's Partido ng Masang Pilipino (PMP; Party of the Philippine Masses). The Laban Ã±g Demokratikong Pilipino (Struggle for Democratic Filipinos) is a political party in the Philippines. ... Edgardo Angara (born September 24, 1934) is a politician in the Philippines. ... Joseph Marcelo Ejercito Estrada, widely known as Erap (born April 19, 1937) is a popular film actor in the Philippines and was the 13th President of the Philippines from June 30, 1998 to January 20, 2001. ... Imelda Marcos Imelda Romualdez Marcos (born July 2, 1929 in Tacloban City) is the former First Lady and a political figure in the Philippines. ... Partido ng Masang Pilipino (Party of the Filipino Masses) was the political party of former Philippine President Joseph Estrada merged with other political parties to create Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino or LAMMP (Struggle of the Patriotic Filipino Masses) in the 1998 Presidential Elections. ...

The third major coalition running in this election is the Alyansa ng Pag-asa (Alliance of Hope), This coalition fielded Raul Roco for president and Herminio Aquino for vice-president. The three major parties supporting this coalition are Roco's Aksyon Demokratiko (Democratic Action), former Defense Sec. Renato de Villa's Reporma Party, and Lito Osmeña's Promdi (Probinsya Muna [Provinces First] Development Party). The three parties were the ones that bolted out of the People Power Coalition. The Democratic Action (Aksyon Demokratiko) is a political party in the Philippines. ... Renato de Villa is a political figure in the Philippines. ... The Probinsya Muna Development Initiative is a provincial political party in the Philippines. ...

Timeline

2002

December 30 - President Arroyo declares that she will not run for President in 2004.

2003 December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ...

October 1 - President Arroyo announces her intention to run for President.
November 27 - Fernando Poe, Jr. declares his intention to run for President.
December 29 - Raul Roco, together with Herminio Aquino filed their candidacies for the position of President and Vice President. Senator Panfilo Lacson filed his candidacy as President without a running mate.
December 30 - Fernando, Poe, Jr. together with running mate Senator Loren Legarda filed their candidacies for the position of President and Vice President.

2004 October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year. ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ...

January 4 - President Gloria Arroyo and Senator Noli de Castro filed their candidacies for the position of President and Vice President. They brought a brigade of festival dancers and marching bands.
January 13 - The Supreme Court nullified a contract for the computerization of the ballot-counting process, effectively forcing the Commission on Elections to revert to the manual counting of votes.
February 10 - Start of the official campaign period for national positions
March 25 - Start of the official campaign period for local positions
May 10 - Election day
May 10 - NAMFREL starts its quickcount tally.
May 14 - Panfilo Lacson resigns from his party, the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP).
May 14 - A grenade explodes at the General Santos City Hall where cnavassing was taking place. No one was hurt.
May 17 - Opposition groups stage protest at the PICC, site of the official COMELEC canvass for senators and party-list representatives.
May 17 - Raul Roco concedes to Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
May 19 - Fernando Poe, Jr., proclaimes himself winner in Zamboanga City.
May 24 - COMELEC proclaims the top 11 senators in its official canvass.
May 28 - Congress approves the rules for the canvassing of the Certificates of Canvass for the Presidential and Vice-Presidential positions.
June 2 - The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines issued a statement saying that the elections were generally peaceful and that there was no sign of massive electoral fraud on a nationwide scale.
June 3 - The 12th senator, Rodolfo Biazon, was proclaimed by the COMELEC.
June 4 - Congress, through the Joint Committee, starts canvassing the votes for the President and Vice-president.
June 8 - Supreme Court votes 14-0 against the KNP petition to declare the Congressional Joint Committee as the National Board of Canvassers unconstitutional.
June 20 - The Congressional Joint Committee finishes the canvassing of votes for the President and Vice-president; Arroyo is declared the winner.
June 23 - The Congress approves the report of the Joint Committee officially proclaiming Arroyo the winner.
June 30 - Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is inaugurated in Cebu City.

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Events leading to the elections

The political climate leading up to the 2004 elections was one of the most emotional in the country's history since the 1986 elections that resulted in the exile of Ferdinand Marcos. Philippine society has become polarized between the followers of former president Joseph Estrada who have thrown their support for Estrada's close associate Fernando Poe, Jr. and those who support incumbent Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, or at best oppose Estrada. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ferdinand Edralin Marcos (September 11, 1917â€“September 28, 1989) was the tenth President of the Philippines, serving from 1965 to 1986. ... Joseph Marcelo Ejercito Estrada, widely known as Erap (born April 19, 1937) is a popular film actor in the Philippines and was the 13th President of the Philippines from June 30, 1998 to January 20, 2001. ...

The several months leading to the May elections saw a slew of presidential scandals, Arroyo reversing her earlier decision not to run for president, the sudden but not unexpected candidacy of Fernando Poe, Jr., defection of key political figures from the Arroyo camp to the opposition, the controversial automated elections initiative of the COMELEC, and the split of the dominant opposition party, Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino, between Poe and Panfilo Lacson. Panfilo Morena Lacson (born June 1, 1948) is a retired Director-General of the Philippine National Police, and is currently a member of the Philippine Senate. ...

On a speech given on December 30, 2002, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared that she would not run in the 2004 elections, admitting that she's one of the principal figures in the country's divisive politics. Arroyo claimed that withdrawing from the race would relieve her of the burden of politics and allow her administration to devote the last year and half to the following: December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

First, Strengthening the economy; to create more jobs and to encourage business activities that is unhampered by corruption and red tape in government.

Third, working for clean and honest elections in 2004. Honesty is also the name of two plants; see Honesty (plant) . Honesty, the quality of being honest, is a value which can be defined in multiple ways. ... See Election (movie) for the film directed by Alexander Payne. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

This was hailed as a welcome development by many people especially in the business and economic sectors.

Nine months later, on October 1, 2003, Arroyo completely changed her mind. Arroyo stated that her change of heart was for a higher cause and that she cannot ignore the call to further serve the country. Many people, especially those who held on to her commitment, were dismayed by her turnabout, though most were unsurprised since there had been clues months before that she would probably not stand by her earlier decision. Others welcomed this development saying that she needs more time to implement her projects and that she would be the strongest contender against a likely candidacy by Fernando Poe, Jr. October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Months before the elections, members of the opposition have been encouraging Fernando Poe, Jr., a close friend of former president Joseph Estrada to run for president. Poe was very popular with the masses and it was widely believed that he would be a sure winner if he ran for President. Joseph Marcelo Ejercito Estrada, widely known as Erap (born April 19, 1937) is a popular film actor in the Philippines and was the 13th President of the Philippines from June 30, 1998 to January 20, 2001. ...

On November 27, 2003, Poe ended months of speculation by announcing that he will run for president during a press conference held at the Manila Hotel. November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Commission on Elections originally affirmed the cadidacies of six people for the president. The sixth person running for president was Eduardo "Eddie" Gil, a known Marcos loyalist. The party of Eduardo Villanueva filed a petition with the COMELEC seeking to disqualify Eddie Gil on the basis of him being a nuisance candidate, his incapacity to mount a nationwide campaign, and that because he was running with the aim to confuse voters because of their similar names. Eduardo (Eddie) Gil is a Filipino businessman and politician. ... Ferdinand Edralin Marcos (September 11, 1917â€“September 28, 1989) was the tenth President of the Philippines, serving from 1965 to 1986. ...

Eddie Gil claims to be an international banker having a net worth of billions of dollars. His platform for presidency promised to make every Filipino a millionaire within his first 100 days of being elected. He also promised to pay off the Philippines' debt, worth trillions of pesos, from his own pocket. This was widely ridiculed, especially after a recent incident in which a check he had issued to pay his hotel bills during a campaign sortie, bounced. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

The Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino party (LDP) would form the core of the main opposition party, the Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (KNP). However, members of the party disagreed on which person to support for president. Panfilo Lacson, a member of the party, advanced his candidacy for president but was not considered by Edgardo Angara, the president of the party. Angara supported Fernando Poe, Jr. Together with the party's secretary-general Agapito "Butz" Aquino, Lacson gathered the support of some members of the party and went ahead with his candidacy. The LDP was subsequently polarized between those supporting Angara and Poe, and those for Lacson and Aquino. Panfilo Morena Lacson (born June 1, 1948) is a retired Director-General of the Philippine National Police, and is currently a member of the Philippine Senate. ... Edgardo Angara (born September 24, 1934) is a politician in the Philippines. ...

By then, Poe and Lacson have both filed their certificates of candidacies. According to the rules of candidacy, every presidential candidate must have a political party to back him or her. With the obvious split within the ranks of the LDP, and with no signs that the two factions would come to an agreement, the COMELEC decided to informally split the party into the Aquino and the Angara wings. Lacson then ran under the LDP - Aquino Wing, and Poe under the LDP - Angara Wing, which would later become the KNP.

During the campaign period, there had been numerous unification talks between the two factions. The opposition saw the need to become united under one banner to boost their chances of winning the presidential election against the organized political machinery of Arroyo. The plans of unification did not materialize due to the stubbornness of both Poe and Lacson. Lacson wanted Poe to concede to him and run as his vice-presidential candidate while the supporters of Poe wanted Lacson to back-out from his candidacy and instead support Poe, citing his low performance in the surveys.

Elections in the Philippines has always been a manual-process with the results for national positions often being announced more than a month after election day. An attempt to rectify this was done by the Commission on Elections by automating the process of counting the votes. More than 30 billion pesos were spent in acquiring counting machines that were never used in this elections because of numerous controversies and political opposition.

Events after the elections

During and immediately after the elections, exit polls were conducted by various organizations including the Social Weather Stations. An exit poll conducted by the SWS in Metro Manila showed that Arroyo won by a wide margin. SWS later admitted that it made a huge error in it's Metro Manila exit poll. Social Weather Stations or SWS is a social research institution in the Philippines. ... Metropolitan Manila (Filipino: Kalakhang Maynila) or National Capital Region (NCR) is the seventh largest metropolitan area in terms of size in Asia, and the sixteenth in terms of population in the world. ...

The SWS exit poll said Mrs Arroyo won 34 percent of the vote in Metro Manila against Poe's 25 percent. The official count showed Poe winning Metro Manila by 37 percent against the President's 26 percent.

A nationwide exit poll conducted by a research group called Proberz, on the other had, showed that Poe won the elections with 38% of the total 4,010 respondents against Arroyo's 34%. The poll showed Poe leading in Regions II, III, IV-A, IV-B, VIII, IX, XII, Metro Manila, and the ARMM. GMA thriumphed over Poe in the rest of the regions. In the vice-presidential race, the exit poll indicates that Legarda won with 51% or the votes, followed by De Castro with 46%. Cagayan Valley (Lambak ng Cagayan in Filipino) is a region of the Philippines, also designated as Region II or Region 02. ... Central Luzon region contains the largest plain of the Philippines and produces most of the countrys rice supply. ... CALABARZON is one of the regions of the Philippines. ... MIMAROPA, also known as Region IV-B, is a region of the Philippines located in Luzon. ... Eastern Visayas Eastern Visayas, one of the regions of the Philippines, is designated as Region VIII. It consists of six provinces, namely, Biliran, Eastern Samar, Leyte, Northern Samar, Samar (Western Samar) and Southern Leyte. ... Zamboanga Peninsula is both a peninsula and an administrative region on that peninsula in the Philippines. ... Davao Region, designated as Region XI, is one of the regions of the Philippines, located on the southeastern portion of Mindanao. ... Metropolitan Manila (Filipino: Kalakhang Maynila) or National Capital Region (NCR) is the seventh largest metropolitan area in terms of size in Asia, and the sixteenth in terms of population in the world. ... The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) of the Philippines is composed of five provinces and one city namely: Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi and the Marawi City. ...

Under the constitution, the Congress is mandated to become the National Board of Canvassers for the top two positions, the President and the Vice-President. Tallying in the 216,382 precincts nationwide are submitted in Election Returns that are forwarded to the municipal and city board of canvassers. These are then tabulated and forwarded to the provincial board of canvassers which prepare the 176 Certificates of Canvass (CoC). These CoCs were forwarded to the joint session of the Congress at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City on May 25, 2004. Philippine Congress Session Hall The legislative power is vested in Congress, which consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives. ... Quezon City P is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Congress, as of May 27, has still to begin counting the CoCs. Senators and representatives from the administration and opposition have debated heatedly on the procedure of counting the CoCs. The traditional way of counting the certificates, as used in the 1992 and 1998 elections, was to appoint a joint committee consisting of seven senators and seven representatives. Many opposition legislators, notably, Cong. Didagen Dilangalen of Maguindanao, opposed this traditional method as unconstitutional saying that it should be the whole Congress, not a sub-committee, who should count the votes. Part of the argument was that "power delegated cannot be further delegated", referring to the delegation of counting to a committee. The proposal of some legislators was for the whole Congress to sit in a joint session counting each and every single Certificate of Canvass. Maguindanao is a province of the Philippines located in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). ...

The debates and deliberations for the rules of canvassing were finished by the Congressional joint session on May 28. The rules decided were very similar to the ones used in the 1998 and 1992 elections, which called for a joint committee to act as the National Board of Canvassers. The notable difference is the increase of the number of committee members from 14 to 22, this time consisting of 11 senators and 11 representatives. The composition of the committee was also announced by the Senate President, Franklin Drilon, and the Speaker of the House, Jose de Venecia. The composition was immediately lambasted by the opposition; the House portion of the committee consisted of 9 administration representatives and 2 opposition. The Poe camp called for a more equal representation for all the involved political parties in the committee, despite the appointed commission mirroring the current composition of the House: there are 190 administration representatives in a 220-seat House. Franklin Drilon Franklin M. Drilon is the current Senate President and third highest ranking official of the Philippines. ... Jose de Venecia, Jr. ...

The official canvassing by the Congressional Joint Committee started on June 4, a little less than one month after election day. Canvassing was done in a slow pace, averaging about 12 Certificates of Canvass per day, as the opposition accused the administration politicians of railroading the canvass. The opposition lawyers wanted to question the validity of 25 CoCs, especially in those areas where Arroyo posted a wide margin over Poe. They wanted the Committee to examine the Statement of Votes at the municipal level and even down to the Election Returns at the precinct level to prove their claim that the Certificates of Canvass have been tampered with in favor of Arroyo. Administration lawyers contend that the Committee is not the proper place to lodge complaints of fraud and that the opposition should go to the Presidential Election Tribunal after the winner has been proclaimed. June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ...

Election rigging scandal

See main article - Philippine electoral crisis, 2005 President Arroyo during her televised message regarding the alleged wiretapped tapes An electoral crisis emerged in the Philippines in June 2005. ...

In June 10, Samuel Ong, a former deputy director of the country's National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said that he is a source of a set of original audio tapes of a wiretapped conversation between President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and an official of the Commission on Elections. The contents of the tape allegedly proves, according to Ong, that the 2004 national election was rigged by Arroyo and that she is not the real winner of the said election. If the Supreme Court declares that Arroyo cheated and rigged the 2004 elections, Senator Drilon, the highest elected official in the previous 2001 elections, may resume the presidency. He would, in an interim role, call for re-elections to replace the 2004 results. June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... The Commission on Elections of the Philippines, or more commonly known as Comelec is an independent government body responsible for running elections in the countrys democratic government. ... Presidential elections, legislative elections and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 10, 2004. ...

Contents

Results

President

Vice-President

Senators

Legislative and local elections

Parties and Coalitions

Timeline

Events leading to the elections

Events after the elections

Election rigging scandal

See also

External links

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President

Vice-President

Senators

Legislative and local elections

Parties and Coalitions

Timeline

Events leading to the elections

Events after the elections

Election rigging scandal

See also

External links

Results