The Philippine Elections making a History

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According to Wiki: The Philippines elects on national level a head of state (the President) and a legislature. The president is elected for a six-year term by the people. The vice-president is elected at the same time on a separate ballot. The Philippines elects on a local level governors, vice governors, board members, mayors up to the barangay officials and the Sangguniang Kabataan or youth council members which is mandated in the current Constitution of the Philippines and the Local Government Code of 1991.


The First election was held on September 16, 1935. 
      Senate president Manuel Luis Quezon became the first president against revolutionary president Emilio Aguinaldo.  


On November 11, 1941 
     Manuel Luis Quezon won his second term via landslide and Sergio Osmeña as his Vice President. Due to World War II, from 1942 to 1945 Quezon and Osmeña did not serve their terms instead Japanese sponsored Republic appointed Jose P. Laurel as the President in 1943. Due to this incident from the year 1943-1945 the Philippines have two President --Manuel L. Quezon and Jose P. Laurel. 


On November 10, 1953
   Incumbent President Elpidio Quirino lost from Ramon Magsaysay (former defense secretary). This is the first time in the Philippine Electoral history that the President did not came from the Senate.


The Election on November 12, 1957 also made a history
   Carlos P. Garcia(Nacionalista Party) became the President of the Philippines and Diosdado Macapagal(Liberal Party) as the Vice President. This is the first time that the elected President and Vice President came from different parties.


On April 7, 1978 a Parliamentary election was held. 


Snap election for President and Vice President
      on February 7, 1986 President Ferdinand E. Marcos and former Minister and Senate President Arturo M. Tolentino were proclaimed winners by the Batasang Pambansa as well as the official election canvasser, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC).The electoral exercise was marred by alleged poll fraud from both sides of the political fence as well as violenceThe opposition headed by Sen. Benigno Aquino, Jr.widow Corazon C. Aquino and former senator Salvador Laurelrefused to accept the allegedly fraudulent resultDue to the reports of fraud, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) issued a statement condemning the elections, the United States Senate passed a resolution stating the same. These tumultuous chain of events led to the resignation of Marcos' Defence Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and military vice-chief Fidel Ramos leading to the EDSA Revolutionwhich overthrew the Marcos regime.


other Election Facts:


   In elections held between 1986 and 2001, over 750 people lost their lives in poll-related violence, and in the last elections in 2004, 250 election-related violent incidents saw almost 200 people lose their lives and a further 280 wounded.


   First actor in Politics-Jose Padilla Sr., a movie actor in the 1930s, had served as the provincial governor of Bulacan. The first actor who invaded the senate was Rogelio dela Rosa.


  First Woman President-  In February 1986, Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, widow of the late Senator Benigno Aquino, became the country's first woman president and the country's 11th president


   First President in Prison- Deposed President Joseph Estrada, who lost the presidency to a military-backed people's revolt, was arrested on charges of plunder and corruption in April 2001.


   
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Hoping that the next May 10 election will also make a HISTORY... a good HISTORY!
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http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Political-History-of-the-Philippines
http://www.txtmania.com/trivia/first.php