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{{short description|Election in the Philippines on 1998}}{{Use Philippine English|date=May 2023}}{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}

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11.0%| election_date = May 11, 1998!colspan=5|For President| Jose de Venecia Jr.!colspan=5|For Vice President| Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo!colspan=5|For Senators| Lisandro Abadia| Rolando Andaya| Robert Barbers| Rene Cayetano| Roberto De Ocampo| Ricardo Gloria| Teofisto Guingona Jr.| Loren Legarda| Roberto Pagdanganan| Hernando Perez| Nina Rasul| Ramon Revilla Sr.

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Results

President

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Vice president

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Senate

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House of Representatives

The first party-list elections were held. Aside from voting for the representative from their congressional district, a voter can also vote for a party-list.

District elections

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Party-list election

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Local elections

Local elections for all positions above the barangay level, but below the regional level, were held on this day.The newly created province of Compostela Valley (now known as "Davao de Oro") held its first local elections on this day as well.

See also

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections
• President of the Philippines
• 11th Congress of the Philippines

References

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External links

• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20041205193215weblink">The Philippine Presidency Project
• Official website of the Commission on Elections
• Official website of the House of Representatives

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