Presidential elections are held every six years.

The voting age is 18 in the Philippines.

Elections are characterized by lots of
candidates and positions.
Counting takes so long because it’s done by
hand.
 WHAT IS POLITICAL PARTY?
 A group of people that is organized for
the purpose of winning government
power, by electoral or other means.
 2nd oldest existing political party
 Founder: Former Senate Pres. Manuel Roxas
 It promotes social liberalism
 Youngest political party
 Founded: (2015) by former Vice Pres. Jejomar
Binay
 Oldest existing political party
 Founded: (April 1907) by former Pres. Manuel
L. Quezon and Sergio Osmeña
 Founded: (1992) by Eduardo Cojuangco Jr.,
Filipino businessman and then-presidential
candidate.
 Founded: (1983) by former Senator Benigno
Aquino Jr.
 Largely a pro-Marcos party
 Founded: (1978) and was reorganized again
in 1986 after Martial Law
 Founded: 2008
 One of the two parties that is influenced by
religion (the other is NUP).
 Founded: (1997) by former Senator Raul Roco
 Founded: 2011
 Breakaway party from the Lakas Kampi CMD
 A private group established in the 1950s.
 A country’s electoral system is the method used
to calculate the number of elected positions in
government that individuals and parties are
awarded after elections.
 Also called “first-past-the-post” or “winner-
take-all” systems.
 Also called “second ballot” systems.
 “Majority” is normally defined as 50%-plus-
one-vote
 Also known as “PR”.
 Simply to award a party the same
percentage of seats in parliament as it gets
votes at the polls.
 Philippine elections are often marred by
violence, fraud, and irregularities.
 Vote buying and dirty tricks are run-of-the-
mill.