1998 Philippine general election

1998 Philippine general election
May 11, 1998
Registered33,873,665
Turnout29,285,775
1998 Philippine presidential election
May 11, 1998
Turnout86.5% 11.0%
 
Nominee Joseph Estrada Jose de Venecia Jr. Raul Roco
Party LAMMP Lakas Aksyon
Running mate Edgardo Angara Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Irene Santiago
Popular vote 10,722,295 4,268,483 3,720,212
Percentage 39.86% 15.87% 13.38%
President before election

Fidel V. Ramos
Lakas

 Elected President

Joseph Estrada
LAMMP

1998 Philippine vice presidential election
May 11, 1998
 
Candidate Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Edgardo Angara Oscar Orbos
Party Lakas LAMMP Reporma
Popular vote 12,667,252 5,652,068 3,321,779
Percentage 49.56% 22.11% 13.00%
Vice President before election

Joseph Estrada
LAMMP

 Elected Vice President

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Lakas

1998 Philippine Senate election
May 11, 1998
12 (of the 24) seats in the Senate
13 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Lakas LDP
Seats won 5 7
Popular vote 93,261,379 91,421,394
Percentage 45.44 44.54
Senate President before election

Neptali Gonzales
LDP

 Elected Senate President

Marcelo Fernan
LDP

1998 Philippine House of Representatives elections
May 11, 1998
All 257 seats in the House of Representatives (including 38 underhang seats)
129 seats needed for a majority
Party Vote % Seats +/–
Lakas 49.01 111 +11
LAMMP 26.68 55 +55
Liberal 7.25 15 +10
NPC 4.08 9 −13
Reporma 3.95 4 +4
PROMDI 2.40 4 +4
Aksyon 0.44 1 +1
Ompia 0.19 1 +1
Others 1.42 4 +4
Independent 3.42 2 −5
Party-list — 14 +14
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Speaker before Speaker after
Jose de Venecia Jr.
Lakas		 Manny Villar
LAMMP

Presidential elections, legislative and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 11, 1998. In the presidential election, Vice President Joseph Estrada won a six-year term as president by a landslide victory. In the vice-presidential race, Senator Gloria Macapagal Arroyo won a six-year term as vice president also by a landslide victory. This was the third election where both president and vice president came from different parties.

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