Philippine general elections

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The Philippine general elections are nationwide polls held every three years in which voters choose national and local officials, including the president, vice president, senators, representatives, and various local government leaders.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf general election ⓘ
national election ⓘ
ballotSystem automated counting system ⓘ
ballotType secret ballot ⓘ
campaignFinanceRegulatedBy Commission on Elections ⓘ
campaignPeriodRegulatedBy Commission on Elections ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
electoralSystemType mixed electoral system ⓘ
frequency every three years ⓘ
governedBy Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
heldIn Philippines ⓘ
houseChamber lower house of the Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
houseMemberTermLength three years ⓘ
includeElectionFor House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
President of the Philippines ⓘ
Senate of the Philippines ⓘ
Vice President of the Philippines ⓘ
barangay officials ⓘ
city officials ⓘ
municipal officials ⓘ
party-list representatives ⓘ
provincial officials ⓘ
legalBasis 1987 Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
localOfficialTermLength three years ⓘ
monitoredBy domestic election watchdogs ⓘ
international observers ⓘ
notableFeature separate voting for president and vice president ⓘ
simultaneous national and local contests ⓘ
organizedBy Commission on Elections ⓘ
precededBy Philippine national elections under the 1935 Constitution ⓘ
presidentialReelection not allowed consecutively ⓘ
presidentialTermLength six years ⓘ
regulatedBy Omnibus Election Code of the Philippines ⓘ
senateChamber upper house of the Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
senateSeatsContestedEachElection 12 ⓘ
senatorialTermLength six years ⓘ
shortName COMELEC elections ⓘ
supervisedBy Commission on Elections ⓘ
totalSenateSeats 24 ⓘ
useOf vote-counting machines ⓘ
vicePresidentialReelection allowed ⓘ
vicePresidentialTermLength six years ⓘ
voterRegistration required ⓘ
votingAge 18 ⓘ
votingSystemForHouseDistrictSeats first-past-the-post ⓘ
votingSystemForPartyListSeats party-list proportional representation ⓘ
votingSystemForPresident first-past-the-post ⓘ
votingSystemForSenate plurality-at-large voting ⓘ
votingSystemForVicePresident first-past-the-post ⓘ

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1st congressional district of Bataan → electsDuring → Philippine general elections ⓘ
Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipang → associatedWith → Philippine elections ⓘ
linked to: Philippine general elections
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan → participatedIn → Philippine presidential elections ⓘ
linked to: Philippine general elections
Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino → participatedIn → Philippine general elections ⓘ
Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino → participatedIn → Philippine presidential elections ⓘ
linked to: Philippine general elections
KAMPI → participatedIn → Philippine general election, 2004 ⓘ
linked to: Philippine general elections
KAMPI → participatedIn → Philippine general election, 2007 ⓘ
linked to: Philippine general elections
Vice President of the Philippines → electedDuring → Philippine general elections ⓘ
Municipal Government of Makilala → participatesIn → Philippine local elections ⓘ
linked to: Philippine general elections