1986 Philippine snap presidential election

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The 1986 Philippine snap presidential election was a hastily called and highly contested vote between Ferdinand Marcos and Corazon Aquino that exposed massive electoral fraud and helped trigger the People Power Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf presidential election ⓘ
snap election ⓘ
calledBy Ferdinand Marcos ⓘ
campaignSloganOfChallenger Tama na, sobra na, palitan na ⓘ
challengerRunningMate Salvador Laurel ⓘ
characterizedBy ballot box stuffing ⓘ
discrepancies between official and unofficial counts ⓘ
intimidation of voters ⓘ
vote buying ⓘ
widespread electoral fraud ⓘ
condemnedBy Philippine Catholic Bishops’ Conference ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
contributedTo end of the Marcos dictatorship ⓘ
fall of Ferdinand Marcos ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
date February 7, 1986 ⓘ
disputedBy Catholic Church leaders ⓘ
Corazon Aquino ⓘ
linked to: Corazon C. Aquino

opposition parties ⓘ
followedBy People Power Revolution ⓘ
installation of Corazon Aquino as President of the Philippines ⓘ
historicalPeriod late Martial Law era in the Philippines ⓘ
incumbentCandidate Ferdinand Marcos ⓘ
incumbentRunningMate Arturo Tolentino ⓘ
location Philippines ⓘ
mainChallenger Corazon Aquino ⓘ
linked to: Corazon C. Aquino
mediaCoverageBy Philippine media ⓘ
international media ⓘ
monitoredBy NAMFREL ⓘ
National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections ⓘ
officeContested President of the Philippines ⓘ
Vice President of the Philippines ⓘ
officialResultDeclaredBy Batasang Pambansa ⓘ
officialWinnerDeclared Ferdinand Marcos ⓘ
organizedBy Commission on Elections ⓘ
parallelCountBy NAMFREL quick count ⓘ
precededBy 1973 Philippine constitutional referendum ⓘ
1981 Philippine presidential election ⓘ
relatedEvent EDSA People Power Revolution ⓘ
relatedPerson Fidel V. Ramos ⓘ
Jaime Cardinal Sin ⓘ
Juan Ponce Enrile ⓘ
resultedIn People Power Revolution ⓘ
significance exposed large-scale electoral fraud in the Philippines ⓘ
marked the climax of opposition to Marcos rule ⓘ
served as immediate catalyst for mass protests on EDSA ⓘ
triggeredBy Ferdinand Marcos’ desire to legitimize his rule ⓘ
unofficialCountLeader Corazon Aquino ⓘ
linked to: Corazon C. Aquino
year 1986 ⓘ

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People Power Revolution → precededBy → 1986 Philippine snap presidential election ⓘ
1986 Constitutional Commission of the Philippines → documentRatifiedBy → Philippine national plebiscite ⓘ
linked to: 1986 Philippine snap presidential election
Corazon C. Aquino → keyEvent → 1986 snap presidential election in the Philippines ⓘ
subject linked to: Corazon
linked to: 1986 Philippine snap presidential election
UNIDO → participatedIn → 1986 Philippine snap presidential election ⓘ
1981 Philippine presidential election → followedBy → 1986 Philippine presidential election ⓘ
linked to: 1986 Philippine snap presidential election