QUICK COUNTS
 • Namfrel’s partial unofficial results
 • INQ7 Eleksyon 2004 tally
 • AMA partial unofficial results
 • ABS-CBN Halalan 2004 tally
 • SWS exit poll


CANDIDATES
(UPDATED, WITH PROCLAIMED WINNERS)

For President
 • GLORIA MACAPAGAL
    ARROYO
 • PANFILO LACSON
 • FERNANDO POE JR.
 • RAUL ROCO
 • EDDIE VILLANUEVA

For Vice President
 • HERMINIO AQUINO
 • NOLI DE CASTRO
 • LOREN LEGARDA-LEVISTE

For Senator
(see results of canvass as of May 23, with proclaimed winners)

 • ALYANSA NG PAG-ASA
 • KOALISYON NG NAGKAKAISANG
    PILIPINO
 • K4 (LAKAS-CMD)
 • LABAN NG DEMOKRATIKONG
    PILIPINO-Aquino wing
 • KILUSANG BAGONG LIPUNAN
 • PARTIDO ISANG BANSA ISANG DIWA
 • INDEPENDENT

For Representative
 • DISTRICT
 • PARTY-LIST (see results of canvass as of May 23)

For Governors
  LUZON | VISAYAS | MINDANAO

For Vice Governors
  LUZON | VISAYAS | MINDANAO

For Mayors
  METRO MANILA | LUZON | VISAYAS | MINDANAO

For Vice Mayors
  METRO MANILA | LUZON | VISAYAS | MINDANAO

i ELECTION SPECIAL | PHOTO ESSAY
The Presidency as Image

Candidates and their image makers do the best they can to project images that strike a chord among voters.

POLITICS is no longer just addition. In the age of mass media, politics is image making. Amplified by television and advertising, a politician’s image in the public’s collective mind is greater than the sum of his actual attributes, assets, and accomplishments. READ ON

THE CAMPAIGN
First-World Techniques, Third-World Setting
The Philippines uses state-of-the-art campaign techniques, but its elections are taking place in a political culture that is pre-modern and oriented toward the family.

SEE ALSO:

• The X-Men: The Story of Activists-Turned Political Consultants
  
• With a Little Help from (U.S.) Friends
  
• Much Ado about Numbers
  
• Campaigning, Filipino Style
  
• Spinning the News
  
• Campaigns on the High-Tech Road
  
• Half-truths in Advertising
  
• Songs in the Key of Politics
  

• Voter’s Guide
  
  
• View a Sample Ballot
  
  
• 10 Commandments for Responsible Voting
  
  
• Electoral Fraud—and what YOU can do about it
  
  
• FindPrecinct.com—Comelec’s online precinct verification service
  
  
• Directories
   • Comelec
  
   • Election Watchdogs
      • Namfrel
      • PPC-RV
  
  
• Election Hotspots
  
  
• Number of Seats by Elective Position for the May 10, 2004 Elections
  
  
• Number of Established Precincts and Registered Voters for the May 10, 2004 Elections
   • Top Vote-Rich Areas
  
  
• Survery Results
   • SWS
   • Pulse Asia
  
  
• 7 Rules for Reading Surveys
  
  
• Guide to Political Parties
  
  
• Calendar of Activities and Periods on Prohibited Acts in Connection with the May 10, 2004 National and Local Elections
  
  
• Calendar of Activities in Connection with the Implementation of the Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003
  
  
• Timeline of Philippine Elections by the Institute for Political and Electoral Reforms (IPER)
  
  
• Results of Past Presidential and Vice Presidential Elections:
   • Commonwealth
   • Post-Independence
   • Marcos Era
   • Post-Edsa
  
  
• Compendium of Election Laws and Commission on Elections (Comelec) decisions and resolutions