150 seats, 74.97% new party 40 35 | 110 + 4 coalition 35 + 26 coalition Start date May 14, 1984 | |
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Winner Cesar Virata | ||
Parliamentary elections were held on May 14, 1984, in the Philippines. Like past elections, charges of bribery, protests and complaints on irregularities marred the elections. Former Manila Times publisher Chino Roces and Former Senator and opposition leader Jose W. Diokno supported the campaign of boycotting the elections. The NAMFREL (NAMFREL) helped to lessen election rigging during the election.
Events leading to the Regular Batasang Pambansa elections
After the assassination of opposition leader former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. in 1983, the opposition ran for the Regular Batasang Pambansa under the United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO) and the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-LABAN) against the ruling Kilusang Bagong Lipunan of Ferdinand Marcos.
References
Philippine parliamentary election, 1984 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA