2010 Philippine general election

Philippine general election, 2010

May 10, 2010

Opinion polls 2007-08-03[1] 45% 22% 9% 2007-08-01[2] 46% 23% 12% 2007-08-01[3] 44% 23% 14% 2007-07-30[4] 43% 22% 13% Opinion polls 2007-08-03[5] 26% 21% 11% 2007-08-01[6] 32% 20% 13% 2007-08-01[7] 33% 20% 17% 2007-07-30[8] 30% 22% 13%

Philippine Regions and Provinces

Incumbent President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Lakas

Presidential elections, legislative elections and local elections in the Republic of the Philippines will be held on May 10, 2010. The duly elected president in the 2010 election will become the 15th President of the Philippines. Current President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is barred from seeking re-election due to term restrictions. Should current Vice-President Noli de Castro not retake office, his successor will be the 15th Vice-President of the Philippines.

The legislators elected in the 2010 elections will join the senators of the 2007 elections and will comprise the 15th Congress of the Philippines. The 2010 election will be administered by the Commission on Elections in compliance with the Republic Act No. 9369, also known as Amended Computerization Act of 2007. It will be the first national computerized election in the history of the Philippines.

Local elections are also to be held in all provinces, cities and municipalities.

Presidential elections

Opinion polls

Social Weather Stations

Social Weather Stations: Under the present Constitution, the term of Pres. Arroyo is only up to the year 2010, and there will be an election for President in May 2010. Who in your opinion are the good leaders who should succeed President Arroyo as President?

Person	Sep '07	Dec '07
Cayetano, Alan Peter	1%	3%
De Castro, Noli	25%	30%
Escudero, Francis	13%	15%
Estrada, Jinggoy	1%	2%
Estrada, Joseph	5%	9%
Lacson, Panfilo	18%	13%
Legarda, Loren	44%	23%
Pangilinan, Francis	3%	2%
Roxas, Mar	9%	20%
Santiago, Miriam	3%	4%
Trillanes, Antonio IV	4%	3%
Villar, Manny	18%	27%
Don't know	12%	12%
None	6%	5%

Notes:

• Participants were allowed to choose up to three persons, hence the numbers would exceed 100%.
• Responses below 2% were excluded.
• Sample: 1,200, with 300 each for Metro Manila, rest of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
• Margin of error: ±3% for national percentages and ±6% for area percentages

Pulse Asia

Pulse Asia: Of the people on this list, whom would you vote for as President of the Philippines if the elections were held today and they were presidential candidates?

Person	2/21-3/8/'08
De Castro, Noli	21.5%
Legarda, Loren	17.5%
Escudero, Francis	13%
Roxas, Mar	10.5%
Lacson, Panfilo	9.9%
Villar, Manny	9.3%
No Answer Refused to answer Undecided	6.8%
Estrada, Jinggoy	3.3%
Trillanes, Antonio IV	3%
Fernando, Bayani	1.4%
Binay, Jejomar	1.2%
Gordon, Richard	0.7%
Esperon, Hermogenes	0.4%
Belmonte, Feliciano	0.3%
Teodoro, Gilbert	0.3%
Ermita, Eduardo	0.1%
Meloto, Antonio	0.1%

Notes:

• Survey was conducted during a period that was dominated by headlines on the Senate investigation into the NBN-ZTE issue, protest actions demanding President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s resignation, the controversy over a joint exploration deal between the Philippines and China in the Spratlys and the rise in prices of oil and other basic goods.
• Sample: 1,200, with 300 each for Metro Manila, rest of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
• Margin of error: ±3% for national percentages and ±6% for area percentages

Snap Elections Bill and National Referendum Bill

House Bill No. 2306 and House Bill No. 3589

Nueva Ecija Rep. Eduardo Nonato N. Joson filled House Bill No. 2306 on August 29, 2007 and House Bill No. 3613 on February 18, 2008 to call for a national referendum and Presidential and Vice-Presidential snap elections. House Bill No. 2306 or the National referendum bill stipulates that a vote of confidence referendum on the President to be done and House Bill No. 3589 tackles that a snap election for the Offices of the President and the Vice-President. The House Committee of Suffrage and Electoral Reforms headed by Makati City Rep. Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr. opened the deliberations on the proposals on March 12, 2008 and passed both proposals on June 2, 2008. Presidential Legal Counsel Sergio Apostol declared that the Snap Elections Bill was unconstitutional on the basis that Congress has no right to cut the President's term, adding to that Deputy Spokesperson Anthony Golez said that the bill needed a constitutional amendment .

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections