Philippine parliamentary election, 1978

Infobox Election
election_name = Philippine parliamentary election, 1978
country = Philippines
type = parliamentary
ongoing = no
previous_election =
previous_year =
next_election = Philippine parliamentary sectoral election, 1978
next_year = 1978 (April 27)
election_date = April 7, 1978


leader1 = Ferdinand Marcos
leader_since1 = 1978
party1 = Kilusang Bagong Lipunan
leaders_seat1 = President of the Philippines
last_election1 = —
seats_for_election = 166 (of the 208) seats in the Interim Batasang Pambansa
seats1 = 152
seat_change1 =
percentage1 = 95.78%


leader2 = Benigno Aquino, Jr.
leader_since2 = 1978
party2 = Lakas ng Bayan
leaders_seat2 = Region IV-A
last_election2 = —
seats2 = 0
seat_change2 =
percentage2 = 0.00%
title = PM
before_election = None
after_election = Ferdinand Marcos
after_party = Kilusang Bagong LipunanA general election was held in the Philippines on April 7, 1978 for the election of the 166 (of the 208) regional representatives to the Interim Batasang Pambansa (the nation's first parliament). The elections were participated by the leading opposition party, the Lakas ng Bayan (LABAN) which had twenty-one candidates for the Metro Manila area and the leading candidate was the jailed opposition leader Ninoy Aquino while the regime's party known as the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan which was led by the then First Lady Imelda Marcos. Ninoy was allowed to run by the his fellow party mates in the Liberal Party who boycotted the elections but was not allowed to campaign, so his family campaigned for him. The night before the elections on April 6, 1978, a noise barrage was organized by the supporters of (LABAN) which occurred up to dawn.

Background

The Philippines was under martial law since 1972, thereby the incumbent president Ferdinand Marcos ruled by decree. Prior to this, the Constitution of the Philippines was being drafted by the Constitutional Convention whose delegates were elected in 1970. The Constitutional Convention approved the final draft of the Constitution which consisted of the abolishment of the Philippine Congress and replaced with an interim National Assembly to consisted of the President, the Vice-President, the President of the Constitutional Convention and Members of the Senate and House of Representatives in November 1972 and later ratified on January 17, 1973 through so-called "citizens' assemblies". The Constitution were amended twice in July 27-28, 1973 and February 27-28, 1975. The Constitution was amended once again in October 16-17, 1976 which contained the "Amendment No. 6" which changed the name of the interim National Assembly from the "National Assembly" to "Batasang Pambansa" more commonly as the "Batasan".

Results

Regional Assemblymen

ee also

*Commission on Elections
*Politics of the Philippines
*Philippine elections
*Interim Batasang Pambansa

Further reading

* Philippine Commission on Elections — Records and Statistics Division
* Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library
* cite book
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External links

* [http://www.comelec.gov.ph Official website of the Commission on Elections]