1980 Philippine local elections explained

Election Name:1980 Philippine local election
Country:Philippines
Flag Year:1936
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:1975 Philippine Sangguniang Bayan elections#Local elections
Previous Year:1975
Next Election:1988 Philippine local elections
Next Year:1988
Seats For Election:All 69 Gubernatorial seats and all 1,554 Mayoral seats
Election Date:January 30, 1980
1Blank:Governors
2Blank:Governors +/–
3Blank:Mayors
4Blank:Mayors +/–
Party1:Kilusang Bagong Lipunan
1Data1:69
2Data1:+69
3Data1:1,550
4Data1:+1,550
Party2:Independent (politician)
1Data2:4
2Data2:+4
3Data2:3
4Data2:+3
Party3:Lakas ng Bayan
Percentage3:24%
1Data3:
2Data3:
3Data3:1
4Data3:+1

Local elections for governors, vice governors, mayors and vice mayors in the nation's first elections for provincial and municipal officials since the declaration of martial law were held on January 30, 1980. As usual, President Ferdinand Marcos's party the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan dominated the elections. The Lakas ng Bayan and the Liberal Party-backed National Union for Liberation did participate but most of them lost except for some like Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. who won the mayoral election in Cagayan de Oro by a landslide.

Results

For Governor

|-!colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" |Parties and coalitions! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Posts|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |Kilusang Bagong Lipunan| style="text-align:right;" |69|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |Other Minor Parties| style="text-align:right;" |4|-|colspan=2 style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total|width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|73|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan=5 |Source: Philippine Commission on Elections|}

For Mayor

|-!colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" |Parties and coalitions! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Posts|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |Kilusang Bagong Lipunan| style="text-align:right;" |1,550|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |Other Minor Parties| style="text-align:right;" |3|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |Lakas ng Bayan| style="text-align:right;" |1|-|colspan=2 style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total|width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|1,554|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan=5 |Source: Philippine Commission on Elections|}

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