Philippine general election, 2004

Presidential elections, legislative elections and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 10, 2004. In the presidential election, incumbent president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo successfully won a full six-year term as President, with a margin of just over one million votes over her leading opponent, movie actor Fernando Poe, Jr..

Timeline

2002

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• December 30 - President Arroyo declares that she will not run for President in 2004.

2003

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• October 1 - President Arroyo announces her intention to run for President.
• November 27 - Fernando Poe, Jr. declares his intention to run for President.

2004

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• February 10 - Start of the official campaign period for national positions
• March 25 - Start of the official campaign period for local positions
• May 10 - Election day
• May 10 - NAMFREL starts its quickcount tally.
• May 14 - Panfilo Lacson resigns from his party, the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP).
• May 14 - A grenade explodes at the General Santos City Hall where cnavassing was taking place. No one was hurt.
• May 17 - Opposition groups stage protest at the PICC, site of the official COMELEC canvass for senators and party-list representatives.
• May 17 - Raul Roco concedes to Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
• May 19 - Fernando Poe, Jr., proclaimes himself winner in Zamboanga City.
• May 24 - COMELEC proclaims the top 11 senators in its official canvass.
• May 28 - Congress approves the rules for the canvassing of the Certificates of Canvass for the Presidential and Vice-Presidential positions.
• June 2 - The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines issued a statement saying that the elections were generally peaceful and that there was no sign of massive electoral fraud on a nationwide scale.
• June 3 - The 12th senator, Rodolfo Biazon, was proclaimed by the COMELEC.
• June 4 - Congress, through the Joint Committee, starts canvassing the votes for the President and Vice-president.
• June 8 - Supreme Court votes 14-0 against the KNP petition to declare the Congressional Joint Committee as the National Board of Canvassers unconstitutional.
• June 20 - The Congressional Joint Committee finishes the canvassing of votes for the President and Vice-president; Arroyo is declared the winner.
• June 23 - The Congress approves the report of the Joint Committee officially proclaiming Arroyo the winner.
• June 30 - Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is inaugurated in Cebu City.

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