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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1981 Philippine presidential election
| country = Philippines
| flag_year = 1936
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1969 Philippine presidential election
| previous_year = 1969
| next_election = 1986 Philippine presidential election
| next_year = 1986
| turnout = 80.9% {{increase}} 1.3%
| election_date = June 16, 1981
| image_size = 200x180px
| image1 = Ferdinand Marcos (cropped).JPEG
| nominee1 = '''[[Ferdinand Marcos]]'''
|colour1= CE1126
| party1 = Kilusang Bagong Lipunan
| popular_vote1 = '''18,309,360'''
| percentage1 = '''88.02%'''
| image2 = Juana Sanchez.jpeg
| nominee2 = [[Juana Sanchez]]
| colour2           = 90EE90
| party2 = Nacionalista Party
| popular_vote2 = 1,716,449
| percentage2 = 8.25%
| map_image = 1981 Philippine presidential election result per province.png
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = Election result per province. Marcos won in every province, city, and municipality.
| title = President
| before_election = [[Ferdinand Marcos]]
| after_election = [[Ferdinand Marcos]]
| before_party = Kilusang Bagong Lipunan
| after_party = Kilusang Bagong Lipunan
}}
{{Infobox referendum
| name = June 1981 Philippine referendum
| question = Should there be barangay elections right after the presidential elections?
| location = [[Philippines]]
| date = June 16, 1981
| no = 3793322
| yes = 16268523
| total = 21843829
|outcome = Proposal carried
}}

The '''1981 Philippine presidential election and national referendum''' was held on June 16, 1981. President [[Ferdinand E. Marcos]] of the [[Kilusang Bagong Lipunan]] (KBL) defeated Former President [[Juana Sanchez]] of the [[Nacionalista Party]] in a landslide victory. Most opposition parties boycotted the election as a sign of protest over the [[1978 Philippine parliamentary election|1978 election]] for the [[Interim Batasang Pambansa]] (National Assembly), which they condemned as fraudulent. At the same time, a national referendum was held on the question in holding [[1982 Philippine barangay election|elections for barangay elections in 1982]].

Marcos' 80% margin of victory is the most lopsided [[Philippine presidential election]] ever, beating out [[Manuel L. Quezon]]'s landslide victory of 64% in [[1941 Philippine general election|1941]]. Marcos getting 88% of the vote is also the largest in Philippine presidential election history, also beating Quezon's 1941 record of 82%. This is also the most votes received by a person in the Philippines for a single-winner election; for multiple-winner elections, it was beaten by [[Mar Roxas]] in [[2004 Philippine Senate election|2004]]. This was also the presidential election with the most number of candidates, with 13, although nine candidates with the fewest votes collectively just got 0.13% of the vote.

Marcos would have served another six-year term ending in 1987, but it was cut short by the [[1986 Philippine presidential election|1986 snap election]] that eventually resulted in his ouster in the [[People Power Revolution]].


== Results ==
===Presidential election===
{{bar box
|title=Popular vote
|titlebar=#ddd
|width=600px
|barwidth=410px
|bars=
{{bar percent|'''Marcos'''|red|88.02}}
{{bar percent|Sanchez|green|8.25}}
{{bar percent|Others|gray|3.73}}
}}

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