1981 Philippine presidential election and referendum

1981 Philippine presidential election

June 16, 1981
Turnout	80.9% 1.3%
Nominee Ferdinand Marcos Juana Sanchez Party KBL Nacionalista Popular vote 18,309,360 1,716,449 Percentage 88.02% 8.25%
Election result per province. Marcos won in every province, city, and municipality.
President before election Ferdinand Marcos KBL Elected President Ferdinand Marcos KBL

June 1981 Philippine referendum
Location	Philippines
Date	June 16, 1981
Results Votes % Yes 16,268,523 7001810900000000000♠81.09% No 3,793,322 7001189100000000000♠18.91% Valid votes 20,061,845 7001918400000000000♠91.84% Invalid or blank votes 1,781,984 7000816000000000000♠8.16% Total votes 21,843,829 100.00%

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 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 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. 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. 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 snap election that eventually resulted in his ouster in the People Power Revolution.

Results

Presidential election

Popular vote Marcos   88.02% Sanchez   8.25% Others   3.73%