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

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's party the

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dominated the elections. The

Lakas ng Bayan Lakas ng Bayan ( en, Power of the People), abbreviated as Laban, was a political party in the Philippines formed by Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. for the 1978 Interim Batasang Pambansa regional elections. The party had 21 candidates for t ...

and the

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-backed National Union for Liberation did participate but most of them lost except for some like

Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. Aquilino Quilinging Pimentel Jr. (, December 11, 1933 – October 20, 2019), commonly known as Nene Pimentel, was a Filipino politician and human rights lawyer who was one of the leading political opposition leaders during the regime of Ferdina ...

who won the mayoral election in

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by a landslide.

Results

For Governor

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Philippine Commission on Elections

For Mayor

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Philippine Commission on Elections

External links

Official website of the Commission on Elections
{{Philippine local, barangay and Sangguiniang Kabataan elections

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1980 elections in the Philippines

Results

For Governor

For Mayor

See also

External links