“President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. got the highest number of votes in Philippine history.”
What Vera Files found
While Marcos Jr. did receive the highest number of votes in Philippine history, his win in the May 2022 polls is only the third highest margin of victory. The 31 million votes Marcos got translates to only 58.7% of the 53.8 million votes cast. Former presidents Ramon Magsaysay and Manuel Quezon earned 68.9% and 67.9% of the votes in the 1953 and 1935 elections, respectively.
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In short
Jinggoy Estrada made this claim around 20 September 2022. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 21 September 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “Needs context”.
Jinggoy Estrada has 5 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 5 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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