Pemilihan umum Filipina 2010

Pemilihan umum presiden, legislatif dan kepala daerah di Filipina dijadwalkan digelar pada 10 Mei 2010. Presiden terpilih akan menjadi Presiden Filipina ke-15, yang menggantikan Presiden Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, yang dilarang mencalonkan kembali menjadi presiden karena adanya pembatasan masa jabatan. Penerus jabatan Wakil Presiden Noli de Castro akan menjadi Wakil Presiden Filipina ke-15. Para legislator yang terpilih dalam pemilu ini akan bergabung dengan senator yang terpilih dalam pemilu 2007 dan akan bergabung menjadi Kongres Filipina ke-15.

The 2010 election will be administered by the Commission on Elections in compliance with the Republic Act No. 9369,^[1] also known as Amended Computerization Act of 2007. It will be the first national computerized election in the history of the Philippines. Although, there were large cases of PCOS machine failures, there would be no postponement of elections since most technical issues were resolved by Election Day ^[2]. Despite the fact that some provinces have reported failure of elections, these have not surpassed the 0.50% of the total number of PCOS machines, and most were replaced on time ^[3].

Local elections are to be held in all provinces, cities and municipalities.

There are currently more than 85,000 candidates for only 17,000 national and local positions and it is believed that the youth will have the swing vote in this election as 40% of voters are 18-35 and there are a potential 3 million first-time voters.^[4]

In cases where a candidate is running unopposed, that candidate only has to win one vote in order to be considered elected. In this case, the candidate can vote for self.