page_title: 2004 Philippine presidential election
section_title: President
hierarchical_section_title: 2004 Philippine presidential election / Election results / President
caption_attribution_description: English: Here's the province according to NAMFREL won by Orange: Poe, Sky Blue: Arroyo, Blue: Lacson, Pink: Roco.
context_page_description: The Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections of 2004 were held on Monday, May 10, 2004. In the presidential election, incumbent president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo won a full six-year term as President, with a margin of just over one million votes over her leading opponent, highly popular movie actor Fernando Poe, Jr. The 3.48% margin of victory is the closest margin in Philippine presidential election history.
  The elections were notable for several reasons. This election first saw the implementation of the Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003, which enabled Filipinos in over 70 countries to vote. This is also the first election since the 1986 People Power Revolution where an incumbent President ran for re-election. Under the 1987 Constitution, an elected president cannot run for another term. However, Arroyo was not elected president, but instead succeeded ousted President Joseph Estrada, who was impeached with charges of plunder and corruption in 2000 and later convicted of plunder.
  Moreover, this was the first time since 1986 that both the winning president and vice president were under the same party/coalition.
caption: According to NAMFREL results, Poe won in five provinces: Sultan Kudarat, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Basilan and Lanao del Sur, which were won by Arroyo in the official congressional canvass. Meanwhile, Arroyo won in Davao del Norte, which was won by Poe in the official congressional canvass.[14]
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