1998 Cordillera autonomy plebiscite

1998 Cordillera Autonomous Region creation plebiscite

← 1990 March 7, 1998 (1998-03-07)
Location	Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines
Results by locality

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The 1998 Cordillera Autonomy plebiscite was held on March 7, 1998. In the plebiscite, the people of Cordillera were asked if they wanted to be autonomous region under Republic Act No. 8438. The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) consists of the provinces of Abra, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mountain Province and Apayao.

Results[]

Majority of Cordillera voters rejected the plan to be an autonomous region. For them, it will affect their families, livelihood, and cause terrorism due to Conrado Balweg and the New People's Army (NPA).

Only Apayao voted for autonomy, but due to the Supreme Court decision in 1990 disallowing an autonomous region composed of only one province, the autonomous region was not created. Because of the plebiscite, President Fidel V. Ramos amended the autonomous region proposal to a regular administrative region before he finished his term of office.

Per locality[]

Summary of results^[1]

Locality	For		Against		Total
	Total	%	Total	%
Abra	22,684	36.2%	39,897	63.8%	62,581
Apayao	23,201	75.0%	7,741	25.0%	30,942
Baguio	19,205	14.4%	114,043	85.6%	133,248
Benguet	15,345	18.0%	69,823	82.0%	85,168
Ifugao	16,417	47.0%	18,476	53.0%	34,893
Kalinga	21,841	46.0%	25,631	54.0%	47,472
Mountain Province	16,154	38.3%	25,982	61.7%	42,136
Turnout					436,440

See also[]

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections

References[]