Alternate History: 1898 Philippine vice presidential election

An imaginary alternate history election result map as of May 1898.

Candidate: Edilberto Evangelista	Candidate: Lorenzo Fenoy
​Party: Magdalo	Party: Magdiwang
Popular vote: 5,085,123	Popular vote: 2,416,273
Percentage: 67.79%	Percentage: 32.21%

The 1898 Philippine vice-presidential election was held on the same date on May 9, 1898. This was the first vice-presidential election since the Katipunan captured several territories of Spanish Philippines from the Spaniards. The Vice Presidential candidate of the Magdalo Party Edilberto Evangelista won 5,085,123 popular votes over his Magdiwang opponent Lorenzo Fenoy of 2,416,273 popular votes.

Magdalo Party

The Magdalo faction of the Katipunan nominated presidential candidate Emilio Aguinaldo and vice-presidential candidate Edilberto Evangelista. Like the presidential election of 1898, Evangelista won the popular vote of 5,085,123 with a percentage of 67.79% of the Philippine voter population. However, his vote was fewer than his presidential counterpart the fact that based on the Philippine electoral map that he did not win the provinces of Mindoro and Batangas because two provinces were bailiwicks of his Magdiwang opponent Lorenzo Fenoy. The ideology of Magdalo Party was classical conservatism and clericalism.

Figure 1. Flag of Magdalo Party

Magdiwang Party

The Magdiwang faction of the Katipunan nominated presidential candidate Andrés Bonifacio and vice-presidential candidate Lorenzo Fenoy. Like the presidential counterpart of Andrés Bonifacio, Lorenzo Fenoy lost the vice-presidential election by the popular vote of 2,416,273 with a percentage of 32.21% of the Philippine voter population compared to his opponent of 5,085,123 votes. The difference between him and his presidential candidate Bonifacio, Fenoy won the provinces of Batangas and Mindoro because those two provinces were his bailiwicks. The ideology of the Magdiwang Party was anti-clericalism, classical liberalism, and agrarianism.

Figure 2. Flag of Magdiwang Party