Cordillera Autonomous Region creation plebiscite, 1998

Cordillera Autonomous Region creation plebiscite, 1998
Location	Cordillera, Philippines
Date	March 7, 1998 (1998-03-07)
Results Votes  % Yes 134,847 7001309000000000000♠30.90% No 301,593 7001691009999900000♠69.10% Valid votes 436,440 7002100000000000000♠100.00% Invalid or blank votes 0 5000000000000000000♠0% Total votes 436,440 100.00%
Results by locality   Yes     No

The Cordillera Autonomous Region plebiscite was held on March 7, 1998 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.

Majority of Cordillera voters rejected the plan to be an autonomous region. For them, it affect their families, livelihoods 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.

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