Marcos Jr proclaimed next president of Philippines after landslide election win

Ferdinand Marcos Jr, centre, raises hands (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Ferdinand Marcos Jr has been proclaimed the next president of the Philippines by a joint session of Congress following a landslide election triumph 36 years after his dictator father was ousted in a pro-democracy uprising.

The Senate and House of Representatives also declared that his separately elected vice presidential running mate, Sara Duterte, had won by a wide margin.