Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Corazon Aquino ta auri Sanata Benigno Aquino Jr., wanda ya kasance daya daga cikin manyan masu sukar Shugaba Marcos. Bayan da
kashe mijinta a ranar 21 ga Agusta 1983, ta fito a matsayin jagorar 'yan adawa da shugaban kasa. A ƙarshen 1985, Marcos ya yi kira ga zaɓen gaggawa, kuma Aquino ya yi takarar shugaban kasa tare da tsohon Sanata Salvador Laurel a matsayin mataimakinsa na mataimakin shugaban kasa. Bayan zaben da aka gudanar a ranar 7 ga Fabrairun 1986, Batasang Pambansa ya ayyana Marcos da abokin takararsa Arturo Tolentino a matsayin masu nasara, wanda ya haifar da zarge-zargen magudi na zabe da kuma kiran Aquino na ayyukan rashin biyayya na jama'a. Daga baya, juyin juya halin ikon jama'a, wani zanga-zangar zanga-zangar ba tare da tashin hankali ba, ya gudana daga 22 ga Fabrairu zuwa 25 ga Fabrairu. Juyin Juya Halin Jama'a, tare da 'yan tawaye daga Sojojin Philippines da kuma goyon baya daga Cocin Katolika na Philippine, sun yi nasarar kawar da Marcos kuma sun tabbatar da Aquino ya zama shugaban kasa a ranar 25 ga Fabrairun 1986. Kafin zaben ta a matsayin shugaban kasa, Aquino bai rike wani mukamin da aka zaba ba. Corazon Aquino ita ce mace ta farko da ta zama shugabar kasar Philippines.