MANILA: Ferdinand Marcos's son threatened legal action Saturday to reverse his narrow defeat in recent Philippine elections, which analysts said had been the family of the late dictator's best chance to regain the presidency.

An official canvass showed Friday that Ferdinand Marcos Jnr lost the vice presidential contest to neophyte rival Leni Robredo by just over 263,000 votes.

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