MANILA, Philippines — Reelectionist Cynthia Villar retained her lead in the senatorial race of the midterm polls, data from the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) showed.
According to the PPCRV’s partial and unofficial tally mirrored by the Inquirer transparency server, Villar was still leading with 24,497,560 votes as of 5:17 p.m. on Tuesday.
Fellow reelectionist Grace Poe follows Villar with 21,415,299 votes.
Fellow frontrunners include long-time Presidential aide Christopher “Bong” Go (19,864,849 votes), Taguig City Lone District Representative Pia Cayetano (19,147,818 votes), and former top cop and Bureau of Corrections chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa (18,255,363 votes).
Also included in the top 12 were:
Sonny Angara (17,612,084 votes)
Lito Lapid (16,468,345 votes)
Imee Marcos (156,370 053 votes)
Francis Tolentino (14,951,045 votes)
Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. (14,161,021 votes)
Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III (14,149,497 votes)
Nancy Binay (14,123,847 votes)
As of this posting, 95.11 percent of the nationwide election returns or 83,558 out of 87,851 election returns have been transmitted. (Editor: Eden Estopace)