MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) latest official senatorial race count Thursday night showed opposition reelectionist Sen. Bam Aquino making it to the Top 12, while Sen. JV Ejercito drifted out of the winners’ circle, even as Sen. Cynthia Villar and Grace Poe retained the top two slots.
Based on Comelec’s latest partial and official count as of 9:30 p.m., Aquino is in 12th spot with 11,001,047 votes.
He was out of the Top 12 Tuesday night.
Ejercito, who was in 11th place after Comelec closed its official canvassing late Tuesday night, is now ranked 14th with 10,984,412 votes.
Villar still leads the pack with 19,383,224 votes, followed by Poe with 17,043,889 votes.
Former Special Assistant to the President Christopher ‘Bong’ Go is in third place with15,685,847 votes followed by Taguig Rep. Pia Cayetano with 15,330,363 votes.
The votes were sourced from 107 electronically received certificate of canvass (COCs).
The Comelec, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), has so far received 129 COCs out of the 167 total COCs from the May 13 midterm elections.
Comelec's latest canvass report for the Senatorial race as of 9:30 pm Wednesday. @inquirerdotnet pic.twitter.com/jxz7qQ4Kc4
— Darryl John Esguerra (@DJEsguerraINQ) May 16, 2019
Below are the rankings of the top 12 Senate candidates based on the latest Comelec count
1) Cynthia Villar 19,383,224
2) Grace Poe 17,043,889
3) Christopher “Bong” Go 15,685,847
4) Pia Cayetano 15,330,363
5) Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa 14,529,585
6) Sonny Angara 14,023,811
7) Lito Lapid: 12,628,054
8) Imee Marcos: 12,618,428
9) Francis Tolentino: 11,975,435
10) Aquilino Pimentel III: 11,283,357
11) Nancy Binay 11,041,386
12) Bam Aquino 11,001,047
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