Comelec resumes canvassing of 2019 midterm poll votes

The Commission on Elections, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, resumes its canvassing of votes for the 2019 midterm polls. INQUIRER.net photo / Consuelo Marquez

MANILA, Philippines — With only 21 certificates of canvass (COCs) left, the Commission on Elections (Comelec), sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), resumed on Saturday afternoon the canvassing of votes for the 2019 midterm elections.

Comelec, specifically, finished counting 87.42 percent of COCs or 146 out of 167 COCs.

In the latest Comelec partial and official tally, former Senator Bong Revilla entered the winning circle of the Senate race while reelectionist Senator Bam Aquino dropped to 13th place.

Reelectionist Senator Cynthia Villar still leads the senatorial race with 23,610,580 votes, followed by her fellow reelectionist Senator Grace Poe, who got 20,711,849 votes.

Here is the complete list of the Magic 12 in the senatorial race as per Comelec’s latest partial and official tally:

1. Cynthia Villar 23,610,580

2. Grace Poe 20,711,849

3. Bong Go 19,030,884

4. Pia Cayetano 18,550,012

5. Ronald Dela Rosa 17,567,258

6. Sonny Angara 17,027,333

7. Lito Lapid 15,778,223

8. Imee Marcos 14,775,948

9. Francis Tolentino 14,387,602

10. Koko Pimentel 13,563,083

11. Nancy Binay 13,453,117

12. Bong Revilla 13,442,578

READ: Latest Comelec tally: Bam in, JV out of ‘Magic 12’ , Villar still No. 1

Meanwhile, the Anti-Crime and Terrorism – Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS) remained on top of the party-list contest with 2,487,362 votes.

Comelec partial and official data revealed that ACT-CIS, endorsed by media personality Erwin Tulfo, has more than one million votes higher than opponents Bayan Muna and Ako Bicol.

Bayan Muna received 1,065,833 votes while Ako Bicol gained 1,038,006 votes.

The following are other party-list groups that made it to the top 10:

• Cibac  – 896,571
• Ang Probinsyano – 713,710
• 1Pacman – 678,749
• Probinayano Ako – 588,682
• Marino – 570,101
• Senior Citizens – 489,625
• Magsasaka – 464,197

READ: ACT-CIS pulls away in party-list contest

A total of 181 party-list groups are in the May midterm polls vying for 59 seats in the House of Representatives.

A party-list group should get at least two percent of the total party-list votes to gain a seat in the lower chamber of Congress.

Party-list groups with more than two percent of the total votes will get additional seats in the House. (Editor: Jonathan P. Vicente)