FILE A voter places her ballot in a PCOS machine after voting at precint 169 of San Antonio High School in Makati City. INQUIRER file photo / ARNOLD ALMACEN
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has released the list of registered political parties and party lists in the upcoming 2022 Elections.
The list made public by the poll body on Monday showed 49 registered national political parties, 23 regional political parties and 102 parties for provincial and local constituencies as of September 30.
According to Comelec, there are also 170 registered out of 270 party list groups that filed their certificates of nomination and acceptance.
Of the registered party lists, 118 were previously-registered while 52 newly-registered party lists as of October 20.
Here are the registered political parties in the country:
The poll body will release the final list of candidates by December, according to Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez.
The national elections will be held on May 9, 2022. Meanwhile, the deadline for the substitution of candidates will be on November 15.