Former Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Leni Robredo (FILE PHOTOS)
MANILA, Philippines — The partial and unofficial results from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) transparency server as of 12:59 a.m. of Tuesday showed that former Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had nearly 30 million votes.
Marcos kept his lead with 29,795,854 votes — over 15 million against Vice President Leni Robredo who has 14,209,221 votes.
Sen. Manny Pacquiao is third with 3,367,693 votes, followed by Manila Mayor Isko Moreno with 1,819,539 and Sen. Panfilo Lacson with 855,645.
In the vice presidential race, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, Marcos’s running mate, has 30,065,495 votes, followed by Sen. Francis Pangilinan with 8,858,053, Senate President Vicente Sotto III with 7,920,004 votes, Willie Ong with 1,784,490, and Buhay Rep. Lito Atienza with 251,463.
Here is the list of senatorial candidates who are currently inside the Magic 12 for this partial and unofficial count:
- Robin Padilla — 25.15 million
- Rep. Loren Legarda — 23.05 million
- Raffy Tulfo — 22.27 million
- Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian — 19.61 million
- Sorsogon Gov. Francis Escudero — 19.31 million
- former DPWH Secretary Mark Villar — 18.40 million
- Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano — 18.33 million
- Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri — 17.81 million
- Sen. Joel Villanueva — 17.64 million
- former Sen. JV Ejercito — 15.06 million
- Sen. Risa Hontiveros — 14.72 million
- former Sen. Jinggoy Estrada — 14.33 million
The results of the presidential race appear to reflect pre-election surveys from Pulse Asia conducted from April 16 to 21, where Marcos got 56 percent of the respondents’ votes if elections were held on those days. On the other hand, Robredo had 23 percent of the respondents picking her.
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