Inquirer files
MANILA, Philippines — A total of 18,271 positions are up for grabs in the national and local elections next year, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
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The poll body said the positions to be filled include:
- 12 senators
- 63 party-list representatives
- 254 members of the House of Representatives
- 82 governors
- 82 vice governors
- 792 provincial board members
- 149 city mayors, city vice mayors
- 1,582 city councilors
- 1,493 town mayors
- 1,493 town vice mayors
- 11,948 town councilors
- 32 members of parliament of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), and
- 40 BARMM party list representatives
The poll body earlier took delivery of the second batch of 8,640 newly manufactured automatic counting machines (ACMs) delivered to the Comelec warehouse in Biñan City, Laguna. Comelec said Miru Systems Col Ltd., the new automated election system service provider, exceeded its target to deliver 20,000 machines by end-August to almost 25,000 ACMs. —Luisa Cabato
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