Gringo Honasan and Dick Gordon
MANILA, Philippines—Gringo Honasan maintained a lead by nearly 390,000 votes over Dick Gordon in the battle for 12th place in the senatorial race, as Grace Poe remained at the top spot, according to the partial and unofficial tally by an election watchdog on Tuesday morning.
Based on the vote count update at 7:41 a.m. of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting’s (PPCRV), Poe of Team PNOy has 14,359,057 votes while others names on the top 12 remains unchanged.
The PPCRV Command Center on United Nations Avenue in Manila said 66.47 percent or 51,958 of 78,166 clustered precincts have been counted.
Honasan has 9,327,132 votes, good for 12th place to maintain a steady advantage since early Tuesday over Gordon, who has 8,942,292 votes.
At 11th place is JV Ejercito with 9,659,605 votes, slowly closing in on the lead of Cynthia Villar, who tallied 9,727,493 votes at 10th place.
Re-electionist senators and Team PNoy bets Loren Legarda, Chiz Escudero and Alan Peter Cayetano, meanwhile, are unchanged at second to fourth spots, respectively. Legarda has 13,113,832 votes, Escudero with 12,424,249 and Cayetano with 12,422,931.
Seeking their first term in the Senate, Nancy Binay (5th) has 11,668,674 votes, Sonny Angara (6th) with 11,282,633 and Bam Aquino (7th) with 10,846,413.
Koko Pimentel and Antonio Trillanes stay at eighth and ninth places with 10,410,508 and 10,009,548 votes, respectively.
Migs Zubiri is still in the 14th place with 8,317,601 votes, Jack Enrile at 15th with 8,054,258, Jun Magsaysay at 16th with 8,046,711 and Risa Hontiveros at 17th with 7,831,600.