Philippine General (Presidential, Congress and Local) Elections - May 9, 2016

[jaichind]

Maria Leonor Robredo
13,713,139
35.1%

Ferdinand Marcos Jr
13,488,323
34.5%

Gap is 243K  with 93.58% precincts reporting

The Marcos camp is claiming that the authorities are holding back results from his stronghold of Northern Luzon to make it look like he is behind.  it does not look that way to me as it seems that Northern Luzon is reporting at a higher rate than the nation as a whole but who knows.

[Former Lincoln Assemblyman & Lt. Gov. RGN]

According to polls and initial returns, Marcos will fare well in overseas votes

[Former Lincoln Assemblyman & Lt. Gov. RGN]

Did crime get a lot worse in the Philippines last few years or did income distribution get a lot worse?  The economic situation seems fairly positive under Aquino.  Why would Duterte surge like this?

I think it's both. Crime's always been at the forefront but I would imagine the idea that Duterte somehow stopped Cebu's reputation of being a huge danger zone for the past few decades is probably seen as progress by a lot of people. Combine that with the fact that that his region has been growing economically at a relatively faster pace probably gave a lot of people a belief that Duterte would allow for economic opportunities for all social classes as a lot of the economic growth has benefited wealthier parts of Philippine society. Lastly, there's always been some in Philippine society who believe that the country requires "discipline" and was left behind by other East Asian countries due to a lack of said discipline (as you can imagine many of these people were rather equivocal toward Marcos's legacy as well).

On the other hand, Rep. Manny Pacquiao wins a senate seat

And I continue to weep.

You mean Davao City not Cebu right?

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Maria Leonor Robredo
13,779,757
35.1%

Ferdinand Marcos Jr
13,546,701
34.5%

Gap back down to 233K with 94.08% precincts reporting   The vote gap moving in favor of Marcos for the first time in a while.

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Maria Leonor Robredo
13,868,116
35.1%

Ferdinand Marcos Jr
13,637,381
34.6%

Gap steady at 231K with 94.77% reporting.

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Maria Leonor Robredo
13,883,796
35.1%

Ferdinand Marcos Jr
13,658,892
34.6%
 
Gap falling to 225K with 94.92% reporting.

[Simfan34]

According to polls and initial returns, Marcos will fare well in overseas votes

How many are there?

[jaichind]

Maria Leonor Robredo
13,935,401
35.1%

Ferdinand Marcos Jr
13,711,852
34.6%

Gap steady at to 224K with 95.33% reporting.  Something has to change soon about the votes outstanding (like oversea votes that Marcos camp is talking about) or else Marcos will not win this.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Looks like the Trump of the Philippines Duterte wins...

Are we going to call every single candidate who makes controversial comments and is an asshole a 'Trump' now? That's really dumb.

hear hear

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

Did crime get a lot worse in the Philippines last few years or did income distribution get a lot worse?  The economic situation seems fairly positive under Aquino.  Why would Duterte surge like this?

I think it's both. Crime's always been at the forefront but I would imagine the idea that Duterte somehow stopped Cebu's reputation of being a huge danger zone for the past few decades is probably seen as progress by a lot of people. Combine that with the fact that that his region has been growing economically at a relatively faster pace probably gave a lot of people a belief that Duterte would allow for economic opportunities for all social classes as a lot of the economic growth has benefited wealthier parts of Philippine society. Lastly, there's always been some in Philippine society who believe that the country requires "discipline" and was left behind by other East Asian countries due to a lack of said discipline (as you can imagine many of these people were rather equivocal toward Marcos's legacy as well).

On the other hand, Rep. Manny Pacquiao wins a senate seat

And I continue to weep.

You mean Davao City not Cebu right?

Sorry, Davao. I haven't had much sleep over the past few days.

[jaichind]

Maria Leonor Robredo
13,968,311
35.1%

Ferdinand Marcos Jr
13,736,911
34.6%

Gap steady at 231K with 95.65% reporting.

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Maria Leonor Robredo
13,992,311
35.1%

Ferdinand Marcos Jr
13,775,388
34.6%

Gap narrowing at 217K with 95.87% reporting

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Can someone explain to me why it takes so much time to declare the winner, even though we pretty much already know who's that?

[Former Lincoln Assemblyman & Lt. Gov. RGN]

Can someone explain to me why it takes so much time to declare the winner, even though we pretty much already know who's that?

Accdg. to the PH constitution, the OFFICIAL CANVASSING will be done (for Pres and VP) by a joint session of the House and the Senate. And yes, it hasn't started yet.

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Can someone explain to me why it takes so much time to declare the winner, even though we pretty much already know who's that?

Accdg. to the PH constitution, the OFFICIAL CANVASSING will be done (for Pres and VP) by a joint session of the House and the Senate. And yes, it hasn't started yet.

By that standard, we shouldn't declare Presidential elections until Congress counts the electors on January 6th.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Can someone explain to me why it takes so much time to declare the winner, even though we pretty much already know who's that?

Accdg. to the PH constitution, the OFFICIAL CANVASSING will be done (for Pres and VP) by a joint session of the House and the Senate. And yes, it hasn't started yet.

Sounds a bit weird to me, since in my country results are officially certified by the State Electoral Commission within one to three days after voting.

[Former Lincoln Assemblyman & Lt. Gov. RGN]

Can someone explain to me why it takes so much time to declare the winner, even though we pretty much already know who's that?

Accdg. to the PH constitution, the OFFICIAL CANVASSING will be done (for Pres and VP) by a joint session of the House and the Senate. And yes, it hasn't started yet.

Sounds a bit weird to me, since in my country results are officially certified by the State Electoral Commission within one to three days after voting.

When that rule was made, it's still manual voting here in the Philippines. That means, it takes ages before a winner is declared in the national positions, sometimes weeks and months. For lower positions, it will take days to weeks rather than hours or days in automated voting. There are no projections done by the networks, however, they already refer Duterte as "presumptive president elect" or simply "president elect". The official canvassing will start today (May 23)

[Former Lincoln Assemblyman & Lt. Gov. RGN]

Final and Official Senatorial Election Tally (the 12 elected senators)
Franklin Drilon
Liberal Party
18,607,391
1
Emmanuel Joel Villanueva
Liberal Party
18,459,222
2
Vicente Sotto III
Nationalist People's Coalition
17,200,371
3
Panfilo Lacson
Independent
16,926,152
4
Richard Gordon
Independent
16,719,322
5
Juan Miguel Zubiri
Independent
16,119,165
6
Emmanuel Pacquiao
United Nationalist Alliance
16,050,546
7
Francis Pangilinan
Liberal Party
15,955,949
8
Ana Theresia Hontiveros
Akbayan
15,915,213
9
Sherwin Gatchalian
Nationalist People's Coalition
14,953,768
10
Ralph Recto
Liberal Party
14,271,868
11
Leila Norma Eulalia Josefa De Lima
Liberal Party
14,144,070
12

President and VP (percentages are based from the total of all votes, not on the total of valid votes)
 Summary of the May 9, 2016 Philippine presidential election results
Rodrigo Duterte    PDP -LABAN   16,601,997   36.91%
Mar Roxas   Liberal Party   9,978,175   22.18%
Grace Poe   Independent   9,100,991   20.23%
Jejomar Binay   United Nationalist Alliance   5,416,140   12.04%
Miriam Defensor Santiago   People's Reform Party   1,455,532   3.24%
Total   42,552,835   100%
Valid votes   42,552,835   94.61%
Roy Señeres^   Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka (Workers' and Peasants' Party)   25,779   0.06%
Total invalid votes   2,426,316   5.39%
Votes cast   44,979,151   80.7%
Registered voters   55,736,801   100%
^ Withdrew on February 5, 2016, and died three days later. All of his votes are to be considered as spoiled votes.


Summary of the May 9, 2016 Philippine vice presidential election results
Leni Robredo   Liberal Party   14,418,817   32.06%
Bongbong Marcos   Independent    14,155,344   31.47%
Alan Peter Cayetano   Independent  5,903,379   13.12%
Francis Escudero   Independent   4,931,962   10.96%
Antonio Trillanes   Independent    868,501   1.93%
Gringo Honasan   United Nationalist Alliance   788,881   1.75%
Total   41,066,884   100%
Valid votes   41,066,884   91.30%
Invalid votes   3,912,267   8.70%
Votes cast   44,979,151   80.7%
Registered voters   55,736,801   100%

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More than you ever wanted to know about this sh**tfest: https://welections.wordpress.com/2016/05/30/philippines-2016/