Marcos, Duterte lead big in official tally after day 1 of canvassing

May 25 ------ In an unsurprising turn of events, former Senator Bongbong Marcos and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte held massive leads over their rivals in the presidential and vice presidential race, respectively based on partial and official results provided by the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC) on May 24.

The NBOC, which are composed of House of Representatives and Senate members sitting in a joint session, tabulated certificates of canvass (COCs) for the two electoral positions between 2 p.m. and 11 p.m. At the end of the session on May 24, over 100 COCs or 58 percent of the COCs have already been canvassed by the lawmakers. There are 173 total COCs.

Leading the presidential aspirants was Marcos, who at that time amassed 24,052,854 votes. He had more than 12-million vote lead over his closest rival, opposition leader Vice President Leni Robredo, who garnered 11,476,378 votes. The rest of the top five in the Palace race are as follows: Senator Manny Pacquiao (2,995,094), Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso (1,258,534) and Senator Panfilo Lacson (700,897).

Over in the vice presidential tiff, Duterte had a firm grip on the top spot, with 24,171,445 votes. Senator Francis Pangilinan, Robredo’s running mate, is a far second with 7,215,863 votes. Rounding up the top five are Senate President Vicente Sotto lll (6,445,891), Dr. Willie Ong (1,337,186), and BUHAY Party-list Rep. Lito Atienza (213,056).

Source: mb.com.ph