MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec), sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), may announce the winning party-lists in the May 2022 elections next week.
According to Comelec acting spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco, the proclamation will be done immediately after the holding of the scheduled special elections in Lanao del Sur.
“We could proceed with it (proclamation) immediately after the May 24 special elections in Lanao del Sur. We could proceed, hopefully, on May 25 with the proclamation of the winning party-lists,” he said in a press briefing on Thursday.
“At this point, anything is possible. We are confident that, based on projections, it is possible that the Shanghai votes will no longer affect the results, or, if at all, it will be at the bottom part,” Laundiangco said when asked if the proclamation will be done fully or partially next week.
“The intention of the Comelec is really to do a complete 63 seats,” he said.
The Comelec had previously stated that it will conduct a partial declaration of winning party-lists on May 19 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) Forum Tent in Pasay City, however, it did not push through.
The NBOC decided to wait for the results of the special elections in the 12 barangays of Lanao del Sur and in Shanghai, China, because the votes are still important in determining party-list winners.
Due to the Chinese government’s pandemic-related lockdown, the 1,991 voters in Shanghai have yet to conduct elections.
Based on the data from the latest National Tally Sheet for party-lists, six groups have so far met the 2 percent threshold – ACT-CIS (2,109,022 votes), 1-Rider Party-list (1,000,343 votes), Tingog (886,431 votes), 4Ps (836,294 votes), Ako Bicol (816,255 votes), and Sagip (779,542 votes).
