With 97% COCs tallied, Villar and Poe still leading Senate race
Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 12:14:46 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — With only five certificates of canvass (COCs) remaining to be tallied, re-electionist Senators Cynthia Villar and Grace Poe continued to lead the senatorial race, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) official count showed Sunday night.
According to the latest partial official count of Comelec, Villar maintained her lead with 24,757,642 votes. Poe was behind her with 21,563,558 votes during the midterm elections.
As of 7:20 p.m., the Comelec, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, had so far canvassed 97 percent of COCs — or a 162 of the 167 COCs — in the national elections.
Comelec expected to finish the canvassing by Monday and proclaim the winners either on Tuesday or on Wednesday.
(Editor: Alexander T. Magno)
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