By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 15:17:00 06/08/2010
MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE) Anticlimactically, Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay emerged winners in the country’s first automated elections.
Aquino and Binay got the most votes for president and vice president, respectively, on Tuesday as Congress, sitting as National Board of Canvassers, completed the canvass of 278 certificates of votes after eight days.
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The joint committee will prepare a report for approval of lawmakers when they convene in a joint session at 2 p.m. Wednesday to proclaim Aquino and Binay.
Aquino garnered 15,208,678 votes against closest rival, former president Joseph Estrada, who got 9,487,837 votes or a difference of 5,720,841 votes.
Coming in third place is Senator Manuel Villar with 5,573,835 votes, followed by administration candidate Gilbert Teodoro with 4,095,839 votes, evangelist Eduardo Villanueva with 1,125,878 votes, Senator Richard Gordon with 501,727 votes, disqualified candidate Vetallano Acosta with 181,985 votes, Senator Ma. Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal with 46,489 votes, Nicanor Pelas with 54,575 votes, and JC Delos Reyes with 44,244 votes.
The vice presidential race had been a toss-up between Binay and Senator Manuel “Mar” Roxas II throughout the entire canvassing in Congress.
But Binay won big votes in Cavite, Bulacan, Laguna, Batangas, Makati City, and some Mindanao provinces that gave him the edge of 727,084 votes over Roxas.
In the final tally, Binay got 14,645,574 as against the 13,918,490 votes of Roxas.
Senator Loren Legarda ranked third with 4,294,664 votes, followed by Bayani
Fernando with 1,017,631 votes; Edu Manzano with 807,728 votes; Perfecto Yasay
with 364,652; Jay Sonza with 64,230 votes; and Dominador Chipeco with
52,562 votes.
Estrada’s lawyer, George Garcia, said his client would issue a message on Wednesday in time for Aquino’s proclamation.
Legarda’s lawyer, Helen Rivilla, said that the senator was extending her warmest congratulations to Aquino and Binay.
Canvassing on Monday was suspended with the lone CoC from Lanao del Sur to be canvassed.
Lanao del Sur had a special elections on June 3 and did not immediately transmit the CoC to Congress, thus the delay in canvassing. About 300,000 voted in the special elections.
Roxas’ lawyer said that Roxas got zero or just one vote in a number of precincts in Lanao del Sur.
Paranaque Representative Roilo Golez said the revelations by Roxas’ lawyer was “incredible . . . statistically improbable,” including results which showed a 96 voter turnout in the province.
Congress canvassed a total of 278 CoCs, including 107 from overseas absentee voting.
On Monday, Congress finished canvassing of the CoCs from Eastern Samar, Mt. Province, Bacolod City and the vote-rich Davao City, which has about 500,000 votes.
Even as the joint congressional canvassing committee, composed of two panels of nine members each from the Senate and House of Representatives, convened on May 25, actual canvassing began only on May 27 because of lawmakers’ questions on how the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines work and because of allegations of
electronic fraud.
In between actual canvassing the same questions would be raised about compact flash cards, the variance in time stamps of the PCOS machines, digital signatures, and null votes.
The canvassing of some CoCs was also deferred after questions on their integrity were raised. The board of canvassers members from areas under question were called to the session to explain.
Aquino led in his home province Tarlac getting 387,624. He was followed by his cousin, Teodoro, who also hails from the same province with 65,139 votes.
Aquino picked up big wins in the vote-rich province of Cebu, Cavite, Laguna, Bulacan, and Negros Oriental. In Manila, Aquino got 298,217 votes closely followed by Estrada’s 214,517 votes. At third is Teodoro with 72,521 votes.
Aquino also got the most number of votes in Camarines Norte, Zambales, Iloilo province, Batanes, Pasig City, Valenzuela City, Agusan del Sur, Romblon, Taguig-Pateros, Eastern Samar, Bacolod, Mt. Province and Lanao del Sur.
Estrada led in Catanduanes, Kalinga, Aurora, Davao Oriental, Bukidnon, Apayao, Nueva Ecija, Albay, Bohol, Zamboanga del Norte, Rizal, Leyte, Pangasinan, Aklan, Caloocan, Ifugao, Samar, Quezon, Negros Occidental and Davao City.
Estrada was also winner in Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, South Cotabato, Lanao del Norte, North Cotabato, Abra, Davao del Sur, Sultan Kudarat, and Cagayan de Oro.
Villar led in Ilocos Sur and Las Pinas City.
Teodoro won in the provinces of Guimaras and Camiguin.
The vice presidential race was neck and neck between Binay and Roxas.
Binay led in Manila, Laguna, Bulacan, Cavite, Camarines Norte, Kalinga, Aurora, Davao Oriental, Apayao, Pasig, Valenzuela, Taguig-Pateros, Nueva Ecija, Antique, North Cotabato, Batangas, Quezon City, Abra, Las Pinas, Basilan, Sulu, Muntinlupa, Pasay, Makati City, Davao del Sur, Malabon, San Juan City, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao, Cagayan de Oro City, Eastern Samar, Davao City and Lanao del Sur.
Roxas got the most votes for vice president in Ilocos Sur, Zambales, Bukidnon, Iloilo province, Batanes, Agusan del Sur, Romblon, Tarlac, Cebu, Southern Leyte, Tawi-Tawi, Marikina, Cebu City, Pampanga, Surigao del Sur, Bacolod and Mt. Province.
Official tally from Congress after canvassing 278 CoCs, June 8:
PRESIDENT
Acosta: 181,985
Aquino III: 15,208,678
Delos Reyes: 44,244
Estrada: 9,487,837
Gordon: 501,727
Madrigal: 46,489
Perlas: 54,575
Teodoro: 4,095,839
Villanueva: 1,125,878
Villar: 5,573,835
VICE PRESIDENT
Binay: 14,645,574
Chipeco: 52,562
Fernando: 1,017,631
Legarda: 4,294,664
Manzano: 807,728
Roxas: 13,918,490
Sonza: 64,230
Yasay: 364,652
Theres professionalism in extending warm conratulations to all the winners.Not like in our beloved Province nga dili maka accept thge defeat! Know what i mean?
congratulations and accept the defeat!All the best….
It’s a different thing here in our province because there were glaring activities done just to proclaim the Congressman and Governor elect such as goons armed with high powered armalite, pistol with silencer were nabbed in Kawayan 2 days b4 the election, registered flying voters from Samar were apprehended a day after the election, missing PCOS machines and 2 BGAN machines were intercepted coming from Kawayan after the inventory and final turnover to Tacloban was made and the actuation of the Provincial Election Supervisor to proclaim them even there is a pre-proclamation protest. Gets mo?
surfer
BOLOK KA GAD… LORATA NA IMO MGA MATA OI…. TINGALI SA SOBRAAN SA KALORAT BOTA KANA…. HAI…. ANG MGA ESPINA RAMAN DILE KADAWAT OG PILDE… THEY ALL KNOW NGA PILDE NA SILA THATS WHY THEY FIND WAYS AND ALL MEANS… HA HAI…… BODLATA DAW NA IMO MATA SURFER…. TINGALI BUDLAT NANA… HAHAHAHAHA
Karon nga na-proklama na ang atong bagong Presidente ug bise Presidente, makalihok na ug husto ang mga protesta sa mga iregularidad sa miaging eleksyon sa Biliran.
Sumala sa commitee report, ang Biliran mao ang usa sa mga probinsiya nga dako ang posibilidad sa pagpakita nga posible ang anomaliya sa miaging automated electtion. Sa ato pa, ang Biliran story mao ang usa unya sa basehan, kung kini maprobahan piaagi sa manual recount aron matapalan ang unsa mang buho aron ang sunod nga eleksyon mamahimong mas limpyo ug walay daya.. ha ha ah ehe he hi hi hi
Karon, ang mga Espina dili pa angay mag-kumbete kay dili buot ingnon nga nahuman na ang national proclamation, nga nakalusot na sila sa hocos pcos… ha ha ha he he he hi hi hi. Mao na nga sa umaabot nga mga adlaw angayan nga ang mga Biliranon magbantay ug moapil sa mga kalihokang protesta batok sa eleksyon sa Biliran nga usa sa mga dokumentado nga iregularidad sa unang automated election sa Pilipinas.. ha ha ha he he he hi hi hi.
Akong tambag, ayaw una pag-party kay basin maunsyami… ha ha ha he he he hi hi hi
To reformist
Kamo no gusto lang gud mo ug samok. Huwata ninyo unsa tinubdan anang inyo protesta dili kay mag sigi mo awhag mga tawo. dili mo malooy ana nga imbis mag atiman na sila sa ila mga anak naa hinuon diha nagbantay sa capitolyo/municipyo. Edukado man kaha ta ato subayon unsa ang proseso aron wala madisgrasya. KAMO MGA BILIRANON HUNAHUNAA NINYO BISAN KNSA PA MO LINGKOD DILI NA SILA MAKATABANG SA ATO KALISOD MAAU LANG NA SA PAGKAKARON KAY GIGAMIT PA MO HATAGAN PA MO SA INYO KONSUMO UG BAYAD. NING ABOT TA ANI NGA PANUIGON WALA TA MAGSALIG BISAN KNSA NGA PULITIKO.
dbp “KAMO MGA BILIRANON HUNAHUNAA NINYO BISAN KNSA PA MO LINGKOD DILI NA SILA MAKATABANG SA ATO KALISOD MAAU LANG NA SA PAGKAKARON KAY GIGAMIT PA MO HATAGAN PA MO SA INYO KONSUMO UG BAYAD. NING ABOT TA ANI NGA PANUIGON WALA TA MAGSALIG BISAN KNSA NGA PULITIKO.”
I beg to disagree. We elected these politicians in order to serve us..Thats the main reason why we need to elect our leaders, we choose leaders who can uplift the lives of the people through public service. Now I know, some people here blogging out of nonsense…..