Belmonte, Sotto lead Quezon City races in unofficial count

Gian Sotto and Joy Belmonte photo from Sotto’s IG post

MANILA, Philippines —Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte and Vice Mayor Gian Sotto are leading by wide margins in their respective races, based on partial and unofficial results from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Transparency Server as of 10:18 p.m. Monday.

Belmonte, running under the Serbisyo sa Bayan Party (SBP), received 1,022,131 votes, far ahead of independent candidates Diosdado Velasco (20,734 votes), Jonathan Cabalo (13,375), Rolando Jota (8,484), and Noli Navat (4,194).

Sotto, also of SBP, tallied 930,833 votes, ahead of independents Dante Villarta (26,577), Inventor Ingles (19,422), and June Faelangco (18,373).

The figures are based on the Comelec’s unofficial count and do not yet include the final, official canvass.

This article was generated with the assistance of artificial intelligence and reviewed by an editor.