Partial, official poll results expected as canvassing resumes

The national canvassing of midterm poll results resumes Wednesday, when the Commission on Elections is expected to release the partial and official tally. — Inquirer file photo

MANILA, Philippines — The national canvassing of midterm poll results resumes Wednesday, the expected day when the partial and official tally will be released.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec), sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), resumed its session at the Manila Hotel Tent City.

Comelec spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said on Wednesday that 58 out of 175 certificates of canvass (COCs) have been tallied.

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When the NBOC canvasses a COC, it becomes part of the partial and official count, which will be used to determine winners in the senatorial and party-list races.

Of the 175 COCs, 82 are from the provinces, 64 for overseas absentee voting, 26 from highly urbanized cities, two from the district board of canvassers (DBOC), and one from the local absentee voting.

Laudiangco previously said COCs from provinces are aggregated totals from municipalities and cities within them, while tallies from highly urbanized cities, or cities without a governor, go straight to the Comelec.

The DBOC, meanwhile, refers to the Taguig-Pateros district and 64 barangays that were separated from North Cotabato. /das/abc