Proclamation of party-list groups begins

Comelec headquarters in Intramuros, Manila. INQUIRER FILES

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec), sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), has begun the proclamation of 54 party-list groups.

Monday’s proclamation, held just seven days after the polls, was the fastest since fully automated elections began in 2010, made possible by the record-speed canvassing completed only three days after the midterm elections.

Prior to this, the fastest proclamation of party-list winners was during the 2019 midterm polls held nine days after the elections.

The longest was in 2010 when the NBOC only had a partial proclamation for party-lists 21 days after the polls.

Akbayan, Duterte Youth, and Tingog have emerged as the first, second, and third party-list groups with the most votes, respectively.

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According to the official result, Akbayan got 2,779,621 votes, Duterte Youth with 2,338,564 votes, while Tingong had 1,822,708 votes.

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On Saturday, the NBOC also conducted the proclamation of 12 senators. /mcm