2016 Presidential Candidate Comelec Election Results (Partial, Unofficial)

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This is it! The Commission on Election (Comelec) has released the partial and unofficial tally of votes of May 9, 2016 National Elections for Presidential candidates as the voting close on Monday at 5pm. The successor of President Benigno Aquino III and the 16th president of the Philippines will be announce in the coming days once the Comelec completed the final tally of votes nationwide.

On Monday, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte led the presidential race as of 8:56 p.m. Today, May 9, 2016. The data came from the Comelec transparency server that was posted on Twitter.

View the live updates for Comelec partial and unofficial election results for Presidential Race below;

According to Comelec, more than 40 million voters are expected to report to 92,000 precincts across the country to cast their ballots in the country’s second automated presidential election.

Based on Comelec rules, the candidate with the highest number of votes wins the presidency. In case when two or more candidates have the highest number of votes, one of them shall be chosen by the vote of a majority of all the members of both Houses of the Congress, voting separately.

View the Live Coverage Below;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efphx_tCmk8

The canvassing of votes for the presidential race is the sole jurisdiction of Congress sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, according to the poll body.

The Congress is given not later than thirty days after the day of the election to canvass results from all provinces, independent cities that have their own legislative districts, diplomatic posts, and local absentee voters.

May 9, 2016 Presidential Election

The next president shall be inaugurated on June 30, 2016.

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