Isko, Binay, Belmonte way ahead in Manila, Makati, QC; Zamora new San Juan mayor
Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso is leading the race for Manila City mayor by a wide margin, based on the partial unofficial vote tally of the transparency server of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as of last night.
With 92.5 percent of votes canvassed, Moreno is ahead with 328,275 votes. Behind him is incumbent Mayor Erap Estrada, who has 192,185 votes. Coming in third is former mayor Alfredo Lim, of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) with 126,726 votes.
In the vice mayoral race, Domagoso's running mate, in
cumbent Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna, leads with 360,045 votes, followed by Amado Bagatsing, Estrada’s running mate, with 247, 299 votes.
The City of Manila has 922,961 registered voters, but only 637,233 actually voted on Monday.
Makati
In Makati, re-electionist Mayor Abigail “Abby” Binay is way ahead in the mayoral race.
As of 9 p.m.Monday, Abigail has garnered 173, 832 votes from 487 of 503 clustered precincts based on the partial unofficial tally of the local poll body.
Coming in second is her brother, former mayor Junjun Binay, with 95,517 votes.
For vice mayor, Abigail’s running mate Monique Lagdamaeo is leading with 176, 898 votes, while Junjun’s running mate, Rep. Monsour del Rosario, has 102, 244 votes.
In the first congressional district of Makati, former Vice President Jejomar Binay was lagging behind Kid Peña.
As of 9 p.m., election results from 226 of 235 clustered precincts or 96 percent of the city’s clustered precincts showed Peña with 68,114 votes, while Binay has 62,754 votes.
Makati has 452,424 registered voters in the city.
Quezon City
In Quezon City, Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte is leading the mayoral race based on partial and unofficial results.
As of 9 p.m., Belmonte has 445,000 votes while her closest challenger, Rep. Bingbong Crisologo has 346,000 votes, based on 94 percent of election returns from clustered precincts.
Belmonte's party mate, Gian Sotto, was also ahead in the vice-mayoral race with 363,000 votes.
San Juan
In San Juan, Francis Zamora ended the control of the Estrada clan after defeating incumbent vice mayor Janella Estrada. He was scheduled to be proclaimed new mayor last night by the City Board of Canvassers.
Senatorial race
In the senatorial race, 11 out of the 12 available seats in the Senate were secured by administration bets in the partial and unofficial count of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV).
The first batch of election returns transmitted to the transparency server was gathered from 330 out of 85,769 clustered precincts as of 6:05 p.m. But counting was temporarily stopped due to problems with the transparency server.
Leading the race is re-electionist Senator Cynthia Villar, garnering 93,660 votes.
Sen. Grace Poe, the lone independent candidate in the Magic 12, garnered 83,258 votes.
Former special assistant to the president Bong Go is at the third spot with 73,786 votes. Behind him at fourth spot is House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Pia Cayetano with 72,105 votes.
Former Philippine National Police chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa snagged the fifth spot with 67,102 votes, while incumbent Sen. Sonny Angara got 65,916 votes.
Imee Marcos, incumbent governor of Ilocos Norte and daughter of former President Ferdinand Marcos, garnered 65,816 votes.
Actor-turned-politician Lito Lapid garnered 65,753 votes, while former Metro Manila Development Authority Chairman and Presidential Political Adviser Francis Tolentino got 56,274 votes.
Incumbent Sen. Nancy Binay is at 10th spot with 55,616 votes.
Bong Revilla, who was recently acquitted of plunder in the pork barrel scam case, is at 11th place with 53,528 votes.
The 12th spot is incumbent Sen. JV Ejercito, who got 52,097 votes.
Sen. Bam Aquino trails behind at 13th place.
Sen. Koko Pimentel, Jinggoy Estrada, Mar Roxas, Serge Osmeña, Doc Willie Ong, Jiggy Manicad, and Dong Mangudadatu landed at the 14th to 20th places, respectively. (With reports from Minka S. Tiangco, Lai de Vera, and Nikki Ong)