Comelec eyes to proclaim Senate race winners tomorrow 05/14/2010

Comelec eyes to proclaim Senate race winners tomorrow

05/14/2010 The Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday said it is looking to proclaim the winning senatorial candidates tomorrow. But Comelec Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal said the poll body would merely be making a partial proclamation as the other winners have yet to be officially determined. Larrazabal said if ever the plan pushes through, may be only the top six winners will be proclaimed by the Comelec. “It would all depend on the (decision of the Comelec) en banc,” he said. Meanwhile, the proclamation of the winning party-list organizations cannot still be known as the winners are determined through the total number of votes cast for the party-list polls. In yesterday’s partial and official tally, the seven-man en banc panel of the Comelec, which is sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBoC), has tallied 60 out of the 274 provincial certificates of canvass, or 21.89 percent of the total. Based on the tally, still leading was administration re-electionist Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., who garnered 11,053,981 votes so far, followed by another re-electionist, Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, who got 10,631,692 votes so far.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20100514nat6.html

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