(Head Topics) A tally of 172 out of 173 certificates of canvass indicated that 82.6% of 67.4 million registered voters exercised their right to suffrage in the May 9 polls, beating the record of 81.95% in the 2016 elections. PHVote READ:
Surpassing the previous record is impressive, given that the May 9 vote was the first nationwide electoral exercise to be conducted against the backdrop of a pandemic
A tally of 172 out of 173 certificates of canvass indicated that 55.5 million Filipinos exercised their right to suffrage, or around 82.6% of the 67.4 million registered voters.The highest voter turnout since the Philippines shifted to automated polls in 2010 was recorded in 2016, when 81.95% of registered voters
participatedin the elections.The 55.5 million tally of the Comelec, which sits as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), accounts for 83% of 66.8 million, which is the number of eligible voters covered by the places that the NBOC already included in its official count… Read More
