2010 Philippine general election

Elections for all positions in the Philippines above the barangay (except for Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao regional level) were held on May 10, 2010. The elected president is Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, the 15th President of the Philippines, succeeding President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo who was barred from seeking re-election due to term restrictions. The successor of Vice-President Noli de Castro is Jejomar Binay, the 15th Vice President of the Philippines. The legislators elected in the 2010 elections joined the senators of the 2007 elections and comprised the 15th Congress of the Philippines.

The 2010 elections were administered by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in compliance with the Republic Act No. 9369,[1] also known as the Amended Computerization Act of 2007. It was the first national computerized election in the history of the Philippines. Although there were cases of precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machine failures, there was no postponement of elections since most technical issues were resolved by election day.[2] Despite the fact that some provinces have reported failure of elections, these have not surpassed the 0.50% of the total number of PCOS machines, and most were replaced on time.[3]

Local elections were held in all provinces, cities and municipalities for provincial governors, vice governors and board members, and city/municipal mayors, vice mayors and councilors.

There were more than 85,000 candidates for 17,000 national and local positions and it is believed that the youth had the swing vote in this election as 40% of voters are 18–35 and there are a potential 3 million first-time voters.[4]

Background

The current Philippine constitution allows a president to serve for only one six-year term; however, former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo served for a total of nine years because she took over the last three years of Joseph Estrada's administration when Estrada was ousted as the result of the 2001 EDSA Revolution. In 2004, Arroyo won the election and finished her 6-year term in 2010.

General issues

Number of registered voters as compared to the national total per province (left), and voter turnout per province (right).

In a decision dated December 2, 2009, the Supreme Court ruled that appointive officials seeking positions in the elections do not need to resign from their posts, striking down Section 4(a) of COMELEC Resolution 8678, Section 13 of Republic Act 9369, and Section 66 of the Omnibus Election Code as unconstitutional, "for violating the equal protection clause and being too broad."[5]

Party-switching

As election day approached, several politicians switched political parties in order to gain votes and funding for the campaign. Many switches were controversial, with the ruling party Lakas Kampi CMD having the most defections, most of which went either to the Liberal Party or to the Nacionalista Party.

The politicians who switched parties after the start of the local campaign period are:

Date	Politician	Running for	Old party		New party
March 24	Jose Maria Zubiri, Jr.[6]	Vice Governor of Bukidnon		Lakas–Kampi		Nacionalista
April 11	Arturo Uy[7]	Governor of Compostela Valley		Lakas–Kampi		Nacionalista
April 12	Neptali Gonzales II[8]	Congressman of Mandaluyong		Lakas–Kampi		Liberal
April 12	Roilo Golez[9]	Congressman of Parañaque's 2nd district		Independent		Liberal
April 14	Joey Salceda[10]	Governor of Albay		Lakas–Kampi		Liberal
April 15	Benasing Macarambon[11]	Congressman of Lanao del Sur's 2nd district		Lakas–Kampi		Nacionalista
April 20	Mary Ann Susano[12]	Mayor of Quezon City		Lakas–Kampi		PMP

Furthermore, Luis "Chavit" Singson resigned from Lakas and endorsed a candidate aside from Gilberto Teodoro, but did not join another party. Singson endorsed Villar, then resigned from Lakas, but has not joined Villar's Nacionalista Party.[13]

Controversies

Five days before the elections, petitions were made to postpone the elections due to technical malfunctions with the electronic voting machines.[14] On May 7, 2010, the Supreme Court rejected the petitions, affirming the vote would go ahead as planned.[15]

Several cities and provinces encountered several problems, postponing the election. In Caloocan, voting was delayed as the box of ballots delivered to clustered precinct 599 in the city's Pajo district contained ballots for a clustered precinct in Sampaloc, Manila.[16]

Election-related violence

Election hotspots in the Philippines.

Prior to the end of the filing of certificates of candidacy, the COMELEC had anticipated several areas to be named as "election hotspots".

On November 23, 2009, the entourage of the wife of Buluan, Maguindanao vice-mayor Esmael Mangudadatu who ran for provincial governor, including journalists, were abducted and killed in the province's town of Ampatuan.[17] Before she was killed, Mangudadatu's wife blamed provincial governor Andal Ampatuan Jr. as the culprit.[18] Ampatuan Jr. was later arrested.[19] After several arms and military vehicles were seized in Ampatuans' properties and government installations, President Arroyo declared martial law in parts of the province not controlled by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front on December 4.[20]

On December 28, 2009, a candidate for councilor died, and two incumbent officials were wounded in an ambush in Dingras, Ilocos Norte. The gunmen fired at the convoy including barangay chairwoman Joen Caniete, who was running for councilor under the Nacionalista Party; the wounded included a sitting councilor and a provincial board member.[21]

In Sorsogon, Julio Esquivias, a Nacionalista candidate for councilor in the town of Casiguran, died due to a gunshot wound after he was shot by an unidentified gunman.[22]

In a command conference by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police and the COMELEC, 14 election "hotspots" were identified. They were Abra, Ilocos Norte, Masbate and Nueva Ecija in Luzon, Samar (Western Samar), Eastern Samar and Antique in the Visayas, and Basilan, Sulu, Maguindanao, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Sarangani, and Zamboanga Sibugay in Mindanao.[23]

Worsening private armed violence was a serious security concern which had the capacity to undermine the 2010 elections. Even though a commission was already formed to dismantle private armies, skeptics were unconvinced that the government could have succeeded in this task as it had a poor track record of dealing with the ongoing problem of internal violence.[24]

Before election day, a bomb exploded at 1:20 a.m. in Ampatuan, Maguindanao. No casualties were reported. In Conception, Iloilo, armed men fired at the Liberal Party headquarters. No casualties were reported.[25]

During election day, three bombs exploded at a polling precinct at Pakpak elementary school in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur. No casualties or injuries were reported. Another bomb exploded in Zamboanga Sibugay, killing three people. Two bombs exploded at Mindanao State University where several polling precinct were clustered. An NK2 grenade exploded at Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao. No casualties reported. On the same day, at 12:00nn (PST), a shooting incident happened in the same area between the rival candidates. Two innocent persons were killed.

As of 1:30pm (PST) fourteen casualties were reported due to election-related violence. at 2:25pm (PST), a shooting incident in a barangay in Maguindanao caused the local cancellation of the elections.

Constitutionality of the elections

Many concerned civil society groups including the Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG), Philippine Computer Society (PCS), and Global Filipino Nation (GFN) protested the illegality and unconstitutionality of how the elections were conducted, particularly with implementing safety measures against fraud and cheating.

In an interim report by GFN 2010 Election Observers Team released on May 27 titled "Foreign Observers Challenge Election Legitimacy", they presented arguments questioning the May 10, 2010 elections summarized below:

1. The election results transmitted from the precincts do not have digital signatures of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEI)
2. The number of disenfranchised voters is sufficient to greatly affect the results of the elections.
3. The Automated Election System (AES) was implemented without the appropriate field testing, and law-specified testing in actual elections.
4. The source code review was not completed and initial findings were not addressed.
5. No audit was done on the AES prior to the elections. There was only a mandated random manual audit which was not yet done at the time the report was written (May 27, 2010).
6. Several voter and security features were disabled prior to elections.

Many different groups also echoed the same sentiments like Kaakbay Partylist in its critique of the May 10, 2010 polls.[26] They also questioned the removal of digital signatures

Removal of digital signatures

While Republic Act 9369 states that "The election returns transmitted electronically and digitally signed shall be considered as official election results and shall be used as the basis for the canvassing of votes and the proclamation of a candidate.",[27] the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) issued Resolution 8786 on March 4, 2010 which became the basis for the decision to remove digital signatures which the COMELEC ruled as no longer necessary. Three Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) were originally required to put in their iButton Key for the results to be digitally signed before transmission and make it official. But because of the issuance of COMELEC Resolution 8786, BEIs were directed to press "No" when asked by the PCOS machines to digitally sign the files for transmission.[28]

In the joint committee meeting at Batasang Pambansa, Senator Enrile asked the COMELEC officials why they removed the use of the digital signatures. Cesar Flores, Smartmatic Asia Pacific president, said “The voting machine has a digital signature in itself which is also corroborated in the card and the password that is provided to the BEIs. The BEIs when they sign the password, they encrypt the result, and the result is digitally signed.” (Sic)[26] [29]

Kaakbay Partylist released its critique of the election on June 6, 2010. The group cited complaints regarding the removal of main security features and verifiability of votes and also answered the arguments of those given by the COMELEC officials:

"On March 4, 2010, Comelec issued Resolution 8786 dated March 4, 2010, essentially disabling the use of digital signatures. Thus, the electronically transmitted votes from the precincts no longer bear digital signatures. Several excuses were given by Comelec ranging from PCOS machine signatures being equivalent to digital signature (which of course is not true); use of digital signature will require another P1 billion (as if digital feature is not included in the P7.1-billion contract); reducing transmission time (how less than one minute signing digitally will reduce much a transmission of about 30 to 60 minutes?); and the PCOS i-button and BEI Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) are equivalents (of course, not)".[26]

Results

Reports indicated that the election day was marred with controversies, particularly in the insurgent-ridden province of Mindanao, though other provinces also faced difficulties such as computer glitches on the voting machines, disorderly conduct, vote buying, and violence.[30] In Cebu City, spikes placed by unidentified men on the road caused a delay in the delivery of ballot boxes throughout the province of Cebu early Monday.[31]

A total of over 76,340 precinct count optical scanner (PCOS) machines, about 5,000 back-up units, and about 1,700 servers were deployed in the country's first nationwide fully automated elections—from counting of votes to transmission and canvassing of election results. Election Day had live full coverage from GMA 7 and ABS-CBN. Besides logistical problems, during the last few days prior to the election poll machine and services supplier Smartmatic-Total Information Management (TIM) found cases of PCOS machine failures. Nonetheless, it was decided not to postpone elections since the technical issues were resolved quickly and the solution could be deployed by the day of election. Despite the fact that some provinces reported issues in the election process, these did not surpass the 0.50% of the total number of PCOS machines, and most were replaced on time, as planned for. As a result of the delays, the COMELEC extended voting hours from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and continued through the night transmitting the votes from every precinct scattered across the country.

After the elections closed and transmissions from PCOS machines began arriving en masse and the COMELEC was able to publish the first partial results, many former doubts and concerns vanished, replaced by astonishment due to the unprecedented speed of the tally.[32]

President

Presidential election results.

Main article: 2010 Philippine presidential election

The presidential candidate with the greatest number of votes, Benigno Aquino III was declared the winner. A separate election was held for the vice president; the two elected officials need not be running mates in order to be elected.

 Summary of the May 10, 2010 Philippine presidential election results

Candidates		Parties	Votes	%
	Benigno Aquino III	Liberal Party	15,208,678	42.08%
	Joseph Estrada	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (Force of the Filipino Masses)	9,487,837	26.25%
	Manuel Villar	Nacionalista Party (Nationalist Party)	5,573,835	15.42%
	Gilberto Teodoro	Lakas Kampi CMD (People Power–Partner of Free Filipinos–Christian Muslim Democrats)	4,095,839	11.33%
	Eddie Villanueva	Bangon Pilipinas Party (Rise Up Philippines)	1,125,878	3.12%
	Richard Gordon	Bagumbayan-VNP (New Nation–Volunteers for a New Philippines)	501,727	1.39%
	Nicanor Perlas	Independent	54,575	0.15%
	Jamby Madrigal	Independent	46,489	0.13%
	John Carlos de los Reyes	Ang Kapatiran (Alliance for the Common Good)	44,244	0.12%
Total			36,139,102	100%
Valid votes			36,139,102	94.73%
	Vetallano Acosta[p 1]	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (New Society Movement)	181,985	0.48%
Invalid votes			2,010,269	5.27%
Votes cast			38,149,371	74.38%
Registered voters			51,292,555

1. Disqualified after the ballots were printed. All of his votes were considered spoiled.

Vice President

Vice presidential results.

 Summary of the May 10, 2010 Philippine vice presidential election results

Candidates		Parties	Votes	%
	Jejomar Binay	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (Philippine Democratic Party–People Power)[v 1]	14,645,574	41.65%
	Mar Roxas	Liberal Party	13,918,490	39.58%
	Loren Legarda	Nationalist People's Coalition[v 2]	4,294,664	12.21%
	Bayani Fernando	Bagumbayan-VNP (New Nation–Volunteers for a New Philippines)	1,017,631	2.89%
	Edu Manzano	Lakas Kampi CMD (People Power–Partner of Free Filipinos–Christian Muslim Democrats)	807,728	2.30%
	Perfecto Yasay	Bangon Pilipinas Party (Rise Up Philippines)	364,652	1.04%
	Jay Sonza	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (New Society Movement)	64,230	0.18%
	Dominador Chipeco, Jr.	Ang Kapatiran (Alliance for the Common Good)	52,562	0.15%
Total			35,165,555	100%
Valid votes			35,165,555	92.18%
Invalid votes			2,983,816	7.82%
Votes cast			38,149,371	74.38%
Registered voters			51,292,555

1. Binay is Joseph Estrada's (PMP) guest candidate for vice president.
2. Legarda is Manny Villar's (Nacionalista) guest candidate for vice president.

Congress

Senate

Parties that had the plurality of votes in each province.

Main article: 2010 Philippine Senate election

One-half of the Philippine Senate was up for election. The Philippines uses the plurality-at-large voting system for the Senate race.

 Summary of the May 10, 2010 Philippine Senate election results per party

Party		Popular vote			Breakdown				Seats
		Total	%	Swing	Entered	Up	Not up	Won	Won in 2007	End 14th	15th		+/−
											Start	%
	Liberal (Liberal Party)	78,227,817	26.34%	15.62%	10	2	2	3	4	4	4	17%
	Nacionalista (Nationalist Party)	49,585,503	16.69%	6.61%	7	1	2	2	4	3	4	17%	1
	PMP (Force of the Filipino Masses)	47,111,982	15.86%	15.86%	5	2	0	2	2	2	2	8%
	Lakas–Kampi^a (People Power-Christian Muslim Democrats-Partner of Free Filipinos)	38,123,091	12.83%	13.84%	6	2	2	2	4	4	4	17%
	PRP (People's Reform Party)	17,344,742	5.84%	5.84%	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	4%
	NPC (Nationalist People's Coalition)	13,409,616	4.51%	13.61%	2	0	1	1	2	1	2	8%	1
	PDP–Laban (Philippine Democratic Party-People's Power)	6,635,023	2.23%	1.85%	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0%	1
	Bangon Pilipinas (Rise Up, Philippines)	6,486,749	2.18%	2.18%	9^b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	PROMDI (Provinces First Development Initiative)	3,980,370	1.34%	1.34%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Bayan Muna (Nation First)	3,539,345	1.19%	1.19%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	GAD/Gabaybayan (Grand Alliance for Democracy/Guide to the Nation)	3,331,083	1.12%	1.12%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	KBL (New Society Movement)	2,769,847	0.93%	0.03%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Ang Kapatiran (Alliance for the Common Good)	2,486,241	0.84%	0.14%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	LDP (Struggle of the Democratic Filipinos)	Not participating				0	1	0	1	1	1	4%
	Bagumbayan (New Nation-Volunteers for a New Philippines)	Not participating				1	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1
	Independent	24,004,705	8.08%	0.80%	5	1	4	1	1	5	5	21%
Vacancy		—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	1	4%
Total votes		297,036,114	NA	10.38%	61	12	12	12	24	24	24	100%
Turnout		38,149,371	74.38%	29.33%
Registered voters		51,292,555	100%	19.05%

^a Votes and seats for KAMPI and Lakas-CMD in 2007, which were running on a common ticket, were combined; KAMPI and Lakas-CMD later merged in 2008.
^b Including Imelda Papin and Zosimo Paredes who switched from KBL and Ang Kapatiran respectively to Bangon Pilipinas.[33]

House of Representatives

House of Representative elections results for representatives elected via congressional districts.

Result of the party-list election: inner ring is the proportion of votes, outer ring is the proportion of seats won. The large gray slice on the inner ring represents all parties that did not win a seat.

Main article: 2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections

All seats in the House were up for election, elections were done for legislative districts and party-list.

 Summary of the May 10, 2010, Philippine House of Representatives election results for representatives from congressional districts

Party			Popular vote		Breakdown						Seats
			Total	%	Entered	Up	Gained	Held	Lost	New	Won	%[n 1]	+/−
		Lakas (People Power-–Partner of Free Filipinos–Christian Muslim Democrats)	12,769,649	37.41%	164	121	13	86	35	7	106	36.93%	15
		KABAKA (Partner of the Nation for Progress)	70,852	0.21%	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.35%
		SARRO (Sarangani Reconciliation and Reformation Organization)	60,899	0.18%	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.00%	1
	Lakas-Kampi-CMD coalition		12.901,400	37.80%	166	123	13	87	36	7	107	37.28%	16
		Liberal (Liberal Party)	6,802,227	19.93%	134	33	21	23	10	3	47	16.43%	14
		KKK (Struggle for Peace, Progress and Justice)	11,076	0.03%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
	Liberal coalition		6,813,303	19.96%	135	33	21	23	10	3	47	16.43%	14
		Nacionalista (Nationalist Party)	3,872,637	11.35%	64	25	7	18	7	0	25	9.08%
		Kusug (Promote Progress for Cebu)	126,144	0.37%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
		PCM (People's Champ Movement)	120,052	0.35%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.35%	1
		Ugyon Kita Capiz (Unite Capiz)	45,859	0.13%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
	Nacionalista coalition		4,164,692	11.35%	68	25	7	18	7	0	26	9.09%	1
		PMP (Force of the Filipino Masses)	853,619	2.50%	45	2	1	1	1	2	4	1.40%	2
		Navoteño (Party of the People of Navotas)	76,276	0.22%	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.35%	1
		Magdiwang (Magdiwang Party)	47,840	0.14%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.35%	1
	PMP coalition		977,735	2.50%	47	2	2	1	1	3	6	2.10%	4
		Aton Tamdon Utod Negrosa-non (Let's Take Care of our Brother Negrenses)	42,796	0.12%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
		Lingkod Taguig (Service to Taguig)	16,990	0.05%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%	1
		Buklod (Bond)	876	0.00%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
	Unaffiliated local parties		60,662	0.18%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%	1
		NPC (Nationalist People's Coalition)	5,450,135	15.97%	72	25	10	10	3	0	29	10.14%	7
		PDP–Laban (Philippine Democratic Party–People's Power)	246,697	0.72%	14	5[n 2]	0	2	0	0	2	0.69%	3
		Bigkis Pinoy (United Filipino)	206,929	0.61%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
		PDSP (Philippine Social Democratic Party)	171,345	0.50%	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.35%	1
		LDP (Struggle of the Democratic Filipinos)	162,434	0.48%	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0.69%	1
		KBL (New Society Movement)	158,416	0.47%	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.35%	1
		Aksyon (Democratic Action)	151,434	0.44%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
		Lapiang Manggagawa (Workers' Party)	86,556	0.22%	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.35%
		Bagumbayan (New Nation–Volunteers for a New Philippines)	74,319	0.22%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
		GAD (Grand Alliance for Democracy)	47,677	0.14%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
		Ang Kapatiran (Alliance for the Common Good)	45,631	0.13%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
		PGRP (Philippine Green Republican Party)	21,636	0.06%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
		Bangon Pilipinas (Rise Up Philippines)	11,294	0.03%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
		Lapiang Manggagawa Workers and Peasants Party	8,894	0.03%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
		Independent	2,371,949	6.95%	228	5[n 3]	4	2	3	1	7	2.43%	2
Vacancies			–	–	–	4	0	0	4	0	–	–	4
New districts			–	–	–	10	0	0	0	10	–	–	10
Total			34,133,464	100%	792	215	61	154	61	14	229	80.07%	14
Valid votes			34,463,474	91.53%
Invalid votes[n 4]			3,292,237	8.83%
Total turnout[n 4]			37,293,960	73.52%
Registered voters[n 5]			50,723,733	100%

1. Of all 286 House members, including party-list representatives.
2. Includes United Opposition members.
3. Includes Jose de Venecia Jr., who currently has no party.
4. Includes votes for Sandugo party, whose only nominee withdrew, but his name stayed on the ballot. Numbers for invalid votes in the Bulacan–1st, both Camarines Norte districts and both Lanao del Sur districts are not available.
5. Excludes overseas absentee voters (568,732) who are ineligible to vote for district representatives.

 Summary of the May 10, 2010 Philippine House of Representatives party-list election results

Party	Popular vote		Seats
	Total	%	Up	Won	+/−
AKB	1,524,006	5.20%	0	3	3
Senior Citizens	1,296,950	4.42%	1	2	1
Buhay	1,250,467	4.27%	3	2	1
Akbayan	1,061,947	3.62%	2	2
GABRIELA	1,006,752	3.43%	2	2
Coop-NATCCO	944,864	3.22%	2	2
1-CARE	770,015	2.63%	0	2	2
Abono	766,993	2.62%	2	2
Bayan Muna	750,100	2.56%	3	2	1
An Waray	712,405	2.43%	2	2
CIBAC	653,399	2.23%	2	2
A TEACHER	617,898	2.11%	2	2
AGAP	516,052	1.76%	2	1	1
Butil	507,091	1.73%	2	1	1
Anakpawis	447,201	1.53%	2	1	1
Kabataan	418,776	1.43%	1	1
LPGMA	417,771	1.43%	0	1	1
ABAMIN	378,345	1.29%	0	1	1
ACT Teachers	372,903	1.27%	0	1	1
AAMBIS-Owa	357,804	1.22%	0	1	1
YACAP	337,487	1.15%	1	1
APEC	313,689	1.07%	2	1	1
ANAD	297,984	1.02%	1	1
Ang Kasangga	296,695	1.01%	1	1
BH	293,079	1.00%	0	1	1
Ang Galing Pinoy	269,273	0.92%	0	1	1
Agbiag	263,234	0.90%	0	1	1
PBA	258,869	0.88%	0	1	1
ABS	257,457	0.88%	1	1
TUCP	245,031	0.84%	1	1
AGHAM	242,630	0.83%	0	1	1
DIWA	239,029	0.82%	0	1	1
KAKUSA	234,788	0.80%	1	1
Kalinga	230,516	0.79%	0	1	1
ALIF	227,431	0.78%	1	1
Alagad	227,281	0.78%	2	1	1
1-UTAK	220,617	0.75%	1	1
Una ang Pamilya	218,181	0.74%	0	1	1
AVE	216,100	0.74%	0	1	1
Aangat Tayo	177,503	0.61%	1	1
ATING Koop	175,636	0.60%	0	1	1
AA-Kasosyo	171,589	0.59%	0	1	1
ALE	170,543	0.58%	0	1	1
Alay Buhay	164,044	0.56%	0	1	1
AKMA-PTM	162,972	0.56%	0	0
AMIN	161,418	0.55%	2	0	2
KAAKBAY	161,127	0.55%	0	0
VFP	155,672	0.53%	1	0	1
ARARO	147,408	0.50%	0	0
Atong Paglaum	146,363	0.50%	0	0
PACYAW	143,553	0.49%	0	0
ATM	142,988	0.49%	0	0
ANAK	142,417	0.49%	0	0
Partido ng Manggagawa	140,257	0.48%	0	0
ADD	139,494	0.48%	0	0
ABA	138,310	0.47%	1	0	1
ATS	136,828	0.47%	0	0
AMANA	133,048	0.45%	0	0
KAAGAPAY	130,498	0.45%	0	0
BANAT	129,089	0.44%	1	0	1
1GANAP/Guardians	121,508	0.41%	0	0
1-ABAA	121,405	0.40%	0	0
Babae Ka	117,518	0.40%	0	0
BANDILA	115,964	0.40%	0	0
AHON	115,789	0.40%	0	0
Katribu	114,966	0.39%	0	0
Ang Ladlad	114,120	0.39%	0	0
1-AANI	113,434	0.39%	0	0
1-AHAPO	111,495	0.38%	0	0
CONSLA	111,198	0.38%	0	0
KABAYAN	110,085	0.38%	0	0
Binhi	108,174	0.37%	0	0
Akap Bata	107,478	0.37%	0	0
Ang Trabahante	107,468	0.37%	0	0
AGILA	105,406	0.36%	0	0
COFA	105,049	0.36%	0	0
FIL-MUS	105,033	0.36%	0	0
Biyayang Bukid	102,191	0.35%	0	0
Abakada Guro	97,872	0.33%	1	0	1
Firm 24-K	96,292	0.33%	0	0
Abante Ilonggo	94,815	0.32%	0	0
ALYANSA NG OFW	91,663	0.31%	0	0
Ako	90,511	0.31%	0	0
ABROAD	88,743	0.30%	0	0
COCOFED	88,536	0.30%	1	0	1
PCL	88,457	0.30%	0	0
ALIM	86,491	0.30%	0	0
Womenpower, Inc.	86,411	0.29%	0	0
1st KABAGIS	84,687	0.29%	0	0
LYPAD	82,642	0.28%	0	0
Bantay	81,584	0.28%	1	0	1
Katutubo	80,064	0.27%	0	0
A TAMBAY	79,255	0.27%	0	0
A-IPRA	77,270	0.26%	0	0
Bayani	74,993	0.26%	0	0
1-Tubig (formerly AAWAS)	74,152	0.25%	0	0
Vendors	74,041	0.25%	0	0
AME	71,503	0.24%	0	0
APO	70,901	0.24%	0	0
BIYAHENG PINOY	70,480	0.24%	0	0
ALMA	70,070	0.24%	0	0
APOI	67,946	0.23%	0	0
CHINOY	67,800	0.23%	0	0
ORAGON	67,366	0.23%	0	0
PEP	65,299	0.22%	0	0
UNLAD Pilipinas	64,746	0.22%	0	0
ADAM	63,065	0.22%	0	0
A BLESSED	62,529	0.21%	0	0
AMA	62,249	0.21%	0	0
SB	60,606	0.21%	0	0
ARC	57,515	0.20%	2	0	2
AANI	57,190	0.20%	0	0
ABP-Bicolnon	55,159	0.19%	0	0
Emmanuel	54,848	0.19%	0	0
AKO BAHAY	54,182	0.18%	0	0
ADD-TRIBAL	53,510	0.18%	0	0
KLBP	50,466	0.17%	0	0
AMANG	50,127	0.17%	0	0
AAMA	49,990	0.17%	0	0
ALON	49,893	0.17%	0	0
Agri	49,635	0.17%	0	0
ANAKALUSUGAN	47,828	0.16%	0	0
BIDA	45,708	0.16%	0	0
KALAHI	45,494	0.16%	0	0
Green Force	44,100	0.15%	0	0
ASAHAN MO	41,809	0.14%	0	0
ARAL	41,159	0.14%	0	0
Ako Agila	39,448	0.13%	0	0
AWAT	38,050	0.13%	0	0
Yes We Can	36,819	0.13%	0	0
Akap TAO	36,805	0.13%	0	0
ANG MINERO	36,650	0.13%	0	0
OPO	35,636	0.12%	0	0
IVAP	34,785	0.12%	0	0
PM (MASDA)	34,769	0.12%	0	0
ALMANA	32,957	0.12%	0	0
BAGO	32,942	0.11%	0	0
Abang Lingkod	32,122	0.11%	0	0
1-AK	32,048	0.11%	0	0
SAGIP	31,798	0.11%	0	0
KASAPI	31,667	0.11%	0	0
ANUPA	31,330	0.11%	0	0
ARCAPP	30,845	0.11%	0	0
UNI-MAD	30,651	0.10%	1	0	1
FFW	30,540	0.10%	0	0
SABOD	30,001	0.10%	0	0
SMART	28,617	0.10%	0	0
ADA	27,521	0.10%	0	0
1ST PRISA	27,229	0.09%	0	0
AKSI	26,805	0.09%	0	0
Abante KA	26,593	0.09%	0	0
BANGON TRANSPORT	25,547	0.09%	0	0
ABO	23,902	0.09%	0	0
AK	23,394	0.08%	0	0
ANG PADER	22,218	0.08%	0	0
ACTS	21,475	0.07%	0	0
AAPS	20,753	0.07%	0	0
AKI	19,580	0.07%	0	0
ALUM	19,577	0.07%	0	0
BIGKIS	19,027	0.06%	0	0
AS	18,164	0.06%	0	0
AMS	17,534	0.06%	0	0
ABAY PARAK	17,125	0.06%	0	0
AFPSEGCO	15,595	0.05%	0	0
BUKLOD FILIPINA	12,430	0.04%	0	0
1-NET	12,335	0.04%	0	0
Ang PDR	11,680	0.04%	0	0
Abot Tanaw	10,473	0.04%	0	0
ACMA	8,864	0.03%	0	0
AASCA	7,379	0.03%	0	0
ALLUMAD	6,612	0.02%	0	0
UFS	6,121	0.02%	0	0
BIDA (BINIGKIS)	4,963	0.02%	0	0
CPM	4,495	0.02%	0	0
AVPAP	4,324	0.01%	0	0
ANG SAMAKA	4,199	0.01%	0	0
PFP	3,883	0.01%	0	0
ANG NICP	1,217	0.00%	0	0
Total valid votes	29,311,294	76.83%	52	57	5
ABC	471,407	—
AKAP	94,209	—
ANG TSINOY	88,522	—
ABBA-AMA	34,852	—
APELA	26,133	—
UCAP	19,221	—
Damayan	19,069	—
ALNA	15,520	—
NCCP	12,386	—
Other invalid votes	8,056,758	21.12%
Total invalid votes	8,838,077	23.17%
Turnout	38,149,371	74.34%
Registered voters	51,317,073	100%

*there are more nominees listed in case one of the first three nominees are either disqualified or are removed from office. In some instances, the parties submitted two lists; in those the cases, the second list submitted is listed.

Local

Gubernatorial elections results.

See also: 2010 Philippine gubernatorial elections

• Batangas
• Bohol
• Bulacan
  • Marilao
  • Meycauayan
• Laguna
• Metro Manila
  • Caloocan
  • Makati
  • Manila
  • Marikina
  • Navotas
  • Quezon City
  • Taguig
  • Valenzuela
• Marinduque
• Mountain Province
• Tarlac
• Zamboanga City

International reaction

The United States and the European Union praised the republic for the smooth elections. The US embassy was one of the first to hail the general elections.

We look forward to a smooth transition and, after June 30, to working with the new Philippine government to deepen the friendship and partnership between our two nations, and to advance our common goals for the benefit of the Southeast Asia region and the world.[34]

Seeing the patience and the number of people turned in the elections, EU ambassador Alistair MacDonald shared his experience and reflection in observing the Filipinos.

I had the privilege of observing the electoral process in both Cavite and Batangas and was impressed by the manner in which this first nationwide automated election was conducted.[34]

Despite the intense heat, the long lines and the inevitable unfamiliarity of a new process, our observations suggested that this process was carried out smoothly, and the results transmitted rapidly, in the great majority of cases.[34]

MacDonald also expressed that the EU was impressed for the elections being "smooth” and “generally trouble-free.”

He also appreciated the teacher's hard work for the said elections.

See also

• 15th Congress of the Philippines

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External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections

Results

• Philippines 2010 Election Results – Main Site
• Philippines 2010 Election Results – Alternate Site
• PPCRV Map Viewer – PPCRV Encoded Site
• PPCRV Map Viewer – PPCRV Site
• NAMFREL – 2010 PARALLEL COUNT – NAMFREL Site
• HALALAN 2010: Latest Comelec official results – ABS-CBN Site
• ELEKSYON 2010: National Election Results Tally – GMA Site
• ELEKSYON 2010: Regional Election Results Tally – GMA Site
• Auto-Vote 2010: Presidential Election Results – Hatol ng Bayan Site
• Auto-Vote 2010: Vice-Presidential Election Results – Hatol ng Bayan Site
• Auto-Vote 2010: Senatorial Election Results – Hatol ng Bayan Site
• The Vote 2010 Election Results Tally – Bombo Radyo Site