Marcos, Duterte fortify lead over rivals


UniTeam presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos and running-mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte padded their respective leads over their closest rivals, based on partial and unofficial results that were provided by the transparency server of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to the Manila Bulletin dashboard.

Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (left) vice presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte. (Lakas-CMD Media)

As of 3:32 a.m., Tuesday, May 10, 2022, Marcos Jr. was leading with 29,795,854 votes with 93.53 percent of the election returns already transmitted. He was followed by Vice President Leni Robredo with 14,209,221; and Manny Pacquiao with 3,367,693.

They were followed by Manila Mayor Isko Moreno with 1,819,539; Sen. Ping Lacson with 855,645; Faisal Mangondato with 223,002 and Ernesto Abella with 106,878.

Bringing up the tail end of the tally were Ka Leody de Guzman with 87,714; Norberto Gonzales with 84,245; and Dr. Jose Montemayor with 57,167.

Aside from the 10 major political parties, others who have access to the Comelec transparency server data are the Kapisanan ng Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP), the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), dominant parties, as well as the media.

Meanwhile, Duterte was leading with 30,159,225; followed by Sen. Kiko Pangilinan with 8,883,898; Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III with 7,941,412 and Doc Willie Ong with 1,788,388.

They were followed by Lito Atienza with 252,533; Manny Lopez with 147,321; Walden Bello with 94,547; Carlos Serapio with 84,652; and Rizalito David with 52,312.