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Comelec to finish canvassing of votes for Senate race in 5 days

Published May 12, 2025 10:15 am

At A Glance

  • The Commission on Elections (Comelec) expects to finish the canvassing of votes and then start the proclamation of winners for the national race in as early as five days.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) expects to finish the canvassing of votes and then start the proclamation of winners for the national race in as early as five days.
Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said Monday, May 12, that the Comelec en banc will open its consolidation system at around 3 p.m. to start the partial counting of votes coming from across the country.
The national race in the mid-term polls covers senators and party-list representatives.
"Lahat ng klase ng board of canvassers—municipal board of canvassers, city board of canvassers, provincial board of canvassers at national board of canvassers, [magsasama-sama]. Kami, sa en banc, bubuksan namin ng alas tres ang ating pong canvassing, 'yun pong ating tinatawag na consolidation system, yung nagsususuma total ng lahat ng boto (All types of board of canvassers—the municipal, the city, the provincial and the national board of canvassers will convene. While we, the Comelec en bac, will open at 3 p.m. our canvassing, our consolidation system, which counts all votes)," Garcia said in an interview with the media in Indang, Cavite.
He said this year's canvassing duration is expected to be faster than that of the 2022 polls because of Comelec's more efficient system, particularly through the use of automated counting machines and the electronic transfer of election results.
"Sana nga ngayon abutin lang hanggang 5 days, malaking bagay na yan. Alam nyo kapag mabilis ang pagpapadala ng boto, at alam nila hindi kayang gawan ng paraan. Wala pong violence, walang snatching (We hope that the canvassing would only take five days, and it's going to be a big deal. The transmission of election results will be faster because we expect that there will be no violence, no snatching of election results)," he said.
Meanwhile, Garcia said the local board of canvassers may also start proclaiming winners for local races within two to three hours after the polls closed.
"Sabihin mo na ang pinakamatagal, 8:30 makapag-transmit ng results (Let's say the latest possible time that you can transmit results is at 8:30 p.m.)," he said.
"'Pag na-transmit ang results mula sa presinto... masusuma tutal lahat 'yan. Pag nagsuma-tutal, mag-piprint ng statement of votes, ng certificate of canvass of votes, ng proclamation, ngayong gabi, pwede silang makapag-proklama agad ng nanalong mayor, vice mayor (So, once the results are transmitted from the precinct, they're gonna be consolidated. The statement of votes, the certificate of canvass and the proclamation will then come out. So tonight, they're gonna be able to proclaim winners for the mayoralty, vice mayoralty posts)," he added.
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