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Bong Go retains lead in partial, unofficial 2025 Senatorial race tally; Akbayan still tops partylist count

Published May 13, 2025 04:08 pm

At A Glance

  • Senator Bong Go leads the 2025 senatorial race with over 26 million votes, followed by Bam Aquino and Bato Dela Rosa, while Erwin Tulfo, Kiko Pangilinan, and Rodante Marcoleta round out the top six; Imee Marcos currently holds the 12th spot.
  • Ben Tulfo, Bong Revilla, and Abby Binay are among notable candidates outside the top 12, based on the partial and unofficial tally from Comelec's transparency server as of May 13, 3:12 p.m.
  • In the partylist race, Akbayan leads with over 2.7 million votes, followed by Duterte Youth and Tingog; the results remain unofficial pending the completion of canvassing by the National Board of Canvassers.
Reelectionist Senator Christopher “Bong” Go maintains a commanding lead in the partial and unofficial tally of the 2025 senatorial elections, garnering 26,469,898 votes as of 3:12 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13, data from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) transparency server showed.
Former senator Bam Aquino still follows with 20,630,462 votes, while fellow reelectionist Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa remains in the third place with 20,255,839 votes.
Media personality and former social welfare secretary Erwin Tulfo is still holds the fourth place with 16,808,571 votes, ahead of former senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan (15,082,835) and Sagip Partylist Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (14,899,300).
Rounding out the top 12 are:
Former Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson – 14,851,925
Former Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III – 14,592,730
Senator Pia Cayetano – 14,301,581
Las Piñas Rep. Camille Villar – 13,353,178
Senator Lito Lapid – 13,112,846
Senator Imee Marcos – 13,031,187
Also in contention but currently outside the top 12 are broadcaster Ben Tulfo (11,882,858), Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla (11,784,326), and Makati Mayor Abby Binay (11,565,230).
Akbayan Leads Partylist Race
Meanwhile, in the partylist race, Akbayan still leads the field with 2,750,289 votes, based on partial and unofficial results as of 3:12 p.m. on Tuesday.
Trailing Akbayan are Duterte Youth with 2,300,083 votes and Tingog with 1,788,063. The 4Ps Partylist is in fourth place with 1,435,027 votes, followed by ACT-CIS (1,222,092), Ako Bicol (1,061,250), and Uswag Ilonggo (772,616).
Completing the top 12 partylists are:
Solid North Party – 753,765
Trabaho – 647,627
CIBAC – 587,621
PPP – 570,195
Senior Citizens Partylist – 569,702
Based on Comelec's website, a total of 92,494 (99.04 percent) of local Election Returns (ERs) have been received out of 93,387 ERs expected. Only 893 ERs are left to be received.
The poll body reminded the public that these figures are not yet official until canvassing by the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC) is completed.
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