Voting in the country's first automated elections officially
closed at 7 p.m. Monday in 76,347 clustered precincts nationwide,
although the voting centers were allowed to accommodate voters
that were already inside the polling place by 7 a.m.
The tally of election results being conducted by GMA may
be viewed here while the tally by the Comelec may be viewed
here.
75 percent turnout
Comelec Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal said at a press
briefing early Tuesday the voter turnout remained at 75 percent
- or 30,431,735 out of 50,723,734 votes expected to be cast
during Monday's polls.
Comelec Commissioner Rene Sarmiento had predicted the turnout
to be at 85 percent, although poll body chairman Jose Melo
said that 50 percent will probably do.
Voting in the country's first automated elections officially
closed at 7 p.m. Monday in 76,347 clustered precincts nationwide,
although the voting centers were allowed to accommodate voters
that were already inside the polling place by 7 p.m.
After voting closes, the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS)
machines are expected to transmit the results to the city
and municipal board of canvassers, the Comelec central server,
and other accredited servers.
The rates of transmission of election returns per region
are as follows: The ARMM (42.55 percent), CAR (74.35 percent),
CARAGA (77.37 percent), NCR (92.38 percent), Region I (78.26
percent), Region II (85.16 percent), Region III (83.37 percent),
Region IVA (74.28 percent), Region IVB (75.94 percent), Region
V (74.29 percent), Region VI (76.74 percent), Region VII (69.4
percent), Region VIII (68.39 percent), Region IX (74.41 percent),
Region X (75.47 percent), Region XI (76.17 percent), and Region
XII (79.76 percent).
"Tiis lang nang konti (Bear with us) in a short while
this will all be done," Larrazabal said, adding that
the results from the automated overseas absentee voting has
already been transmitted 100 percent, he .
Proclamation
The National Board of Canvassers (NBOC) is expected to consolidate
the votes and declare the winners both for the senatorial
and the party-list races.
The NBOC is composed of the poll body commission, which is
made up of Melo and the six poll body commissioners. They
officially convened on Monday afternoon.
The NBOC will base its declaration on the certificates of
canvass (COC) to be sent by the Provincial Board of Convassers
(PBC). The PBC will in turn receive COCs from the city and
municipal board of canvassers.
But Melo said that they will still have to wait for the COCs
to be transmitted before the NBOC can resume session.
On the other hand, Congress, sitting as the National Board
of Canvassers, will serve as the canvassing board for the
position of president and vice president.
The poll body is expected to conduct another briefing later
in the day to update the tally and announce the results of
the random manual audit of precincts nationwide.
