HK, Singapore OFWs transmit votes successfully

11 May 2010 – The Department of Foreign Affairs-Overseas Absentee
Voting Secretariat (DFA-OAVS) said today that the election results
from the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong and the Philippine
Embassy in Singapore were successfully transmitted to the Commission
of Elections (COMELEC) server in Manila last night.

The automated mode of voting was implemented in the two areas.

The  Consulate General in Hong Kong said that 39,383 out of 95,355 OFWs cast their ballots in 96 clustered precincts.

Unofficial results showed that Senator Noynoy Aquino of the Liberal
Party (LP) led the candidates for President with 19,606 votes,
followed by Eddie Villanueva of Bangon Pilipinas with 8,327 votes and
Senator Manuel Villar of the Nacionalista Party (NP) with 5,622 votes.

Lakas-CMD bet Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (2,556) bet followed,
Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino’s Joseph Estrada (1,980), Bagumbayan-VNP’s
Richard Gordon (945), Kilusang Bagong Lipunan’s (KBL) Vetellano Acosta
(58), independent candidate Jamby Madrigal (30), Ang Kapatiran’s John
Carlos delos Reyes (26) and independent Nicanor Perlas (20) were next.

For Vice President, Senator Mar Roxas (LP) got 19,837 votes, followed
by Senator Loren Legarda of the Nationalist People’s Coalition with
6,885 and Bangon Pilipinas’ Perfecto Yasay with 6, 353 votes.

Garnering fourth place is PDP-Laban’s Jejomar Binay (4,083), followed
by Bagumbayan-VNP’s Bayani Fernando (998), Lakas-CMD’s Eduardo Manzano
(639), KBL’s Jose Sonza (103) and Ang Kapatiran’s Dominador Chipeco
(20).

For senators, the top 12 are: Bong Revilla (22,020); Ralph Recto
(20,495); Franklin Drilon (19,982); Jinggoy Estrada (19,946); Miriam
Defensor-Santiago (19,739); Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (18,555); Juan Ponce
Enrile (16,479); Vicente Sotto III (14,262); Pilar Juliana Cayetano
(13,817); Serge Osmena III (11,690); Jose de Venecia III (11,263),
and; Teofisto Guingona III (10,853).

The next 12 are: Liza Maza (10,460); Manuel Lapid (10,217); Satur
Ocampo (9,949), Ma. Katherine Inocencio (9,834); Imelda Papin (9,471);
Rey Langit (9,444), Gilbert Cesar Remulla (9,088); Sonia Roco (8,828);
Francisco Tatad (8,424); Ramoncito Ocampo (7,533); Alexander Tinsay
(7,188) and; Susan Ople (7,056).

In Singapore, 9,588 out of 31,851 OFWs cast their ballots in 32 clustered precincts.

Unofficial results there said that Aquino led the presidential race
with 4,949 votes, followed by Villar (1,314) and Gordon (1,105).

At fourth place is Teodoro (1,024), followed by Villanueva (711),
Estrada (345), Madrigal (19), Perlas (19), Acosta (17) and Delos Reyes
(12).

For Vice President, Roxas led all candidates with 5,017 votes,
followed by Legarda (1,617) and Bagumbayan-VNP’s Bayani Fernando
(1,060).

Following them are: Binay (1,056), Yasay (386), Manzano (247), Sonza
(71) and Chipeco (15).

For senators, the top 12 are: Recto (5,651); Defensor-Santiago
(5,534); Drilon (5,472); Cayetano (4,394); Revilla (4,373); Osmena
(4,085); Marcos (3,906); Enrile (3,899); Guingona (3,825); Sotto
(3,711); Estrada (3,120); Roco (2,679), and; De Venecia (2,679).

The next 12 are: Rozzano Rufino Biazon (2,582); Tatad (2,555); Lapid
(2,431); Remulla (2,381); Alexander Lacson (2,368); Risa Hontiveros
Baraquel (2,277); Ramon Mitra (1,825); Ople (1,704); Gwendolyn
Pimentel (1,603); Emilo Mario Osmena (1,542), Ocampo (1,383) and
Nereus Acosta (1,375).

Other Embassies and Consulates General are manually canvassing their
votes after polling ended at 7:00 p.m. (Philippine time) yesterday.

A total of 134,000 registered overseas voters participated in the
overseas absentee voting (OAV) as of yesterday morning.  This
surpasses the 2007 voter turnout of 81,732.

The DFA-OAVS, through its OAVS Monitoring and Action Center
(OAVS-MAC), is operating 24 hours a day to receive the results of
voting in all the Embassies and Consulates General around the world.
They are expected to receive all results on or before May 15.

DFA-OAVS Vice Chairperson Nestor Padalhin said that the results
transmitted at the OAVS-MAC are unofficial, as the official canvassing
is done at the COMELEC and the National Board of Canvassers at the
Philippine International Convention Center.

DFA-OAVS Chairperson and Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Rafael Seguis
also thanked the volunteers and other groups who took time out to help
the Embassies and Consulates General in the OAV exercise.

For the foreign service posts who adopted postal or personal voting, a
preliminary certificate of canvassing are being faxed to the DFA-OAVS
on the results of voting in their area of jurisdiction after the
counting of ballots.