Sara Duterte leads VP race in partial, unofficial count
MANILA, Philippines (Updated, May 11 6:55 a.m.) — Just like her running mate, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio took a strong early lead in the vice presidential race partial and unofficial data of the 2022 elections showed late Monday.
As of 11:32 p.m. Tuesday, the daughter of incumbent President Rodrigo Duterte got 31,501,412 votes, followed by Sen. Kiko Pangilinan with 9,219,908 votes. The figures were based on 98.17% of votes transmitted.
Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto had 8,176,451 votes, physician Willie Ong had 1,846,164 votes, and Rep. Lito Atienza (Buhay Partylist) got 267,179 votes, according to the partial and unofficial count.
Duterte-Carpio’s running mate Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. is also the frontrunner in the presidential race with 29,795,854 votes.
The tandem ran on a vague campaign to “unify" the Philippines.
Around 67 million people registered to cast their ballots in an election seen to make or break the country’s fragile democracy.
The election day saw vote counting machine malfunctions and technical difficulties. — Gaea Katreena Cabico
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