GLOBALink | Preliminary results show Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wins Philippine presidential election-Xinhua

GLOBALink | Preliminary results show Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wins Philippine presidential election

Source: Xinhua| 2022-05-10 10:27:04|Editor: huaxia

MANILA, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Ferdinand Marcos Jr., 64, won Monday's presidential election over his main rival, incumbent Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo, 57, according to the 83.1 percent of unofficial votes counted.

Marcos' running mate, Sara Duterte-Carpio, the 43-year-old daughter of outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte, also won the vice presidential race, garnering 26,701,951 votes from the 83.1 percent counted votes.

Filipinos voted to elect a new president, a new vice president, 12 of the 24-seat Senate, and over 300 members of the House of Representatives.

Poll body data showed that 65.7 million voters registered for the 2022 elections. Over 18,000 national and local positions are up for grabs.

 

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