By Ferdinand Patinio
MANILA – Exactly a week after the May 12 national and local elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday proclaimed all but two of 54 winning party-list groups.
A total of 59 allotted seats for party-list groups in the House of Representatives were distributed among the organizations that garnered the required number of votes.
Based on the final National Canvass Report released by the Comelec, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), the top three groups with the highest number of votes are Akbayan (2,779,621), Duterte Youth (2,338,564), and Tingog (1,822,708). They will be awarded three seats each.
However, the proclamation of Duterte Youth and BH-Bagong Henerasyon (319,603 for one seat) is suspended due to disqualification petitions arising from alleged “grave violations of elections laws.”
Three groups will get two seats each: 4Ps (1,469,571 votes), ACT-CIS (1,239,930) and Ako Bicol (1,073,119 votes).
The following will get one seat each: USWAG-Ilonggo (777,754), Solid North (765,322), Trabaho (709,283), CIBAC (593,911), Malasakit@bayanihan (580,100), Senior Citizen (577,753), PPP (575,762), ML (547,949), FPJ Panday Bayanihan (538,003), United Senior Citizens (533,913), 4K (521,592), LPGMA (517,833), COOP-NATCCO (509,913), Ako Bisaya (477,796), CWS (477,517), Pinoy Workers (475,985), AGAP (489,412), Asenso Pinoy (423,133), Agimat (420, 813) and TGP (407,922).
Likewise entitled to one seat each are Sagip (405,297), Alona (393,684), 1-Rider Partylist (385,700), Kamanggagawa (382,657), GP (Galing sa Puso) (381,880), Kamalayan (381,437), Bicol Saro (366, 177), Kasug Tausug (365,916), ACT-Teachers (353,631), One Coop (334,098), KM Ngayon Na (324,405), Abamin (320,349), TUCP (314,814), Kabataan (312,344), APEC (310,427), Magbubukid (310,289), 1Tahanan (309,761), Ako Ilocano Ako (301,406), Manila Teachers (301,291), Nanay (293,430), Kapuso PM (293,146), SSS-GSIS Pensyonado (290,359), Dumper PTDA (279,532), Abang Lingkod (274,735), Pusong Pinoy (266,623), Swerte (261,379) and PHILRECA (261, 045).
A total of 41,950,292 votes were cast in the party-list election, according to the Comelec.
The newly proclaimed party-list representatives will comprise 20 percent of the total composition of the House of Representatives. Each group will have a three-year term, from June 30, 2025 to June 30, 2028. (PNA)
