Bayan Muna has emerged as the top choice among partylist groups participating in the May 10 elections, according to polling firm Pulse Asia.
The survey said that Bayan Muna leads eight other partylist groups with the minimum two-percent required by the Constitution to win a seat in the House of Representatives.
Pulse Asia said the Jan. 22-26 partylist poll had 1,800 respondents and a two-percent margin of error.
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The survey also showed that as many as seven out of every ten Filipino do not know the partylist system, which Pulse Asia said was the lowest result since it started its partylist polling in 2004.
Bayan Muna topped the 2001 and 2004 partylist races, and emerged a strong second place in the 2007 elections even after the Arroyo government ordered the arrest of its leading representative Satur Ocampo.
[The graphic/table shown above was grabbed from the Pulse Asia website.]