Aquino, Roxas and Drilon lead OAV tally

The Department of Foreign Affairs-Overseas Absentee Voting Secretariat (DFA-OAVS) which supervised and oversaw the conduct of voting by Filipinos living and working abroad has submitted to the Commission on Elections the results of its counting and canvassing of votes.

The results are contained in the certificates of canvass and election returns which the DFA has turned over to the Comelec.

Only about 153,300 Filipinos cast their votes via OAV, said the DFA. This is a small fraction of the estimated 10 million overseas Filipinos.

Only Hong Kong and Singapore held automated elections. In most other countries, voting was through personal voting at precincts or through postal voting.

The DFA announced this tally today:

President

• Noynoy Aquino 68,281 votes
• Bro. Eddie Villanueva 17,702
• Manny Villar 14,974
• Gibo Teodoro 11,505 votes
• Joseph Estrada 6,653
• Dick Gordon 5,496
• JC delos Reyes 196
• Jamby Madrigal 196
• Nick Perlas 178
• Vetellano Acosta 128

Vice President

• Mar Roxas 67,395
• Loren Legarda 17,136
• Jojo Binay 16,395
• Jun Yasay 12,011
• Bayani Fernando 7,933
• Edu Manzano 2,462
• Jay Sonza 645
• Jun Chipeco 183

Senators

1. Frank Drilon 72,319
2. Miriam Defensor Santiago 70,404
3. Bong Revilla 59,606
4. Pia Cayetano 55,206
5. Ralph Recto 54,741
6. Jinggoy Estrada 53,477
7. Juan Ponce Enrile 52,317
8. Bongbong Marcos 48,038
9. TG Guingona 45,245
10. Tito Sotto 43,820
11. Serge Osmena 43,576
12. Sonia Roco 37,801

The figure represents about 4.9 percent of the 589,830 registered Filipino voters abroad.

In a statement released by the DFA, DFA Undersecretary and OAVS Chairperson Rafael E. Seguis said:

The first week of OAV went well and without major hitches.

We are encouraging registered overseas absentee voters to exercise their hard-earned right of suffrage, so they can be involved in deciding who will compose our next set of national leaders come July. We also urge them to vote now, in order to avoid last minute queues at the polling places.

Seguis also said that the OAVS Support Center at the DFA, under the guidance of OAVS Vice Chairperson Nestor Padalhin, is operating round-the-clock for the duration of the national elections.

OAV started April 10 and will end on May 10. Depending on the country, Filipino voters abroad may vote using the automated election system, via postal ballot and by personally casting their vote in any of the 93 Philippine embassies and consulates worldwide.