# Congressional canvass for the 2010 Philippine presidential election

The following is the official canvassing of votes by the Congress of the Philippines for the 2010 Philippine presidential and vice presidential election. The canvassing, originally scheduled to start on May 31, started on May 25, 2010, and ended on June 9, 2010. The Congress is mandated to declare a winner 30 days after the elections (June 9).

## Process

After voters had finished voting, the counting machines will then count the votes received by each candidate in each position. For positions elected on a national basis (president, vice president, senators and party-list representatives), the counting machine will then print an election return for that precinct, and will transmit the results to the municipal/city board of canvassers, Congress, Commission on Elections, the citizen's arm authorized by the commission, political parties, and others.
The city or municipality will then tally the votes for all positions and will issue two documents at its conclusion: a statement of votes where the votes obtained by candidates in each precinct in a city/municipality is stated; and a certificate of canvass (COC), a document in electronic and printed form containing the total votes in figures obtained by each candidate in the city or municipality. The city or municipal COC will either be sent electronically to Congress (if the city is an Independent city with its own legislative district) or to the provincial board of canvassers in which the process is repeated; this time the provincial COC will be sent to Congress.
Congress, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, will canvass the votes to determine who among the candidates are elected president and vice president.
In theory, all of the votes from the election returns when added must be equal to the votes canvassed by Congress coming from the city/provincial COCs.

## Members of the canvassing committee

Instead of the whole Congress canvassing the votes, a committee comprised evenly between the Senate and the House of Representatives will canvass the votes at the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Quezon City, the home of the House of Representatives. The Senate President and the Speaker will co-chair the proceedings; previously, the majority leaders of both houses played this role. House Speaker Prospero Nograles announced the composition of the House delegation on May 21, as Senate Majority Floor Leader Migz Zubiri announced theirs on May 24.
| Senate | Position | House of Representatives |
| Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile (PMP) | Co-chairpersons | House Speaker Prospero Nograles (Davao City, Lakas Kampi CMD) |
| Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri (Lakas Kampi CMD) Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III (PDP-Laban) Rodolfo Biazon (Liberal) Alan Peter Cayetano (Nacionalista) Gregorio Honasan (Independent) Edgardo Angara (LDP) Bong Revilla (Lakas Kampi CMD) Joker Arroyo (Lakas Kampi CMD) | Members | House Majority Leader Arthur Defensor (Iloilo, Lakas Kampi CMD) House Minority Leader Ronaldo Zamora (San Juan, Nacionalista) House Senior Deputy Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II (Mandaluyong, Liberal) House Senior Deputy Minority Leader Roilo Golez (Parañaque, Liberal) Crispin Remulla (Cavite, Nacionalista) Didagen Dilangalen (Maguindanao, Independent) Matias Defensor (Quezon City, Lakas Kampi CMD) Michael John Duavit (Rizal, NPC) |
| Francis Pangilinan (Liberal) Lito Lapid (Lakas Kampi CMD) Pia Cayetano (Nacionalista) Senate President pro tempore Jinggoy Estrada (PMP; see note below) | Alternates | Teodoro Locsin, Jr. (Makati, PDP-Laban) Rufus Rodriguez (Cagayan de Oro, PMP) Lorenzo Tañada III (Quezon, Liberal) Liwayway Vinzons-Chato (Camarines Norte; Liberal) Simeon Datumanong (Maguindanao, Lakas Kampi CMD) Giorgidi Aggabao (Isabela, NPC) Pedro Romualdo (Camiguin, Lakas Kampi CMD) Joseph Emilio Abaya (Cavite, Liberal) Eduardo Zialcita (Parañaque, Nacionalista) |
Members of Congress who ran for president (Noynoy Aquino, Richard Gordon, Jamby Madrigal, and Manny Villar) and vice president (Loren Legarda and Mar Roxas) are banned from attending the proceedings. Senators Miriam Defensor Santiago and Francis Escudero recused themselves for actively supporting candidates for president and vice president (Defensor Santiago herself was a guest senatorial candidate of four parties), while Estrada, who also recused himself, will only sit to provide quorum.
Each political party is entitled to two lawyers who may file motions before Congress.

## Proceedings

| Date | Scheduled start | Actual start | Ended | COCs canvassed |
| May 25 | 2:00 p.m. | 2:52 p.m. | 5:09 p.m. | 0 |
| May 26 | 2:00 p.m. | 2:44 p.m. | 8:45 p.m. | 0 |
| May 27 | 1:00 p.m. | 1:55 p.m. | 8:45 p.m. | 5 |
| May 28 | 1:00 p.m. | | 8:50 p.m. | 126 |
| May 31 | 1:00 p.m. | 4:00 p.m. | 10:10 p.m. | 9 |
| June 1 | 1:00 p.m. | | 8:31 p.m. | 63 |
| June 2 | 1:00 p.m. | 1:40 p.m. | | 18 |
| June 3 | 1:00 p.m. | | 8:58 p.m. | 25 |
| June 7 | 1:00 p.m. | | 9:13 p.m. | 4 |
| June 8 | 1:00 p.m. | | 2:48 p.m. | 1 |
| June 9 | 2:00 p.m. | | | N/A |

### May 25–28

On May 25, while the Senate approved the rules governing the proceedings quickly, House members took an hour to approve the rules. Joel Villanueva of CIBAC party-list predicted that once the certificates of canvass from the incumbent Congressman was defeated will be checked, "expect these defeated lawmakers to raise hell." Speaker Nograles, himself beaten in the Davao City mayoralty election (he is term-limited to run for congressman this election), assured that the new president and vice president will be proclaimed simultaneously. Congress adjourned after approval of the rules and will reconvene on the afternoon of May 26.
On May 26, all Commission on Elections commissioners, Smartmatic executives and information technology experts where present before the joint canvassing committee. The Congressmen asked the commissioners on the matter of "two" separate certificates of canvass (COC) for the positions of president and vice president. Dilangalen remarked that in the 2004 election, there was only one COC for both positions; Commissioner Larrazabal replied that each COC, although printed in several pages, is one document, with Chairman Jose Melo adding that there is a separate COC per position per province. Arthur Defensor asked if this meant Congress should canvass the COCs separately, with Nograles replying that will be up for the canvassing committee to decide that. Other issues tackled the lack of digital signatures in the election returns, and the erroneous number of registered voters in the Smartmatic database ("256, 733, 195") when Enrile opened the server. Smartmatic president for Asia-Pacific Cesar Flores replied to Enrile that the erroneous figure was an error in the application "that was adding the number of registered voters from the PCOS [machines] from the precinct level and it was adding the number of registered voters from the municipal level…and from the province…Therefore, multiplying the number of registered voters", and that only voter turnout and not the results for all positions will be affected.
After starting 55 minutes late, representative Didagen Dilangalen questioned the authenticity of the automated elections and opposed moves to open the ballot boxes containing machine-generated COCs. Enrile sought a compromise by proposing the creation of a technical working group that will hold a separate inquiry in the legitimacy of the automated election results. Dilangalen left the plenary after Zubiri made the motion to open the COCs from overseas absentee voting (OAV). After and six hours of joint session, canvassing for manually counted COCs were begun with OAVs from Laos being the first COC canvassed. Aquino and Roxas led after the first day that the COCs were canvassed. COCs from Guam, Brunei, Papua New Guinea and Thailand were the other COCs canvassed before Congress adjourned for the day.
By the end of the week, the joint committee was avail to canvass 131 COCs, except for two: one COC from the Bahamas had irregularities and was deferred, while the COC from Iran was found to be empty. As well, 26 countries and territories recorded zero votes for all positions namely: Guyana, Barbados, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Antigua and Barbuda, Cayman Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Turks and Caicos Islands, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Nepal, Dominican Republic, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Tanzania, and Iran (as stated before). This led to Senator Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. to question the COMELEC on the reason for the dismal result of overseas Filipinos failing to vote.

### May 31–June 4

The main crux of contention during the canvassing for the COCs transmitted electronically was the issue of null votes, i.e. overvotes, undervotes, abstentions, and votes were not tallied in CoCs because of incomplete transmission. The Aquino-Roxas Bantay Balota (ARBB, "Aquino-Roxas ballot watch") said that 3 million votes were considered null votes, and 10-15% of votes from Roxas' strongholds in Western Visayas and Central Visayas were wasted. In addition, according to them, if to 50-60% of the votes were for Roxas, he would've lost 250,000-300,000 votes. ARBB did not question null votes for the presidential election, where Aquino is leading. The commission, however, said that the nullified votes are the equivalent of "stray votes" before automation, and that rules on stray or null votes would apply even if votes were manually counted in an electoral protest, chairman Jose Melo said.
Other frequent objections by lawyers representing the candidates were the lowering of thresholds of votes canvassed locally, which were then transmitted to the commission's servers, and mismatching figures in the electronic and manual COCs.
At the end of the week, only five COCs are left to be canvassed. COCs from Davao City, Bacolod, Mountain Province, Eastern Samar and Lanao del Sur, in which some municipalities held rescheduled elections on June 4. Session will resume on June 7.

### June 7–9

With only five COCs left on June 7 waiting to be canvassed, the Roxas camp was insisting on having a manual audit on all null votes. Congress, saying that it not within their rules to count the null votes, disallowed the motions and proceeded to canvass the four COCs in their possession – the COC from Lanao del Sur had not been delivered. This after 28 clustered precincts in the province failed to hold elections on June 3, the date of their rescheduled elections. As a result, with all but COC canvassed, Aquino and Binay had unassailable leads.
On June 8, the Lanao del Sur COC was canvassed. In some precincts, Roxas had one or zero votes, and that there was 96% voter turnout in the province, revelations from Roxas' lawyer that representative Roilo Golez found to be "incredible . . . statistically improbable." The COC was still canvassed and Aquino and Binay will be proclaimed as president-elect and vice president-elect respectively, on June 9.
On June 9, in a joint public session, Congress proclaimed Aquino as the president-elect, and Binay as the vice president-elect amidst a chorus of cheers from the gallery After the joint session was opened, Senate President pro tempore Jinggoy Estrada read his father's concession speech. The majority leaders of both Houses, Migz Zubiri and Arthur Defensor, Sr. both delivered their endorsement speeches supporting adopting the results of the canvass. Senate minority Aquilino Pimentel endorsed the resolution, and branded the acronym "PCOS" as "President Cory's Only Son", referring to Senator Aquino. The House deputy leaders Neptali Gonzales II and Roilo Golez also delivered speeches endorsing the resolution. Zuburi motioned that the resolution be passed, and was passed with no objection; Defensor also did the same for the House and was adopted without objections. The Senate President and House Speaker motioned to the majority leaders of both houses to accompany the president-elect and vice-president-elect to the session hall. With the resumption the session, Binay was first ushered on to the rostrum where Enrile and Nograles raised his hands; Aquino was then led to the rostrum where Nograles and Enrile, the man who had jailed his father Ninoy Aquino, raised his hand in victory.
The joint session for the canvassing and proclamation ended in a record time of eight days. Aquino then held his first press conference as president-elect.

## Presidential election

Based on the official canvass of the Congress of the Philippines
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Benigno Aquino III | Liberal Party | 15,208,678 | 42.08 |
| | Joseph Estrada | Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino | 9,487,837 | 26.25 |
| | Manny Villar | Nacionalista Party | 5,573,835 | 15.42 |
| | Gilbert Teodoro | Lakas Kampi CMD | 4,095,839 | 11.33 |
| | Eddie Villanueva | Bangon Pilipinas | 1,125,878 | 3.12 |
| | Dick Gordon | Bagumbayan–VNP | 501,727 | 1.39 |
| | Nicanor Perlas | Independent | 54,575 | 0.15 |
| | Jamby Madrigal | Independent | 46,489 | 0.13 |
| | John Carlos de los Reyes | Ang Kapatiran | 44,244 | 0.12 |
| Total | Total | Total | 36,139,102 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 36,139,102 | 94.73 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 2,010,269 | 5.27 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 38,149,371 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 51,317,073 | 74.34 |
| Source: COMELEC |||||
* ↑ Includes 181,985 votes for Vetellano Acosta (Kilusang Bagong Lipunan) who was disqualified after the ballots were printed.
| Province/City | Aquino | Estrada | Villar | Teodoro | Villanueva | Gordon | Perlas | Madrigal | de los Reyes | Acosta* |
| Abra | 15,713 | 33,151 | 30,941 | 27,623 | 2,421 | 530 | 278 | 177 | 111 | 603 |
| Agusan del Norte | 118,547 | 42,338 | 30,992 | 64,041 | 12,278 | 1,773 | 392 | 286 | 258 | 2,245 |
| Agusan del Sur | 74,265 | 60,651 | 25,781 | 62,705 | 13,403 | 758 | 495 | 214 | 220 | 1,371 |
| Aklan | 105,451 | 46,174 | 40,673 | 31,402 | 6,201 | 2,241 | 380 | 267 | 267 | 1,242 |
| Albay | 340,571 | 65,626 | 76,839 | 47,177 | 9,760 | 4,123 | 731 | 1,301 | 888 | 4,351 |
| Antique | 93,400 | 40,496 | 52,820 | 16,871 | 6,048 | 1,382 | 574 | 348 | 360 | 1,371 |
| Apayao | 5,176 | 18,566 | 13,167 | 5,222 | 1,815 | 183 | 77 | 69 | 33 | 178 |
| Aurora | 23,060 | 35,956 | 11,690 | 6,251 | 5,089 | 644 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 389 |
| Basilan | 45,892 | 39,027 | 36,395 | 11,688 | 1,353 | 961 | 118 | 183 | 109 | 666 |
| Bataan | 130,322 | 105,072 | 77,066 | 23,255 | 12,271 | 6,256 | 385 | 453 | 292 | 919 |
| Batanes | 4,094 | 310 | 1,659 | 1,731 | 134 | 55 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 35 |
| Batangas | 629,977 | 187,900 | 92,835 | 84,241 | 35,029 | 10,653 | 740 | 1,140 | 1,062 | 3,580 |
| Benguet • Baguio | 56,404 42,603 | 23,173 12,808 | 21,727 13,381 | 34,273 27,326 | 10,893 5,686 | 2,312 4,019 | 288 301 | 342 267 | 212 140 | 556 273 |
| Biliran | 21,270 | 10,700 | 25,281 | 11,866 | 2,315 | 357 | 142 | 101 | 131 | 600 |
| Bohol | 303,200 | 53,634 | 106,545 | 79,319 | 14,424 | 3,264 | 1,368 | 948 | 947 | 5,341 |
| Bukidnon | 157,417 | 200,449 | 95,039 | 29,304 | 13,662 | 1,870 | 1,259 | 563 | 1,107 | 7,958 |
| Bulacan | 521,549 | 344,413 | 95,129 | 74,168 | 67,184 | 28,348 | 1,260 | 1,542 | 1,169 | 3,012 |
| Cagayan | 127,198 | 143,911 | 99,962 | 54,659 | 12,502 | 2,650 | 698 | 615 | 466 | 2,439 |
| Camarines Norte | 94,705 | 63,048 | 21,705 | 12,554 | 6,173 | 1,691 | 239 | 333 | 235 | 1,232 |
| Camarines Sur | 315,681 | 122,885 | 148,509 | 69,722 | 13,958 | 4,779 | 811 | 1,222 | 825 | 4,113 |
| Camiguin | 9,749 | 3,334 | 2,185 | 28,784 | 447 | 75 | 72 | 23 | 18 | 194 |
| Capiz | 190,061 | 25,460 | 48,238 | 53,758 | 5,020 | 1,029 | 410 | 303 | 509 | 2,864 |
| Catanduanes | 35,434 | 70,591 | 8,580 | 4,959 | 2,921 | 759 | 233 | 125 | 153 | 539 |
| Cavite | 492,328 | 310,422 | 116,604 | 91,052 | 52,047 | 24,633 | 1,469 | 1,645 | 1,080 | 2,650 |
| Cebu • Cebu City | 759,938 226,342 | 67,578 21,188 | 200,287 48,098 | 344,783 67,005 | 17,438 4,662 | 7,591 3,807 | 2,529 730 | 1,494 377 | 2,324 835 | 7,888 1,353 |
| Compostela Valley | 65,852 | 129,403 | 28,123 | 18,354 | 9,436 | 608 | 348 | 204 | 229 | 1,491 |
| Cotabato | 91,322 | 269,267 | 43,616 | 22,046 | 10,993 | 1,202 | 517 | 295 | 190 | 1,570 |
| Davao del Norte | 112,801 | 173,494 | 17,118 | 34,052 | 8,303 | 1,031 | 397 | 243 | 301 | 1,464 |
| Davao del Sur • Davao City | 73,664 204,713 | 169,981 253,623 | 45,411 28,407 | 47,904 53,407 | 5,890 14,852 | 1,254 4,111 | 530 677 | 289 524 | 314 610 | 1,629 3,822 |
| Davao Oriental | 44,233 | 88,807 | 41,048 | 18,482 | 6,090 | 535 | 310 | 157 | 169 | 1,043 |
| Dinagat Islands | 9,249 | 3,191 | 7,024 | 22,550 | 1,201 | 222 | 79 | 50 | 46 | 282 |
| Eastern Samar | 76,028 | 59,261 | 35,620 | 13,696 | 7,134 | 1,315 | 483 | 368 | 307 | 1,208 |
| Guimaras | 21,004 | 4,581 | 21,065 | 24,256 | 1,349 | 290 | 112 | 83 | 61 | 233 |
| Ifugao | 28,435 | 16,024 | 14,024 | 6,353 | 9,828 | 611 | 122 | 171 | 118 | 381 |
| Ilocos Norte | 32,831 | 91,565 | 111,814 | 38,678 | 8,980 | 1,786 | 265 | 343 | 162 | 698 |
| Ilocos Sur | 56,917 | 39,655 | 147,664 | 56,105 | 9,533 | 2,176 | 309 | 481 | 230 | 708 |
| Iloilo • Iloilo City | 374,038 96,043 | 45,836 16,652 | 268,567 41,248 | 54,100 27,464 | 13,876 4,245 | 3,461 1,882 | 2,989 419 | 964 191 | 912 224 | 4,410 539 |
| Isabela | 175,254 | 262,856 | 100,332 | 41,540 | 17,008 | 4,244 | 706 | 662 | 612 | 3,905 |
| Kalinga | 19,608 | 31,524 | 18,875 | 13,848 | 4,680 | 814 | 140 | 177 | 186 | 609 |
| La Union | 86,839 | 126,602 | 87,279 | 31,845 | 11,003 | 3,347 | 401 | 628 | 300 | 958 |
| Laguna | 442,620 | 354,363 | 87,869 | 70,957 | 46,334 | 23,823 | 1,313 | 1,561 | 1,139 | 2,680 |
| Lanao del Norte | 96,413 | 125,479 | 23,058 | 95,344 | 6,232 | 1,531 | 486 | 235 | 276 | 1,455 |
| Lanao del Sur | 136,625 | 16,808 | 89,088 | 30,315 | 2,982 | 3,313 | 319 | 448 | 213 | 1,146 |
| Leyte | 291,106 | 192,740 | 139,439 | 77,390 | 15,535 | 6,354 | 1,491 | 1,282 | 1,245 | 5,357 |
| Maguindanao | 163,377 | 52,020 | 125,400 | 47,082 | 4,686 | 1,832 | 297 | 444 | 183 | 1,441 |
| Marinduque | 45,839 | 35,967 | 8,430 | 5,642 | 2,601 | 837 | 177 | 113 | 142 | 596 |
| Masbate | 130,800 | 62,056 | 49,726 | 34,570 | 10,404 | 1,723 | 924 | 498 | 908 | 3,173 |
| Metro Manila • Caloocan • Las Piñas • Makati • Malabon • Mandaluyong • Manila • Marikina • Muntinlupa • Navotas • Parañaque • Pasay • Pasig • Quezon City • San Juan • Taguig–Pateros • Valenzuela | 195,571 67,404 125,333 57,510 61,239 298,217 75,905 89,125 24,413 99,988 78,445 128,189 364,048 22,225 104,373 90,203 | 131,936 26,655 70,065 48,301 36,964 214,517 33,953 48,446 49,374 45,230 58,187 63,674 206,435 21,341 61,735 53,959 | 30,989 83,620 22,957 9,392 9,304 52,560 9,170 20,480 4,779 16,762 14,457 22,737 42,475 2,511 20,688 18,241 | 36,853 18,677 40,313 11,772 17,702 72,521 15,842 17,664 5,204 25,133 18,381 25,011 87,292 7,289 18,187 18,300 | 17,174 6,354 8,774 4,642 3,996 20,022 6,283 6,617 3,113 5,723 5,772 8,766 24,728 1,736 7,971 7,561 | 12,087 6,632 10,073 4,366 4,869 22,403 15,579 5,055 1,839 7,259 4,569 8,746 31,556 2,249 4,430 6,358 | 591 283 494 209 237 1,090 249 194 92 302 253 351 1,545 106 252 232 | 697 232 382 268 147 1,029 250 274 125 232 226 355 1,048 84 318 298 | 465 260 415 171 165 812 224 237 80 290 182 319 1,170 85 216 194 | 1,061 327 607 302 323 1,599 393 510 153 556 465 609 1,746 103 717 464 |
| Misamis Occidental | 99,264 | 40,811 | 56,045 | 41,669 | 5,735 | 855 | 394 | 192 | 331 | 1,990 |
| Misamis Oriental • Cagayan de Oro | 119,471 69,554 | 157,627 93,767 | 41,617 13,274 | 32,938 19,828 | 8,395 6,657 | 1,603 1,937 | 546 284 | 414 165 | 564 214 | 3,866 1,399 |
| Mountain Province | 20,415 | 15,117 | 13,258 | 11,570 | 7,705 | 798 | 166 | 215 | 105 | 312 |
| Negros Occidental • Bacolod | 515,480 129,094 | 90,634 17,205 | 165,266 23,200 | 105,573 21,249 | 19,913 4,766 | 4,334 2,358 | 1,131 196 | 1,317 239 | 1,568 315 | 8,474 750 |
| Negros Oriental | 264,388 | 30,311 | 90,370 | 73,081 | 15,635 | 2,828 | 1,479 | 691 | 1,011 | 6,520 |
| Northern Samar | 103,015 | 65,141 | 28,782 | 32,263 | 6,556 | 832 | 531 | 257 | 376 | 2,523 |
| Nueva Ecija | 295,015 | 426,542 | 81,714 | 41,389 | 22,283 | 10,195 | 721 | 698 | 554 | 2,464 |
| Nueva Vizcaya | 49,964 | 52,005 | 46,494 | 10,944 | 8,442 | 1,288 | 189 | 179 | 167 | 586 |
| Occidental Mindoro | 50,468 | 83,222 | 13,700 | 10,791 | 4,483 | 998 | 197 | 148 | 175 | 696 |
| Oriental Mindoro | 148,884 | 95,866 | 28,998 | 15,109 | 16,563 | 1,893 | 324 | 254 | 276 | 1,448 |
| Palawan | 117,749 | 129,488 | 65,368 | 11,795 | 21,953 | 2,036 | 760 | 654 | 794 | 3,150 |
| Pampanga | 327,666 | 43,298 | 194,999 | 280,462 | 30,947 | 15,550 | 695 | 854 | 724 | 2,595 |
| Pangasinan | 537,533 | 223,441 | 318,533 | 105,157 | 42,095 | 13,995 | 1,020 | 2,222 | 1,278 | 5,477 |
| Quezon | 356,228 | 286,208 | 57,383 | 45,050 | 18,779 | 6,529 | 1,073 | 833 | 867 | 3,354 |
| Quirino | 19,341 | 27,162 | 17,028 | 5,281 | 4,915 | 630 | 121 | 92 | 63 | 282 |
| Rizal | 353,531 | 303,829 | 60,939 | 65,652 | 31,001 | 25,847 | 1,178 | 1,181 | 1,016 | 2,027 |
| Romblon | 44,369 | 27,256 | 36,571 | 6,537 | 6,820 | 587 | 169 | 116 | 130 | 411 |
| Samar | 122,195 | 85,985 | 71,015 | 16,768 | 9,005 | 1,058 | 642 | 453 | 408 | 2,137 |
| Sarangani | 25,882 | 91,327 | 26,588 | 22,161 | 5,106 | 405 | 322 | 155 | 100 | 728 |
| Siquijor | 21,521 | 4,390 | 3,899 | 17,618 | 839 | 213 | 110 | 45 | 67 | 243 |
| Sorsogon | 132,575 | 103,261 | 41,670 | 19,189 | 7,199 | 2,442 | 443 | 703 | 514 | 2,309 |
| South Cotabato | 126,682 | 284,494 | 24,432 | 18,713 | 11,360 | 1,937 | 586 | 304 | 279 | 1,728 |
| Southern Leyte | 80,373 | 13,862 | 27,486 | 60,456 | 5,038 | 1,006 | 316 | 234 | 232 | 892 |
| Sultan Kudarat | 62,760 | 146,042 | 18,424 | 5,058 | 3,984 | 439 | 264 | 139 | 149 | 661 |
| Sulu | 69,378 | 10,984 | 63,463 | 30,892 | 1,928 | 667 | 228 | 129 | 157 | 977 |
| Surigao del Norte | 74,813 | 31,509 | 62,579 | 33,259 | 10,736 | 842 | 364 | 319 | 273 | 1,268 |
| Surigao del Sur | 94,791 | 56,313 | 42,205 | 36,028 | 12,108 | 1,106 | 676 | 336 | 383 | 1,447 |
| Tarlac | 387,624 | 30,191 | 28,632 | 65,139 | 12,063 | 2,505 | 226 | 273 | 578 | 2,401 |
| Tawi-Tawi | 46,042 | 7,568 | 27,285 | 13,900 | 1,485 | 370 | 164 | 165 | 129 | 792 |
| Zambales | 127,722 | 84,451 | 26,545 | 14,381 | 9,137 | 49,462 | 228 | 385 | 623 | 934 |
| Zamboanga del Norte | 157,320 | 74,731 | 92,832 | 54,445 | 6,395 | 1,255 | 1,026 | 450 | 481 | 2,683 |
| Zamboanga del Sur • Zamboanga City | 158,866 75,243 | 111,535 97,443 | 42,406 24,375 | 22,451 6,522 | 8,392 3,581 | 889 1,381 | 515 297 | 322 151 | 396 174 | 3,425 666 |
| Zamboanga Sibugay | 39,019 | 87,126 | 74,608 | 14,507 | 6,617 | 440 | 413 | 155 | 338 | 1,526 |
| Absentee voters | 86,297 | 16,307 | 18,357 | 20,154 | 19,721 | 7,102 | 229 | 256 | 241 | 149 |
| Total | 15,208,678 | 9,487,837 | 5,573,835 | 4,095,839 | 1,125,878 | 501,727 | 54,575 | 46,489 | 44,244 | 181,985 |
| Province/City | | | | | | | | | | |
| Province/City | Aquino | Estrada | Villar | Teodoro | Villanueva | Gordon | Perlas | Madrigal | de los Reyes | Acosta* |
*disqualified from running but is included in the ballot; all votes cast for him are spoiled.

## Vice presidential election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Jejomar Binay | PDP–Laban | 14,645,574 | 41.65 |
| | Mar Roxas | Liberal Party | 13,918,490 | 39.58 |
| | Loren Legarda | Nationalist People's Coalition | 4,294,664 | 12.21 |
| | Bayani Fernando | Bagumbayan–VNP | 1,017,631 | 2.89 |
| | Edu Manzano | Lakas Kampi CMD | 807,728 | 2.30 |
| | Perfecto Yasay Jr. | Bangon Pilipinas | 364,652 | 1.04 |
| | Jay Sonza | Kilusang Bagong Lipunan | 64,230 | 0.18 |
| | Dominador Chipeco Jr. | Ang Kapatiran | 52,562 | 0.15 |
| Total | Total | Total | 35,165,531 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 35,165,531 | 92.18 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 2,983,840 | 7.82 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 38,149,371 | – |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 51,317,073 | 74.34 |
| Source: COMELEC |||||
* ↑ Running mate of Joseph Estrada (Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino)
* ↑ Running mate of Manny Villar (Nacionalista Party)
* ↑ Running mate of Vetellano Acosta (Kilusang Bagong Lipunan) who was disqualified
| Province/City | Binay | Roxas | Legarda | Fernando | Manzano | Yasay | Sonza | Chipeco |
| Abra | 52,823 | 18,756 | 26,512 | 1,996 | 4,090 | 538 | 124 | 157 |
| Agusan del Norte | 84,539 | 122,638 | 24,294 | 4,414 | 21,204 | 4,381 | 409 | 508 |
| Agusan del Sur | 80,633 | 90,827 | 22,199 | 3,494 | 27,317 | 4,224 | 346 | 463 |
| Aklan | 52,466 | 133,545 | 22,061 | 13,103 | 1,780 | 2,149 | 347 | 285 |
| Albay | 222,543 | 244,286 | 41,062 | 12,697 | 8,510 | 3,384 | 982 | 1,176 |
| Antique | 46,213 | 87,893 | 57,893 | 4,241 | 3,600 | 2,165 | 418 | 469 |
| Apayao | 18,665 | 6,181 | 15,918 | 979 | 606 | 231 | 63 | 67 |
| Aurora | 35,247 | 20,924 | 20,917 | 2,338 | 761 | 1,128 | 109 | 85 |
| Basilan | 63,642 | 29,909 | 28,316 | 1,820 | 3,605 | 220 | 100 | 246 |
| Bataan | 170,477 | 109,705 | 51,044 | 9,582 | 3,576 | 3,844 | 642 | 296 |
| Batanes | 1,094 | 4,497 | 1,269 | 143 | 595 | 52 | 21 | 11 |
| Batangas | 558,748 | 383,170 | 56,780 | 14,481 | 9,033 | 8,367 | 1,003 | 772 |
| Benguet • Baguio | 34,207 39,431 | 68,149 47,679 | 31,755 8,773 | 5,476 6,216 | 3,077 1,345 | 3,191 2,418 | 272 260 | 167 73 |
| Biliran | 33,907 | 18,174 | 8,864 | 1,028 | 3,570 | 804 | 136 | 118 |
| Bohol | 185,504 | 261,592 | 63,507 | 8,124 | 16,089 | 5,298 | 901 | 1,277 |
| Bukidnon | 170,290 | 198,318 | 84,462 | 8,479 | 9,968 | 5,203 | 1,528 | 1,237 |
| Bulacan | 559,241 | 408,011 | 81,939 | 44,471 | 8,258 | 16,544 | 2,082 | 789 |
| Cagayan | 222,701 | 115,931 | 76,514 | 8,277 | 5,221 | 2,016 | 535 | 679 |
| Camarines Norte | 86,670 | 77,273 | 25,182 | 4,498 | 2,516 | 2,223 | 229 | 302 |
| Camarines Sur | 232,976 | 271,672 | 109,373 | 13,677 | 20,492 | 5,028 | 1,083 | 1,327 |
| Camiguin | 5,147 | 9,674 | 2,150 | 222 | 25,993 | 204 | 22 | 41 |
| Capiz | 88,313 | 204,839 | 14,537 | 2,630 | 10,151 | 1,423 | 261 | 446 |
| Catanduanes | 65,176 | 32,318 | 13,725 | 3,400 | 1,456 | 1,044 | 297 | 207 |
| Cavite | 579,728 | 385,695 | 61,832 | 30,595 | 7,233 | 16,945 | 1,865 | 766 |
| Cebu • Cebu City | 323,171 91,246 | 814,397 240,311 | 123,200 21,994 | 19,198 8,144 | 55,189 5,349 | 8,400 3,151 | 2,430 552 | 2,389 514 |
| Compostela Valley | 118,525 | 83,792 | 27,960 | 4,636 | 4,763 | 2,934 | 339 | 406 |
| Cotabato | 223,041 | 122,963 | 55,816 | 6,904 | 16,385 | 3,346 | 423 | 548 |
| Davao del Norte | 185,082 | 124,890 | 20,546 | 4,153 | 3,913 | 3,212 | 372 | 395 |
| Davao del Sur • Davao City | 180,599 278,491 | 78,661 232,465 | 47,934 25,112 | 5,655 10,058 | 14,602 5,133 | 2,133 7,135 | 741 1,014 | 630 672 |
| Davao Oriental | 83,261 | 56,397 | 34,585 | 4,389 | 7,357 | 2,432 | 344 | 342 |
| Dinagat Islands | 5,982 | 10,320 | 5,507 | 1,746 | 17,515 | 399 | 54 | 59 |
| Eastern Samar | 73,711 | 60,029 | 35,593 | 5,061 | 4,592 | 2,282 | 421 | 428 |
| Guimaras | 8,274 | 48,300 | 7,735 | 716 | 3,130 | 552 | 82 | 93 |
| Ifugao | 20,843 | 29,312 | 16,807 | 1,920 | 1,262 | 2,693 | 117 | 137 |
| Ilocos Norte | 120,853 | 49,665 | 96,070 | 6,035 | 2,484 | 1,592 | 283 | 222 |
| Ilocos Sur | 95,318 | 96,750 | 94,141 | 6,834 | 4,313 | 1,892 | 435 | 226 |
| Iloilo • Iloilo City | 111,219 38,128 | 503,959 123,108 | 99,416 11,354 | 9,008 5,717 | 11,888 5,098 | 5,075 2,286 | 2,378 226 | 1,219 114 |
| Isabela | 362,925 | 143,561 | 68,660 | 8,792 | 3,903 | 3,162 | 607 | 1,032 |
| Kalinga | 44,402 | 20,800 | 15,556 | 2,434 | 1,701 | 1,130 | 122 | 157 |
| La Union | 155,160 | 94,885 | 79,821 | 6,720 | 3,327 | 2,526 | 374 | 293 |
| Laguna | 560,978 | 328,130 | 73,694 | 31,184 | 7,051 | 14,749 | 1,752 | 3,775 |
| Lanao del Norte | 134,004 | 96,923 | 93,266 | 5,652 | 4,087 | 2,780 | 328 | 308 |
| Lanao del Sur | 144,203 | 29,074 | 82,512 | 2,785 | 3,990 | 740 | 316 | 287 |
| Leyte | 316,433 | 251,792 | 64,935 | 12,285 | 19,951 | 5,856 | 981 | 1,709 |
| Maguindanao | 181,286 | 45,463 | 137,752 | 3,447 | 11,081 | 1,274 | 373 | 424 |
| Marinduque | 37,133 | 39,141 | 14,121 | 3,771 | 1,717 | 831 | 155 | 116 |
| Masbate | 86,930 | 106,062 | 43,981 | 9,190 | 10,560 | 3,303 | 695 | 1,089 |
| Metro Manila • Caloocan • Las Piñas • Makati • Malabon • Mandaluyong • Manila • Marikina • Muntinlupa • Navotas • Parañaque • Pasay • Pasig • Quezon City • San Juan • Taguig–Pateros • Valenzuela | 226,580 93,958 179,375 72,592 69,924 375,813 45,696 95,085 56,144 93,564 112,696 123,935 363,841 29,311 120,046 92,246 | 151,750 73,243 74,897 43,827 48,339 226,804 58,019 70,626 21,907 80,789 51,576 100,239 302,618 20,649 75,200 75,709 | 19,182 23,717 7,504 9,523 4,912 30,428 4,653 8,540 5,026 8,451 5,842 10,271 25,275 1,570 10,065 13,020 | 18,203 12,849 11,137 6,736 7,955 32,736 46,182 8,986 3,051 12,243 6,022 17,101 49,130 4,380 7,910 9,398 | 3,260 1,905 2,566 1,059 1,251 6,580 827 1,332 560 2,152 1,309 2,034 6,717 646 1,316 1,725 | 5,469 2,953 2,638 1,614 1,613 7,594 1,633 2,266 1,275 2,387 2,115 3,278 9,300 767 2,843 2,439 | 779 572 703 308 330 1,684 305 346 157 421 363 621 1,694 166 392 369 | 214 144 154 86 101 490 73 116 54 163 115 177 700 72 94 107 |
| Misamis Occidental | 53,496 | 97,944 | 45,857 | 3,018 | 23,831 | 1,942 | 324 | 411 |
| Misamis Oriental • Cagayan de Oro | 164,548 115,938 | 120,442 70,116 | 39,325 9,601 | 6,460 4,551 | 9,949 1,918 | 3,530 2,962 | 483 343 | 757 156 |
| Mountain Province | 19,788 | 21,053 | 18,398 | 2,073 | 1,672 | 2,069 | 123 | 94 |
| Negros Occidental • Bacolod | 177,063 44,505 | 571,155 135,742 | 85,038 7,461 | 12,066 4,876 | 16,578 2,250 | 7,121 1,798 | 1,535 217 | 2,345 203 |
| Negros Oriental | 96,759 | 257,234 | 54,787 | 9,152 | 20,994 | 6,085 | 1,361 | 1,708 |
| Northern Samar | 67,750 | 88,980 | 38,340 | 3,999 | 15,642 | 2,296 | 354 | 659 |
| Nueva Ecija | 471,431 | 265,321 | 95,241 | 17,243 | 5,917 | 6,006 | 996 | 618 |
| Nueva Vizcaya | 63,653 | 53,821 | 41,571 | 3,779 | 1,620 | 2,630 | 226 | 195 |
| Occidental Mindoro | 81,059 | 48,107 | 20,681 | 3,279 | 5,655 | 994 | 172 | 141 |
| Oriental Mindoro | 116,401 | 138,464 | 32,645 | 4,893 | 3,456 | 4,946 | 418 | 336 |
| Palawan | 107,677 | 99,882 | 107,389 | 12,023 | 6,946 | 4,121 | 683 | 775 |
| Pampanga | 220,357 | 413,016 | 129,569 | 66,040 | 29,951 | 11,105 | 4,291 | 688 |
| Pangasinan | 441,055 | 517,563 | 215,789 | 30,333 | 13,226 | 10,434 | 1,506 | 1,342 |
| Quezon | 334,582 | 300,293 | 86,236 | 15,452 | 9,831 | 5,950 | 2,079 | 621 |
| Quirino | 32,986 | 19,208 | 17,319 | 1,866 | 797 | 849 | 82 | 125 |
| Rizal | 421,915 | 289,043 | 50,441 | 60,063 | 6,162 | 9,342 | 1,718 | 614 |
| Romblon | 33,068 | 43,756 | 30,297 | 4,215 | 1,363 | 1,822 | 136 | 113 |
| Samar | 115,887 | 96,212 | 54,408 | 5,094 | 5,755 | 2,988 | 747 | 524 |
| Sarangani | 66,789 | 39,184 | 34,384 | 3,617 | 13,561 | 1,507 | 297 | 330 |
| Siquijor | 7,843 | 21,631 | 3,362 | 599 | 11,541 | 322 | 39 | 78 |
| Sorsogon | 174,865 | 80,388 | 29,418 | 7,615 | 4,151 | 1,869 | 501 | 701 |
| South Cotabato | 210,132 | 194,508 | 40,288 | 9,633 | 5,272 | 3,559 | 529 | 453 |
| Southern Leyte | 47,672 | 76,056 | 15,983 | 2,561 | 31,230 | 2,111 | 284 | 441 |
| Sultan Kudarat | 111,762 | 52,001 | 60,164 | 3,211 | 2,481 | 1,328 | 284 | 222 |
| Sulu | 59,559 | 35,101 | 50,905 | 3,101 | 10,188 | 400 | 286 | 329 |
| Surigao del Norte | 60,251 | 73,883 | 44,474 | 4,719 | 12,214 | 3,805 | 351 | 387 |
| Surigao del Sur | 75,373 | 92,096 | 39,209 | 5,150 | 15,479 | 3,683 | 555 | 532 |
| Tarlac | 129,523 | 317,843 | 51,119 | 9,282 | 8,138 | 4,211 | 912 | 534 |
| Tawi-Tawi | 25,619 | 30,725 | 29,328 | 2,790 | 2,181 | 232 | 175 | 202 |
| Zambales | 116,197 | 131,859 | 34,180 | 20,089 | 3,065 | 2,745 | 553 | 369 |
| Zamboanga del Norte | 144,808 | 158,568 | 33,412 | 5,945 | 13,746 | 2,080 | 761 | 880 |
| Zamboanga del Sur • Zamboanga City | 171,806 95,344 | 92,107 85,715 | 35,611 20,932 | 4,432 2,953 | 6,771 1,917 | 2,334 1,181 | 374 233 | 1,217 259 |
| Zamboanga Sibugay | 114,204 | 42,039 | 35,090 | 3,981 | 13,352 | 1,765 | 358 | 549 |
| Absentee voters | 31,524 | 88,436 | 19,487 | 10,644 | 3,302 | 13,457 | 785 | 246 |
| Totals | 14,645,574 | 13,918,490 | 4,294,664 | 1,017,631 | 807,728 | 364,652 | 64,230 | 52,562 |
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