2019 Philippine general election

2019 Philippine general election

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Registered	63,665,944
Turnout	46,937,139
2019 Philippine Senate election
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12 (of the 24) seats to the Senate of the Philippines 13 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
First party Second party Third party   Leader Koko Pimentel Mar Roxas Nancy Binay Party PDP–Laban Liberal UNA Alliance HNP Otso Diretso UNA Seats won 9 0 1 Popular vote 203,023,825 50,038,801 14,974,776 Percentage 56.2% 13.8% 4.1%
Senate President before election Tito Sotto NPC Elected Senate President Tito Sotto NPC
2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections
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All 304 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines 153 seats needed for a majority
Party % Seats +/– PDP–Laban 31.22 82 +79 Nacionalista 16.10 42 +18 NPC 14.31 37 −5 NUP 9.51 25 +2 Liberal 5.73 18 −97 Lakas 5.11 12 +8 PFP 2.38 5 +5 HNP 1.61 3 +3 Aksyon 0.98 1 0 PMP 0.98 1 +1 Bukidnon Paglaum 0.83 2 +1 LDP 0.62 2 0 HTL 0.49 1 +1 PPPL 0.46 2 +2 Bileg 0.39 1 +1 PRP 0.34 1 +1 Asenso Abrenio 0.29 1 +1 Asenso Manileño 0.21 2 0 CDP 0.20 1 +1 Navoteño 0.20 1 +1 KABAKA 0.16 1 0 Independent 4.97 2 −2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Speaker before Speaker after Gloria Macapagal Arroyo PDP–Laban Alan Peter Cayetano Nacionalista

The 2019 Philippine general election was conducted on May 13, 2019. A midterm election, those elected therein will take office on June 30, 2019, midway through the term of President Rodrigo Duterte.

The following positions were contested:

• 12 seats in the Senate of the Philippines
• All seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
• All governors, vice governors and regular members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (Provincial Councils) in the provinces of the Philippines
• All mayors, vice mayors and regular members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (City Councils) or Sangguniang Bayan (Municipal Councils) in the cities or municipalities of the Philippines

Under the Local Government Code and the 1987 constitution, all terms start on June 30, 2019, and end on June 30, 2022, except for elected senators, whose terms shall end on June 30, 2025. The Commission on Elections administered the election.

Preparation

Logo of the 2019 NLE used in official promotional and awareness campaigns.

Date of the election

The 1987 Constitution of the Philippines states that unless otherwise provided by law, the election of members of Congress is on every second Monday of May. ^[1] According to Republic Act No. 7166, election for national, provincial, city and municipal elections are on the second Monday of May, since 1992, and every three years thereafter, with the president and vice president being elected in six-year intervals. ^[2] It has been three years since the last general election of 2016, and with no law canceling the election, this meant that the election was held on Monday, May 13, 2019.

The commission confirmed the day of the election day of May 13 when it released the calendar for the election. The important days are: ^[3]

• Filing of candidacies and nominations for party-list representatives: October 11 to 12, and October 15 to 17, 2018
• Campaign period
  • For Senate and party-list elections: February 12 to May 11, 2019
  • For district congressional and local elections: March 29 to May 11, 2019
• Substitution of candidates: November 30 to 12:00 p.m. of May 13, 2019
• Election silence: April 18 to 19 and May 12 to 13, 2019
• Election day: May 13, 2019
• Deadline of filing of expenses: June 12, 2019

Automated election system

The Philippines adopted an automated election system (AES) for the 2019 elections. The COMELEC announced in December 2018 that the Philippine AES passed the review conducted by international systems and software testing firm, Pro V&V, in Alabama, USA. ^[4]

The Commission had a 'trusted build' program wherein the program to be used in the midterms in 2019 is built using the reviewed components. Commissioner Marlon Casquejo on December 17, 2018 turned over the executable file of the Election Management System (EMS) Trusted Build for the May 13, 2019 National and Local Elections (NLE) to the Commission en banc. The file will be escrowed to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. ^[5]

The EMS compiled the number and profile of registered voters, their geographic locations and polling precinct information, and these were used in designing the official ballots.

Equipment

The Commission on Elections made a decision on February 1, 2018 to purchase vote-counting machines (VCM), which were used in the 2016 presidential election for a price of 2.122 billion pesos for the 2019 mid-term elections. ^[6]

Commission on Elections membership

On October 17, 2017, the House of Representatives impeached Commission on Elections Chairman Andres D. Bautista due to allegations of manipulation of the 2016 vice presidential election in favor of Leni Robredo. ^[7] Hours earlier, Bautista announced his resignation effective December 31. ^[8] President Duterte accepted Bautista's resignation effective immediately, on October 23. ^[9] Duterte then appointed Sheriff Abas as new chairman, in November 2017. ^[10]

The Commission on Appointments confirmed Duterte's appointment of Abas as chairman in May 2018. Abas was expected to head the commission on the 2019 elections. At the confirmation hearing, Abas defended the commission's purchase of the vote-counting machines, saying that they were purchased at one-third of the cost. ^[11] The commission later confirmed Duterte's appointment of Socorro Inting as commissioner later that month. ^[12] Duterte also appointed Marlon S. Casquejo as commissioner on June and Undersecretary of Justice Antonio Kho as commissioner on July, completing the commission's seven seats. ^[13]

Proposed cancellation

Due to the drive to change the constitution to make the Philippines a federation, Speaker of the House of Representatives Pantaleon Alvarez said in January 2018 that the cancellation of the 2019 elections was possible, as a transition government would be needed. Later, Duterte ruled out the cancellation the election. ^[14]

By July, after the consultative committee submitted their draft constitution to Duterte and Congress, Alvarez proposed to cancel the 2019 elections so that Congress could concentrate on revising the constitution. ^[15] Senate President Tito Sotto said that this was possible by Congress passing a law for the cancellation of the election. ^[16] Members of the consultative committee, on the other hand, preferred holding the election. Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said that "I suggest elections will continue (because people suspect that) we are proposing federalism so that the elections can be postponed. It is not true, not at all." ^[17]

Later that month, Senator Panfilo Lacson said that most senators, including those who were running for reelection, would have blocked any moves by the lower house to cancel the election. This came as Alvarez switched his preferred mode of amending the constitution via a People's Initiative. Senator Franklin Drilon earlier stated that the minority bloc would have sued if Alvarez's plan of cancelling the election pushed through. ^[18]

With the ouster of Alvarez by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as speaker in July 2018, the latter said that she preferred the elections pushing through. ^[19]

Results

Congress

The 18th Congress of the Philippines comprises the winners of this election, together with the winning candidates in the 2016 Senate election.

Senate

Main article: 2019 Philippine Senate election

Twelve seats in the Senate, or those seats that were first disputed in 1995, and were last up in 2013, were up for election.

The Hugpong ng Pagbabago, the alliance backed by Davao City mayor and presidential daughter Sara Duterte won nine of the seats up. The primary opposition coalition, Otso Diretso, failed to win any seats. Candidates from neither alliance won the other three seats.

e  •  d  Summary of the May 13, 2019 Philippine Senate election results

#	Candidate	Coalition	Party		Votes	%
1.	Cynthia Villar	HNP		Nacionalista	25,283,727	53.46%
2.	Grace Poe			Independent	22,029,788	46.58%
3.	Bong Go	HNP		PDP–Laban	20,657,702	42.35%
4.	Pia Cayetano	HNP		Nacionalista	19,789,019	41.84%
5.	Ronald dela Rosa	HNP		PDP–Laban	19,004,225	40.18%
6.	Sonny Angara	HNP		LDP	18,161,862	38.40%
7.	Lito Lapid			NPC	16,965,464	35.87%
8.	Imee Marcos	HNP		Nacionalista	15,882,628	33.58%
9.	Francis Tolentino	HNP		PDP–Laban	15,510,026	32.79%
10.	Koko Pimentel	HNP		PDP–Laban	14,668,665	31.01%
11.	Bong Revilla	HNP		Lakas	14,624,445	30.92%
12.	Nancy Binay	UNA		UNA	14,504,936	30.67%
13.	JV Ejercito	HNP		NPC	14,313,727	30.26%
14.	Bam Aquino	Otso Diretso		Liberal	14,144,923	29.91%
15.	Jinggoy Estrada	HNP		PMP	11,359,305	24.02%
16.	Mar Roxas	Otso Diretso		Liberal	9,843,288	20.81%
17.	Serge Osmeña			Independent	9,455,202	19.99%
18.	Willie Ong			Lakas	7,616,265	16.12%
19.	Dong Mangudadatu	HNP		PDP–Laban	7,499,604	15.86%
20.	Jiggy Manicad	HNP		Independent	6,896,889	14.58%
21.	Chel Diokno	Otso Diretso		Liberal	6,342,939	13.41%
22.	Juan Ponce Enrile			PMP	5,319,298	11.25%
23.	Gary Alejano	Otso Diretso		Liberal	4,726,652	9.99%
24.	Neri Colmenares	Labor Win		Makabayan	4,683,942	9.90%
25.	Samira Gutoc	Otso Diretso		Liberal	4,345,252	9.19%
26.	Romulo Macalintal	Otso Diretso		Independent	4,007,339	8.47%
27.	Erin Tañada	Otso Diretso		Liberal	3,870,529	8.18%
28.	Larry Gadon	KDP		KBL	3,487,780	7.37%
29.	Florin Hilbay	Otso Diretso		Aksyon	2,757,879	5.83%
30.	Freddie Aguilar			Independent	2,580,230	5.46%
31.	Glenn Chong	KDP		KDP	2,534,335	5.36%
32.	Rafael Alunan III			Bagumbayan	2,059,359	4.35%
33.	Faisal Mangondato	KKK		Independent	1,988,719	4.20%
34.	Agnes Escudero	KKK		Independent	1,545,985	3.27%
35.	Diosdado Padilla			PFP	1,095,337	2.32%
36.	Ernesto Arellano			Independent	937,713	2.30%
37.	Allan Montaño	Labor Win		Independent	923,419	2.25%
38.	Leody de Guzman	Labor Win		PLM	893,506	2.17%
39.	Melchor Chavez	WPP		WPP	764,473	2.06%
40.	Vanjie Abejo	KKK		Independent	656,006	2.00%
41.	Edmundo Casiño	KDP		KDP	580,853	1.97%
42.	Abner Afuang	WPP		WPP	559,001	1.92%
43.	Shariff Ibrahim Albani	WPP		WPP	496,855	1.87%
44.	Dan Roleda	UNA		UNA	469,840	1.80%
45.	Conrado Generoso	KKK		Independent	449,785	1.75%
46.	Nur-Ana Sahidulla	KDP		KDP	444,096	1.68%
47.	Abraham Jangao			Independent	434,697	1.65%
48.	Marcelino Arias	WPP		WPP	404,513	1.59%
49.	Richard Alfajora	KKK		Independent	404,513	1.57%
50.	Sonny Matula	Labor Win, WPP		WPP	400,339	1.50%
51.	Elmer Francisco			PFP	395,427	1.45%
52.	Joan Sheelah Nalliw	KKK		Independent	390,165	1.38%
53.	Gerald Arcega	WPP		WPP	383,749	1.30%
54.	Butch Valdes	KDP		KDP	367,851	1.20%
55.	Jesus Caceres	KKK		Independent	358,472	0.90%
56.	Bernard Austria			PDSP	347,013	0.70%
57.	Jonathan Baldevarona			Independent	310,411	0.67%
58.	Emily Mallillin	KKK		Independent	304,215	0.64%
59.	Charlie Gaddi	KKK		Independent	286,361	0.50%
60.	RJ Javellana	KDP		KDP	258,538	0.47%
61.	Junbert Guigayuma	WPP		WPP	240,306	0.40%
62.	Luther Meniano	WPP		WPP	159,774	0.30%
Total turnout					47,296,442	74.31%
Total votes					362,179,156	N/A
Registered voters					63,643,263	100.0%
Source: COMELEC

House of Representatives

Main article: 2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Congressional district election results

All seats in the House of Representatives were up for election.

Parties associated with the current administration, such as PDP–Laban, the Nacionalista Party, National Unity Party and Partido Federal ng Pilipinas won a majority of the seats contested. Other allies of the Duterte administration, such as the Nationalist People's Coalition, Lakas–CMD and various local parties, also won many seats. The Liberal Party won 18 seats, and is to form the nucleus of the minority bloc.

Congressional district elections

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	PDP–Laban	12,653,960	31.22	+29.32	82	+79
	Nacionalista Party	6,524,100	16.10	+6.68	42	+18
	Nationalist People's Coalition	5,797,543	14.31	−2.73	37	−5
	National Unity Party	3,852,909	9.51	−0.16	25	+2
	Liberal Party	2,321,759	5.73	−35.99	18	−97
	Lakas–CMD	2,069,871	5.11	+3.57	12	+8
	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	965,048	2.38	New	5	New
	Hugpong ng Pagbabago	652,318	1.61	New	3	New
	Aksyon Demokratiko	398,616	0.98	−0.4	1	0
	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino	396,614	0.98	+0.77	1	New
	Bukidnon Paglaum	335,628	0.83	+0.48	2	+1
	Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan	259,423	0.64	New	0	0
	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	252,806	0.62	+0.32	2	0
	United Nationalist Alliance	232,657	0.57	−6.05	0	−11
	Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod	197,024	0.49	+0.35	1	New
	Partidong Pagbabago ng Palawan	185,810	0.46	New	2	New
	Bileg Ti Ilokano	158,523	0.39	New	1	New
	People's Reform Party	138,014	0.34	New	1	New
	Unang Sigaw ng Nueva Ecija	120,674	0.30	New	0	0
	Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino	116,453	0.29	New	0	0
	Asenso Abrenio	115,865	0.29	New	1	New
	Kambilan ning Memalen Kapampangan	107,078	0.26	New	0	0
	Padayon Pilipino	98,450	0.24	−0.10	0	0
	Asenso Manileño	84,656	0.21	−0.29	2	0
	Kusog Bicolandia	82,832	0.20	New	0	0
	Centrist Democratic Party of the Philippines	81,741	0.20	+0.16	1	New
	Partido Navoteño	80,265	0.20	New	1	New
	Kabalikat ng Bayan sa Kaunlaran	65,836	0.16	−0.03	1	0
	Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas	56,223	0.14	New	0	0
	Bagumbayan–VNP	33,731	0.08	New	0	0
	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	33,594	0.08	−0.45	0	0
	Adelante Zamboanga Party	28,605	0.07	New	0	0
	Labor Party Philippines	9,718	0.02	+0.00	0	0
	Democratic Party of the Philippines	1,110	0.00	New	0	0
	Hugpong Surigao Sur	816	0.00	New	0	0
	Philippine Green Republican Party	701	0.00	−0.01	0	0
	Independent	2,014,211	4.97	−0.86	2	−2
Party-list seats [lower-alpha 1]					61	+2
Total		40,525,182	100.00	–	304	+5
Valid votes		40,525,182	86.34	+2.37
Invalid/blank votes		6,411,957	13.66	−2.37
Total votes		46,937,139	–	–
Registered voters/turnout		61,843,771	75.90	−5.76
Source: COMELEC (Seats won), (Turnout and electorate)

1. There were supposed to be 306 seats up, out of 245 districts and 61 party-seats. Elections at two districts were deferred after ballots were already printed using the old configuration. After the party-list seats were seated, the Supreme Court then ruled that one of the districts shall first disputed in the 2022 election, and that the results of the 2019 election using the old configuration stood. The Commission on Elections then ruled that for other district, the same ruling from the Supreme Court would also be followed. This reduced the number of congressional district seats to 243, and would have meant a reduction of one party-list seat, but that was no longer acted upon.

Party-list election

Main article: 2019 Philippine House of Representatives party-list election

Pro-administration ACT-CIS Partylist topped the party-list election, winning the maximum three seats. The leftist opposition Bayan Muna also won the maximum three seats. Other members of the Party-List Coalition won most of the other seats. Some consistent winners in past party-list elections noticeably failed to win seats, such as Akbayan, Anakpawis and Butil Farmers Party.

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support	2,651,987	9.51	+9.17	3	New
	Bayan Muna	1,117,403	4.01	+2.14	3	+2
	Ako Bicol Political Party	1,049,040	3.76	−1.38	2	−1
	Citizens' Battle Against Corruption	929,718	3.33	+1.61	2	+1
	Alyansa ng mga Mamamayang Probinsyano	770,344	2.76	New	2	New
	One Patriotic Coalition of Marginalized Nationals	713,969	2.56	−1.49	2	0
	Marino Samahan ng mga Seaman	681,448	2.44	+2.12	2	New
	Probinsyano Ako	630,435	2.26	New	2	New
	Coalition of Association of Senior Citizens in the Philippines	516,927	1.85	−1.20	1	−1
	Magkakasama sa Sakahan Kaunlaran	496,337	1.78	New	1	New
	Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives	480,874	1.72	New	1	New
	Gabriela Women's Party	449,440	1.61	−2.61	1	−1
	An Waray	442,090	1.59	−0.23	1	0
	Cooperative NATCCO Party	417,285	1.50	−0.57	1	−1
	ACT Teachers	395,327	1.42	−2.23	1	−1
	Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association	394,966	1.42	New	1	New
	Ako Bisaya	394,304	1.41	New	1	New
	Tingog Sinirangan	391,211	1.40	+0.75	1	New
	Abono	378,204	1.36	−0.90	1	−1
	Buhay Hayaan Yumabong	361,493	1.30	−1.05	1	−1
	Duterte Youth	354,629	1.27	New	1	New
	Kalinga-Advocacy for Social Empowerment and Nation Building Through Easing Poverty	339,665	1.22	New	1	0
	Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta	326,258	1.17	−1.24	1	−1
	Alliance of Organizations Networks and Associations of the Philippines	320,000	1.15	−0.19	1	0
	Rural Electric Consumers and Beneficiaries of Development and Advancement	318,511	1.14	New	1	New
	Bagong Henerasyon	288,752	1.04	+0.12	1	0
	Bahay para sa Pamilyang Pilipino	281,793	1.01	New	1	New
	Construction Workers Solidarity	277,940	1.00	+0.97	1	New
	Abang Lingkod	275,199	0.99	−0.45	1	0
	Advocacy for Teacher Empowerment Through Action, Cooperation and Harmony Towards Educational Reforms	274,460	0.98	−0.49	1	0
	Barangay Health Wellness	269,518	0.97	New	1	New
	Social Amelioration and Genuine Intervention on Poverty	257,313	0.92	−0.31	1	New
	Trade Union Congress Party	256,059	0.92	−0.52	1	0
	Magdalo para sa Pilipino	253,536	0.91	+0.05	1	0
	Galing sa Puso Party	249,484	0.89	New	1	New
	Manila Teachers Savings and Loan Association	249,416	0.89	+0.06	1	0
	Rebolusyonaryong Alyansa Makabansa	238,150	0.85	+0.38	1	New
	Alagaan Natin Ating Kalusugan	237,629	0.85	+0.26	1	New
	Ako Padayon Pilipino	235,112	0.84	New	1	New
	Ang Asosayon Sang Mangunguma Nga Bisaya-Owa Mangunguma	234,552	0.84	−0.69	1	0
	Kusug Tausug	228,224	0.82	+0.06	1	0
	Dumper Philippines Taxi Drivers Association	223,199	0.80	+0.78	1	New
	Talino at Galing ng Pinoy	217,525	0.78	+0.51	1	New
	Public Safety Alliance for Transformation and Rule of Law	216,653	0.78	New	1	New
	Anak Mindanao	212,323	0.76	−1.42	1	−1
	Agricultural Sector Alliance of the Philippines	208,752	0.75	−1.08	1	0
	LPG Marketers Association	208,219	0.75	−0.69	1	0
	OFW Family Club	200,881	0.72	+0.09	1	New
	Kabalikat ng Mamamayan	198,571	0.71	−1.89	1	−1
	Democratic Independent Workers Association	196,385	0.70	−0.74	1	New
	Kabataan	195,837	0.70	−0.23	1	0
	Aksyon Magsasaka-Partido Tinig ng Masa	191,804	0.69	New	0	0
	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	180,535	0.65	−0.22	0	−2
	Angkla: ang Partido ng mga Pilipinong Marino	179,909	0.65	−0.39	0	−1
	Akbayan	173,356	0.62	−1.26	0	−1
	Wow Pilipinas Movement	172,080	0.62	New	0	0
	Ina na Nagmamahal sa Anak	170,019	0.61	New	0	0
	You Against Corruption and Poverty	167,826	0.60	−0.86	0	−1
	Abante Mindanao	166,883	0.60	−0.05	0	0
	Butil Farmers Party	164,412	0.59	−0.63	0	−1
	Append	158,003	0.57	New	0	0
	Anakpawis	146,511	0.53	−0.60	0	−1
	Ang National Coalition of Indigenous People Action Na!	144,291	0.52	−0.46	0	−1
	Ang Nars	141,263	0.51	−0.17	0	0
	Partido ng Bayan and Bida	136,093	0.49	New	0	0
	Kasosyo Producer-Consumer Exchange Association	134,795	0.48	New	0	0
	Agri-Agra na Reporma para sa Magsasaka ng Pilipinas	133,505	0.48	−2.10	0	−2
	Acts Overseas Filipino Workers Coalition of Organizations	131,865	0.47	−0.69	0	−1
	Adhikaing Tinaguyod ng Kooperatiba	131,344	0.47	+0.10	0	0
	Ang Mata'y Alagaan	128,201	0.46	−0.56	0	−1
	1st Consumers Alliance for Rural Energy	127,867	0.46	New	0	−1
	Murang Kuryente Partylist	127,530	0.46	New	0	0
	Una ang Edukasyon	119,646	0.43	−0.43	0	−1
	Philippine Educators Alliance for Community Empowerment	119,211	0.43	New	0	0
	Association of Lady Entrepreneurs	113,134	0.41	New	0	0
	Aangat Tayo	109,939	0.39	−0.36	0	−1
	Ako An Bisaya	109,463	0.39	−0.11	0	0
	Avid Builders of Active Nation's Citizenry Towards Empowered Philippines	97,114	0.35	New	0	0
	Alay Buhay Community Development Foundation	94,320	0.34	−0.24	0	0
	Global Workers and Family Federation	89,775	0.32	−0.04	0	0
	Confederation of Non-Stock Savings and Loan Associations	88,075	0.32	−0.34	0	0
	Abe Kapampangan	83,379	0.30	New	0	0
	National Association for Electricity Consumers for Reforms	81,141	0.29	New	0	0
	Philippine National Police Retirees Association	79,818	0.29	New	0	0
	Kilusang Maypagasa	79,358	0.28	New	0	0
	Joint Union of Active Nationalist Filipino Movement	76,769	0.28	New	0	0
	Tanggol Maralita	76,428	0.27	−0.15	0	0
	Ating Agapay Sentrong Samahan ng mga Obrero	74,722	0.27	−0.64	0	−1
	1 Alliance Advocating Autonomy Party	74,465	0.27	New	0	0
	Ang Kabuhayan	74,229	0.27	−0.81	0	−1
	Agbiag! Timpuyog Ilocano	70,318	0.25	−0.49	0	−1
	Abakada Guro	69,257	0.25	−0.42	0	0
	Alliance of Philippine Fishing Federations	69,138	0.25	−0.43	0	0
	Ang Laban ng Indiginong Filipino	68,805	0.25	−0.77	0	0
	Laang Kawal ng Pilipinas	68,333	0.25	New	0	0
	Sinag Tungo sa Kaunlaran	61,696	0.22	+0.03	0	0
	People's Champ Guardians	60,448	0.22	New	0	0
	Luntiang Pilipinas Partylist	59,096	0.21	New	0	0
	Grains Retailers Confederation of the Philippines	58,561	0.21	New	0	0
	Alliance of National Urban Poor Organization Assembly	54,767	0.20	+0.14	0	0
	Ako Bisdak-Bisayang Dako	51,228	0.18	New	0	0
	Kooperatiba-Kapisanan ng Magsasaka ng Pilipinas	50,889	0.18	New	0	0
	Union of Nationalistic Democratic Filipino Organization	45,710	0.16	+0.01	0	0
	Isang Lapian ng Mangingisda at Bayan Tungo sa Kaunlaran	44,181	0.16	New	0	0
	Ako Ayoko sa Bawal na Droga	43,583	0.16	New	0	0
	Barangay Natin	40,899	0.15	+0.05	0	0
	1-United Transport Koalisyon	36,285	0.13	New	0	0
	AMEPA OFW Access Center	35,373	0.13	−0.24	0	0
	Academicians Students and Educators Alliance Inc.	32,464	0.12	−0.27	0	0
	Arts, Business and Science Professionals	31,394	0.11	−0.82	0	−1
	Sulong Dignidad Party	29,830	0.11	New	0	0
	Kabalikat ng Nagkakaisang Manileño	29,187	0.10	New	0	0
	Parents Teacher Alliance	28,908	0.10	New	0	0
	Partido Lakas ng Masa	28,824	0.10	New	0	0
	Partido ng Manggagawa	28,351	0.10	New	0	0
	Movement for Economic Transformation and Righteous Opportunities	28,261	0.10	−0.19	0	0
	One Advocacy for Health Progress and Opportunity	26,564	0.10	−0.07	0	0
	Ang Tao Muna at Bayan	25,946	0.09	+0.00	0	0
	Alliance of Volunteer Educators	25,025	0.09	−0.40	0	0
	Awareness of Keepers of the Environment	24,780	0.09	+0.00	0	0
	One Unified Transport Alliance of the Philippines-Bicol Region	22,948	0.08	New	0	0
	One Philippines	21,974	0.08	New	0	0
	Partido Sandugo	19,649	0.07	New	0	0
	Pinagbuklod na Filipino para sa Bayan	18,297	0.07	New	0	0
	Federation of International Cable TV and Telecommunications Association of the Philippines	16,038	0.06	−0.05	0	0
	Tribal Communities Association of the Philippines	15,731	0.06	−0.10	0	0
	Tinderong Pinoy Party	14,580	0.05	−0.09	0	0
	Pilipinas para sa Pinoy	13,848	0.05	New	0	0
	Kaisahan ng mga Maliliit na Magsasaka	12,061	0.04	−0.09	0	0
	Noble Advancement of Marvelous People of the Philippines	11,751	0.04	New	0	0
	Filipino Family Party	10,589	0.04	New	0	0
	Alliance of Public Transport Organization	8,883	0.03	New	0	0
	Kamais Pilipinas (Kapatirang Magmamais ng Pilipinas)	7,571	0.03	New	0	0
	Sandigan ng mga Manggagawa sa Konstruksyon	6,344	0.02	New	0	0
Total		27,884,790	100.00	–	61	+2
Valid votes		27,884,790	58.96	−13.02
Invalid/blank votes		19,411,652	41.04	+13.02
Total votes		47,296,442	–	–
Registered voters/turnout		63,643,263	74.31	−6.39
Source: COMELEC

Local

Main article: 2019 Philippine local elections

All totals as of the first quarter of 2018: ^[20]

• All 81 provincial governors and vice governors, and all regular members of all of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan were up for election.
• All 145 city mayors and vice mayors, and all regular members of all of the Sangguniang Panlungsod were up for election.
• All 1,489 municipal mayors and vice mayors, and all regular members of all of the Sangguniang Bayan were up for election.

The ex officio members of the local legislatures, who have been elected after the 2018 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, shall serve until January 1, 2023, after the barangay elections in May 2020 were postponed to December 2022.

Changes are as compared to the 2016 local elections.

Provincial-level

Gubernatorial election results

See also: 2019 Philippine gubernatorial elections

Party		Governor		Vice governor		Board members
		Total	+/−	Total	+/−	Boards outright controlled	Seats	+/−
	PDP–Laban	41 / 81	+41	32 / 81	+30	22 / 81	263 / 1,023	+257
	Nacionalista	8 / 81	−1	11 / 81	+2	7 / 81	116 / 1,023	+52
	NUP	8 / 81	−1	10 / 81	+3	4 / 81	67 / 1,023	−2
	NPC	7 / 81	−2	6 / 81	−4	2 / 81	90 / 1,023	−17
	Liberal	2 / 81	−37	5 / 81	−34	2 / 81	54 / 1,023	−280
	Lakas	2 / 81	+2	2 / 81	0	1 / 81	18 / 1,023	+14
	UNA	1 / 81	−2	3 / 81	−2	0 / 81	9 / 1,023	−38
	LDP	0 / 81	0	0 / 81	0	0 / 81	4 / 1,023	+4
	Other parties	9 / 81	+3	11 / 81	+9	7 / 81	116 / 1,023	+49
	Independent	3 / 81	−2	0 / 81	−6	—	43 / 1,023	−22
	Ex officio members	—					243 / 1,023	0
Totals		81	0	81	0	81	1,023	+4

City- and municipal-level

Mayoral election results

Party		Mayor		Vice mayor		Councilors
		Total	+/−	Total	+/−	Seats	+/−
	PDP–Laban	611 / 1,634	+41	547 / 1,634	+30	4,183 / 16,812	+257
	Nacionalista	252 / 1,634	−1	244 / 1,634	+2	2,009 / 16,812	+52
	NPC	172 / 1,634	−2	184 / 1,634	−4	1,413 / 16,812	−17
	NUP	125 / 1,634	−1	151 / 1,634	+3	990 / 16,812	−2
	Lakas	67 / 1,634	+2	66 / 1,634	0	514 / 16,812	+14
	Liberal	47 / 1,634	−37	62 / 1,634	−34	385 / 16,812	−280
	UNA	19 / 1,634	−2	20 / 1,634	−2	235 / 16,812	−38
	LDP	11 / 1,634	0	9 / 1,634	0	91 / 16,812	+4
	Aksyon	2 / 1,634	0	2 / 1,634	0	19 / 16,812	0
	Other parties	259 / 1,634	+3	232 / 1,634	+9	1,971 / 16,812	+49
	Independent	69 / 1,634	−2	117 / 1,634	−6	1,636 / 16,812	−22
	Ex officio members	—				3,268 / 16,812	0
Totals		1,634	0	1,634	0	16,812	+4

Glitches

On May 13, the number of malfunctioned vote counting machines (VCMs) tripled compared to the 2016 election. ^[21] According to COMELEC spokesperson James Jimenez, 400–600 out of 85,000 VCMs across the country (representing 0.7%) encountered glitches. The machines were from the 2016 elections, and the COMELEC admitted that it could be because the machines are not new. ^[21]

Faulty SD cards were also reported to be the cause of malfunction. The substandard ballot forms as well as markers that bleed ink are other causes of malfunction and anomalies. The COMELEC will probe the suppliers: Triplex Enterprises Incorporated for the ballot paper and marking pens and S1 Technologies Incorporated and Silicon Valley Computer Group joint venture for the SD cards. ^[22]

Jimenez, however, said that the problems experienced were still within range of expected range of expectation, as problematic machines account for only less than 1 percent of total machines used. ^[23]

There are reports of running out of ballots in a polling precinct in Alburquerque, Bohol; affected voters have waited for two hours before the extra ballots was delivered at 3pm. ^[24] At around 10, the COMELEC has experienced problems with the transparency server where the unofficial tally has been stuck for hours, with only 0.38% of polling precincts have managed to transmit the results. ^{[25] [26]} But experts agree that the glitches don't necessarily mean cheating took place. ^[27] The transmission happened, according to PPCRV Chairperson Myla Villanueva. In an interview, Villanueva said that 'results were receiver by transparency server continuously, despite media temporarily not being able to see the results.' She added that 'most importantly, the ERs match with transmitted results.' ^[28]

Despite the glitches, the random manual audits (RMA) conducted days after the elections show that the 2019 midterms yielded the highest rate of accuracy among the previous automated elections. Based on the 2019 RMA, the accuracy rate for the senatorial votes was at 99.9971 percent; for members of the House 99.9946 percent; and 99.9941 percent for mayor. ^[29]

The COMELEC recorded at least 20 people have been killed in an election-related incidents and 43 incidents during the course of election campaign as of May 13, ^[30] most notably the killing of AKO Bicol congressman Rodel Batocabe on December 22, 2018. ^[31] There are reported violence during the election day: a shooting occurred at the polling center in Panglima Estino, Sulu where six have been injured. ^[32]

Reaction

In a Pulse Asia opinion poll dated June 24–30, 2019, 82% of those surveyed found the election to be believable while 82% said the release of the results were fast. Meanwhile, 10% of respondents found their names missing in the voters list, 4% of their registration was deactivated, 1% of the vote counting machine malfunctioned, as the issues in the election. ^[33]

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