MANILA, Philippines — With only 21 certificates of canvass (COCs) left, the Commission on Elections (Comelec), sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), resumed on Saturday afternoon the canvassing of votes for the 2019 midterm elections. Reelectionist Senator Cynthia Villar still leads the senatorial race with 23,610,580 votes, followed by her fellow reelectionist Senator Grace Poe, who got 20,711,849 votes. Here is the complete list of the Magic 12 in the senatorial race as per Comelec’s latest partial and official tally:1. A party-list group should get at least two percent of the total party-list votes to gain a seat in the lower chamber of Congress. Party-list groups with more than two percent of the total votes will get additional seats in the House.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 18, 2019 06:11 UTC