Overseas Absentee Voting Partial Result from Seoul, Korea

PHILIPPINE MAY 10, 2010 NATIONAL ELECTIONS
OVERSEAS ABSENTEE VOTING
Seoul, South Korea

1.The Overseas Absentee Voting started on April 10 to May 10, 2010.

2.There is an estimate of more than 10,000 registered voters out of over 60,000 Filipinos in South mostly migrant workers and several thousands of marriage migrants.

3.The turn-out of voters is only 1,298 out of the over 10,000 registered voters scattered all over the country.

4.The figures collected were taken from the canvass of votes from the three voting precincts 1, 2, and 3 at the Philippine Embassy where the OAV was conducted.
5.Voters came to the Philippine Embassy in Itaewon, Seoul during the election period. Unlike in the past elections, voting was held in few other places in South Korea, but this time there is no other choice but to cast your vote in the Philippine Embassy in Seoul.

6.Only the names of candidates with significant number of votes and with political significance have been outlined here.

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Names of candidates: Total Number of votes:
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President:
1. Aquino, B. III................... 651
2. Estrada, J........................ 62
3. Gordon, ..........................108
4. Teodoro ..........................104
5. Villanueva, E. ...................253
7. Villar, M. .......................105

Vice-President:
1.Binay ...........................226
2.Fernando, B. .......................83
3.Legarda, L. ........................92
4.Sonza, J. ..........................65
5.Roxas, M ..........................665
6.Yasay .............................142

Party-List of Progressive Sectors
1.ACT-Teacher....................... 21
2.Anakpawis .........................27
3.Bayan Muna ........................57
4.Gabriela ..........................49


Senator:
1.Bello, S......................... 87
2.Biazon ..........................458
3.Cayetano ........................637
4.De Venecia ......................382
5.Defensor- Santiago ..............498
6.Drilon ..........................819
7.Enrile ......................... 583
8.Guingona ........................545
9.Hontiveros ......................475
10.Lapid.......................... 171
11.Marcos .........................428
12.Osmena, Serge ..................539
13.Recto.......................... 602
14.Remulla ........................312
15.Revilla ........................530
16.Sotto ..........................437
17.Maza, Liza..................... 174
18.Ocampo, Satur ..................213
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7.The conduct of OAV at the Philippine Embassy was smooth on the last day of election on May 10, 2010. The fact is there were more or less thirty (30) persons who voted on the last day of voting. There were two late voters who failed to vote because they came at 9:50 p.m. when the voting had already closed at 8:00 p.m. They said that they’ve got the information that the voting time will last until 10:00 p.m. on May 10. Immediately after 8:00 p.m. the unused official ballots were destroyed with the use of paper cutter. Manual counting of votes started from 12:05 midnight May 11, with precinct 3 to close last at 8:05 p.m. same day or the maximum duration of around 20 hours.

Report Submitted by:
Frank J. Hernando, Poll and Canvass Watcher for Gabriela Women’s Party, Seoul, Korea
May 12, 2010.