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PAGADIAN CITY, Philippines – The local bloc of the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) in Zamboanga del Sur is poised to win the majority of the contested positions in 24 out of 26 municipalities in the province based on the partial and unofficial count of the Comelec-Rappler Mirror Server as of 8:47 AM, May 16.
In the first district, NPC’s mayoral, vice mayoral and councilor bets are leading the races in the municipalities of Dumingag, Josefina, Mahayag, Midsalip, Molave, Ramon Magsaysay, Sominot, Tambulig, and Tukuran.
The municipality of Aurora has the Liberal Party (LP) mayoral candidate leading the race. While in the municipality of Labangan, the leading vice mayoral candidate is also from LP.
NPC candidates for mayoral, vice mayoral and councilor positions in the municipalities of Bayog, Dumalinao, Guipos, Kumalarang, Lakewood, Lapuyan, Margosatubig, Pitogo, San Miguel, San Pablo, Tabina, Tigbao and Vincenzo Sagun comprising the second district are set to win.
Eight seats are up for the taking in the municipal council.
Pagadian
In its component city, Pagadian, NPC’s mayoral bet Romeo Pulmones and vice-mayoral bet Divina Grace Yu were proclaimed as winners by the Pagadian Comelec together with their 7 LP and 3 NPC councilors.
Pagadian had a turnout of 70.83% of voters – equivalent to only 87,130 out of 123,007 registered voters in 151 clustered precincts.
Gubernatorial, congressional races
Incumbent Governor Antonio Cerilles (NPC) is likely to get another term after the Comelec barred Dominador Jalosjos Jr. from running in the province. The Comelec discovered Jalosjos Jr. was convicted for robbery in Cebu.
Representative Victor Yu leads the congressional race in the first district against incumbent Pagadian Mayor Samuel S. Co while Representative Aurora Enerio-Cerilles is edging out Marjorie Jalosjos in the second district. Both Yu and Cerilles are the official candidates of NPC for Congress. –Rappler.com
James Annjo Salomon is a Rappler mover from Pagadian city.
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