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Actress Claudine Barretto lags in Olongapo council race

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Actress Claudine Barretto. FILE/Instagram: @claubarretto" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/life/09/24/20210924-claudine-barretto-ig.jpg"/><figcaption>Actress Claudine Barretto. <em>FILE/Instagram: @claubarretto</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Actress Claudine Barretto was falling way short of votes to secure a council seat in Olongapo City, based on partial, unofficial results of the Philippine elections Monday night.</p><p>At <a href="https://halalanresults.abs-cbn.com/local/city-of-olongapo?contest=01071070" target="_blank">90.7%</a> local votes transmitted as of 11:17 p.m., Barretto ranked 16th among 62 candidates for councilor in the lone district of Olongapo City.</p><p>The city council comprises only of 10 seats.</p><p>Barretto sought an elected post for the first time.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">OLONGAPO CITY: Actress Claudine Barretto ranks 16th in race for 10 council seats, at 90.7% LOCAL votes transmitted as of 10:47 p.m. May 9. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Halalan2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Halalan2022</a><br/><br/>Partial, unofficial <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HalalanResults?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HalalanResults</a> here: <a href="https://t.co/aiOmiXYA57">https://t.co/aiOmiXYA57</a><a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABSCBNNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/fCeDxNrY0J">pic.twitter.com/fCeDxNrY0J</a></p>— Miguel Dumaual (@migueldumaual) <a href="https://twitter.com/migueldumaual/status/1523685415638953984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Barretto, 42, is a screen veteran who traces her career beginnings in 1992. Dubbed local showbiz’s “Optimum Star,” she was the lead star of successive ABS-CBN soap operas in the 1990s and early 2000s.</p><p>In recent years, she has been a frequent subject of headlines for the controversial feud among her family members, including her sisters Gretchen and Marjorie, and niece Julia.</p><div><em>Bookmark the <a href="https://halalanresults.abs-cbn.com" target="_blank">ABS-CBN News Halalan results page</a> to see the partial unofficial tally of election returns. </em></div><div><em>For other updates, visit <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/09/22/halalan-2022-abs-cbn-news-updates-on-philippine-elections" target="_blank">ABS-CBN News&#x27; live blog</a> here.</em></div>

At 90.7% local votes transmitted as of 11:17 p.m., Barretto ranked 16th among 62 candidates for councilor in the lone district.