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Camarines Norte governor set to lose reelection bid

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<p>MANILA — Camarines Norte Governor Edgardo &quot;Egay&quot; Tallado is set to lose his re-election bid to a brother of action start Robin Padilla, partial results showed on Tuesday. </p><p>With 99.84 percent of election returns transmitted, Ricarte &quot;Dong&quot; Padilla led the province&#x27;s gubernatorial race with 161,786 votes, compared to Tallado&#x27;s 147,632 votes, as of 2:02 p.m. </p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="This partial, unofficial tally aggregated from Commission on Elections data shows votes from 629 of 630 clustered precincts in Camarines Norte." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/05/10/20220510-camarines-norte.jpg"/><figcaption>This partial, unofficial tally aggregated from Commission on Elections data shows votes from 629 of 630 clustered precincts in Camarines Norte.</figcaption></figure></div><p>The Office of the Ombudsman in 2015 suspended Tallado for &quot;grave misconduct and oppression/abuse of authority&quot; due to complaints from several provincial government employees. </p><p>He was again suspended in 2016 after his <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/18/16/ombudsman-suspends-camarines-norte-gov-for-sex-video">sex video</a> and nude photos with an alleged mistress circulated. </p><p>The scandal led to other controversies, including his wife&#x27;s nearly weeklong disappearance and his removal from the Liberal party. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/nation/10/22/14/how-sex-photo-caused-tallados-wife-flee">How sex photo caused Tallado&#x27;s wife to flee</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/regions/06/24/15/camnorte-gov-sex-scandal-dismissed-lp-immorality">CamNorte gov in sex scandal dismissed from LP for immorality</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/regions/10/23/14/roxas-steps-govs-wife-says-its-over">Roxas steps in, but gov&#x27;s wife says it&#x27;s over</a></li></ul><p>In the 2022 elections, Tallado ran under PDP-Laban, while Padilla was fielded by Aksyon Demokratiko. </p><p>Visit the <a href="https://halalanresults.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN News Halalan results page</a> to see the partial unofficial tally of election returns. </p><p>For other updates, visit ABS-CBN News&#x27; live blog <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/09/22/halalan-2022-abs-cbn-news-updates-on-philippine-elections">here</a>. <br/> </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uZwy8UCndoo?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Camarines Norte Governor Egay Tallado is set to lose his re-election bid to Dong Padilla, partial results showed on Tuesday.