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#Halalan2022: Mike Defensor trailing Mayor Joy in QC

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Rep. Mike Defensor and his Malayang Quezon City slate. Photo from Defensor" s="" Facebook="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/05/09/20220509-mike.jpg"/><figcaption>Rep. Mike Defensor and his Malayang Quezon City slate. <em>Photo from Defensor&#x27;s Facebook page.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor continued to lag behind incumbent Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, based on partial, unofficial results early Tuesday.</p><p>As of 2:17 a.m., with 90.31 percent of election returns, Defensor received 378,970 votes, while Belmonte got 600,266 votes.</p><p>Defensor&#x27;s running mate, former Rep. Winnie Castelo (394,713 votes), was also losing to incumbent Vice-Mayor Gian Sotto (538,049 votes).</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="qc" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/05/09/20220509-qc1.jpg"/></figure></div><p>Among the members of Defensor&#x27;s Malayang Quezon City slate, only Councilor Marvin Rillo, who is running for fourth district representative, is in first place.</p><p>He is leading the race in the fourth district with 74,266 votes, followed by Bong Suntay with 72,766 votes.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="qc" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/05/09/20220509-qc2.jpg"/></figure></div><p>The other candidates in Defensor&#x27;s slate – Rep. Onyx Crisologo, Rep. Precious Hipolito Castelo, Rep. Allan Benedict Reyes, Rose Lin and former Rep. Vincent &quot;Bingbong&quot; Crisologo – were trailing in their respective districts.</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>

As of 2:17 a.m., with 90.31 percent of election returns, Defensor received 378,970 votes, while Belmonte got 600,266 votes.