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Unchallenged Gloria Macapagal Arroyo set for fresh Congress seat

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Former Philippine president and congresswoman Gloria Arroyo waves during the third session of the 17th Congress ahead of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte" s="" state="" of="" the="" nation="" address="" at="" in="" Manila="" on="" July="" Noel="" AFP="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/07/23/20180723-gloria-macapagal-arroyo-afp-1.jpg"/><figcaption>Former Philippine president and congresswoman Gloria Arroyo waves during the third session of the 17th Congress ahead of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s state of the nation address at Congress, in Manila on July 23, 2018.<em> Noel Celis, AFP/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p><br/>MANILA — Former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is set to win a fresh term as representative of Pampanga&#x27;s second district, based on partial unofficial tally of votes.</p><p>As an unopposed candidate, Arroyo, 75, needs only one vote in order to be declared the winner. </p><p>Based on partial, unofficial results aggregated from Comelec data as of 12:17 p.m. of Tuesday from 539 election returns, Arroyo got 233,042 votes.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/05/10/arroyo.jpg" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/05/10/arroyo.jpg"/></figure></div><p>The former chief executive was among 38 unopposed candidates for district representative. A total of 845 candidates were unchallenged in this year&#x27;s elections, according to the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group (IRG).</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/03/25/22/845-candidates-are-sure-winners-in-2022-polls">Sure winners: 845 candidates running unopposed in 2022 polls</a></li></ul><p>This is Arroyo&#x27;s fourth non-consecutive term as Pampanga 2nd District Representative, having served from 2010 to 2013, 2013 to 2016, and 2016 to 2019 under the Aquino and Duterte administrations. </p><p>She became the nation’s first female House Speaker in 2018 after the ouster of then-Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/18/18/duterte-sara-maneuvered-alvarezs-ouster-as-house-speaker">Duterte: Sara ‘maneuvered’ Alvarez&#x27;s ouster as House Speaker</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/23/18/arroyo-completes-house-coup-after-sona">Arroyo completes House coup after SONA</a></li></ul><p>Arroyo was Philippine president from 2001 until 2010.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/05/10/pineda.jpg" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/05/10/pineda.jpg"/></figure></div><p>In other races in Pampanga province, incumbent governor Dennis Pineda is set for re-election with 645,806 votes based on 96.84% of ERs.</p><p>His opponent, Danilo Baylon, has 451,986 votes.</p><p>Pineda&#x27;s mother, Lilia &quot;Nanay Baby&quot; Pineda, is running unopposed and is also set to be reelected as vice governor, with 865,274 votes so far.</p><div><em>Bookmark the <a href="https://halalanresults.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN News Halalan results page</a> to see the partial unofficial tally of election returns.</em></div><div><em>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>.</em></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1396378" width="100%"></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>

Former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo won a fresh term as representative of Pampanga's second district unchallenged.