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Some vote-rich provinces where Robredo won in 2016 flip for Marcos in 2022

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Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News

<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=2029993" 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><p>MANILA – Vice President Leni Robredo got fewer votes than presidential frontrunner Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in some of the country’s vote-rich provinces, despite beating him in these areas when they tussled for the vice-presidency in 2016, according to data from the ABS-CBN News Data Analytics Team.</p><p>The 2016 race was a close fight, with the Supreme Court unanimously junking in February 2021 the election protest filed by Marcos.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/16/21/sc-junks-bongbong-marcos-poll-protest-vs-vice-president-robredo-source">SC junks Bongbong Marcos&#x27; poll protest vs Vice President Robredo</a></li></ul><p>Six years later, it is now Marcos&#x27; turn to win in some of the areas where he got fewer votes in 2016. </p><p>In 2016, when she was the administration candidate for vice-president, Robredo got 807,992 votes in vote-rich Cebu compared to Marcos&#x27; 307,676. </p><p>This year, however, she only got 573,625 votes, behind Marcos’ 1,507,660 as of 7:32 a.m.</p><p>One Cebu Party, headed by the province&#x27;s governor, Gwendolyn Garcia, endorsed Marcos’ candidacy in the 2022 elections.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/12/22/halalan-2022-one-cebu-party-endorses-marcos">Halalan 2022: One Cebu Party endorses Bongbong Marcos for President</a></li></ul><p>Likewise, in Batangas, Marcos is leading the 2022 presidential race with 717,164 votes, beating Robredo’s 653,474 tally .</p><p>But in 2016, Robredo got 513,587 votes—almost twice that of Marcos’ 260,895 votes.</p><p>In Tarlac, a province once known to be a stronghold of the Liberal Party--of which Robredo is still chairman--Marcos is so far leading the race with 425,599 votes, while Robredo has 289,600 votes. </p><p>In 2016, Robredo won the vice presidential elections there, with 243,756 votes versus Marcos&#x27; 214,166 votes. </p><p>In Iloilo, Robredo is so far leading Marcos in the presidential race—she has 720,481 votes vs. 453,879. But this is a narrower lead compared to 2016, when she led by more than 570,000 votes.</p><p>Marcos only got 127,434 votes from Ilonggos in 2016. Robredo got 706,052.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/28/22/iloilo-mayor-backs-leni-wont-endorse-marcos-jr">Iloilo mayor backs Leni, won&#x27;t endorse Marcos Jr</a></li></ul><p>The same thing happened in Negros Occidental, where Robredo led the vice-presidential race in 2016 with 715,174 votes ahead of Marcos’s 159,667.</p><p>Six years later, Robredo is leading the presidential race in the province, but only with a 35,000 lead over Marcos Jr.—she has 635,906 votes ahead of his 600,094.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/11/22/70000-negrenses-welcome-robredo-in-bacolod">&#x27;Kampanya ng pag-asa&#x27;: 70,000 Negrenses welcome Robredo in Bacolod</a></li></ul><p>In the provinces of Cavite, Bulacan, Laguna, Pangasinan, Rizal, Pampanga, and Nueva Ecija, Marcos won the vice-presidential race in 2016, but increased his lead over Robredo in the 2022 polls. </p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="vote-rich provinces" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/05/10/20220510-vote-rich1.jpg"/></figure></div><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="vote-rich provinces" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/05/10/20220510-vote-rich2.jpg"/><figcaption>vote-rich provinces</figcaption></figure></div>

VP Leni Robredo got fewer votes than presidential frontrunner Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in some of the country’s vote-rich provinces, despite beating him in these areas when they tussled for the vice-presidency in 2016. 

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Some vote-rich provinces where Robredo won in 2016 flip for Marcos in 2022

Benise Balaoing,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 10, 2022 11:17 AM PHT

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Updated May 10, 2022 11:30 AM PHT

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