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2 unopposed Rizal candidates bag House of Representative seats

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<p>MANILA - Reelectionists Rizal 1st District Representative Michael John &quot;Jack&quot; Duavit and former Rizal 2nd District Rep. Romeo Acop have secured sure seats in Congress after running unopposed in the recent polls. </p><p>Duavit, who ran under the Nationalist People&#x27;s Coalition (NPC), has also been the representative for the 12th, 13th, and 14th Congress. According to partial, unofficial results aggregated from Comelec data as of May 12, 2022, 3:17 PM and from 760 election returns, Duavit garnered 308,707 votes.</p><p>He is currently the Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations.</p><p>Meanwhile, Acop, who was a Congressman from 2010 to 2019, has won as the Representative for the 2nd District of Rizal with 132,519 votes. He also has no opponent in the recent poll. </p><p>Acop is under the National Unity Party (NUP).</p><p>Acop and Duavit are among the 845 aspirants who were unopposed during the May 2022 polls. For uncontested positions, candidates need only one vote in order to be declared winners.</p><p>Rizal is the top 9 in the list of the most vote-rich provinces with 1,601,962 registered voters. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/09/22/rizal-town-mayor-picks-isko-for-2022-president-after-bong-go-backs-out-of-race">Isko bags endorsement of Rizal town mayor after Bong Go leaves 2022 presidential race</a></li>	<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><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 <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/09/22/halalan-2022-abs-cbn-news-updates-on-philippine-elections">ABS-CBN News&#x27; live blog</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=2024870" 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>

Reelectionists Rizal 1st District Representative Michael John 'Jack' Duavit and former Rizal 2nd District Rep. Romeo Acop have secured sure seats in Congress after running unopposed in the recent polls. 