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<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1423423" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA - Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada is expected to make a political comeback in next year&#x27;s midterm elections.</p><p>But his plans may be hurting his half-brother JV Ejercito&#x27;s chances of getting reelected as shown in the latest pre-election survey, Pulse Asia president Ronald Holmes said.</p><p>&quot;I would say so, because we&#x27;ve had siblings in the institution, but they didn&#x27;t run in the same election,&quot; he told ANC&#x27;s &quot;Beyond Politics.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/multimedia/infographic/09/24/18/2019-senatorial-preferences-pulse-asia">2019 Senatorial Preferences: Pulse Asia</a></li></ul><p>If the senatorial elections were held this month, only Estrada would get a statistical chance at the upper chamber.</p><p>Some 34.6 percent of adult Filipinos would vote for Estrada, landing him at the 6th to 10th places.</p><p>Meanwhile, Ejercito got 26.7 percent, sharing the 11th to 17th places with other possible contenders.</p><p>&quot;In that sense, maybe people are able to discern that it might be better just to select who among them that they would put in the institution,&quot; Holmes said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/22/18/women-top-2019-senatorial-survey-pulse-asia">Women top 2019 senatorial survey: Pulse Asia</a></li></ul><p>Dropping the Estrada name may have also affected Ejercito&#x27;s poll ranking.</p><p>&quot;In the case of JV (Ejercito), the difference between this election and the previous election when he ran for the Senate, he&#x27;s not using the Estrada name. To a certain extent there&#x27;s a brand carrying the name,&quot; the poll firm&#x27;s president said.</p><p>Holmes added, &quot;Although he has made himself known as JV Ejercito and has done well in the Senate, there&#x27;s still a difference in carrying Ejercito and Estrada.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/24/18/jv-ejercito-drops-estrada-hopes-track-record-can-help-reelection-bid">JV Ejercito drops &#x27;Estrada,&#x27; hopes track record can help reelection bid</a></li></ul><p>Estrada, elected in 2004 and 2010, may be faring better because of name recall and the position he held before, he said.</p><p>&quot;Jinggoy (Estrada) had been in the Senate twice. It would, more or less, compel people to identify him as one of the possible candidates that they would support,&quot; Holmes said.</p><p>Estrada is currently out on bail while on trial for plunder and graft for his alleged role in the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/30/18/will-jinggoy-estrada-run-alongside-brother-jv-in-2019-polls">Will Jinggoy Estrada run alongside brother JV in 2019 polls? </a></li></ul>

<p>MANILA - Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada is expected to make a political comeback in next year's midterm elections.</p>

MANILA - Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada is expected to make a political comeback in next year's midterm elections.