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Halalan 2025: Comelec proclaims 12 winning senators

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Ched Rick Gatchalian

ABS-CBN News

<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1747478048875viber_image_2025-05-17_18-08-11-908.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div>MANILA (2nd UPDATE) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) proclaimed the winning 12 senators at Manila Hotel Tent City on Saturday, five days after midterm elections and the earliest in the poll body&#x27;s history.Of all the senators-elect, only 11 were able to attend as <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/17/senator-elect-kiko-pangilinan-misses-proclamation-due-to-daughter-s-graduation-1533">Kiko Pangilinan</a> is currently with his family in the United States for his daughter&#x27;s graduation program. During the proclamation, Comelec called the 12th-ranked senator first, while the top vote-getter was the last.Imee Marcos with 13,339,227 votes at 12th place was first to be proclaimed. Bong Go, who achieved 27,121,073 votes at 1st place, was called last.The other senators-elect with their acquired votes based on the National Certificate of Canvass (NCOC) are as follows:2. Former senator Bam Aquino – 20,971,899 votes3. Sen. Ronald dela Rosa – 20,773,946 votes4. ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo – 17,118,881 votes5. Former senator Francis Pangilinan – 15,343,2296. SAGIP party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta – 15,250,7237. Former senator Panfilo Lacson – 15,106,1118. Former Senate president Vicente Sotto III – 14,832,9969. Sen. Pia Cayetano – 14,573,43010. Las Piñas City Rep. Camille Villar – 13,651,27411. Sen. Lito Lapid – 13,394,102<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/16/proclamation-of-magic-12-senators-set-on-saturday-1704">Proclamation of &#x27;Magic 12&#x27; senators set on Saturday</a></div>Of the 12 winners, five were reelectionists: Go, dela Rosa, Cayetano, Lapid, and Marcos. Meanwhile, four got fresh mandates: Aquino, Pangilinan, Lacson, and Sotto.Three incumbent congressmen will make the switch from the House of Representatives to the Senate: Tulfo, Marcoleta, and Villar.Former First Lady Imelda Marcos was present for daughter Imee&#x27;s proclamation.Except for the incumbent senators who got a second term, the other winners will be formally called senators-elect till June 30, 2025, when their term of office begins.The poll body plans to proclaim the winning party-list groups on May 19. -- with a report from RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday has began proclaming the winning 12 senators at Manila Hotel Tent City, five days after midterm elections and the earliest in the poll body's history.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday has began proclaming the winning 12 senators at Manila Hotel Tent City, five days after midterm elections and the earliest in the poll body's history.