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PBA MVP James Yap set to win council seat in San Juan

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="James Yap" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/sports/05/09/20220509-james.jpg"/></figure></div><p>MANILA – PBA superstar James Yap is closing in on a council seat in the City of San Juan.</p><p>Yap, who is suiting up for Rain Or Shine Elasto Painters, ranked fourth in the partial and unofficial tally of Halalan 2022.</p><p>The well-known basketball player received 21,427 votes based on the election returns transmitted, as of 10:17 p.m. Monday. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/11/05/21/james-yap-gets-leave-of-absence-from-ros">PBA: ROS&#x27; James Yap gets leave of absence to focus on election campaign</a></li></ul><p>Former basketball player Paul Artadi is also poised to retain a seat in San Juan, placing second in the councilor’s race with 23,247 votes.</p><p>Only the top six in each of the two districts of the city will be elected as councilors.</p><div><br/><em>Bookmark the <a href="https://halalanresults.abs-cbn.com" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">ABS-CBN News&#x27; live blog</a> here.  </em><br/> </div>

Former PBA player Paul Artadi, Yap's teammate at University of the East, is also poised to retain a seat in the San Juan city council.