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Franz Pumaren leads battle for House seat in QC 3rd district

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Franz Pumaren FB" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/05/09/20220509-franz-pumaren-fb.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Photo from Franz Pumaren&#x27;s Facebook page</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – Former champion PBA player and UAAP coach Franz Pumaren was holding a slim lead in the congressional race in the third district of Quezon City.</p><p>Based on the partial and unofficial tally, Pumaren is ahead of Allan Benedict Reyes by almost 4,000 votes, as of 11:17 p.m. Monday. </p><p>The basketball tactician has garnered 55,484 votes in 1,734 of the 1,960 clustered precincts in QC. Reyes has 51,506 votes. </p><p>Pumaren is the incumbent congressman of the third district, serving as lawmaker since 2013. </p><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 ABS-CBN News&#x27; live blog <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/09/22/halalan-2022-abs-cbn-news-updates-on-philippine-elections">here</a>.</em></div>

Based on the partial and unofficial tally, Pumaren is ahead of Allan Benedict Reyes by almost 4,000 votes, as of 11:17 p.m. Monday.