By Mortz C. Ortigoza
Pangasinan's behemoth party-list group Abono is sure to win a seat for the
incoming 18th Congress of the Philippines, according to the
Commission on Election as collated by ABS-CBN’s run Halalan 2019 Website.
Partial, unofficial results aggregated from Comelec data as of May 18, 2019, 11:10 AM and from 86,186 of 87, 851 clustered precincts or 98.09% of Election Returns says the farmers' party list, whose bailiwick is in the almost two million vote - rich Pangasinan, got 377, 636 (1.37%) votes.
It is No. 19 among the 134 party-list groups according to the Commission on Election with the most numbers of votes in the May 13, 2019 election.
According to the latest poll of Pulse Asia, only nine (9) party list get the support of the 2.0 percent Filipino voters.
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| BRASS - Farmers' Abono Party-List Group Founder and Chair Rosendo So (left) and the party's first nominee Congressman Conrado Estrella, III. |
Based on the procedures for the allocation of the maximum numbers of 59 seat
representatives described in the resolution issued by the Supreme Court in
February 17, 2017, these groups’ Anti-Crime & Terrorism Community
Involvment and Support, Inc. (ACT-CIS), Ako Bicol Political Party (Ako Bicol),
and Ang Bayan Muna would succeed in winning three seats each in the
House of Representatives, the maximum number of seats that any partylist can
obtain in the election.
According to the Constitution selection or election of Partylists come
from the labor, peasant, urban poor, indigenous cultural communities, women,
youth, and such other sectors as may be provided by law, except the religious
sector.
The Top
10 party-list groups, according to the Comelec, that garnered the most of the
votes in the 1.9 million voting's rich Pangasinan province:
Rank
|
Party-List Name
|
Votes
|
PCT%
|
1 ABONO 202,366 23.09%
2 ACT-CIS 96,831 11.05%
3 INANG MAHAL 52,671 6.01%
4 BAYAN MUNA 38,341 4.38%
5 SAGIP 34,904 3.98%
6 CIBAC 33,365 3.81%
7 ANG PROBINSYANO 31,594 3.61%
8 PROBINSYANO AKO 25,447 2.90%
9 MAGSASAKA
24,973 2.85%
10 SENIOR CITIZENS 17,429 1.99%
If the number of sector representatives does not reach 20% of the total number of representatives in the House, parties that have not won seats but garnered enough votes to place them among the top sectoral parties are given a seat each until the 61 seats are filled.
The Abono Party-list presently occupies two seats at the 17th Congress of the House of Representatives. It is represented by congressmen Conrad M. Estrella III and Vini Nola A. Ortega, members of the illustrious families in Pangasinan and La Union provinces.
Electoral performances of Abono in the past four elections.
Election
|
Votes
|
%
|
Seats
|
340,002
|
2.12%
|
1
| |
766,993
|
2.58%
|
2
| |
767,645
|
2.80%
|
2
| |
732,060
|
2.26%
|
2
|
Other Pangasinan based partylist groups that ventured in the May election did not make the winning circle based on the latest poll from the Comelec.
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