At least 9 party-list groups secure House seats after Eleksyon 2022

At least nine party-list groups have secured seats in the House of Representatives based on the partial and official tally of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), on Thursday.

The following party-list groups have received at least 2% of the votes required for proclamation, according to the NBOC's National Tally Sheet Report Number 2:

1. ACT-CIS – 1,112,991 (6.0586%)
2. Ako Bicol – 513,403 (2.7947%)
3. 1-Rider party-list – 453,712 (2.4698%)
4. 4PS – 427,779 (2.3286%)
5. Ang Probinsyano – 421,253 (2.2931%)
6. Sagip – 411,440 (2.2397%)
7. Cibac – 394,750 (2.1488%)
8. Ako Bisaya – 391,242 (2.1297%)
9. Probinsyano Ako – 380,119 (2.0692%)

The law provides that a party-list group that gets at least 2% of the total number of votes cast in the party-list race will be entitled to at least one seat in the House of Representatives.

Those who exceed the 2% threshold will be entitled to additional seats proportionate to the number of votes cast, but the total number of seats for each winning party-list group cannot exceed three.

Those who do not meet the 2% requirement may still be able to secure a seat in the House because the party-list law also requires that 20% of House members come from the party-list ranks.

As of 8:28 a.m. Thursday, the NBOC had canvassed the votes for party-list groups from areas in the National Capital Region (NCR) and Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), as well as Regions 1, 2, 3, 4A, and 4B.

The NBOC had already processed 82 COCs from several provinces, cities, and overseas voting as of Wednesday night.

The Comelec said that it plans to proclaim the winning senators in the May 9 polls early next week to be followed by the party-list groups. —VBL, GMA News