NBOC ends canvass of Eleksyon 2022 votes for president, VP

The Congress, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), has finished the official tallying of votes for president and vice president in the 2022 national and local elections.

The Joint Canvassing Committee (JCC) , co-chaired by Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri and House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez, declared the completion of the processing of the certificates of canvass (COCs) at 3:33 p.m.

The canvassing was terminated even without canvassing the overseas absentee voting (OAV) votes from Argentina and Syria as the ballot boxes from the said countries have yet to arrive.

The JCC shall prepare a report on the canvass which will be subsequently submitted to the Joint Public Session of the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Philippines.

According to the rules, the JCC report shall be approved by a majority of votes of all its members, each panel voting separately. The report shall be signed by the majority of the members of each panel.

After which, the chairpersons of the JCC will present and sponsor the report and the accompanying Resolution of Both Houses proclaiming the duly-elected president and vice president.

Upon the adoption of the Resolution of Both Houses, Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Speaker Lord Allan Velasco shall proclaim the duly-elected president and vice-president.

Based on the partial, unofficial tally,  former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. led the Eleksyon 2022 presidential race with 31,104,175 votes followed by Vice President Leni Robredo with 14,822,051 votes.

Meanwhile, the vice-presidential race was topped by Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, the daughter of outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte, with 31,561,948 votes, followed by Senator Francis Pangilinan with 9,232,883 votes.

According to GMA News Research, the impending proclamation of Marcos Jr. is the fastest presidential proclamation after the 1986 EDSA Revolution.

In 1992, the proclamation of former President Fidel V. Ramos took 42 days after the elections; 18 days for the proclamation of former President Joseph Estrada in 1998; 45 days for the proclamation of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo; 30 days for the proclamation of late former President Benigno Aquino III; and 21 days for the proclamation of outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte.

Marcos Jr.'s proclamation only took 16 days after the May 9 national and local polls. —LBG, GMA News