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Profile of Philippine Voters1

by

Carmelita Nuguid. Ericta2


and
Florante C. Varona3

I. INTRODUCTION

In a democratic country such as the Philippines, leaders who will lead the
country for a fixed number of years are decided by the Filipino voters through an
election. Filipinos are encouraged to register and to vote as an exercise of their
constitutional rights and privileges. For several decades since 1947, starting from
election campaign up to the casting and tallying of votes, Filipino voters are
always involved with high enthusiasm. Thus, describing some characteristics of
Filipino voters such as their geographical distribution, family income and
education would give us a glimpse or a picture of the country’s voting population

This paper aims to present the Philippine voters characteristics based on


the results of census and surveys conducted by the National Statistics Office
such as the 2000 Census of Population and Housing, 2000 Family Income and
Expenditure Survey and Labor Force Survey. Other sources such as Data from
previous Philippine election compiled by the Commission on Elections are also
utilized.

II. ELECTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES

The Commission on Elections is mandated by law as the premier guardian


of the ballot. Being an independent constitutional body it has an exclusive power
to administer and enforce all laws and regulations relative to the conduct of
elections and other political exercises, such as plebiscites, initiatives, referenda
and recalls.

Election is defined as the means by which the people choose their officials
for a definite and fixed period of time. Article 5 of the constitution of the
Philippines stated that suffrage may be exercised by all citizens of the

1
A paper presented at the PSA Annual Conference on November 12, 2003, Sulu Hotel, Quezon
City
2
Administrator and Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office
3
Statistician III, National Statistics Office

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Philippines, not otherwise disqualified by law, who are at least 18 years of age
and who shall have resided in the Philippines for at least one year and in the
place wherein they propose to vote, for at least six months immediately
preceding the election. No literacy, property, or other substantive requirement
shall be imposed on the exercise of suffrage. The Omnibus Election code of the
Philippines states on its general provision that it shall be the obligation of every
citizen qualified to vote to register and cast his vote. Also, the Republic Act No.
8189 or “Voter’s Registration Act of 1996” cites that in order to be able to vote in
any election, a qualified voter shall be registered in the permanent list of voters
in a precinct of the city or municipality wherein he resides. However, persons
disqualified from registering are not allowed to vote such as the following (1)
those who have been sentenced by final judgment to suffer imprisonment of not
less that one (1) year. (2) any person who has been adjudged by final judgment
by a competent court or tribunal of having committed any crime involving
disloyalty to the duly constituted government such as rebellion, sedition, violation
of the firearms laws or any crime against national security and (3)Insane or
incompetent persons declared as such by competent authority. For 2000, the
country’s seven national prisons, registered a total population of 23,695 inmates
or 0.05 percent of 43.3 million voting population.

The Voter’s Absentee Voting Act of 2003 allows all qualified citizens of the
Philippines abroad to vote for president, vice-president, senators and party-list
representatives. However, those who lost their Filipino citizenship in accordance
with Philippine laws and those who have expressly renounced their Philippine
citizenship and who have pledged allegiance to a foreign country are not eligible
to vote.

Types of Elections
In the Philippines, regular elections are held regularly over a period of time
as mandated by the constitution. These are the following:

1. National Elections, for President and Vice-President of the Philippines shall


be held every six years, and for Senators, every three years.

2. Local Elections, for Members of the House of Representatives, Party List


Representatives and Provincial, City and Municipal Officials, every 3 years

3. Barangay Elections, every 3 years

4. ARMM Elections, for Regional Governor, Regional Vice-Governor, and


Regional Assemblymen for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
(ARMM), every 3 years

5. Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Elections, every 3 years, synchronized with


the barangay elections

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6. Plebiscite, Referendum, Initiative and Recall – these are not held on a
regular basis.

III. VOTING POPULATION

Based on the 2000 Census of Population and Housing results (Table 1),
the total population 18 years old and over numbered to 43.3 million persons.
There were slightly more women (50.1 percent) than men (49.9 percent). Of the
16 regions in the Philippines, Region IV or Southern Tagalog had the biggest
voter’s population, with 6.7 million persons accounting for 15.6 percent of the
total. The National Capital Region (NCR) followed with 6.2 million persons or 15
percent. Central Luzon (Region 3) registered the third largest voter’s population
with 4.7 million persons or 10.87 percent of the total. These three regions
comprised 41.36 percent of the total population 18 years old and over. On the
other hand, CAR had the least number of voters with only 764 thousand persons.

2004 Projected Voting Population

For the coming 2004 election, the projected voting population is estimated
at 49.25 million persons (please refer to table 3). This figure is about 60 percent
of the projected 82.67 million Philippine population for 2004. Female voting
population number a little more than the expected male voters with a sex ratio of
98.89 males for every 100 females. There are more male voters in the younger
age groups 20 to 24 and 25 to 29 years old while female voters dominate the
older age groupings 50 years old and over.

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Figure 2. Projected Age-Sex Voting Population Pyramid, Philippines: 2004

A 80 and over
75 to 79
G 70 to 74
E 65 to 69
60 to 64
G 55 to 59
Male Female
R 50 to 54
45 to 49
O 40 to 44
U 35 to 39
p 30 to 34
25 to 29
20 to 24
18 to 19

10 8 6 4 2 0 2 4 6 8 10

Percent to Total Population

Literacy and Education of Voters

Of the 49 million projected voters for 2004, about two thirds (66%) or 33
million have completed some elementary or high school education; 15 percent
are college undergraduates; and only 7 percent are college degree holders. In
addition, there are about 1.6 million voters who have no education.

Figure 3. Percent Distribution of Voters by Highest Educational


Attainment: 2004

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The projected voting population literacy rate was observed at 92 percent
or 45.5 million literate voters out of 49.2 million voters for 2004. There is no
significant difference between the literacy rate of women and that of men.

Marital Status

Of the 49.2 million projected voters for 2004, 60 percent or 29.4 million are
legally married while voters with single marital status share 27 percent or 13.5
million of the total.

Table A. Total Population 18 years and over by Marital Status and Sex: 2004
Marital Status Total Percent Male Percent Female Percent
Total 49,247,483 100.00 24,457,103 49.66 24,790,380 50.34
Single 13,538,332 27.49 7,449,405 55.02 6,088,927 44.98
Legally married 29,364,907 59.63 14,691,577 50.03 14,673,330 49.97
Widowed 2,657,992 5.40 642,821 24.18 2,015,171 75.82
Divorced/separated 624,509 1.27 226,243 36.23 398,266 63.77
Common-law/live-
in 2,665,392 5.41 1,364,539 51.19 1,300,853 48.81
Not reported 396,350 0.80 196,499 49.58 199,851 50.42

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Employment

As of April 2003, the voting population who were members of the labor
force was estimated at 32.7 million. Of this, 61 percent or 19.9 million were males
while the remaining 12.8 million were females. Employed male voters registered
at 17.7 million were more in numbers than the 11.3 million female voters. This
observation was also true for the employment rate posted at 89 percent for male
as compared with the smaller 88.4 percent for females. Employment rate for the
total voting population was computed at 88.8 percent. Of the 32.7 million voters
in the labor force, 3.7 million were unemployed resulting to 11.2 percent
unemployment rate. Higher occurrence of unemployed female voters was also
noted in April 2003 having a larger 11.6 percent unemployment rate as compared
to 11 percent unemployed male voters.

Of the 29 million employed voters, 14 million or 48.4 percent were wage


and salary workers, 11.5 million or 39.8 percent were own account workers and
3.4 million, unpaid workers.

Around 4.1 million workers were employed as Agricultural, Forestry and


Fishery Laborers. There were also about 3.6 million employed Field Crop Farmer
voters. Domestic Helpers and Drivers combined for a total of 3.1 million voters

Figure 5. Labor Force Summary of Voting Population, April 2003

Population 18
Years Old and Over
45,809,054

Not In the Labor In the Labor


Force Force
13,087,486 32,721,568
(28.57%) (71.43%)

Employed Unemployed
29,042,924 3,678,644
(88.76%) (11.24%)

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Table B. Employed Voters by Type of Occupation in The Philippines: April 2003

Occupation Total Percent Male Percent Female Percent


All Occupations 29,042,924 100.00 17,745,496 100.00 11,297,428 100.00
Agricultural, Forestry and
Fishery Laborers 4,134,883 14.24 2,402,553 13.54 1,732,329 15.33
Field Crop Farmers 3,638,559 12.53 3,207,001 18.07 431,558 3.82
General Managers/Managing-
Proprietors 2,571,941 8.86 915,136 5.16 1,656,805 14.67
Motor Vechicle Drivers 1,792,420 6.17 1,776,628 10.01 15,792 0.14
Domestic Helpers and
Cleaners and Related
Workers 1,349,794 4.65 282,280 1.59 1,067,514 9.45
Market Stall Vendors, Street
Vendors and Related
Workers 1,290,356 4.44 412,236 2.32 878,120 7.77
Other Occupation 14,264,968 49.12 8,749,661 49.31 5,515,310 48.82

IV. HOUSEHOLDS HEADED BY VOTERS

Of the 15 million households in the Philippines in year 2000, about 17


percent or 2.6 million households were headed by women voters while a bigger
portion, 83 percent or 12.4 million of the total households were headed by male
voters.
Table C. Number of Household Heads by Sex : 2000
Number of Household Head
Less than 18
Total 18 year old & over Percent years Old Percent
Philippines 15,071,941 15,067,302 99.97 4,639 0.03
Male 12,434,906 12,432,193 82.49 2,713 0.02
Female 2,637,036 2,635,110 17.48 1,926 0.01

There were 4,639 households headed by a person less than 18 years old.
This number is equivalent to a small 0.03 percent of the total 15 million
households in the Philippines.

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Family Size

The typical family of a Filipino voter had 5 members. The average size of
a family headed by a Filipino voter ranged from 4.8 members in Cagayan Valley
to 5.8 family members in ARMM

Family Income

About 15 million families in the Philippines headed by a Filipino voter had


an average annual family income of P145,151 in 2000. This amount can be
translated to P32,381 per capita income or for each family member. Across
regions, the highest annual family income was noted in National Capital Region
estimated at P300,452, while the lowest family annual income of P79,590 was
recorded in ARMM.

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Table D. Number of Families, Average Annual Family Income, Average Annual Per Capita
Income and Average Family Size of 18 year old and over household head by Region, 2000

Number of Average Family Average Per Average Family


Region Families Income Capita Income Size

Philippines 15,071,552 145,151 32,381 5.1


NCR 2,187,640 300,452 67,320 5.1
CAR 275,075 139,613 30,859 5.2
Ilocos 806,625 120,931 26,963 5.1
Cagayan Valley 566,692 108,427 25,875 4.8
Central Luzon 1,516,657 151,469 33,464 5.1
Southern Luzon 2,280,948 161,971 37,286 5.0
Bicol Region 899,207 95,299 20,619 5.4
Western Visayas 1,211,243 109,626 24,950 5.1
Central Visayas 1,102,783 99,601 21,752 5.0
Eastern Visayas 735,950 91,570 20,665 5.0
Western Mindanao 603,728 86,135 18,770 5.2
Northern Mindanao 535,446 110,328 23,927 5.3
Southern Mindanao 1,032,587 112,255 23,727 5.1
Central Mindanao 514,104 90,793 19,710 5.3
ARMM 394,255 79,590 14,817 5.8
CARAGA 408,613 81,504 18,461 5.1
Source : 2000 Family Income and Expenditures Survey, National Statistics Office

Housing

Results from 2000 CPH observed that of the 15,278,808 housing units in
the country, 15,264,250 housing units were identified to have at least an 18 year
old or over household member. About 15 thousand houses had no Filipino voter
among their occupants.

Filipino voters preferred to live in single houses. This type of dwelling


accounted for more than 87 percent or 13.3 million housing units. Multi-unit
residential type ranked second with a little more than 1 million houses, while
another 555 thousand housing units were duplex type.

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V. REGISTERED VOTERS

1995 Registration Rate

On the average, there were about 214 voters for each precinct. At 37.7
million voting population in 1995 and 36.4 million registered voters, registration
rate at the national level was a high 96.7 percent.

Four regions showed more than a hundred percent registration rate.


These were Region 3 (100.1 percent), Region 8 (105.9 percent), Region 9 (102.1
percent), and region 12 (103.3.0 percent). The highest registration rate was
experienced in Region 8.

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Source : Election and Barangay Affairs Department COMELEC

1995 Voter Turn-Out

During the 1995 National Election, approximately 25.7 million (71 percent)
of the 36.4 million registered voters actually voted. Across regions, the highest
voter turn-out percentage was noted in Ilocos Region at 79 percent while the
lowest was registered in the National Capital Region at 57 percent.

Generally, there were more registered male voters than female. However,
in the 1995 national election, more females had actually voted as compared with
the males having a sex ratio of 98.96 males for every 100 females (Table 8-B).
This voting pattern was also true for 6 regions, NCR, Central Luzon, Southern
Tagalog, Bicol, Western Visayas and Central Visayas.

2002 Registration Rate

Only 81.2 percent of the population 18 years old and over registered in
July 15, 2002 Barangay Elections. The total number of registered voters was
tallied at 37.9 million persons. Among the regions, Southern Tagalog emerged as
the biggest in terms of number of registered voters with 5.7 million persons
followed by National Capital Region having 5.3 million registered voters. On the
other hand, CAR, comprising 669 thousand registered voters had the least
number.

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Six provinces reported having more than a million registered voters
surpassing a million marks and these were: Cebu (1.71 million), Negros
Occidental (1.25 million) Pangasinan (1.20 million), Bulacan (1.13 million), Cavite
(1.06 million) and Laguna (1.01 million). National Capital Region, comprising 12
cities and 5 municipalities, had 5.3 million registered voters

Notes on SK Voters

The youth 15 to 17 years old were eligible to vote for Sangguninang


Kabataan (SK). In 2000, SK voters’ regional distribution followed the same trend
as compared to the population 18 years old and over. Of the 4.8 million 15-17
years old population, Southern Tagalog had the biggest share (14.7 percent). It
was followed by National Capital Region (NCR) with 543 thousand SK voters.
Central Luzon (Region 3) had the third largest SK population with 485 thousand
or 10.02 percent of the total. The three regions comprised 35.95 percent of the
total population 15-17 years old. CAR had the least number of voters with only 92
thousand persons.

The projected number of SK voters for 2004 is estimated to be 5.15 million


persons. Female SK voters, numbering 2.64 million are slightly more than their
male counterparts estimated at 2.51 million persons.

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VI. CONCLUSION

Although having known Filipino voters characteristics might not guarantee


prediction of an election result nor would determine the discriminating factor that
would infer the probable outcome of an election, descriptive results are still useful
for those aspiring candidates who might want to utilize the data as added inputs
for their election campaign strategy.

Understanding the profile of more than 49 million voting population, its


diversity and similarities across regions is a jumpstart towards future studies on
learning the voting behavior of the Filipino people.

REFERENCES

National Statistics Office, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

National Statistics Office, 2000 Family Income and Expenditure Survey


datafile (fies2k.dta)

National Statistics Office, April 2003 Labor Force Survey

National Statistics Office, 1995 Population Projections

Commission on Election Online. http://www.comelec.gov.ph

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LIST OF TABLES
Table 1. Population 18 Years Old and Over by Region : 2000

Number Percent
REGION Total Male Female Total Male Female

Philippines 43,331,229 21,619,285 21,711,944 100.00 49.89 50.11

NCR 6,215,139 2,997,911 3,217,228 14.34 6.92 7.42


CAR 763,855 386,969 376,886 1.76 0.89 0.87
Region 1 2,457,191 1,215,022 1,242,169 5.67 2.80 2.87
Region 2 1,569,707 798,751 770,956 3.62 1.84 1.78
Region 3 4,710,622 2,346,546 2,364,076 10.87 5.42 5.46
Region 4 6,737,224 3,349,283 3,387,941 15.55 7.73 7.82
Region 5 2,456,530 1,244,059 1,212,471 5.67 2.87 2.80
Region 6 3,524,031 1,758,976 1,765,055 8.13 4.06 4.07
Region 7 3,238,541 1,603,423 1,635,118 7.47 3.70 3.77
Region 8 1,912,277 971,012 941,265 4.41 2.24 2.17
Region 9 1,642,361 833,549 808,812 3.79 1.92 1.87
Region 10 1,503,025 763,953 739,072 3.47 1.76 1.71
Region 11 2,864,005 1,469,075 1,394,930 6.61 3.39 3.22
Region 12 1,385,830 701,132 684,698 3.20 1.62 1.58
ARMM 1,242,584 613,072 629,512 2.87 1.41 1.45
Caraga 1,097,083 560,977 536,106 2.53 1.29 1.24

Source : 2000 Census of Population and Housing, National Statistics Office

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Table 2. Population 15 - 17 Years Old by Region: 2000

Number Percent
Region Total Male Female Total Male Female

Philippines 4,844,166 2,442,397 2,401,769 100.00 50.42 49.58

NCR 543,259 259,594 283,665 11.21 5.36 5.86


CAR 92,192 46,673 45,519 1.90 0.96 0.94
Region 1 270,133 138,829 131,304 5.58 2.87 2.71
Region 2 184,089 95,093 88,996 3.80 1.96 1.84
Region 3 485,179 247,009 238,170 10.02 5.10 4.92
Region 4 712,926 359,530 353,396 14.72 7.42 7.30
Region 5 305,837 159,160 146,677 6.31 3.29 3.03
Region 6 418,254 212,776 205,478 8.63 4.39 4.24
Region 7 362,347 182,769 179,578 7.48 3.77 3.71
Region 8 231,229 121,260 109,969 4.77 2.50 2.27
Region 9 203,100 101,838 101,262 4.19 2.10 2.09
Region 10 180485 90751 89734 3.73 1.87 1.85
Region 11 348,063 173,613 174,450 7.19 3.58 3.60
Region 12 178,103 88,678 89,425 3.68 1.83 1.85
ARMM 185,337 91,198 94,139 3.83 1.88 1.94
Caraga 143,633 73,626 70,007 2.97 1.52 1.45

Source: 2000 Census of Population and Housing, National Statistics Office

Table 3. Projected Voting Population by Age Group, Sex and Sex Ratio: Philippines, 2004
Total
Age Group Population Male Female Sex Ratio

Philippines 49,247,483 24,457,103 24,790,380 98.89

18 to 19 3,349,937 1,663,106 1,686,830 98.59


20 to 24 7,740,004 3,904,396 3,835,608 101.79
25 to 29 6,949,594 3,481,087 3,468,507 100.36
30 to 34 6,159,749 3,071,837 3,087,912 99.48
35 to 39 5,389,105 2,688,220 2,700,885 99.53
40 to 44 4,617,073 2,310,249 2,306,824 100.15
45 to 49 3,880,515 1,941,965 1,938,550 100.18
50 to 54 3,153,855 1,576,407 1,577,448 99.93
55 to 59 2,514,067 1,245,726 1,268,341 98.22
60 to 64 1,906,995 929,772 977,223 95.14
65 to 69 1,416,836 677,568 739,268 91.65
70 to 74 988,991 459,140 529,851 86.65
75 to 79 647,172 286,546 360,626 79.46
80 and over 533,590 221,084 312,506 70.75

Source : 1995 Population Projection, National Statistics Office

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Table 4. Projected Population 18 Years Old and over by Highest Educational Attainment by Region:
2004

Highest Educational
Attainment Total Percent Male Percent Female Percent

Philippines 49,247,483 100.00 24,457,103 100.00 24,790,380 100.00

No Grade Completed 1,575,892 3.20 716,273 2.93 860,100 3.47


Pre-school 58,485 0.12 27,344 0.11 31,153 0.13
Elementary 16,902,142 34.32 8,649,769 35.37 8,250,518 33.28
High School 15,878,576 32.24 7,978,704 32.62 7,899,196 31.86
Post Secondary 2,902,359 5.89 1,499,339 6.13 1,402,600 5.66
College
Undergraduate 7,210,696 14.64 3,536,451 14.46 3,674,567 14.82
Academic Degree
Holder 3,279,488 6.66 1,376,090 5.63 1,905,228 7.69
Post Baccalaureate 305,157 0.62 126,855 0.52 178,481 0.72
Not Reported 1,121,891 2.28 539,944 2.21 582,071 2.35
Source: National Statistics Office

Table 5. Projected Population 18 Years and Over by Literacy by Sex: 2004


Literacy Total Percent Male Percent Female Percent
Total 49,247,483 100.00 24,457,103 49.66 24,790,380 50.34
Literate 45,500,402 92.39 22,677,383 49.84 22,823,019 50.16
Illiterate 3,747,081 7.61 1,860,519 49.65 1,886,561 50.35
Source: National Statistics Office

Table 6. Labor Force Summary of Voting Population in the Philippines: April 2003
18 years old and Over
Philippines
Total Male Female
Population 18 years Old and Over 45,809,054 22,771,986 23,037,068
In the Labor Force Population 32,721,568 19,938,228 12,783,339
Employed 29,042,924 17,745,496 11,297,428
Unemployed 3,678,644 2,192,732 1,485,911

Labor Force Participation Rate 71.43 87.56 55.49


Employment Rate 88.76 89.00 88.38
Unemployment Rate 11.24 11.00 11.62
Source: April 2003 Labor Force Survey, NSO

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Table 7. Employed Voters by Class of Workers in the Philippines: April 2003
Number Percent
Class or Workers Total Male Female Total Male Female

Philippines 29,042,924 17,745,497 11,297,428 100.00 100.00 100.00

Wage and Salary


Workers 14,050,384 8,758,082 5,292,302 48.38 49.35 46.85
Own Account Workers 11,552,946 7,526,759 4,026,188 39.78 42.42 35.64
Unpaid Family Workers 3,439,594 1,460,656 1,978,938 11.84 8.23 17.52
Source: April 2003 Labor Force Survey

Table 8-A. Number of Registered Voters by Region


May 8, 1995 National and Local Elections, National Summary

Number of Registered Voters


No. of Average Number
Region No. of Brgys. Precincts Total Per Precinct

Philippines 41,920 169,863 36,415,154 214

N.C.R. 1,689 25,883 5,415,082 209


C.A.R. 1,172 3,170 656,947 207
Region I 3,265 9,624 2,026,564 211
Region II 2,311 6,052 1,332,572 220
Region III 2,946 17,796 3,943,299 222
Region IV 5,623 23,046 5,201,838 226
Region V 3,462 9,943 2,108,854 212
Region VI 4,047 14,801 3,017,766 204
Region VII 3,003 12,761 2,578,742 202
Region VIII 4,390 8,865 1,849,506 209
Region IX 2,724 8,387 1,886,159 225
Region X 2,510 9,788 2,001,173 204
Region XI 1,828 11,695 2,502,512 214
Region XII 2,950 8,052 1,894,140 235

Source: Records and Statistics Division, COMELEC

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Table 8-B. Number of Registered Voters by Sex, by Region
May 8, 1995 National and Local Elections, National Summary

Number of Registered Voters


No. of No. of
Region Brgys. Precincts Male Female Sex Ratio

Philippines 41,920 169,863 18,292,150 18,122,994 100.93

N.C.R. 1,689 25,883 2,577,781 2,837,301 90.85


C.A.R. 1,172 3,170 338,230 318,717 106.12
Region I 3,265 9,624 1,014,541 1,012,023 100.25
Region II 2,311 6,052 687,874 644,698 106.70
Region III 2,946 17,796 1,981,396 1,961,903 100.99
Region IV 5,623 23,046 2,610,206 2,591,632 100.72
Region V 3,462 9,943 1,052,947 1,055,907 99.72
Region VI 4,047 14,801 1,499,852 1,517,914 98.81
Region VII 3,003 12,761 1,272,874 1,305,868 97.47
Region VIII 4,390 8,865 935,172 914,334 102.28
Region IX 2,724 8,387 991,691 894,468 110.87
Region X 2,510 9,788 1,019,209 981,964 103.79
Region XI 1,828 11,695 1,311,691 1,190,821 110.15
Region XII 2,950 8,052 998,686 895,444 111.53

Source: Records and Statistics Division, COMELEC

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Table 8-C. Number of Registered Voters Who Actually Voted, Percentage of Voting
and Sex Ratio by Region
May 8, 1995 National and Local Elections, National Summary

Number of Voters Who Actually Voted Percentage of Voting


Region Male Female Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes

Philippines 12,860,637 12,875,868 25,736,505 70.31 71.05 70.68

N.C.R. 1,453,843 1,612,769 3,066,612 56.40 56.84 56.63


C.A.R. 253,026 235,890 488,916 74.81 74.01 74.42
Region I 812,836 799,698 1,612,534 80.12 79.02 79.57
Region II 497,423 464,301 961,724 72.31 72.02 72.17
Region III 1,406,783 1,414,818 2,821,601 71.00 72.11 71.55
Region IV 1,844,856 1,867,498 3,712,354 70.68 72.06 71.37
Region V 799,444 820,272 1,619,716 75.92 77.68 76.81
Region VI 1,123,814 1,163,390 2,287,204 74.93 76.64 75.79
Region VII 962,559 1,006,353 1,968,912 75.62 77.06 76.35
Region VIII 700,677 699,856 1,400,533 74.92 76.54 75.72
Region IX 667,648 602,045 1,269,693 67.32 67.31 67.32
Region X 768,543 754,321 1,522,864 75.41 76.82 76.10
Region XI 867,574 804,746 1,672,320 66.14 67.58 66.83
Region XII 701,611 629,911 1,331,522 70.25 70.35 70.30
Source: Records and Statistics Division, COMELEC

Table 8-D. Number of Registered Voters Who Actually Voted and Percentage of
Voting by Sex, by Region
May 8, 1995 National and Local Elections, National Summary

Number of Voters Who Actually Voted Percentage of Voting


Both
Region Male Female Both Sexes Male Female Sexes

Philippines 12,860,637 12,875,868 25,736,505 49.97 50.03 100.00

N.C.R. 1,453,843 1,612,769 3,066,612 47.41 52.59 100.00


C.A.R. 253,026 235,890 488,916 51.75 48.25 100.00
Region I 812,836 799,698 1,612,534 50.41 49.59 100.00
Region II 497,423 464,301 961,724 51.72 48.28 100.00
Region III 1,406,783 1,414,818 2,821,601 49.86 50.14 100.00
Region IV 1,844,856 1,867,498 3,712,354 49.70 50.30 100.00
Region V 799,444 820,272 1,619,716 49.36 50.64 100.00
Region VI 1,123,814 1,163,390 2,287,204 49.13 50.87 100.00
Region VII 962,559 1,006,353 1,968,912 48.89 51.11 100.00
Region VIII 700,677 699,856 1,400,533 50.03 49.97 100.00
Region IX 667,648 602,045 1,269,693 52.58 47.42 100.00
Region X 768,543 754,321 1,522,864 50.47 49.53 100.00
Region XI 867,574 804,746 1,672,320 51.88 48.12 100.00
Region XII 701,611 629,911 1,331,522 52.69 47.31 100.00
Source: Records and Statistics Division, COMELEC

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Table 9. Summary on the Number of Established Precincts,

Grouped Precincts and Registered Voters


For the July 15, 2002 Barangay Elections

( As of 04 July 2002 )

REGION / Total No. of Total No. of Total No. of


PROVINCE / Established Clustered Registered
CITY Precincts Precincts Voters

PHILIPPINES 246,104 192,107 37,900,176

NCR 34,586 26,106 5,267,732

CAR 4,251 3,456 668,789

Abra 817 609 119,832


Apayao 300 254 47,761
Benguet 1,561 1,353 255,964
Ifugao 528 397 78,856
Kalinga 584 467 93,064
Mt. Province 461 376 73,312

REGION I 14,012 10,476 2,117,839

Ilocos Norte 1,978 1,365 276,273


Ilocos Sur 2,134 1,550 310,701
La Union 2,303 1,646 334,547
Pangasinan 7,597 5,915 1,196,318

REGION II 8,584 6,651 1,320,314

Batanes 54 41 8,198
Cagayan 2,928 2,258 443,574
Isabela 3,948 3,104 618,861
Nueva Vizcaya 1,176 867 174,668
Quirino 478 381 75,013

REGION III 26,262 20,600 4,074,911

Bataan 2,208 1,561 312,879


Bulacan 7,353 5,640 1,129,857
Nueva Ecija 5,207 4,543 895,657
Pampanga 5,869 4,670 896,506
Tarlac 3,290 2,558 510,533
Zambales 2,335 1,628 329,479

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REGION IV 36,462 28,843 5,733,920

Aurora 580 442 87,728


Batangas 6,292 4,873 979,632
Cavite 6,547 5,220 1,056,015
Laguna 5,881 5,161 1,010,951
Marinduque 684 518 103,800
Occidental Mindoro 1,173 818 165,348
Oriental Mindoro 1,990 1,493 303,261
Palawan 2,147 1,745 345,522
Quezon 5,326 3,900 768,734
Rizal 5,032 4,021 782,958
Romblon 810 652 129,971

REGION V 13,986 10,938 2,172,446

Albay 3,308 2,712 532,905


Camarines Norte 1,425 984 197,801
Camarines Sur 4,617 3,303 670,658
Catanduanes 727 578 111,199
Masbate 2,037 1,747 345,243
Sorsogon 1,872 1,614 314,640

REGION VI 20,230 15,621 3,112,311

Aklan 1,455 1,197 233,753


Antique 1,471 1,123 217,710
Capiz 2,198 1,764 351,751
Guimaras 397 355 68,708
Iloilo 6,536 5,113 990,123
Negros Occidental 8,173 6,069 1,250,266

REGION VII 17,663 14,515 2,853,122

Bohol 3,731 2,828 564,712


Cebu 10,098 8,785 1,706,970
Negros Oriental 3,518 2,643 532,102
Siquijor 316 259 49,338

REGION VIII 12,427 9,866 1,899,183

Biliran 491 380 76,043


Eastern Samar 1,304 1,051 200,817
Leyte 5,428 4,242 818,974
Northern Samar 1,645 1,293 251,843
Samar 2,317 1,908 359,194
Southern Leyte 1,242 992 192,312

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REGION IX 8,594 7,317 1,409,456

Zamboanga del Norte 2,689 2,263 445,401


Zamboanga del Sur 4,211 3,600 681,179
Zamboanga Sibugay 1,477 1,256 243,695
Isabela City 217 198 39,181

REGION X 11,618 9,216 1,761,701

Bukidnon 3,103 2,547 481,734


Camiguin 334 243 49,357
Lanao del Norte 2,392 1,936 379,312
Misamis Occidental 1,819 1,404 273,296
Misamis Oriental 3,970 3,086 578,002

REGION XI 11,551 8,941 1,777,054

Davao Oriental 1,356 1,074 215,879


Davao del Norte 2,321 1,720 337,995
Davao del Sur 6,148 4,817 959,634
Compostela Valley 1,726 1,330 263,546

REGION XII 9,617 7,504 1,485,373

North Cotabato 2,836 2,274 440,954


South Cotabato 3,421 2,545 512,065
Sarangani 1,166 919 183,225
Sultan Kudarat 1,685 1,367 271,332
Cotabato City 509 399 77,797

ARMM 9,369 6,663 1,191,549

Sulu 1,866 1,254 206,695


Tawi-Tawi 902 656 112,178
Lanao del Sur 2,869 1,956 324,163
Maguindanao 2,916 2,092 409,146
Basilan 816 705 139,367

CARAGA 6,892 5,394 1,054,476

Agusan del Norte 1,687 1,388 272,885


Agusan del Sur 1,616 1,274 248,171
Surigao del Norte 1,861 1,380 272,301
Surigao del Sur 1,728 1,352 261,119

SOURCE: Election and Barangay Affairs Department (EBAD), COMELEC

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