Profile Of Philippine Voters

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 G E G R O U p

80 and over 75 to 79 70 to 74 65 to 69 60 to 64 55 to 59 50 to 54 45 to 49 40 to 44 35 to 39 30 to 34 25 to 29 20 to 24 18 to 19 10

Male

8

6

Female

4

2

0

2

4

6

8

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 Total 49,247,483 100.00 24,457,103 49.66 24,790,380 Single 13,538,332 27.49 7,449,405 55.02 6,088,927 Legally married 29,364,907 59.63 14,691,577 50.03 14,673,330 Widowed 2,657,992 5.40 642,821 24.18 2,015,171 Divorced/separated 624,509 1.27 226,243 36.23 398,266 Common-law/livein 2,665,392 5.41 1,364,539 51.19 1,300,853 Not reported 396,350 0.80 196,499 49.58 199,851

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Percent 50.34 44.98 49.97 75.82 63.77 48.81 50.42

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 Force

In the Labor Force

13,087,486 (28.57%)

32,721,568 (71.43%)

Employed

Unemployed

29,042,924 (88.76%)

3,678,644 (11.24%)

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Table B. Employed Voters by Type of Occupation in The Philippines: April 2003 Occupation All Occupations Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Laborers Field Crop Farmers General Managers/ManagingProprietors Motor Vechicle Drivers Domestic Helpers and Cleaners and Related Workers Market Stall Vendors, Street Vendors and Related Workers Other Occupation

Total 29,042,924

Percent 100.00

Male 17,745,496

Percent 100.00

Female 11,297,428

Percent 100.00

4,134,883 3,638,559

14.24 12.53

2,402,553 3,207,001

13.54 18.07

1,732,329 431,558

15.33 3.82

2,571,941 1,792,420

8.86 6.17

915,136 1,776,628

5.16 10.01

1,656,805 15,792

14.67 0.14

1,349,794

4.65

282,280

1.59

1,067,514

9.45

1,290,356 14,264,968

4.44 49.12

412,236 8,749,661

2.32 49.31

878,120 5,515,310

7.77 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

Philippines Male Female

Total 15,071,941 12,434,906 2,637,036

18 year old & over 15,067,302 12,432,193 2,635,110

Percent 99.97 82.49 17.48

Less than 18 years Old 4,639 2,713 1,926

Percent 0.03 0.02 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

Region

Number of Families

Average Family Income

Average Per Capita Income

Philippines 15,071,552 145,151 32,381 NCR 2,187,640 300,452 67,320 CAR 275,075 139,613 30,859 Ilocos 806,625 120,931 26,963 Cagayan Valley 566,692 108,427 25,875 Central Luzon 1,516,657 151,469 33,464 Southern Luzon 2,280,948 161,971 37,286 Bicol Region 899,207 95,299 20,619 Western Visayas 1,211,243 109,626 24,950 Central Visayas 1,102,783 99,601 21,752 Eastern Visayas 735,950 91,570 20,665 Western Mindanao 603,728 86,135 18,770 Northern Mindanao 535,446 110,328 23,927 Southern Mindanao 1,032,587 112,255 23,727 Central Mindanao 514,104 90,793 19,710 ARMM 394,255 79,590 14,817 CARAGA 408,613 81,504 18,461 Source : 2000 Family Income and Expenditures Survey, National Statistics Office

Average Family Size 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.1 4.8 5.1 5.0 5.4 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.2 5.3 5.1 5.3 5.8 5.1

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

REGION

Total

Number Male

Female

Total

Percent Male

Female

Philippines

43,331,229

21,619,285

21,711,944

100.00

49.89

50.11

NCR CAR Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 Region 7 Region 8 Region 9 Region 10 Region 11 Region 12 ARMM Caraga

6,215,139 763,855 2,457,191 1,569,707 4,710,622 6,737,224 2,456,530 3,524,031 3,238,541 1,912,277 1,642,361 1,503,025 2,864,005 1,385,830 1,242,584 1,097,083

2,997,911 386,969 1,215,022 798,751 2,346,546 3,349,283 1,244,059 1,758,976 1,603,423 971,012 833,549 763,953 1,469,075 701,132 613,072 560,977

3,217,228 376,886 1,242,169 770,956 2,364,076 3,387,941 1,212,471 1,765,055 1,635,118 941,265 808,812 739,072 1,394,930 684,698 629,512 536,106

14.34 1.76 5.67 3.62 10.87 15.55 5.67 8.13 7.47 4.41 3.79 3.47 6.61 3.20 2.87 2.53

6.92 0.89 2.80 1.84 5.42 7.73 2.87 4.06 3.70 2.24 1.92 1.76 3.39 1.62 1.41 1.29

7.42 0.87 2.87 1.78 5.46 7.82 2.80 4.07 3.77 2.17 1.87 1.71 3.22 1.58 1.45 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

Total

Number Male

Female

Philippines

4,844,166

2,442,397

2,401,769

NCR CAR Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 Region 7 Region 8 Region 9 Region 10 Region 11 Region 12 ARMM Caraga

543,259 92,192 270,133 184,089 485,179 712,926 305,837 418,254 362,347 231,229 203,100 180485 348,063 178,103 185,337 143,633

259,594 46,673 138,829 95,093 247,009 359,530 159,160 212,776 182,769 121,260 101,838 90751 173,613 88,678 91,198 73,626

283,665 45,519 131,304 88,996 238,170 353,396 146,677 205,478 179,578 109,969 101,262 89734 174,450 89,425 94,139 70,007

Region

Percent Male

Female

100.00

50.42

49.58

11.21 1.90 5.58 3.80 10.02 14.72 6.31 8.63 7.48 4.77 4.19 3.73 7.19 3.68 3.83 2.97

5.36 0.96 2.87 1.96 5.10 7.42 3.29 4.39 3.77 2.50 2.10 1.87 3.58 1.83 1.88 1.52

5.86 0.94 2.71 1.84 4.92 7.30 3.03 4.24 3.71 2.27 2.09 1.85 3.60 1.85 1.94 1.45

Total

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

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

Age Group Philippines 18 to 19 20 to 24 25 to 29 30 to 34 35 to 39 40 to 44 45 to 49 50 to 54 55 to 59 60 to 64 65 to 69 70 to 74 75 to 79 80 and over

Total Population

Male

Female

Sex Ratio

49,247,483

24,457,103

24,790,380

98.89

3,349,937 7,740,004 6,949,594 6,159,749 5,389,105 4,617,073 3,880,515 3,153,855 2,514,067 1,906,995 1,416,836 988,991 647,172 533,590

1,663,106 3,904,396 3,481,087 3,071,837 2,688,220 2,310,249 1,941,965 1,576,407 1,245,726 929,772 677,568 459,140 286,546 221,084

1,686,830 3,835,608 3,468,507 3,087,912 2,700,885 2,306,824 1,938,550 1,577,448 1,268,341 977,223 739,268 529,851 360,626 312,506

98.59 101.79 100.36 99.48 99.53 100.15 100.18 99.93 98.22 95.14 91.65 86.65 79.46 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 Pre-school Elementary High School Post Secondary College Undergraduate Academic Degree Holder Post Baccalaureate Not Reported

1,575,892 58,485 16,902,142 15,878,576 2,902,359

3.20 0.12 34.32 32.24 5.89

716,273 27,344 8,649,769 7,978,704 1,499,339

2.93 0.11 35.37 32.62 6.13

860,100 31,153 8,250,518 7,899,196 1,402,600

3.47 0.13 33.28 31.86 5.66

7,210,696

14.64

3,536,451

14.46

3,674,567

14.82

3,279,488 305,157 1,121,891

6.66 0.62 2.28

1,376,090 126,855 539,944

5.63 0.52 2.21

1,905,228 178,481 582,071

7.69 0.72 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 Employment Rate Unemployment Rate

71.43 88.76 11.24

Source: April 2003 Labor Force Survey, NSO

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87.56 89.00 11.00

55.49 88.38 11.62

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

Female

Philippines

29,042,924

17,745,497

11,297,428

100.00

100.00

100.00

Wage and Salary Workers 14,050,384 Own Account Workers 11,552,946 Unpaid Family Workers 3,439,594 Source: April 2003 Labor Force Survey

8,758,082 7,526,759 1,460,656

5,292,302 4,026,188 1,978,938

48.38 39.78 11.84

49.35 42.42 8.23

46.85 35.64 17.52

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

Region

No. of Brgys.

No. of Precincts

Number of Registered Voters Average Number Total Per Precinct

Philippines

41,920

169,863

36,415,154

214

N.C.R. C.A.R. Region I Region II Region III Region IV Region V Region VI Region VII Region VIII Region IX Region X Region XI Region XII

1,689 1,172 3,265 2,311 2,946 5,623 3,462 4,047 3,003 4,390 2,724 2,510 1,828 2,950

25,883 3,170 9,624 6,052 17,796 23,046 9,943 14,801 12,761 8,865 8,387 9,788 11,695 8,052

5,415,082 656,947 2,026,564 1,332,572 3,943,299 5,201,838 2,108,854 3,017,766 2,578,742 1,849,506 1,886,159 2,001,173 2,502,512 1,894,140

209 207 211 220 222 226 212 204 202 209 225 204 214 235

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 Region

No. of Brgys.

No. of Precincts

Male

Female

Sex Ratio

Philippines

41,920

169,863

18,292,150

18,122,994

100.93

N.C.R. C.A.R. Region I Region II Region III Region IV Region V Region VI Region VII Region VIII Region IX Region X Region XI Region XII

1,689 1,172 3,265 2,311 2,946 5,623 3,462 4,047 3,003 4,390 2,724 2,510 1,828 2,950

25,883 3,170 9,624 6,052 17,796 23,046 9,943 14,801 12,761 8,865 8,387 9,788 11,695 8,052

2,577,781 338,230 1,014,541 687,874 1,981,396 2,610,206 1,052,947 1,499,852 1,272,874 935,172 991,691 1,019,209 1,311,691 998,686

2,837,301 318,717 1,012,023 644,698 1,961,903 2,591,632 1,055,907 1,517,914 1,305,868 914,334 894,468 981,964 1,190,821 895,444

90.85 106.12 100.25 106.70 100.99 100.72 99.72 98.81 97.47 102.28 110.87 103.79 110.15 111.53

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 Region Philippines

Number of Voters Who Actually Voted Male Female Both Sexes 12,860,637

12,875,868

N.C.R. 1,453,843 1,612,769 C.A.R. 253,026 235,890 Region I 812,836 799,698 Region II 497,423 464,301 Region III 1,406,783 1,414,818 Region IV 1,844,856 1,867,498 Region V 799,444 820,272 Region VI 1,123,814 1,163,390 Region VII 962,559 1,006,353 Region VIII 700,677 699,856 Region IX 667,648 602,045 Region X 768,543 754,321 Region XI 867,574 804,746 Region XII 701,611 629,911 Source: Records and Statistics Division, COMELEC

Percentage of Voting Female Both Sexes

Male

25,736,505

70.31

71.05

70.68

3,066,612 488,916 1,612,534 961,724 2,821,601 3,712,354 1,619,716 2,287,204 1,968,912 1,400,533 1,269,693 1,522,864 1,672,320 1,331,522

56.40 74.81 80.12 72.31 71.00 70.68 75.92 74.93 75.62 74.92 67.32 75.41 66.14 70.25

56.84 74.01 79.02 72.02 72.11 72.06 77.68 76.64 77.06 76.54 67.31 76.82 67.58 70.35

56.63 74.42 79.57 72.17 71.55 71.37 76.81 75.79 76.35 75.72 67.32 76.10 66.83 70.30

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 Region Philippines

Male 12,860,637

Female

Both Sexes

12,875,868

N.C.R. 1,453,843 1,612,769 C.A.R. 253,026 235,890 Region I 812,836 799,698 Region II 497,423 464,301 Region III 1,406,783 1,414,818 Region IV 1,844,856 1,867,498 Region V 799,444 820,272 Region VI 1,123,814 1,163,390 Region VII 962,559 1,006,353 Region VIII 700,677 699,856 Region IX 667,648 602,045 Region X 768,543 754,321 Region XI 867,574 804,746 Region XII 701,611 629,911 Source: Records and Statistics Division, COMELEC

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Percentage of Voting Male

Female

Both Sexes

25,736,505

49.97

50.03

100.00

3,066,612 488,916 1,612,534 961,724 2,821,601 3,712,354 1,619,716 2,287,204 1,968,912 1,400,533 1,269,693 1,522,864 1,672,320 1,331,522

47.41 51.75 50.41 51.72 49.86 49.70 49.36 49.13 48.89 50.03 52.58 50.47 51.88 52.69

52.59 48.25 49.59 48.28 50.14 50.30 50.64 50.87 51.11 49.97 47.42 49.53 48.12 47.31

100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

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

1,561

1,353

255,964

Ifugao

528

397

78,856

Kalinga

584

467

93,064

Mt. Province

461

376

73,312

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

Benguet

REGION I

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

478

381

75,013

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

Quirino REGION III

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REGION IV

36,462

28,843

5,733,920

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

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

810

652

129,971

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

Aurora

Marinduque

Romblon REGION V

Catanduanes

727

578

111,199

Masbate

2,037

1,747

345,243

Sorsogon

1,872

1,614

314,640

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

397

355

68,708

Iloilo

6,536

5,113

990,123

Negros Occidental

8,173

6,069

1,250,266

17,663

14,515

2,853,122

Bohol

3,731

2,828

564,712

Cebu

10,098

8,785

1,706,970

3,518

2,643

532,102

316

259

49,338

12,427

9,866

1,899,183

REGION VI

Guimaras

REGION VII

Negros Oriental Siquijor REGION VIII 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

217

198

39,181

11,618

9,216

1,761,701

3,103

2,547

481,734

Isabela City REGION X Bukidnon 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

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

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

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

REGION XI

REGION XII

Tawi-Tawi

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

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