Aquino-Binay in halfway count
Noynoy heads for landslide; Roxas 2nd in VP race
MANILA, Philippines—Early results of the country’s first automated balloting gave Liberal Party presidentialcandidate Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III an early lead of more than 3.3 million votes over his nearest rival, former President Joseph Estrada.
Aquino got 8,958,396 votes based on 57 percent of theelection returns electronically counted by the Commission on Elections as of 11:11 Monday night, Comelec Chair Jose Melo announced at a press briefing.
When asked to comment on the results so far, Aquino, in a text message, said: “We are still trying to make sense of all the data we are getting.”
In the vice presidential race, Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay was leading Sen. Manuel Roxas II by more than 700,000 votes.
Estrada of Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino was a surprise second over Nacionalista Party standard-bearer Manuel “Manny” Villar, a consistent second-placer in surveys until last week.
The former action star got 5,678,821 votes, while Villar had 3,058,942.
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