Watch Philippine Election 2010 Updates
May 10, 2010
The Philippines conduct its first ever automated national and local elections - from counting of votes to transmission and canvassing of election results - on Monday, May 10, 2010. There are more than 85,000 candidates running for only 17,000 national and local positions.
The elected president will become the 15th President of the Philippines, succeeding President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who is barred from seeking re-election due to term restrictions. The successor of the Vice-President Noli de Castro will be the 15th Vice President of the Philippines. The legislators elected in the 2010 elections will join the senators of the 2007 elections and will comprise the 15th Congress of the Philippines.
The country is first in South East Asia to adopt an automated election, hoping to veer away from the usual cheat-ridden manual elections of the past. Although, there were large cases of PCOS machine failures, there would be no postponement of elections.
Watch Philippine Election 2010 updates and be in the know as the country's first nationwide fully automated election results unfold.
