News Update Noynoy, Binay continue to lead in Comelec count

MANILA, Philippines - Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III and Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay pulled away further in the Commission on Elections (Comelec) partial and unofficial tally for president and vice-president released on Tuesday morning.

As of 6:15 a.m., Aquino had a nearly 4.5 million lead over former president Joseph Estrada while Binay had more than 800,000 lead over his closest rival, Mar Roxas.

Comelec Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal said 30,431,735 votes cast or 78.55% of total votes cast on May 10 had been transmitted by the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines.

The results as read by Comelec Chairman Jose Melo were:

For President Benigno Aquino III: 12,233,002 Joseph Estrada: 7,749,597 Manuel Villar, Jr.: 4,329,215 Gilbert Teodoro Jr.: 3,243,688 Eddie Villanueva: 916,543

Richard Gordon: 431,954 Nicanor Perlas: 42,205 Jamby Madrigal: 37,119 JC de los Reyes: 34,833

For Vice President Jejomar Binay: 12,025,429 Manuel Roxas II: 11,213,563 Loren Legarda 3,259,963 Bayani Fernando: 847,100 Edu Manzano 593,653 Perfecto Yasay 295,558 Jay Sonsa 50,722 Dominador Chipeco 40,335

Reelectionist senators Ramon Revilla and Jinggoy Estrada remained on top of the senatorial race, getting more than half of the total votes transmitted by the PCOS machines.

The results were:

1) Ramon Revilla Jr.: 15,813,329 2) Jinggoy Estrada: 15,567,636 3) Miriam Defensor Santiago: 14,303,091 4) Franklin Drilon: 13,088, 779 5) Juan Ponce Enrile: 12,934,515 6) Pia Cayetano: 11,331,696 7) Ferdinand Marcos Jr.: 10,984,495 8) Ralph Recto: 10,208,616 9) Vicente Sotto III: 9,852,406 10) Sergio Osmeña III: 9,547,093 11) Lito Lapid: 8,916,136 12) Teofisto "TG" Guingona: 8,493,334 13) Risa Hontiveros: 7,592,116 14) Ruffy Biazon: 7,147,461 15) Jose de Venecia Jr.: 6,896,071 16) Gilbert Remulla: 6,227,571 17) Danilo Lim: 6,083,423 18) Sonia Roco: 5,587,412 19) Ariel Querubin: 5,441,247 20) Gwen Pimentel: 5,108,573 21) Nereus Acosta: 4,843,018 22) Alex Lacson: 4,247,512 23) Adel Tamano: 3,287,561 24) Liza Maza: 3,169,923