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List
of voters here trimmed by 2,182
The
total number of registered numbers in the island
province of Catanduanes was trimmed down to
103,988 after the Commission on Elections (COMELEC)
sanitized voters lists of double entries, ghosts
as well as transferees.
Acting
Provincial Election Supervisor Amelia L.
Arizabal told the Tribune that the number of
voters went down by 2,182 from the previously
reported 106,170 scattered across the province's
683 precincts.
The
103,988 voters are divided in the 11
municipalities as follows (with
increase/decrease in parentheses): Bagamanoc -
5,005 (+102); Baras - 5,898 (+129); Bato, 8,680
(+151); Caramoran - 10,865 (-41); Gigmoto -
10,865 (-373); Pandan - 8,341 (-151); Panganiban
- 4,246 (+40); San Andres - 13,190 (-2,136); San
Miguel - 6,556 (-13); Viga - 8,876 (+194); and,
Virac, 28,384.
Percentage-wise,
Virac holds the largest share of the votes
(27.30 percent) while Gigmoto has the smallest
at 3.80 percent, with the rest of the towns
dividing the rest: San Andres, 12.68%; Caramoran,
10.45%; Viga, 8.54%; Bato, 8.35%; Pandan, 8.02%;
San Miguel, 6.30%; Baras, 5.67%; Bagamanoc,
4.81%; and, Panganiban, 4.08%.
The
three biggest towns - Virac, San Andres, and
Caramoran - accounts for 52,439 voters or 50.43
percent of the total, a truly tempting prize for
candidates to top provincial posts. In the
eight-town East district, candidates for
Sangguniang Panlalawigan will be fighting for
their share of the total 51,549 votes.
On
the other hand, the number of precincts edged up
a little from the previous 613 to today's 638,
broken down as follows: Virac, 169; San Andres,
98; Caramoran, 69;
Viga, 60; Pandan, 59; Bato, 57; San
Miguel, 41; Baras, 37; Bagamanoc, 32; Panganiban,
32; and, Gigmoto, 29.
The
initial total of 106,170 was reached after the
COMELEC conducted a registration for new voters
from Oct. 17 to Dec. 27 last year. However, the
number of voters as sanitized may still increase
if Malacanang and youth groups successfully
pressure COMELEC to allow an estimated four
million disenfranchised youths to register
before April.
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