BALER, Aurora, January 15, 2013-According to the latest figures from the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Region 3, the Central Luzon has 5,823,044 registrants for the midterm polls-months.
Central Luzon COMELEC Regional Director Zoilo Perlas said in a cellphone interview that Bulacan has the most number of voters in the region at 1,497,873 followed by Nueva Ecija with 1,363,646; Pampanga-1,239,372; Tarlac-692,948; Bataan-456,648; Zambales- 444,202; and Aurora-128,355.
He added that there will be 7,905 clustered precincts in 2,822 voting centers for its 14 cities and 116 towns.
Records showed that Southern Tagalog is still the nation’s most vote rich area with over eight (8) million followed by Metro Manila with 5.9 million.
Meanwhile, Some 1,429 local positions will be up
for grabs in Region 3 consisting of 21 congressional seats, 7 gubernatorial, 7 vice gubernatorial, 68 provincial boards, 130 mayoral, 130 vice mayoral, and 1,066 councilors, the third biggest in the archipelago. (Jason de Asis)
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