A total of 7 Senatorial candidates from Team PNoy and 2 from the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) are likely to win in the May 2013 mid-term elections, based upon the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS).
The SWS survey was conducted on May 2 and 3, the results was first published on BusinessWorld.
Here’s the SWS Latest Survey Results:
1 – Loren Legarda (Nationalist People’s Coalition – Team PNoy) – 57% support level
2 – Alan Peter Cayetano (Nacionalista Party- Team PNoy) – 50%
3 – 4 – Maria Lourdes Nancy S. Binay (UNA) – 48%
3 – 4 Francis Joseph G. Escudero (independent-Team PNoy) – 48%
5 – Grace Poe-Llamanzares (independent-Team PNoy) – 45%
6 – 7 – San Juan Rep. Joseph Victor Ejercito (UNA) – 44%
6 – 7 – Cynthia A. Villar (NP-Team PNoy) – 44 %
8 – Aquilino Martin “Koko” D. Pimentel III (Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan-Team PNoy) – 43%
9 – Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV (Liberal Party-PNoy) – 41%
The SWS said the 7 Team PNoy and 2 UNA bets “appear safe to win” following its survey of 2,400 registered voters nationwide. The survey also stated that the six senatorial candidates are still capable of landing in the much-coveted Top 12 senatorial slots.
10th to 11th spot tie = Aurora Rep. Sonny Angara & Sen. Sonny Trillanes
12th spot = Sen. Gringo Honasan
13th spot = Jack Enrile
14th & 15th = Ramon Magsaysay Jr. & Juan Miguel Zubiri
Meanwhile, those who landed below the 12th to 15th place were:
- former party-list representative Ana Theresia “Risa” Hontiveros (Akbayan, 29%);
- former senator Richard “Dick” Gordon (UNA, 27%);
- former senator Maria Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal (LP- Team PNoy, 25%);
- Puerto Princesa Mayor Edward “Ed” Hagedorn (independent, 16%);
- former presidential contender Eduardo “Bro. Eddie” Villanueva (Bangon Pilipinas, 15%);
- former senator Ernesto “Manong Ernie” Maceda (UNA, 14%);
- Zambales Rep. Maria Milagros Esperanza “Mitos” H. Magsaysay (UNA, 13%);
- Margarita “Tingting” Cojuangco (UNA, 11%);
- party-list Rep. Teodoro “Teddy” A. Casiño (Makabayan, 9%);
- Ramon “Mon” Montaño (independent, 4%);
- Samson “Sammy” Alcantara (Social Justice Society, 3%);
- John Carlos “JC” de los Reyes (Ang Kapatiran, 3%);
- Rizalito “Bro. Lito Yap David” David (Ang Kapatiran, 3%);
- Richard “Dick” Penson (independent, 2%);
- Baldohero “Balc Falcone” Falcone (Democratic Party of the Philippines, 2%);
- Marwil “Bro. Mars Llasos” Llasos (Ang Kapatiran, 2%);
- Greco Antonious Beda “Greco” Belgica (DPP, 2%); and
- Christian Señeres (Democratic Party of the Philippines, 1%).
The final pre-election survey by SWS and BusinessWorld had a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. It had random samples of 300 in Metro Manila, 900 in Balance Luzon and 600 each in the Visayas and Mindanao.