Partial List of Senatorial Candidates for Election 2019
ELECTION 2019 – The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) released the partial list of the senatorial candidates for the 2019 midterm election this May.
The election is fast approaching and many people are already contemplating on who to vote in the upcoming bid. In the area of senatorial bid, lots of individuals have filed their candidacies.
Some senatorial aspirants are private individuals while others are prominent faces in politics and showbiz. Some candidates are seeking for re-election, some are on their first bid, and others are seeking for a comeback.
Previously, the COMELEC disqualified senatorial bids for the 2019 election. It followed the commission’s law department filing for the rejection of certain bids tagged as “nuisance” in the upcoming election.
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The COMELEC disqualified 70 senatorial bids but the aspiring candidates were given the chance to make an appeal over their candidacy. The number of the party-list groups were also cracked down from 182 to 154.
Recently, the commission released the partial list of the senatorial candidates for the Election 2019. Based on a report on ABS-CBN News, citing Christian Esguerra’s post, the partial list contains 76 names.
However, COMELEC spokesperson James Jimenez clarified that there might be changes on the list as 13 names are still faced with “pending finality”. It includes Senator Koko Pimentel and former Sen. Sergio Osmeña III.
Based on the report, here is the partial list of the senatorial candidates for Election 2019 as released by the COMELEC:
ABEJO, VANGIE
AFUANG, ABNER
AGUILAR, FREDDIE
ALBA, ALBERT
ALBANI, SHARIFF
ALEJANO, GARY
ALFAJORA, RICHARD
ALUNAN, RAFFY
ANGARA, EDGARDO SONNY
ANSULA, ERNESTO
AQUINO, BENIGNO BAM
ARCEGA, GERALD
ARELLANO, ERNESTO
ARIAS, MARCELINO
ARPA, HUSSAYIN
AUSTRIA, BERNARD
BALDEVARONA, BALDE
BINAY, NANCY
BONG REVILLA, RAMON JR
CACERES, JESUS
CASIÑO, TOTI
CAYETANO, PIA
CHAVEZ, MELCHOR
CHONG, GLENN
COLMENARES, NERI
DAVID, RIZALITO
DE ALBAN, ANGELO
DE GUZMAN, KA LEODY
DELA ROSA, BATO
DIOKNO, CHEL
EJERCITO, ESTRADA JV
ENCARNACION, ALEXANDER
ENRILE, JUAN PONCE
ESCUDERO, AGNES
ESTRADA, JINGGOY
FRANCISCO, ELMER
GADDI, CHARLIE
GADON, LARRY
GENEROSO, GEN PEDERALISMO
GEROY, GEREMY
GO, BONG GO
GUIGAYUMA, JUNBERT
GUTOC, SAMIRA
HILBAY, PILO
ILIW ILIW, WILLIAM
JANGAO, BFG ABRAHAM
JAVELLANA, RJ
JAVELONA, JOSEFA
LAPID, LITO
MACALINTAL, MACAROMY
MALLILLIN, EMILY
MANGONDATO, FAISAL
MANGUDADATU, DONG
MANICAD, JIGGY
MARCOS, IMEE
MARQUEZ, NORMAN
MATULA, JOSE SONNY
MENIANO, LUTHER
MERANO, ROLANDO
MONTAÑO, ALLAN
NALLIW, JOAN SHEELAH
NAVAL, FRANK
NEGAPATAN, ERIC
ONG, DOC WILLIE
OSMEÑA, SERGE
PADILLA, DADO
PIMENTEL, KOKO
POE, GRACE
ROLEDA, DAN KAIBIGAN
ROQUE, HARRY “SPOX”
ROXAS, MAR
SAHIDULLA, LADY ANN
TAÑADA, LORENZO ERIN TAPAT
TOLENTINO, FRANCIS
VALDES, BUTCH
VILLAR, CYNTHIA