A total of 238 COCs were counted and it’s final. The final tally of the National Board of Canvassers showed Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer Benigno Aquino III with 15,208,678 votes, winning the presidential race with no surprise. His lead over second placer PMP presidential bet Joseph Estrada was 5,720,841 votes. Estrada garnered 9,487,837 votes.
Puwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) vice-presidential candidate Jejomar Binay, Estrada’s running mate, on the other hand, won the vice presidency with 14,645,574 votes in the final count. Aquino’s running mate, Manuel Roxas II, was in close second place with 13,918,490 votes.
There were talks that Binay won because relatives of Aquino, particularly the Cojuangcos, campaigned for the Noy-Bi (Aquino-Binay) tandem and not the LP tandem, especially in Mindanao.
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