Calabarzon, NCR, Central Luzon most vote-rich regions

MANILA, Philippines — Calabarzon, the National Capital Region (NCR) and Central Luzon remain the top three vote-rich regions in the 2022 general elections.

In the Commission on Elections (Comelec) data tweeted by its spokesman James Jimenez, Region 4-A or Calabarzon, comprising Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon, is still the region with the most number of registered voters with 9,193,096.

This is followed by the NCR with 7,322,361 registered voters and Region 3 or Central Luzon with 7,289,791 registered voters.

Combined, the three regions have over 23.8 million out of the country’s 65,745,529 total registered voters. During the 2019 elections, they were also the most vote-rich regions.

Their numbers are followed by Region 7 (Central Visayas) with 5,249,066 registered voters; Region 6 (Western Visayas) with 5,026,482 registered voters; Region 5 (Bicol) with 3,910,261 registered voters; Region 1 (Ilocos) with 3,546,764 registered voters; Region 11 (Davao) with 3,236,251 registered voters; Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) with 3,166,262 registered voters, and Region 10 (Northern Mindanao) with 3,060,485 registered voters.

Following them are Region 12 (Soccsksargen) with 2,606,492 registered voters; Bangsamaro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) with 2,385,359 registered voters; Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) with 2,312,798 registered voters; Region 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) with 2,298,930 registered voters; Region 4-B (Mimaropa) with 1,991,599 registered voters; Caraga region with 1,868,798 registered voters, and Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) with 1,077,900 registered voters.

Comelec data showed there would be 37,141 voting centers with 412,876 precincts and 106,174 clustered or group precincts in the 2022 elections.