Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Vice Governor Jeffrey were leading by large margins with 68.53 percent of the votes counted as of 9:32 p.m. on Monday, May 9.
Lacson (NPC) had 655,235 votes while John Orola (PDDS) had 42,266 and Ma. Socorro Sipulan (Ind) – 11,372 in the race for the governorship, Comelec results showed.
Ferrer (NUP) had 590,905 votes and his opponent Jonry Gargarita had 51,679 votes.
Partial returns in the race for the six congressional seats of Negros Occidental as of 9:47 p.m. were:
First District
Gerardo Valmayor (unopposed) – 67,221
Second District
Alfredo Marañon III (unopposed) – 80,074\
Third District
Francisco Benitez – 164,132
Bernard Ferraris – 13,797
Fourth District
Juliet Marie Ferrer (unopposed) – 109,186
Fifth District
Dino Yulo – 81,772
Marilou Arroyo – 51,274
Kap Macoy Javelosa – 15,832
Sixth District
Mercedes Alvarez (unopposed) – 125,294
The partial returns in the race for the two board member seats per district in Negros Occidental are:
First District
Rommel Debulgado – 58,467
Araceli Somosa – 42,531
Second District
Sixto Guanzon Jr. – 57,682
Samson Mirhan – 53,938
Third District
Manuel Frederick Ko – 15,367
Andrew Montelibano – 98,528
Antonio Barello Jr. – 19,321
Tukoy Occida – 4,033
Fourth District
Jose Benito Alonso – 77,988
Andrew Martin Torres – 71,351
Cleo Gaudite – 33,681
Fifth District
Rita Gatuslao – 60,762
Antono Occeño – 47,915
Hernan Emmanuel Gatuslao – 37,910
Patrick Miguel Montilla – 37,064
Boyet Espinosa – 36,128
Sixth District
Jeffrey Tubola – 88,707
Macho Alonso – 75,761*