The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in the Negros Island Region (NIR) processed 5,236 voter applications during the first week of the resumed voter registration period from November 10 to 14.
Female applicants outnumbered male applicants across the region, with 2,800 female registrants compared to 2,436 male registrants, the COMELEC-NIR reported Sunday, Nov. 15.
Negros Occidental recorded the highest turnout among the region’s three provinces, accounting for 3,345 total applications – 1,534 males and 1,811 females.
Negros Oriental followed with 1,765 applications – 829 males and 936 females, while Siquijor logged 126 applications -73 males and 53 females.
Meanwhile, the poll body’s Register Anywhere Program (RAP) accommodated 40 applicants across the region—evenly split between 20 males and 20 females.
Bacolod City logged 35 RAP applications – 20 males and 15 females, Dumaguete City recorded five female applicants, and Siquijor logged zero applications under the program during the first week.
The resumption of voter registration, which began on November 10, 2026, will run until July 30, 2027, ahead of the 2028 National and Local Elections.
COMELEC-NIR Regional Director Lionel Marco Castillano earlier noted that the agency is targeting a 5 percent increase in the region’s current base of over three million registered voters, aiming to add roughly 150,000 new registrants across the three provinces.
Eligible citizens may file applications for first-time registration, transfer of records, reactivation, and correction of entries at their local Offices of the Election Officer (OEOs), satellite and mall registration sites, or through RAP.
COMELEC officials continue to urge the public to register early to avoid long queues closer to the deadline.*
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