AN urban poor party-list group grabbed the top spot in the May 2022 election ballot in the raffle conducted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday.
The Kalipunan ng Maralita at Malayang Mamamayan Inc. (Kamalayan) party-list was able beat 165 other party-list groups, which participated in Comelec’s electronic raffle, for the coveted first place in the ballot.
Coming in second and third place respectively, are the Kilos Mamamayan Ngayon Na (KM Ngayon Na), and the Philippine Society For Industrial Security (PSIS).
Agricultural Sector Alliance of the Philippines (AGAP) came will be at fourth place followed by the Kabalikat ng Mamamayan (KABAYAN) in fifth place.
Those in the sixth to 10th place, respectively, are the Home Owners And Marginalized Empowerment Through Opportunities with Neighborhood Economic Reliability (HOME OWNER), Kabalikat Patungo sa Umuunlad na Sistematiko at Organisadong Pangkabuhayan Movement (KAPUSO-PM), PDP Cares Foundation Inc. (PDP CARES), Noble Advancement of Marvelous People of the Philippines Inc. (MARVELOUS TAYO), and Advocates and Keepers Organization of OFWs Inc. (AKO OFW).
The raffle was held via hybrid setup, wherein Comelec officials conducted the electronic raffle at its main office in Intramuros, Manila, while representatives of party-list groups and the media monitored the proceedings via online.
The representatives of the party-list groups were required to acknowledge their order in the listing, or be placed at the bottom part of the ballot in alphabetical order.
Party-list groups traditionally aspire to get the top slot in the ballot since it increases their chance of being noticed by voters during election day.
Comelec is expected to come out with the “final listing” for party-list groups 15 days after the conduct of the raffle and the publication of its results in two newspapers of general circulation and the web site of Comelec.
The poll body earlier stated that participants of the raffle could still be removed from the 2022 ballot if the resolution on any pending case may require such. 30
