MANILA, 20 MAY, 2013 – This year’s senatorial elections are over, and the COMELEC has already proclaimed the Senators-elect (ranked here according to the number of votes each received as of May 19, and as posted on the ABS-CBN Halalan 2013 page), namely:
1 Grace Poe 16,339,565
2 Loren Legarda 14,942,102
3 Francis Escudero 14,136,443
4 Alan Peter Cayetano 14,129,105
5 Nancy Binay 13,310,295
6 Edgardo “Sonny” Angara 12,852,736
7 Bam Aquino 12,375,747
8 Aquilino Pimentel III 11,845,562
9 Antonio Trillanes IV 11,388,641
10 Cynthia Villar 11,069,716
11 Joseph Victor Ejercito 11,010,154
12 Gregorio Honasan 10,620,645
It’s interesting to take a look at the most recent social-media and online analysis our colleagues at Ci-8 have been engaged in, and compare how some the top 12 candidates did in this analysis to how they actually performed during the elections proper.
Based on Ci-8’s findings, the online buzz does not appear to coincide with the actual electoral results. None of the top three senatorial candidates according to positive online sentiment – Eddie Villanueva, Teodoro Casino and Risa Hontiveros – won a Senate seat in this year’s elections.
The front-runner in terms of actual votes, Grace Poe, only had 3.06 percent of positive online mentions.
Additionally, some of those candidates who did win Senate seats did not figure in Ci-8’s top 12, such as Nancy Binay, Trillanes, Ejercito and Honasan.
Overall, of the 12 eventual Senators, only six of them – Ejercito, Angara, Legarda, Aquino, Poe and Pimentel – are also in Ci-8’s top 12.
Head to the Ci-8 homepage to find out more.
