Pano nga ba nadedetermine kung ilang seats ang bawat partylist? Let's do a taste of Constitutional and Election Law then. 😉
This question was answered by the Supreme Court in Veterans Federation v. Comelec (G.R. No. 136781) and clarified in BANAT v. COMELEC (G.R. No. 179295).
Step 1: Determine the number of available party list seats. The Constitution says it should be 20% of the House of Representatives. In 2025, there are 63 available seats.
Step 2: Calculate the percentage vote of the partylist (partylist votes / total votes cast), then rank them in descending order. [Meron na nito sa mga election results online.]
Step 3: All those which have at least 2% of the vote automatically get at least 1 seat. Subtract the number of already allocated seats from the total. (63 - allocated seats = remaining seats) [e.g. Right now [1:55am 13 May 2025], the top 6 party lists have at least 2%, so 57 remaining seats nalang.]
Step 4: Multiply the number of remaining seats by the percentage vote of the party list to determine how many additional seats it can get, with a max of 3 total seats for a party list. For this step, a party list need not get at least 2% vote to get a seat. [e.g. Akbayan currently has 6.6%. 57 x 6.6% = 3.762. But it can only have 2 additional already. So, 55 remaining seats nalang for the next ranking partylist. Do the same computation to the next ranking partylist.]
Step 5: Repeat Step 4 until maubos lahat ng available seats. It may reach a point when the formula yields a result less than 1. If there are still remaining seats at that point, just continue allocating the seats down the line hanggang maubos. Parang NBA draft.
In this political circus, Sara's biggest mistake was to run for VP instead of gunning for the presidency in 2022. Hindi nya ba na-foreshadow na babaligtarin sya anytime ng marcoses? Lols
@IvanSaldajeno Not entirely true. Bato Dela Rosa is the only one on the left side of the survey to have attended the face-off. But it's true that most of those on the left weren't in attendance.
Ang totoong big winner sa #TanongNgBayan ay si Jessica Soho at yung mga panelists. Yung tipong bago pa sila magsalita, parang uurong na agad dila mo. Kinakabahan ako pag may follow-up qq si Jessica. And isn't it amazing that 4 out of 5 of them are...WOMEN?
POV: These women are your thesis panelists 💁♀️🔥
Puksaan na! Sama-sama nating busisiin ang mga plataporma at paninindigan ng mga tumatakbong Senador sa #TanongNgBayan: The GMA Senatorial Face-Off 2025 🇵🇭
Ngayong February 1 na, 9:00 PM.
#Eleksyon2025 | @gmanews
@menlewitzen @CKROfficial7 @gmanews Sadly hindi sila pwedeng magbigay ng recommendations kasi magkakaroon ng bias yung journalism nila. They have to let people decide based on what happened in the face-off.
Tapos taena ang kakapal ng mukha nung mga big ad spenders na magpalabas ng commercial nila in the middle of #TanongNgBayan tapos absent sila sa senatorial debates? The audacity???
#TanongNgBayan is almost a useless senatorial debate. We get to hear the political stand of senatoriables na halos wala namang chance manalo. The most impactful point of the show is to prove na yung mga mananalong senador ay takot sumagot at humarap sa tao about political issues.
The absence of the top senatoriables in #TanongNgBayan reminds me of this from an ex-public servant:
“Yung number 1 ingredient ng leadership aside from character is you show up in the most difficult times. Kapag hindi ka nagshow up in the most difficult times, hindi ka leader.”
LOPEZ IN YOUR AREA 🔥
Francis Lopez sinks crucial trey to extend the UP Fighting Maroons’ lead against the DLSU Green Archers in the fourth quarter of their Game 3 showdown in the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball Finals.
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Let’s go, UP!
The entire UP community is proud to call our very own UP Men’s Basketball Team the champions of UAAP Season 87’s basketball tournament after defeating La Salle, 66-62 in the Finals.
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Daming arte ng riders ng @angkas . Dun pumarada 2 streets away from my pin tas ako na lang daw pumunta sa kanya kasi ang layo ko. Edi sana nag-commute na lang ako diba?? Ano pa silbi ng pin kung kayo rin pala yung need puntahan 🤡