The Philippines on May 9 launched elections to elect a new president with anti-establishment firebrand Rodrigo Duterte the shock favourite after an incendiary campaign full of profanity-laced threats to kill criminals. Late Monday night, Poe concedes to Duterte / AFP PHOTO / MOHD RASFAN
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Monday night conceded to Davao City Mayor and presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte as unofficial partial quick counts of election returns from the Commission on Elections showed Duterte at an early lead. As of 10:40 p.m., Duterte leads with 12,606,829 votes based on the partial unofficial quick count of election returns received by the COMELEC.
Liberal Party standard bearer Manuel “Mar” Roxas II comes in at second with 7,290,234 votes. Poe was at third place with 7,142,072 votes.