CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has noted about 6.82 million registered voters for the 2019 national and local elections in Central Luzon.
Comelec regional director Jubil S. Surmieda said Central Luzon is the third region with the most number of registered voters after Calabarzon and Metro Manila.
It is about 11 percent of the total voting population of the country. It can also be gleaned from the figure that of the provinces in Region 3, Bulacan has the largest number of voters with 1,863,596, followed by Nueva Ecija with 1,460,540; Pampanga with 1,460,303; Tarlac with 838,464; Bataan with 545,507; Zambales with 515,724; and Aurora with 145,617.
Central Luzon has a total of 8,654 clustered precincts and 2,834 voting centers while a total of 3,520 candidates are vying for 1,437 elective posts in the region, said Surmieda.
Elective positions that will be contested include 21 district representatives, seven provincial governors, seven provincial vice governors, 68 provincial board members, 130 city and municipal mayors, 130 city and municipal vice mayors, and 1,074 city and municipal councilors.
