CORRECTED-Unofficial vote count shows early Marcos lead in Philippines presidential election

Corrects alert that was attached to May 9 story to state that vote tally was with 46.93% of votes counted, not out of 46.93 million votes; other alerts in the series are repeated without changes

CORRECTED – PHILIPPINES’ MARCOS HAS 15.34 MLN VOTES WITH 46.93% OF VOTES COUNTED (NOT OUT OF 46.93 MLN VOTES) – UNOFFICIAL TALLY BY POLL BODY

UNOFFICIAL VOTE COUNT SHOWS FERDINAND MARCOS JR IN EARLY LEAD IN PHILIPPINES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

UNOFFICIAL VOTE COUNT SHOWS SARA DUTERTE-CARPIO IN EARLY LEAD IN PHILIPPINES’ VICE-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

MARCOS HAD 958,219 VOTES, MORE THAN DOUBLE VERSUS RIVAL ROBREDO – POLL BODY COUNT

FERDINAND MARCOS JR LEADS IN PHILIPPINES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AT 36.99% OF VOTES COUNTED

MARCOS JR HAD 12 MLN VOTES VS LENI ROBREDO’S 5.76 MLN VOTES WITH 36.99% OF VOTES COUNTED – POLL BODY

PHILIPPINES’ MARCOS JR KEEPS WIDE LEAD AT 46.93% OF VOTES COUNTED – UNOFFICIAL POLL BODY DATA

MANILA, May 9 (Reuters) – An unofficial vote count on Monday in the Philippines presidential election showed Ferdinand Marcos Jr taking an early lead.

Based on 3.2% of election returns, Marcos had 958,219 votes, followed by Leni Robredo at 406,608, according to the election body. It also showed Marcos’s running mate Sara Duterte-Carpio with a big early lead in the vice presidential contest.

(Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales; Editing by Martin Petty)

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