Can 1.37 million overseas Filipino voters make a presidential candidate win?

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There are 1.37 million overseas Filipinos registered as bonafide voters for the national elections in May 2016.

These voters spread around the world that range from 1 to as many as 122,000 in adjacent territories.

According to the Commission on Elections, these voter count is broken into 1,326,728 as land based and 49,369 seafarers.

Below is the collated table for all regions

Region Landbased Seafarer Totals
Asia Pacific 334,224 10,663 344,857
Europe 138,724 22,963 161,687
Middle East and Africa 590,503 3,331 593,834
North and South America 263,277 12,412 275,689
Totals 1,326,728 49,369 1,376,067

Voters in the Asia Pacific Region

POST COUNTRY LANDBASED SEAFARER TOTAL
ASIA PACIFIC REGION 334,224 10,633 344,857
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 10,144 25 10,169
BANGKOK KINGDOM OF THAILAND 6,120 208 6,328
HONG KONG PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (BEIJING) 759 804 1,563
GUANGZHOU 939 36 975
SHANGHAI 1,224 269 1,493
XIAMEN 585 8 593
CHONGQING 185 1 186
KAZAKHSTAN 95 22 117
MONGOLIA 57 0 57
MACAU 6,488 12 6,500
TAIPEI – MECO 12,068 143 12,211
KAOHSIUNG MECO 11,086 326 11,412
TAICHUNG MECO 7,454 22 7,476
HONG KONG SAR 93,046 932 93,978
CANBERRA AUSTRALIA 3,054 324 3,378
SYDNEY 4,587 208 4,795
NEW CALEDONIA 173 2 175
VANUATU 19 7 26
NEW SOUTH WALES 37 2 39
DHAKA PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH 596 16 612
DILI TIMOR-LESTE 797 5 802
HANOI SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM 1,439 75 1,514
MALDIVES* 406 5 411
SRI LANKA* 148 91 239
ISLAMABAD PAKISTAN 736 9 745
JAKARTA REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA 2,316 90 2,406
KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA 18,704 295 18,999
MANADO REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA 179 33 212
NEW DELHI INDIA 392 208 600
BHUTAN 2 2 4
NEPAL 2 1 3
PHNOM PENH KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA 1,846 2 1,848
PORT MORESBY PAPUA NEW GUINEA 4,043 25 4,068
KIRIBATI 6 6 12
SOLOMON ISLANDS 58 1 59
SEOUL REPUBLIC OF KOREA 13,093 1,019 14,112
SINGAPORE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE 83,726 2,629 86,355
TOKYO JAPAN 19,229 1,946 21,175
OSAKA 17,456 738 18,194
VIENTIANE LAO PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 1,035 9 1,044
WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND 9,134 54 9,188
COOK ISLANDS 180 2 182
FIJI 74 9 83
SAMOA 83 1 84
TONGA 7 1 8
YANGON UNION OF MYANMAR 417 10 427

European Region

POST COUNTRY LANDBASED SEAFARER TOTAL NO
EUROPEAN REGION 138,724 22,963 161,687
ANKARA TURKEY 1,523 770 2,293
AZERBAIJAN 18 2 20
GEORGIA 8 3 11
ATHENS GREECE 4,176 2,539 6,715
CYPRUS 3,331 246 3,577
MACEDONIA 10 7 17
BERLIN FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY 4,910 1,083 5,993
BERNE SWITZERLAND 2,381 9 2,390
GENEVA 2,336 4 2,340
LIECHTENSTEIN 11 0 11
BRUSSELS BELGIUM 1,942 458 2,400
LUXEMBOURG 51 3 54
BUDAPEST HUNGARY 262 34 296
BULGARIA 22 2 24
ROMANIA 345 15 360
YUGOSLAVIA 22 0 22
REPUBLIC OF SERBIA 1 0 1
MONTENEGRO 1 0 1
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOWINA 1 3 4
HOLY SEE VATICAN CITY STATE (HOLY SEE) 874 1 875
LISBON PORTUGAL 438 11,360 11,798
LONDON UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN 23,305 1,042 24,347
GREENLAND 3 2 5
IRELAND 2,011 32 2,043
MADRID SPAIN 14,893 1,427 16,320
ANDORRA 134 0 134
MOROCCO 86 70 156
MOSCOW RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1,478 37 1,515
AFGHANISTAN* 801 338 1,139
KYRGYZSTAN* 18 0 18
TAJIKISTAN* 6 0 6
ARMENIA 2 0 2
BELARUS 5 4 9
TURKMENISTAN* 59 1 60
UZBEKISTAN* 8 0 8
UKRAINE 17 14 31
OSLO NORWAY 2,034 657 2,691
DENMARK 651 235 886
FINLAND 643 78 721
ICELAND 105 6 111
SWEDEN 739 91 830
PARIS REPUBLIC OF FRANCE 4,578 252 4,830
MONACO 30 23 53
PRAGUE CZECH REPUBLIC 479 5 484
ROME ITALY 27,791 311 28,102
MILAN 31,634 441 32,075
ALBANIA 37 13 50
MALTA 540 308 848
SAN MARINO 3 0 3
THE HAGUE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS 1,894 858 2,752
VIENNA AUSTRIA 1,646 7 1,653
CROATIA (local name: Hrvatska) 37 51 88
SLOVAKIA (Slovak Republic) 35 0 35
SLOVENIA 37 7 44
WARSAW POLAND 270 93 363
ESTONIA 27 2 29
LATVIA 8 13 21
LITHUANIA 17 6 23

Middle East and Africa

POST COUNTRY LANDBASED SEAFARER TOTAL
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA 590,503 3,331 593,834
ABU DHABI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (ABU DHABI) 72,472 224 72,696
DUBAI 122,187 768 122,955
ABUJA FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA 1,260 69 1,329
BENIN 10 7 17
BURKINA FASO 5 0 5
CAMEROON 39 14 53
CAPE VERDE 8 9 17
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 36 36 72
COTE D IVOIRE 24 4 28
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 228 9 237
YEMEN 96 3 99
GABON 76 11 87
GHANA 196 31 227
GUINEA 7 3 10
LIBERIA 31 240 271
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 2 1 3
SENEGAL 8 11 19
SIERRA LEONE 48 1 49
TOGO 3 10 13
AMMAN HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN 6,515 18 6,533
BAGHDAD**** IRAQ 192 2 194
BEIRUT REPUBLIC OF LEBANON 12,762 6 12,768
CAIRO ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT 1,798 202 2,000
DJIBOUTI 63 3 66
ERITREA 32 0 32
ETHIOPIA 234 5 239
SUDAN 549 2 551
DAMASCUS**** SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 263 2 265
DOHA STATE OF QATAR 44,802 200 45,002
KUWAIT STATE OF KUWAIT 58,458 66 58,524
MANAMA KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN 18,491 69 18,560
MUSCAT SULTANATE OF OMAN 11,384 44 11,428
NAIROBI KENYA 281 13 294
BURUNDI 1 0 1
COMOROS 1 0 1
CONGO 142 21 163
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO 5 1 6
MADAGASCAR 246 4 250
MALAWI 5 2 7
MAURITIUS 15 87 102
RWANDA 21 1 22
SEYCHELLES 382 2 384
SOMALIA 4 1 5
SOUTH SUDAN 1 0 1
UGANDA 197 5 202
UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA 224 3 227
ALGERIA* 260 41 301
CHAD* 11 0 11
MALI* 5 0 5
MAURITANIA* 8 2 10
MOROCCO* 19 5 24
NIGER* 16 12 28
TUNISIA* 3 15 18
WESTERN SAHARA* 4 1 5
PRETORIA SOUTH AFRICA 1,022 498 1,520
ANGOLA 642 91 733
BOTSWANA 88 7 95
LESOTHO 182 0 182
MOZAMBIQUE 210 4 214
NAMIBIA 49 12 61
SWAZILAND 97 0 97
ZAMBIA 287 4 291
ZIMBABWE 15 1 16
RIYADH KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA (RIYADH) 113,975 90 114,065
JEDDAH 68,755 124 68,879
AL KHOBAR 33,922 117 34,039
TEHRAN IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) 341 18 359
TEL-AVIV ISRAEL 14,152 64 14,216
TRIPOLI**** LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA 2,636 15 2,651

North and South America

POST COUNTRY LANDBASED SEAFARER TOTAL
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA 263,277 12,412 275,689
BRASILIA BRAZIL 583 469 1,052
COLOMBIA 52 42 94
GUYANA 72 8 80
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 9 36 45
SURINAME 250 0 250
FRENCH GUIANA 1 31 32
BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA 130 510 640
BOLIVIA 6 2 8
PARAGUAY 1 0 1
URUGUAY 3 14 17
MEXICO MEXICO 368 83 451
BELIZE 51 0 51
COSTA RICA 57 26 83
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 31 12 43
EL SALVADOR 6 2 8
GUATEMALA 32 1 33
HONDURAS 86 4 90
NICARAGUA 60 2 62
PANAMA 99 739 838
REPUBLIC OF CUBA 144 57 201
VENEZUELA 79 75 154
OTTAWA CANADA (OTTAWA) 8,109 708 8,817
TORONTO 34,553 43 34,596
VANCOUVER 32,676 3,332 36,008
SANTIAGO CHILE 392 103 495
ECUADOR 91 17 108
PERU 82 34 116
WASHINGTON UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (DC) 23,083 3,185 26,268
CHICAGO 13,097 451 13,548
HONOLULU 8,950 79 9,029
LOS ANGELES 54,829 588 55,417
NEW YORK 25,853 715 26,568
SAN FRANCISCO 45,589 247 45,836
AMERICAN SAMOA 576 9 585
FRENCH POLYNESIA 7 17 24
ANGUILLA 3 0 3
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 11 46 57
ARUBA 153 6 159
BAHAMAS 117 209 326
BARBADOS 13 10 23
BERMUDA 114 51 165
BONAIRE 0 2 2
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 99 2 101
CAYMAN ISLANDS 349 4 353
CURACAO 7 3 10
DOMINICA  1 0 1
GUADELOUPE 1 0 1
HAITI 256 22 278
JAMAICA 99 38 137
MARTINIQUE 1 0 1
PUERTO RICO 3 46 49
SABA 10 3 13
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 7 5 12
SAINT MAARTEN 5 1 6
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 72 1 73
ST. EUSTATIUS 0 3 3
ST. BARTHELEMY 5 1 6
ST. LUCIA 1 0 1
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 81 41 122
BRITISH WEST INDIES 2 0 2
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 42 1 43
VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.) 18 2 20
AGANA COMMONWEALTH OF NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 5,751 8 5,759
GUAM 3,585 17 3,602
MARSHALL ISLANDS 65 244 309
MICRONESIA 559 2 561
REPUBLIC OF PALAU 1,840 3 1,843

If all cast their votes in the manner provided by the Comelec, can they weld the power to help elect a senator or perhaps, even the next vice president or president of the country?

That is pinning the hope that they cast their votes, and votes cast are counted and attributed to their choice of candidates.

Jap Adupe
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