WITH less than three weeks left before the deadline of the voter registration period for the May 2025 national and local polls, more than six million individuals have applied to become registered voters with the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
Based on the latest data provided by the Comelec, there are now 6,131,834 applications for voter registration filed from February 12 to September 11.
Still having the most number of applicants is Calabarzon with 1,020,212; followed by the National Capital Region with 794,855; and Central Luzon with 691,627.
Having the lowest number of registrants, on the other hand, is the Cordillera Administrative Region with 86,991.
The current voter registration numbers is more than double the initial three million applicants projected by the poll body.
The voter registration period is set to end on September 30, 2024.
On the other hand, the Comelec yesterday reported that the number of deactivated voters has reached 5,376,630, as of July 15.
A large majority of the deactivated voters are those who failed to vote in two successive preceding elections with 5,371,376.
A total of 714,152 voter registration records were also deleted by the Comelec, among others due to death (250,381) and transfer to another city or municipality (228,070).
