Negros Island Region has 24,506 new voters–Comelec

Comelec Chairman Atty. George Erwin Garcia —LYN RILLON

BACOLOD CITY—Turnout for voters registering for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Negros Island Region over the last three days has reached 24,506, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) here reported.

As of Sunday, 15,356 of the new registrants, or the highest number, were in Negros Occidental, making up 37 percent in the entire region, according to Comelec Regional Elections officer Lionel Marcos Castillano.

Postponed

This was followed by Negros Oriental, 8,476; and Siquijor, 674.

Castillano also noted that 8,002 of the new registrants in Negros Occidental were women and only 7,354 were men.

Of the new registrants in Negros Occidental, Cadiz City topped the list, said Provincial Elections Supervisor Ian Lee Ananoria said.

While the voters’ registration that started on Aug. 1 would continue until Aug. 10, the BSKE originally set for Dec. 1 this year was expected to be postponed.

Comelec Chair George Garcia said on Friday that on Aug. 12, President Marcos Jr. would be expected to sign a law that would move the BSKE elections to the first Monday of November 2026.