THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has recorded more than 68.6 million registered voters for the 2025 national and local elections including the Bangsamoro parliamentary polls.
Based on the latest Comelec data, there are 68,618,667 registered voters nationwide who may participate in the coming polls, with Region IV-A or Calabarzon topping the highest number of voters at 9,764,170.
Of the figures, a total of 33,690,884 were male and 34,927,783 female. A total of 1,667 offices of election officers received the registrations.
Poll chairman George Garcia said Region III or Central Luzon came in second with 7,712,535 registered voters, followed by Metro Manila with 7,562,858.
Regions VII (Central Visayas) and V (Bicol) came in fourth and fifth at 4,407,337 and 4,066,662, respectively.
Caraga (Region XIII) with 1,889,616 voters followed by the Cordillera Administrative Region with 1,111,859 voters posted the lowest number of registered voters.
The total number of voters is higher than the May 2022 national polls with 65,745,526 voters and the village and Sangguniang Kabataan (youth) elections in October last year with 67,839,861.
The voter registration period for the May 2025 midterm polls started on Feb.12, and ended on Sept. 30.
