Marcos Jr., Duterte lead partial election results

Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte are leading the presidential and vice presidential race, respectively, based on partial and unofficial counts from the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

As of Tuesday afternoon, Marcos Jr. leads with 30,975,596 votes, or 58 percent, followed by Vice President Leni Robredo with 14,764,282 votes, or 28.01 percent.

In the vice presidential race, Duterte leads with 31,411,919 votes, or 61.26 percent, while Senator Francis Pangilinan has 9,194,995 votes, or 17.93 percent.

The UniTeam tandem of Marcos Jr. and Duterte dominated all of Northern Mindanao's five provinces, according to unofficial results.

The PPCRV has counted votes from 97.8 percent of the total clustered precincts, with Comelec's transparency server at 98.3 percent counted.

More election returns are expected from various cities and provinces across the country.

The PPCRV confirmed that Monday's elections were generally peaceful, with reports of malfunctioning vote counting machines being immediately resolved.