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Here’s a look at the top six party-lists that secured more than one seat, the sectors they claim to represent and the backgrounds of their nominees.

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Akbayan party-list faced delisting in 2022 after failing to secure enough votes for a House seat, only to be saved by the Supreme Court after it affirmed the cancellation of the An Waray party-list’s registration.

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Akbayan continues to dominate the party-list race, beating Duterte Youth by nearly half a million votes and outpacing 153 other groups, according to the latest partial and unofficial election results.

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With two House prosecutors losing their reelection bids, some incumbent lawmakers are inviting former Sen. Leila de Lima and human rights lawyer Chel Diokno to take their place.

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Progressive group Akbayan thanked over 2.7 million Filipinos who voted for them in Monday’s midterm polls, where they emerged at the top of party-list groups.

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In a surprising turn of events, Akbayan continued to lead the party-list race based on partial, unofficial results from transparency servers as of 1:04 a.m. on Tuesday, May 13.

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Akbayan party-list faced delisting in 2022 after failing to secure enough votes for a House seat, only to be saved by the Supreme Court after it affirmed the cancellation of the An Waray party-list’s registration.

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