Electoral Commission Chairman George Garcia

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has registered over 68.6 million registered voters for the 2025 national, local and parliamentary elections of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

In the data released to the media on Sunday, the exact figure was 68 million 618 thousand 667, including 33 million 690 thousand 884 male voters and 34 million 927 thousand 783 female voters.

Region IV (Calabarzon) recorded the highest number of registered voters for the upcoming elections, with a total of 9,764,170 voters. This was followed by Region III (Central Luzon) with 7 million 712 thousand 535 voters.

The Electoral Commission announced the updated number of registered voters for the 2025 midterm elections as of Thursday, October 31. Photo courtesy of Comelec

The National Capital Region ranked third with 7,562,858 registered voters.

The survey agency also reported that 532,837 applicant hits were detected through the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) as of September 30, 2024.

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Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said in a statement Sunday that these cases “are likewise subject to removal of dual or multiple registrants under AFIS.”

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