At least 25% of total votes cast during the first ever nationwide automated elections have been transmitted to the Commission on Elections back-up server before 9 p.m. Monday.
The Comelec is set to release partial and unofficial tallies of votes for president and other national and local positions at 9 p.m. on Monday.
Balloting in more than 76,300 polling precincts nationwide closed at 7 p.m., with election watchdogs and analysts predicting a lower-than-expected turnout due to some technical problems with a new automated voting system and long queues discouraging voters.
"We'll come out with the first consolidated results of the elections from top to bottom," Jose Melo, a retired Supreme Court justice and chairman of Comelec, told a news conference.
Melo said they expected results from the machines to be transmitted 20 minutes after the close of polling precincts at 7 p.m.
"It's a success," he said, adding the number of violent incidents had gone down to 70 compared to 180 incidents in the 2007 election period.
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