MASSIVE TURNOUT EXPECTED AS COMELEC SENDS OUT BALLOT BOXES FOR MONDAY’S BSKE

October 29, 2023 • 1 min read

No more than a massive turnout of voters is expected as the Commission on Elections dispatches official ballot boxes to different voting precincts nationwide for Monday’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE).

Featured in photos here are personnel of the Manila Treasurer’s Office and local Comelec loading up ballot boxes for delivery on Sunday, October 29, 2023, to Manuel L. Quezon Elementary School in Tondo, Manila, and other voting precincts.

In the forthcoming 2023 BSKE, a grand total of 672,016 positions are up for grabs, including 42,001 seats for Barangay Chairman, 294,007 for the Sangguniang Barangay, as well as an equivalent number of positions for the SK Chairmanship and SK Council.

The Commission on Elections has reported a total of 1,414,487 individuals participating in the BSKE, with 96,962 vying for the Barangay Chairman role, 731,682 contending for seats on the Sangguniang Barangay, 92,774 candidates for the Sangguniang Kabataan, and 493,069 individuals seeking positions in the SK Council.