(UPDATE) Angry citizens took to social media early Tuesday to bewail the seven-hour gap between the first two transmissions of unofficial results that brought midterm poll tallies from .4 to 90 percent completion. #HalalanDayaan2019 raged for hours on Twitter, garnering at least 21,000 tweets as of 5 a.m. Tuesday after it was first used around 10 p.m. Monday, four hours into the gap in the sending of partial, unofficial results by the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Many of the comments expressed dismay at the loss of opposition candidates. Others, many of whom are young voters, criticized the elections. Arjolyn De La Cruz, an incoming Political Science freshman at the University of the Philippines Visayas, linked the results to the failure of voting machines and allegations of pre-shaded ballots earlier in the day. After releasing what represented .4 percent of election returns to media organizations, political parties, and the citizens' poll count arm 6:15 p.m. Monday, nothing much was heard about the Comelec's transmission operations at Pope Pius in Manila where citizen's arm Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting held parallel count. Screencaptured from halalanresults.abs-cbn.com Citing problems with its transparency server, Comelec later said an application error caused the delay in unofficial tallies. The next set of results came in past 1 a.m. Tuesday. The new results boosted the vote counts for senatorial candidates Cynthia Villar and Grace Poe to 23.64 million and 20.73 million, respectively. They were also leaders in the 6:15 p.m. results. Screencaptured from halalanresults.abs-cbn.com LOOK: Comelec transparency server now working. Partial and unofficial count based on 90.57% of clustered precincts as of 1:19 a.m., May 14, 2019. #Halalan2019 #HalalanResultshttps://t.co/jVNu9nzt0J pic.twitter.com/aD2iSPYGje — ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) May 13, 2019 Citizens were antsy as Monday evening dragged on without fresh results, prompting suspicions and accusations of irregularity or cheating in the elections, mostly declared on social media. These same sentiments were not unfamiliar as cheating allegations surfaced when political newcomer Leni Robredo overtook dictator Ferdinand Marcos' son Bongbong in results that trickled afternoon to late evening of May 9, 2016's closely contested vice presidential race. Watch more in iWantTFC Screen recording of 2016 vice presidential race transmission progress The hashtag #HalalanDayaan2019 is an apparent spinoff of #Halalan2019, #HalalanResults, and #HalalanAberya being used by ABS-CBN News. -- With research from James Amante, Hermie Rivera<doc-sep>MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections, formally constituted as the members of the National Board of Canvassers, on Monday afternoon suspended their session as they await the transmission of election results. The seven-member Comelec en banc composed of poll body's chair Sheriff Abas, Commissioners Al Parreno, Luie Tito Guia, Ma. Rowena Amelia Guanzon, Socorro Inting, Marlon Casquejo and Antonio Kho Jr. convened as NBOC at the Philippine International Convention Center to mark the start of canvassing of votes for the 2019 midterm elections. They were supposed to convene at 3 p.m. but they officially sat as NBOC at around 4 p.m., just two hours before the polling precinct closed its doors to voters. “Today, May 13, 2019, marks yet another milestone in our history as we usher the new set of leaders will impact the lives of the Filipinos,” Abas said in his opening speech. “An election is the single manifestation of the nation's democracy,” he added. Abas said the success of the 2019 midterm polls cannot be solely credited to the Comelec as he also recognized the efforts and contributions of every sector to ensure honest and orderly elections. Aside from the NBOC members, representatives of political parties, partylist and other candidates were also present at the NBOC command center to witness the canvassing of votes in the national elections. The NBOC initialized the canvassing and consolidation system before the session was suspended at 5:15 p.m. Guia earlier mentioned that the session may be adjourned since the poll results is expected to be transmitted after the voting hours. The midterm elections are set to end at 6 p.m. The NBOC session will resume on Tuesday. RELATED: No need to extend midterm polls, says Comelec<doc-sep>MANILA, Philippines — A glitch with the transparency server of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has caused the delay in the release of partial election results, an official from the poll body said Monday. In an interview with INQUIRER.net, Comelec Commissioner Marlon Casquejo said the problem was detected in the creation of data packets coming from the transparency server of the poll body. ADVERTISEMENT “May (There is an) issue on the creation of data packets coming from the transparency server,” he said. He clarified, however, that the Comelec continues to receive data from clustered precincts nationwide, but the results cannot be published in real time to those receiving information from the transparency server, including media outfits accredited by the agency. Casquejo also assured that the technical glitch should not cause fear among voters because the Comelec continues to receive the votes. He also said that the glitch could only be resolved if the Comelec en banc issues a resolution. As of posting time, Casquejo confirmed that the en banc has already given a go signal for the probe. “May approval na ng en banc and they are now investigating the possible glitches (The en banc has approved the probe, and they are now investigating the possible glitches),” he said. — With a report from Pathricia Ann V. Roxas (Editor: Eden Estopace) Read Next<doc-sep>
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) admitted that a technical issue slowed down the partial unofficial count on the results of the 2019 national elections. The STAR quotes Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez as saying the Comelec's transprency server, which is also supposed to send the election data to media partners, is working and has received 80% of polling results. He said the problem is not with transmission to the server, but in sending the data from the transparency server to media computers linked to it. The Comelec transparency server released partial unofficial results at around 6:15 p.m., which showed 0.38% of the results at the national level. It has not issued an update as of writing time. The transparency server was supposed to send unofficial vote counts to media groups and watchdogs in intervals of 10 to 15 minutes. As of 11:09 p.m., the Comelec website indicated that 86.69% of election returns have been transmitted to the poll body. Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez says the problem is not with the transmission but with the sending of the data from the transparency server to the media partners, PPCRV. The data stored in the transparency server has reached 80 percent. | @EZMacairan pic.twitter.com/FsDVfCDtDX — The Philippine Star (@PhilippineStar) May 13, 2019 Voting closed at 6 p.m. in most parts of the country after opening at 6 a.m. The vote counting machines were expected to transmit the vote counts to the transparency server and to the centrel server of the Comelec after polls close. Makabayan bloc seeks explanation Lawmakers from the Makabayan bloc called on the poll body to explain the lack of quick count updates on its transparency server. Rep. Sarah Elago (Kabataan Party-list) pointed out that in the two previous elections, the results were released real time. "Di tulad ng 2013, 2016 [elections] na halos real-time ito. 71% na ngayon ang nabato sa main server pero 0.38% pa lang ang nasa transparency server," Elago tweeted at 8:58 p.m. Rep. Antonio Tinio (ACT Teachers Party-list) shared the same sentiments, pointing out that the Comelec provided almost real time updates in the 2013 and 2016 automated elections. "One of the touted benefits of automation is supposed to be the quick and transparent counting of votes. This is beginning to feel like a throwback to the pre-automation era," Tinio said on Facebook.