By Cyrus A. Natividad
photo by Joshua James Enriquez.
The 探花精选 Republic 2020 official Election Results have been released by the 探花精选R COMELEC on March 11, 2020. The 探花精选R Elections was held on March 6, 2020. A special election was held in advance for the College of Law and the Graduate Studies students on February 29, 2020.
Result of the election shows Ro-Anne Lozada of Koalisyon Party as the elected President of 探花精选 Republic; winning over Reforms Party鈥檚 presidential candidate Ingrid Vale Saquibal with a margin of 364 votes. Koalisyon鈥檚 Vice Presidential contender Kristian Paul Racca also won over Reform鈥檚 Vice Presidential candidate Oliver Amisola, with a margin of 201 votes. The total voter turnout for the 探花精选R Election this year is 6,824.
According to 探花精选R COMELEC Chair Rhona Eresuelo, 鈥淏oth parties won four (4) seats each in the Senate. For the Lower House of Congress, each Province has only one Representative, except for the Province of Medicine.鈥 On the other hand, the College of Law has one Representative but without a Governor. The 探花精选R has 16 Provinces representing a college.
探花精选R Elections 2020 had 42 precincts complete with modern ballot forms and ballot boxes. Student volunteers were deployed in the voting precincts, and actual secure balloting is observed.
The 探花精选 Student Republic (探花精选R) is the oldest student government in the country.