While a locality that has a minimum of 250,000 people is constitutionally entitled to one district representative, Congress should enact a law in order for it to take effect.

Bukidnon, Cotabato, Palawan and Quezon City received additional representatives in the upcoming Congress.

These are seats where the winning margin was 3% or less, politicians may choose to run under a different political party as compared to 2010.

*Kaka Bag-ao is a party-list representative for Akbayan who ran in Dinagat Islands district under the Liberal Party and won.

Only the Liberal Party can win the election outright by placing candidates in a majority of seats.

The vote totals below were collected from the results displayed from the COMELEC's "Transparency" server.

[7] Canvassing of results for the party-list election resumed on May 19 after the 12 senators-elect were already proclaimed, with the commission meeting to determine on what to do with the votes of the twelve disqualified parties.

Preliminary results states that President Aquino's allies winning an overwhelming majority of seats in the House of Representatives.

This makes Aquino the only president enjoy majorities in both houses of Congress since the People Power Revolution of 1986.

[13] Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. is seen to keep his speakership position with the Liberals winning at least 100 out of the 234 district seats.

The Nacionalista Party has at least 15 winning representatives, "a substantial number" of the 40 incumbents Nationalist People's Coalition are to hold their seats, and the 34-member National Unity Party House leader Rodolfo Antonino expects Belmonte to be reelected as speaker.

[14] 15th Congress Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. easily won reelection for the speakership.