DavNor voters index rises by 13.9% 

COMELEC XI Regional Director Atty. Michael C. Abas

DAVAO DEL NORTE, Dec. 24 (PIA) -- The registered voters in the Province of Davao Del Norte rose by almost 14% as compared to the data from 2019 with a total of 690,248 voters for the 2022 elections, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Davao Del Norte confirms.

In the article published by One DavNor Network, District 1 covering the local government units (LGUs) of Talaingod, Kapalong, New Corella, San Isidro, Asuncion, and Tagum City has a total voting population of 337,583 while District II including Sto. Tomas, Braulio E. Dujali, Carmen, Panabo City, and the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) have 352,665 voters for the upcoming 2022 polls.

Of all the LGUs in Davao Del Norte, Tagum City still has the highest number of voters with 172,100 followed by Panabo City, with 127,665 voters. IGACOS is next with 84,194 and the fourth one is the Municipality of Santo Tomas with 73,248 voters.

Aiming for the governor's post for this coming 2022 polls are incumbent Provincial Governor Edwin I. Jubahib and Second District Board Member Roy Catalan.

First District Board Member Franklin Gentiles targets the vice governor post with Tagum City former councilor De Carlo "Oyo" Uy as his opponent.

Eleven candidates will be racing for the board member posts in District I while 13 are aiming for District II.

For the representative post, 3 aspirants will be competing for District I while 2 candidates race for District II.

COMELEC XI Regional Director Atty. Michael C. Abas reminded all candidates for the 2022 polls to refrain from doing early campaigns to be fair to other candidates as the local campaign periods will start on March 25, 2022, ending on May 7, 2022. (PIA XI Davao del Norte/jmda/Ezri M. Coda, Jr. with reports from One DavNor Network)

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