Talk:1978 Philippine parliamentary election

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Number of votes for KBL seems dubious

As of the latest revision, the amount of votes listed for Kilusang Bagong Lipunan is 155,866,553. This is contradictory to the Philippines' population between 1975-1980. I have not yet found any source to verify the data stated in the article. Hoping that this is addressed Hijo de Caridad95 (talk) 12:20, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

Hi! The reason why KBL has 155,866,553 votes was due to the voting system at that time. During that election, each voter can vote for 8 to 12 candidates depending on their district, instead of one candidate per district. It's similar to our current Senate elections where we can vote for 12 candidates. That is why the number seems overinflated. As you can see at the bottom of the table, the total voter turnout was 18,356,849 out of 21,464,213 registered voters. BTW, this data was based on the data compiled by Nohlen, et al. from the COMELEC. --Janbryan (talk) 05:35, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

I see, thanks for the clarification. Please pardon my ignorance. Hijo de Caridad95 (talk) 09:20, 13 October 2018 (UTC)