Commissioner Lucenito N. Tagle said in a telephone interview yesterday that 34,495 out of the 42,035 (82%) have chosen new officials who will have a term of three years.
Elections were successfully held yesterday in 168 barangays, Commissioner Rene V. Sarmiento said in a text message.
"Except for the municipality of Datu Unsay in Maguindanao, all went well," he said.
Close to 75% or 37.5 million out of the estimated 50 million registered voters have participated in the village polls that were conducted from Monday to Wednesday, Mr. Tagle said.
"Voter turnout was high this year)," he added, but noted that Comelec is still finalizing figures.
Polls in 2,460 villages nationwide were moved to Tuesday and yesterday due to late delivery of election materials.
The delay prompted Comelec to create a body that will investigate the suspension of elections.
The committee is given 15 working days to finish its investigation, Mr. Tagle said.
It will probe those who were directly involved in the printing and delivery of election materials.
Elections in three municipalities in Isabela province and two barangays in Paniqui, in Tarlac province, have been postponed due to severe damage caused by typhoon Juan (international name: Megi) early last week.
Polls have yet to be scheduled by Comelec in these areas.
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