The Historic 2016 Philippine Elections

The partial and unofficial 2016 Philippine Elections results were received at a break neck speed: in less than 4 hours, over 70% of all vote counting machines (VCM) have transmitted their results but that's not all that we should be proud of.

Transmission

The speed and efficiency of delivering the partial unofficial results is the primary achievement. What used to take days or weeks in the previously elections can now be done in a couple of hours.

Year	Hours to transmit 70% of results	Total results transmitted
2010	11 hours	90%
2013	5 hours	76%
2016	4 hours	95.55% (as of May 11, 11:55pm)

Voting Machine Issues

As the number of voters grow, the number of machines for each clustered precincts also need to grow. With each election year, there is a corresponding decrease in machines that need replacement.

Year	%	Machines replaced due to issues	Total Vote Counting Machines
2010	0.27%	205	76,347
2013	0.22%	171	77,829
2016	0.15%	143	92,509

Violence

According to the PNP, this year's elections was generally peaceful. If we look at previous Presidential elections, the trend for Election Related Violence Incidents (ERVI) has been decreasing (Source: Democracy at Gunpoint, Vera Files).

Year	Election Related Violence Incidents	Casualties
2004	249	468
2010	180	155
2016	164	N/A

Turnout

Lastly, the turnout for the last few elections has been at around 75%. We've jumped back to a turnout of 81.6% this year, the highest since 2001. However the highest turnout for an election still remains at 89.5% during the 1984 Batasang Pambansa Elections

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