Sen. Bato dela Rosa Ranks 3rd in Partial, Unofficial Results of Senatorial Election Vote Counting
BATO DELA ROSA – The Senator attributed the huge vote for him in the senatorial race to the arrest of former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
Amid his detention in The Hague, Netherlands, former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte who is the chairman of the PDP-Laban made sure that his political party’s senatorial bets are endorsed well. He requested his children to campaign for the #Dutert10.
The children of former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte did campaign for the PDP-Laban bets as their father has requested. Vice Pres. Sara Duterte has joined several local campaigns sorties to endorse the #Duter10 as well as Senator Imee Marcos and Las Piñas district Representative Camille Villar.
Davao Congressman Paolo Duterte has also repeatedly spoken about the #Duter10 in interviews amid his stay in The Hague for former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte. Davao Mayor Baste Duterte and Kitty Duterte also endorsed their father’s senatorial bets in the campaign rallies in Davao. According to Kitty, she was too young to enter politics but she decided to join after her father was taken away from her.
The PDP-Laban bets initially included the #Duter10. Before the May 2025 Elections, the political party adopted Sen. Imee Marcos and Las Piñas district representative Camille Villar as their guest candidate. Here are the #Duter10:
- Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go
- Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa
- Congressman Rodante Marcoleta
- singer Jimmy Bondoc
- Jayvee Hinlo
- Raul Lambino
- actor Philip Salvador
- Atty. Victor Rodriguez
- Pastor Apollo Quiboloy
- Doc Marites Mata
From the PDP-Laban, one of the senatorial candidates with a seemingly sure chance of winning after 97% of the votes have been counted is Sen. Bato dela Rosa. Based on live updates, the former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief turned Senator ranked 3rd.
- Go, Christopher ‘Bong” — 26,464,593
- Aquino, Bam — 26,464,593
- Dela Rosa, Ronald “Bato” — 20,251,285
- Tulfo, Erwin — 16,805,804
- Pangilinan, Kiko — 15,080,685
- Marcoleta, Rodante — 14,896,189
- Lacson, Ping — 14,849,701
- Sotto, Tito — 14,590,488
- Cayetano, Pia — 14,299,335
- Villar, Camille — 13,351,103
- Lapid, Lito — 13,110,798
- Marcos, Imee — 13,029,046
Sen. Bato dela Rosa attributed the huge vote he got in the Election 2025 from the arrest of former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte. Based on a report on GMA News, the Senator thanked the Duterte supporters for his looming victory in the senatorial race.
“‘Yung pag-angat natin dito sa results ay talagang it came with a very heavy price at ito ‘yung freedom ni Pangulong Duterte at ito, bigla tayong umangat nang husto sa survey after nila hinuli at ibiniyahe si Pangulong Duterte do’n sa The Hague,” Sen. Bato dela Rosa said.
Based on the report, Sen. Bato dela Rosa called the votes for him as “protest votes” from Filipinos who were “aggrieved” by the arrest of former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte. He called his campaign style as a “guerilla” saying it was hard for him to seek resources being an opposition.
“Ito po’y in-attribute ko talaga ‘yung aming kapanalunan sa kinasapitan ni Pangulong Duterte… Ganito kataas ‘yung aming natanggap na boto, these are protest votes coming from the people who are very much aggrieved about what happened to former President Duterte,” he said.
In Davao, former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte won as Davao mayor amid his detention in The Hague, Netherlands.