Yamsuan is new Paranaque 2nd District congressman

Representative Brian Raymund Yamsuan was proclaimed this afternoon (May 13, 2025) by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as the winner of the congressional race in Paranaque’s 2nd District.

With a lead of 9,935 votes, independent candidate Yamsuan clobbered incumbent congressman Gus Tambunting of the National Unity Party (NUP) in the hotly contested race.

The final count based on the Comelec’s City Canvass Report showed Yamsuan with 82,700 votes; Tambunting with 72,765 votes; and three other candidates with combined total votes of less than 7,000 votes.

Votes were canvassed from 246 clustered precincts in Paranaque’s 2nd District. With 172,879 out of 213,621 total registered voters casting their ballots, the voter turnout was 81 percent in the District…(CESAR MORALES)