The Commission on Election proclaimed the 12 winning Senators of the recently held national election. Nine Senators were initially proclaimed on Saturday, May 15, 2010 while the last 3 were proclaimed earlier today.

Of the 12 Senators, 6 were re-electionists, 4 are returning senators and 2 are new to the senate who were both former congressmen. The complete list of the 12 winning senators are (according to vote ranking):

Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino continues to lead the Presidential survey. In a survey conducted by the Social Weather Station commissioned by the BusinessWorld, Noynoy Aquino got the nod of 42% of the respondents. On second place is still Senator Manuel “Manny” Villar with 35%. In the current survey, Villar cuts Noynoy’s lead from 11% from the previous presidential survey to 7 percent.

On third place is former President Joseph Estrada with 13%, followed by Lakas-Kampi-CMD standard bearer Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro on fourth place with 4%. Tied on fifth and sixth place are Senator Richard Gordon and Bro. Eddie Villanueva with 2% each.

Voters will have to to choose from 150 party-list group in the coming May 2010 elections, this is after ruled on the petition of 6 more party list group.

The six (6) party-list group that will be added to the 144 party-list group are:

1. Alliance for Rural and Agrarian Reconstruction, Inc. (ARARO)
2. LPG Marketers Association, Inc. (LPGMA)
3. Alyansa Lumad Mindanao, Inc. (ALLUMAD)
4. Alyansa ng OFW Party (Alyansa)
5. Ang National Coalition on Indigenous People’s Action (Ang NCIP)
6. Bagong Koalison ng Nagkakaisang Samahan sa Sektor ng Transpostasyon (Bangon Transport)