2025 Midterm Elections: Flawed, Unfair, and Untransparent
The 2025 Philippine midterm elections laid bare the failure of democratic integrity, marked by systemic fraud, disenfranchisement, and institutional complicity.
Kontra Daya and Vote Report PH documented a wide array of violations before, during, and after election day. These included widespread vote-buying, illegal campaigning, misuse of public funds—such as the AKAP program—for partisan gain, and voter intimidation through red-tagging and disinformation.
Manifesto for Clean, Peaceful, and Democratic Elections
“We believe in the power of the people to bring about change. We reaffirm our commitment to clean, peaceful, and democratic elections.”
Our Principle
Kontra Daya (Against Fraud) firmly believes that the conduct of clean and honest election is not an exclusive concern of government nor of politicians vying for elective positions. The people must participate in guarding against electoral fraud as well as in debates on future policy directions for the country and the people’s welfare. Among its members are Promotion of Church Peoples Response, Computer Professionals Union, AGHAM, Alliance of Concerned Teachers, Health Alliance for Democracy, Health Action for Human Rights, Kawani Kontra Daya and Blogwatch.ph
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Kontra Daya Report on 2025 Midterm Elections: “Flawed, Unfair, and Untransparent”
May 21, 2025 Kontra Daya released its full report on the 2025 midterm elections which reveals that the electoral system
6 out of every 10 incoming PL reps do not represent the poor – Kontra Daya
May 19, 2025 Majority of the 63 incoming party-list representatives in the 20th Congress do not represent the marginalized and
Comelec shouldn’t rush proclamation, must resolve election issues and inconsistencies – Kontra Daya
May 16, 2025 Days after the midterm elections, Kontra Daya says the Comelec shouldn’t rush into proclaiming winning candidates as
Hold Comelec accountable for vote irregularities, blunder in 2025 midterm elections
May 13, 2025The Comelec has a lot of explaining to do with the reported blunder and violations in the midterm
As May 12 polls close, ACM errors make up half of election violation reports
According to Vote Report PH and Kontra Daya’s data, ACM errors made up the majority of election violation reports during
Uphold transparency and ballot sanctity tonight with manual counting
STATEMENTMay 12, 2025With the verified incident reports gathered so far, there is more than enough empirical basis to call for
Kontra Daya calls on the COMELEC to extend voting hours in the area until 8:00PM
STATEMENT May 12, 2025 Due to the five-hour delay in the opening of polling precincts in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao
ACM errors continue to make up majority of issues encountered during May 12 polls – Kontra Daya
With just a few hours until the closing of polls, Vote Report PH and Kontra Daya say that ACM errors
Kontra Daya to stage action to protest irregularities during May 12 polls
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE What: A day after the midterm elections, various groups and organizations spearheaded by Kontra Daya
Machine errors, delays and other issues evident in early hours of May 12 polls
May 12, 2025 For the first four hours of the voting period, Vote Report PH and Kontra Daya already received
ACMs prone to fraud due to questionable software update
STATEMENT May 11, 2025 The COMELEC should explain why an updated version of the software which is not in the
Kontra Daya condemns coordinated disinformation days before elections
May 11, 2025 MANILA, Philippines — Kontra Daya condemns the sudden and coordinated proliferation of disinformation on social media starting