Comelec: Voter registration for 2026 BSKE reached over 1.3M

More than 1.3 million people applied to vote for the 2026 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE), data from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has shown.

As of January 18, 2026, a total of 1,356,410 individuals registered to vote for the 2026 BSKE, of which, 718,457 were female and 637,943 were male.

Out of the total registrants, 1,028,835 were regular voters or aged 18 years old and above, and 327,575 were Sangguniang Kabataan (SK).

New SK registrants were at 322,402. A total of 1,152 applied to be transferred from another city or municipality and 384 asked to be transferred within the same city or municipality.

Applications for new regular voters, meanwhile, stood at 367,859 while those who applied for reactivation totalled at 13,174.

Meanwhile, Region IV-A (Calabarzon) reported the highest number of applicants with 271,033. It was followed by Region III (Central Luzon) with 159,473 and National Capital Region (NCR) with 157,421.

A total of 2,186 registrants applied at the Special Register Anywhere Program (SRAP) site in the Comelec main office in Intramuros, Manila.

The nationwide voter registration for the 2026 BSKE was resumed on October 20, 2025. It will run until May 18, 2026.

Exempted in the voter registration period, however, are areas in the Bangsamoro in light of the suspension of the first-ever parliamentary polls.

Applicants may register from Monday to Sundays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at any satellite registration sites or at their respective Comelec office of the election officer (OEO), according to the poll body. The voter registration period will likewise be opened in all types of applications including:

• transfer of records
• new registration
• change of name and status
• correction of entries
• reactivation of registration records
• inclusion of registration records,
• and reinstating of name in the list of voters

The Comelec earlier said it is targeting to register 1.4 million new voters for the 2026 BSKE during the months-long nationwide registration.

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in August signed into law the proposed measure seeking to postpone the BSKE from December 1, 2025 to the first Monday of November 2026, and every four years thereafter. — RSJ, GMA Integrated News