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Dayag Emilio, vs. Juan A. Alonzo, et al.

EMILIO DAYAG, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE JUDGE JUAN A. ALONZO, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH XXV, TABUK, KALINGA-APAYAO AND GLORIA GUIAWAN, respondents.

G.R. No. L-66427 | 1985-01-17

R E S O L U T I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

Petitioner EMILIO Dayag and private respondent GLORIA Guiawan were the only candidates for Punong Barangay (Barangay Captain) of Gobgob, Tabuk, Kalinga-Apayao in the Barangay elections of May 17, 1982.

There were two voting centers in that Barangay. There was no question in respect of the election results in Voting Center No. 2 where EMILIO obtained 163 votes while GLORIA garnered 166 votes.

In Voting Center No. 1, however, a controversy arose regarding the correct appreciation of votes where the names of the candidates for Punong Barangay were written not on the proper space but elsewhere in...