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Sarah Duterte topped the field at 9.2%, but that's the whole story of this poll: a plurality, not a mandate. Twelve names — Duterte to Villar — are bunched between 5.4% and 9.2%, separated by fewer than 130 votes total, before the count trails off into single digits.

The margins inside that pack are razor-thin: Duterte's edge over Marcos is just 1.1 points, and Marcos to Dela Rosa is another 0.2. Duterte led all five days, but 'leading' meant clearing the second-place name by roughly 30 votes out of 2,910 cast — never a runaway, always a scrap.

• Photo finish at the top · Duterte's 9.2% beat Marcos's 8.1% by just 1.1 points.
• Twelve-way logjam · Top 12 options all sit within 5.4%-9.2%, no separation.
• Winner's ceiling · 9.2% was enough to win — and too small to be a mandate.
• US bucks the trend · Only the United States leans to Belgica instead of Duterte.