Aklan’s paradise island is vote-rich, too
BY VENUS G. VILLANUEVA

KALIBO, Aklan - Boracay Island is not only Aklan’s and the country’s top tourists drawer. It is now vote-rich too.
Records obtained from the Provincial Comelec office here revealed that of the 10 top voting centers (polling areas with the highest number of voters) in Aklan generally located in public elementary schools here, two are in Boracay Island – Barangays Manoc-Manoc and Balabag, Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan while another barangay of the same municipality, Caticlan, the jump-off point to the island, also entered the “magic 10 circle”.
The 10 top voting centers in Aklan with their corresponding number of voters and precincts are the following: Kalibo Elementary School located in Pob. Kalibo, Aklan - 4,309 voters with 20 precincts; Manoc-Manoc Elementary School in Manoc-manoc, Boracay Island, Malay – 4,116 voters, 20 precincts; Kalibo Pilot Elementary School, Poblacion Kalibo – 4,113 voters with 19 precincts; Estancia Elementary School, Kalibo - 3,767 voters with 18 precincts; Buswang New Elementary School, Kalibo - 3,694 voters, 19 precincts; New Washington Elementary School, New Washington, Aklan - 3,491 voters, 16 precincts; Andagaw Elementary School, Kalibo - 3,472 voters, 17 precincts; Balabag Elementary School, Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan - 3,392 voters, 16 precincts; Batan Elementary School, Batan, Aklan – 2,530 voters with 12 precincts and Caticlan Elementary School in Malay, Aklan - 2,344 with 11 precincts.
Five of the top 10 voting centers are in Kalibo, the capital town. Kalibo has the highest number of registered voters with 36, 162. Two municipalities, New Washington and Batan also entered the top ten.
New Washington is the third municipality with the highest number of registered voters having 21,891 while Batan is fifth, with 17,649 voters.
Ibajay, located in the western part of the province has the second highest number voters with 22,116 voters.
Other vote-rich municipalities of Aklan include Banga with 20,174; Numancia, 16,655; Balete, 14,973; Makato, 14,783 and Nabas, 14,504.