MANILA, Philippines - A winning couple?

Shalani Soledad, Liberal Party standard-bearer Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III's girlfriend, has been proclaimed as councilor of Valenzuela City's 2nd district.

A radio dzMM report said Soledad topped the race for councilor in her district.
 
Aquino has also been leading by a wide margin in the Commission on Elections (Comelec) partial count for the presidential race.

As of 9:39 a.m., Aquino already had 12,587,406 votes followed by former president Joseph Estrada.

On third place was Manuel "Manny" Villar Jr. with 4,477,209.

Meanwhile, the local election office has also proclaimed Sherwin Gatchalian as winner in Valenzuala's mayoralty race.

The winning vice-mayor was Eric Martinez. -- Report from Dennis Datu, radio dzMM