Commission on Elections (COMELEC)

GAA department code 32 · All departments

FY2026 GAA

₱20,196,313,000.00

713 line items

FY2027 NEP (proposed)

₱29,501,545,000.00

+46.1% vs FY2026 GAA (₱9.31B)

Where the money goes (FY2026)

Personnel Services₱4.91B

Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses₱11.69B

Capital Outlays₱3.60B

Appropriations per year

Programs, activities & projects (25)

Program / activity / project	FY2025	FY2026	Change
Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections32-000	₱0	₱7.47B	New
Construction of Main and Integrated Field Office Building32-000	₱3.71B	₱3.43B	-8%
Preparatory National and Local Elections32-000	₱0	₱2.87B	New
Conduct and supervision of elections, referenda, recall votes and plebiscites32-000	₱2.48B	₱2.81B	+13%
BARMM Parliamentary Elections32-000	₱0	₱1.21B	New
General Management and Supervision32-000	₱1.05B	₱1.11B	+5%
Administration of Personnel Benefits32-000	₱562.3M	₱615.7M	+10%
Development of software system and procedures32-000	₱821.2M	₱467.7M	-43%
Maintenance, Updating and Safekeeping of Voter Registration Records, election statistics, results and records for record services32-000	₱38.0M	₱37.6M	-1%
Preparation of maps of territorial units of voting centers, the establishment of new voting centers, and the transfer, merger or abolition of existing ones32-000	₱32.3M	₱33.9M	+5%
Hearing/Trial of cases32-000	₱29.4M	₱31.1M	+6%
Investigation and prosecution of violations of election laws32-000	₱23.2M	₱25.4M	+9%
Overseas Absentee Voting Continuing Registration32-000	₱111.9M	₱22.4M	-80%
Conduct of voter's education and information campaign print/radio/television and social media32-000	₱20.0M	₱21.2M	+6%
Monitoring the implementation of the conduct of election and other political exercises and development of measures to improve the registration and election systems including the dissemination of election results of previous elections32-000	₱17.5M	₱20.4M	+16%
Recall, Special Elections, Referenda and Initiatives32-000	₱0	₱11.2M	New
Processing and control of election records/paraphernalia subject to contests32-000	₱8.0M	₱9.9M	+24%
Legal research and issuance of rulings and opinions32-000	₱7.7M	₱6.9M	-11%
Conduct of Plebicite for the Renaming of the Municipality of San Isidro, Davao del Norte to Municipality of Sawata, Davao del Norte32-000	₱7.0M	₱0	—
Conduct of Recall Elections32-000	₱0	₱0	—
Construction of COMELEC Building in Island Garden City of Samal32-000	₱5.0M	₱0	—
Construction of COMELEC Regional Office XI Building, Regional Government Center, Bago Oshiro, Davao City32-000	₱20.0M	₱0	—
National and Local Elections32-000	₱14.96B	₱0	—
Overseas Voting and Continuing Registration32-000	₱0	₱0	—
Sangguniang Kabataan and Barangay Elections32-000	₱11.59B	₱0	—

Programs present in the FY2026 GAA, with their earlier years where the same line existed.

Source: Philippine Budget Data API (BetterGov.ph), https://budget.bettergov.ph/api/v1 (CC BY 4.0), snapshot Nov 10, 2026.