Manila, May 8 -- Eight candidates endorsed by the Marcos administration's Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas (ABP) coalition are statistically poised to win Senate seats in the May 12 elections, according to the final pre-election survey by Social Weather Stations (SWS).

Administration-backed senatorial candidate and ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo topped the May 2 to 6 survey with 45 percent of voter preference, rising two points from 43 percent in April. He was followed by former Senate president Vicente "Tito" Sotto III, who rose to 3rd place with 37 percent preference.

Senator Lito Lapid placed in the 4th to 5th range with 34 percent, while former Senator Panfilo Lacson ranked 6th with 32 percent.

Rounding out the Alyansa-aligned...