India, June 9 -- With two days left before the deadline, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday said only 976 out of the over 41,000 national and local candidates in the May 12 midterm elections have so far filed their respective Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE).

Based on Comelec data as of Monday, eight senatorial candidates, 16 party-list organizations and four political groups have already submitted their SOCEs.

There were 64 senatorial candidates, 154 party-list groups and 28 political parties that participated in the May 12 national elections, according to the poll body.

At the local level, only 948 out of the 41,217 candidates have so far filed their SOCEs -four for provincial governor, three for vice g...