2004 Manila local elections

2004 Manila mayoral election

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Nominee Lito Atienza Mel Lopez Party Liberal KNP Running mate Don Ramon Bagatsing Danny Lacuna Popular vote 455,302 219,580 Percentage 67.46 32.54

Mayor before election Lito Atienza Liberal Elected mayor Lito Atienza Liberal

Vice mayoral election

Candidate Danny Lacuna Don Ramon Bagatsing Party KNP LDP Popular vote 380,758 272,118 Percentage 58.32 41.68

Vice Mayor before election Danny Lacuna KNP Elected Vice Mayor Danny Lacuna KNP

Local elections were held in Manila on May 10, 2004, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the six Congressmen, and the councilors, six in each of the city's six legislative districts. ^[1]

Incumbent Mayor Lito Atienza of Liberal forged an alliance with Don Ramon Bagatsing, who is the leader of Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) Manila chapter. ^[1] The tandem faced former 1988 opponent Mel Lopez and incumbent Vice Mayor Danny Lacuna.

Results

For Mayor

Incumbent Mayor Lito Atienza won his third consecutive term against former Mayor Mel Lopez. ^[2]

Manila Mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lito Atienza	455,302	67.46
	KNP	Mel Lopez	219,580	32.54
	PGRP	Felix Cantal	2,671	0.39
	Independent	Onofre Abad	803	0.12
	Independent	Eduardo Fernandez	535	0.08
	Independent	Antonio Gamo	367	0.05
Total votes			679,258	100.00
	Liberal hold

For Vice Mayor

Incumbent Vice Mayor Danny Lacuna defeated his opponent, Councilor Don Ramon Bagatsing. ^[2]

Manila vice mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KNP	Danny Lacuna	380,758	58.32
	LDP	Don Ramon Bagatsing	272,118	41.68
	Independent	Manuel Andrada
	Independent	Jaboy Odiamman
	Independent	Major Buleg
Total votes			652,876	100.00
	KNP hold

For Representatives

First District

2004 Philippine House of Representatives election at Manila's 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ernesto Nieva	120,570
	KNP	Rodolfo Quirante
	Independent	Abraham Liguidliguid
Total votes
	Liberal hold

Second District

2004 Philippine House of Representatives election at Manila's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KNP	Jaime Lopez	46,495	51.39
	Liberal	Marion Lacson	43,980	48.61
	Independent	Robert Brent Mendoza
Total votes			90,475	100.00
	KNP hold

Third District

Incumbent Harry Angping (KNP) initially sought re-election but later withdrew from the race on May 4, 2004. ^[3] He was substituted by his wife Zenaida Angping, but was disallowed by virtue of a ruling dated April 30, 2004, due to his disqualification on citizenship issues. This left incumbent Councilor Miles Roces running unopposed. ^{[4] [5]}

2004 Philippine House of Representatives election at Manila's 3rd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Miles Roces
Total votes
	Liberal gain from KNP

Fourth District

2004 Philippine House of Representatives election at Manila's 4th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rodolfo Bacani	56,713	57.07
	KNP	Manuel Bagatsing	42,659	42.93
	Independent	Jose Icaonapo Jr.
	Independent	Joel Sarza
Total votes			99,372	100.00
	Liberal hold

Fifth District

2004 Philippine House of Representatives election at Manila's 5th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Joey Hizon	65,524	53.66
	Liberal	Kim Atienza	56,592	46.34
	Independent	Gloria Wilma Encarnacion
	Independent	Junel Alvarado
Total votes			122,116	100.00
	Nacionalista hold

Sixth District

2004 Philippine House of Representatives election at Manila's 6th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Benny Abante	41,241	55.44
	Liberal	Rosenda Ann Ocampo	33,146	44.56
	KNP	Lou Veloso
	Independent	Julio Logarta Jr.
	Independent	Caridad Lao
	Independent	Romeo Nuñez
	Independent	Emmanuel Sunga
	Independent	Oswaldo Galla
Total votes			74,387	100.00
	Lakas hold

References

1. Sison, Bebot Jr.; Suerte Felipe, Cecille. "Atienza-Bagatsing in 2004". Philstar.com. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
2. Sison, Bebot Jr.; Suerte Felipe, Cecille (May 18, 2004). "Atienza triumphs in Manila". Philstar.com. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
3. Sison, Bebot Jr.; Felipe, Cecille Suerte (May 6, 2004). "Manila congressman withdraws candidacy". Philstar.com. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
4. Sison, Bebot Jr.; Felipe, Cecille Suerte (May 11, 2004). "Comelec disqualifies Angping; substitution disallowed". The Philippine Star.
5. G.R. No. 167499 (September 15, 2005), "Miles Andrew Mari Roces vs. House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal and Maria Zenaida B. Ang Ping", Lawphil