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Local elections was held in Zamboanga City on May 14, 2007, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, and eight councilors per district. Previously, the city voters elected 12 councilors and one representative from its lone district.
Since 1984, Zamboanga City is represented in the national Congress by one representative. All things changed in 2004 when the lone district was divided into 2 districts by virtue of Republic Act No. 9269 [1] on March 19, 2004. Veterans Avenue is the dividing line of the two districts.
Monsignor Crisanto dela Cruz formed a coalition named Nuevo Zamboanga under the banner of Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to run against the incumbent administrator of Mayor Celso Lobregat of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino. Lobregat picked incumbent Councilor Milabel Velasquez as his running mate while dela Cruz picked activist Atty. Victor Solis as his running mate.
The candidates for district representative, mayor, and vice mayor with the most votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.
District I City Election Officer Roel Bengua, also chairman of the City Board of Canvassers, proclaimed Mayor Celso Lobregat retaining his post, incumbent Councilor Mannix Dalipe as Vice-Mayor, incumbent Vice-Mayor Beng Climaco as District I Representative, Congressman Erbie Fabian as District II Representative, and the 16 City Councilors. [2]
Incumbent Vice-Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco is running for the post against neophyte politician Edilberto Gonzales.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Maria Isabelle Climaco | 54,468 | ||
| KAMPI | Edilberto Gonzales | 30,518 | ||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
| LDP hold | ||||
Incumbent Representative Erbie Fabian is running for a second term.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Erbie Fabian (incumbent) | 60,632 | ||
| KAMPI | Susan delos Reyes | 19,419 | ||
| Independent | Samuel Enesando | 4,400 | ||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
| LDP hold | ||||
Incumbent Mayor Celso Lobregat is running for his second term. His main opponent is former Catholic priest Crisanto dela Cruz. [3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Celso Lobregat (incumbent) | 110,867 | 58.15 | |
| KAMPI | Crisanto dela Cruz | 75,928 | 39.82 | |
| Independent | Cleofe Carmelita Cajucom | 2,960 | 1.55 | |
| Independent | Sonny Sakilin | 902 | 0.47 | |
| Total votes | 190,657 | 100.00 | ||
| LDP hold | ||||
Incumbent Vice-Mayor Beng Climaco is running for District I Representative. Councilor Mila Velasquez was Mayor Lobregat's running-mate against Monsi dela Cruz' candidate, Atty. Vic Solis.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Mannix Dalipe | 75,630 | 41.07 | |||
| LDP | Milabel Velasquez | 50,970 | 27.68 | |||
| Independent | Rodolfo Bayot | 39,794 | 21.61 | |||
| KAMPI | Vicente Solis | 14,265 | 7.75 | |||
| Independent | Ismail Jaalam | 3,482 | 1.89 | |||
| Total votes | 184,141 | 100.00 | ||||
| Independent gain from LDP | ||||||
Each of Zamboanga City's two legislative districts elects eight councilors to the City Council. The eight candidates with the most votes wins the seats per district.
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All 8 seats from each of Zamboanga City's two legislative districts 9 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coalition | Mayoral/vice mayoral candidate | Total votes | Total seats | |||
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| Total | % | Total | % | |||
| LDP | Celso Lobregat | 12 | 66.7% | |||
| KAMPI | Crisanto dela Cruz | 3 | 16.7% | |||
| Independents | Varies | 1 | 5.6% | |||
| Total valid votes cast | N/A | |||||
| Total turnout | ||||||
| Total partisan seats | 16 | 88.9% | ||||
| Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President | 1 | 5.6% | ||||
| Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President | 1 | 5.6% | ||||
| Total non-partisan seats | 2 | 11.1% | ||||
| Total seats | 18 | 100.0% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Charlie Mariano | 47,456 | ||
| LDP | Cesar Jimenez, Jr. | 44,202 | ||
| KAMPI | Jaime Cabato | 43,304 | ||
| KAMPI | Melchor Sadain | 40,827 | ||
| LDP | Lynet Marcos-Abarro | 39,101 | ||
| LDP | Rodolfo Lim (incumbent) | 38,267 | ||
| LDP | Rogelio Valesco, Jr. | 34,701 | ||
| KAMPI | Luis Biel III | 33,808 | ||
| LDP | Antonio Orendain, Jr. | 33,626 | ||
| KAMPI | Ricardo Baban, Jr. | 30,426 | ||
| LDP | Victor Alvarez | 29,404 | ||
| LDP | Mario Roca | 28,072 | ||
| Independent | Roberto Ko | 27,517 | ||
| Independent | Max Enriquez | 25,595 | ||
| LDP | Manuelito Luna | 25,523 | ||
| KAMPI | Venusto Anova | 19,903 | ||
| KAMPI | Joaquin Diaz | 16,608 | ||
| KAMPI | Edris Lim | 15,780 | ||
| KAMPI | Giovanni Luistro | 14,454 | ||
| Independent | Basilio Rusil | 8,908 | ||
| Independent | Abdurrahman Tugayan | 3,990 | ||
| Total votes | ||||
| LDP hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Asbi Edding (incumbent) | 56,496 | ||
| LDP | Juan Climaco Elago II (incumbent) | 50,297 | ||
| LDP | Cesar Iturralde (incumbent) | 46,723 | ||
| LDP | Lilia Macrohon-Nuño | 43,911 | ||
| LDP | Roel Natividad (incumbent) | 42,389 | ||
| LDP | Benjamin Guingona III (incumbent) | 40,195 | ||
| LDP | Eduardo Saavedra, Jr. | 39,305 | ||
| LDP | Reyniero Candido (incumbent) | 39,278 | ||
| Independent | Luis Climaco (incumbent) | 37,144 | ||
| KAMPI | Gerasimo Acuña | 23,210 | ||
| KAMPI | Jaime Villaflores | 22,078 | ||
| KAMPI | Rene Natividad | 19,991 | ||
| KAMPI | Reyniero Camins | 18,769 | ||
| Independent | Susan Cabato | 18,519 | ||
| KAMPI | Ernesto Perez | 17,744 | ||
| KAMPI | Abelardo Dondoyano | 14,059 | ||
| KAMPI | Mercy Arquiza-Fernandez | 11,554 | ||
| KAMPI | Manuel Jose Fabian | 9,453 | ||
| Total votes | ||||
| LDP hold | ||||
