2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Soccsksargen

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Philippine House of Representatives elections in Soccsksargen, 2010
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  2007 May 10, 2010 2013  

7 seats of Soccsksargen in the House of Representatives
 First partySecond party
 
Party Lakas–Kampi NPC
Seats won32
Popular vote388,881345,289
Percentage30.64%27.21%

 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Liberal PCM
Seats won01
Popular vote158,311120,052
Percentage12.74%9.46%

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Location of Soccsksargen within the country.

Elections were held in Soccsksargen for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 10, 2010.

Contents

The candidate with the most votes won that district's seat for the 15th Congress of the Philippines.

Note that in Cotabato City, although a part of this region, the voters elect their representative via Maguindanao's 1st district. Cotabato City is independent from any province and is a part of the Soccsksargen region, but is usually grouped with Maguindanao by the National Statistics Office.

Summary

PartyPopular vote %Seats
won
Lakas–Kampi 388,88130.64%3
NPC 345,28927.21%2
Liberal 158,31112.47%0
PCM 120,0529.46%1
SARRO 60,8994.80%0
GAD 47,6773.76%0
Independent 148,04711.66%1
Valid votes1,269,15691.90%7
Invalid votes111,8948.10%
Turnout1,381,05069.20%
Registered voters1,995,877100.00%

Cotabato (North Cotabato)

1st District

Incumbent Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza is in her third consecutive term already and is ineligible for reelection; she is running as governor of Cotabato. Lakas-Kampi-CMD nominated incumbent governor Jesus Sacdalan as their nominee in this district.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Cotabato's 1st district
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas–Kampi Jesus Sacdalan 88,683 40.26
NPC Anthony Dequiña 51,09723.20
GAD Luzminda Tan 47,67721.64
Liberal Ronaldo Pader 18,5028.40
Independent Dan Ebo 1,4670.66
Valid ballots207,42694.16
Invalid or blank votes12,8545.84
Total votes220,280 100.00
Lakas–Kampi hold

2nd District

Bernardo Piñol, Jr. is the incumbent.

The result of the election is under protest in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal. [1]

Philippine House of Representatives election at Cotabato's 1st district
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas–Kampi Nancy Catamco 119,294 51.44
Liberal Bernardo Piñol, Jr. 112,61748.56
Valid ballots231,91197.20
Invalid or blank votes6,6912.80
Total votes238,602 100.00
Lakas–Kampi gain from Liberal

Sarangani

World-renowned boxer Manny Pacquiao is running once again after being defeated in South Cotabato's congressional race to incumbent Rep. Darlene Antonino-Custodio in 2007. As such, he moved to Sarangani and is vying for its open congressional seat left by out going Rep. Erwin Chiongbian. Pacquiao is running his own People's Champ Movement which is co-endorsed by the Nacionalista Party. He will face Rep. Chiongbian's third brother, Roy Chiongbian, a local businessman. Chiongbian is co-endorsed by the local Sarangani Reconciliation and Reformation Organization and Lakas Kampi CMD. [2]

Philippine House of Representatives election at Sarangani
PartyCandidateVotes%
PCM Manny Pacquiao 120,052 66.35
SARRO Roy Chiongbian60,89933.65
Valid ballots180,59197.57
Invalid or blank votes4,4992.43
Total votes180,951 100.00
PCM gain from SARRO

South Cotabato

1st District

The highly urbanized city of General Santos is a part of South Cotabato's first district.

Incumbent Darlene Antonino-Custodio, on her third consecutive term, is term-limited and chose to run for Mayor of General Santos. The Nationalist People's Coalition nominated General Santos mayor Pedro Acharon Jr. in this district.

Philippine House of Representatives election at South Cotabato's 1st district
PartyCandidateVotes%
NPC Pedro Acharon, Jr. 163,590 63.24
Independent Ramon Melliza 51,30619.83
Liberal Rogelio Garcia 14,0535.43
Independent Franklin Gacal, Jr. 6,3272.45
Independent Aldwin Angangan 9850.38
Independent Abelardo Plaza 7310.28
Valid ballots236,99291.61
Invalid or blank votes21,6948.39
Total votes258,686 100.00
NPC hold

2nd District

Incumbent Arthur Pingoy, Jr. is in his third consecutive term already and is ineligible for reelection and running for governor. Lakas-Kampi-CMD nominated Hilario de Pedro III in this district.

Philippine House of Representatives election at South Cotabato's 2nd district
PartyCandidateVotes%
NPC Daisy Fuentes 130,602 58.66
Lakas–Kampi Hilario de Pedro III 80,65336.22
Valid ballots211,25594.88
Invalid or blank votes11,3955.12
Total votes222,650 100.00
NPC gain from Lakas–Kampi

Sultan Kudarat

1st District

Pax Mangudadatu is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Sultan Kudarat's 1st district
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Raden Sakaluran 66,979 70.28
Lakas–Kampi Pax Mangudadatu 28,32429.72
Valid ballots95,30369.36
Invalid or blank votes42,10030.64
Total votes137,403 100.00
Independent gain from Lakas–Kampi

2nd District

Arnold Go is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Sultan Kudarat's 2nd district
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas–Kampi Arnold Go 71,927 73.64
Independent Reynaldo Arguelles 9,1139.33
Independent Nesthur Gumana 7,8007.99
Liberal Jacqueline Talmadge 5,4985.63
Independent Roberto Examen 3,3393.42
Valid ballots97,67788.53
Invalid or blank votes12,66111.47
Total votes110,338 100.00
Lakas–Kampi hold

References

  1. Romero, Paolo (2010-07-16). "56 electoral cases filed before House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal". The Philippine Star . Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
  2. "Pacquiao vs Chiongbian". Manila Bulletin . 2009-10-25. Retrieved 2010-01-29.