2010 Zamboanga City local elections

Last updated February 14, 2025

Local elections were held in Zamboanga City on May 10, 2010, within the Philippine general election. The voters elect for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, and eight councilors per district.

Summary

Incumbent Mayor Celso Lobregat decided to run for a last third term for the mayorship. Incumbent Vice-Mayor Mannix Dalipe runs against Lobregat under the banner of the Nationalist People's Coalition.

Lobregat picks District II Councilor Cesar Iturralde as his running mate. Dalipe picks former Monsignor Crisanto dela Cruz as his running mate. Dela Cruz previously fought Lobregat for the mayorship last 2007 but lost.

Results

The candidates for mayor and vice mayor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.

Mayoral elections

Incumbent Mayor Celso Lobregat is in his second term and is eligible for reelection.

Zamboanga City mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Celso Lobregat (incumbent)	118,227	57.99
	NPC	Mannix Dalipe	81,564	40.00
	Independent	Abdila Jamhali	2,258	1.11
	Independent	Cleofe Carmelita Cajucom	1,843	0.90
Total votes			203,892	100.00
	LDP hold

Vice-mayoral elections

Incumbent Vice-Mayor Manuel Jose "Mannix" Dalipe was an Independent before running for mayor under the banner of Nationalist People's Coalition.

Zamboanga City Vice Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Cesar Ituralde	78,827	40.29
	NPC	Crisanto dela Cruz	45,330	23.17
	Aksyon	Charlie Mariano	43,597	22.28
	CCA	Roel Natividad	25,786	13.18
	Independent	Arola Tingkong	1,372	0.70
	PGRP	Cresente Elema	729	0.37
Total votes			195,641	100.00
	LDP gain from NPC

City Council elections

Each of Zamboanga City's two legislative districts elects eight councilors to the City Council. The eight candidates with the highest number of votes wins the seats per district.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	668,703	50.31	12
	Nationalist People's Coalition	476,976	35.89	4
	Aksyon Demokratiko	70,305	5.29	0
	Citizens Call for Action Party	30,410	2.29	0
	Philippine Green Republican Party	20,494	1.54	0
	Independent	62,266	4.68	0
Ex officio seats				2
Total		1,329,154	100.00	18

1st District

Zamboanga City Council election at Zamboanga City's 1st district
Party		Candidate	Votes
	LDP	Jaime Cabato (incumbent)	62,042
	NPC	Melchor Sadain (incumbent)	58,733
	NPC	Cesar Jimenez, Jr. (incumbent)	56,355
	NPC	Rodolfo Bayot	55,287
	LDP	Rogelio Valesco, Jr. (incumbent)	54,117
	LDP	Luis Biel III (incumbent)	51,573
	LDP	Rodolfo Lim (incumbent)	48,091
	LDP	Myra Paz Valderrosa-Abubakar	41,534

	LDP	Josephine Pareja	41,271
	LDP	Kaiser Adan Olaso	36,171
	Aksyon	Henry Mariano	36,064
	LDP	Elbert Atilano	31,677
	Aksyon	Jaime Rebollos	23,142
	NPC	Abraham Sakandal	21,020
	NPC	Allan Cajucom	18,269
	NPC	Larry Silva	17,995
	NPC	Joselito Bernardo	13,562
	Aksyon	Manuel Fraginal	11,099
	Independent	Eduardo Buendia	10,953
	Independent	Luisitio Lacson	9,462
	NPC	Marlon Torres	9,221
	Independent	Gerardo Fernandez	6,471
	Independent	Abdurrahman Tagayan	4,774
	Independent	Wedito Cata-an	2,545
	Independent	Erlinda Buñag	2,206
	Independent	Estrella Paradillo	2,094
Total votes
	LDP hold

2nd District

Zamboanga City Council election at Zamboanga City's 2nd district
Party		Candidate	Votes
	LDP	Lilia Macrahon-Nuño (incumbent)	54,536
	LDP	Benjamin Guingona III (incumbent)	47,811
	LDP	Eduardo Saavedra, Jr. (incumbent)	44,833
	LDP	Reyniero Candido (incumbent)	44,520
	NPC	Rommel Agan	40,281
	LDP	Percival Ramos	37,731
	LDP	Vincent Paul Elago	36,693
	NPC	Al-Jihan Edding	35,785

	LDP	Miguel Alavar III	35,779
	LDP	Roseller Natividad	35,426
	NPC	Susan delos Reyes	35,261
	NPC	John Dalipe	33,560
	Independent	Rene Natividad	30,533
	NPC	Gerasimo Acuña	28,738
	NPC	Jaime Villaflores	25,652
	CCA	Jose Manuel Fabian	14,662
	NPC	Jerico Jan Bustamante	13,532
	NPC	Efren Ramos	13,418
	CCA	Resurrecion Miravite	10,128
	Independent	Mujib Abdulmunib	7,288
	Independent	Ambra Jamhali	4,486
	PGRP	Edjong Sattar	3,722
	Independent	Taib Nasaron	3,155
	PGRP	Arnold Navarro	3,028
	Independent	Ernesto Gadon	2,641
	Independent	Jerry Tingkong	2,363
Total votes
	LDP hold

Edding-Alavar dispute

Miguel Alavar III, defeated candidate of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino for the city council's second district, together with Roseller Natividad petitioned for the annulment of the proclamation and correction of errors in the election returns, canvassing of votes and tabulation against the board of election inspectors (BEI) of precincts 371 of Barangay Talon-Talon and precinct 394 of Barangay Tetuan, the City Board of Canvassers proclaimed Al-Jihan Edding as winner by 6 votes.^[1]

Zamboanga City Council Eighth Post election at Zamboanga City's 2nd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Al-Jihan Edding	35,785
	LDP	Miguel Alavar III	35,779

On March 28, 2011, the City Board of Canvassers as directed by the Commission on Elections nullified the proclamation of Edding and declared Alavar as the rightful 8th member of the Sangguniang Panglungsod.^[2]

Zamboanga City Council Eighth Post election at Zamboanga City's 2nd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Miguel Alavar III	36,103
	NPC	Al-Jihan Edding	36,092

References

↑ Nonong Santiago (January 24, 2011). "Edding scores in fight vs. LDP, Alavar". Zamboanga Today Online. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
↑ "Alavar in, Edding out". ZamboTimes. March 29, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2013.

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/eleksyon2010/provincialcount/zamboanga_del_sur

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[1] Nonong Santiago (January 24, 2011). "Edding scores in fight vs. LDP, Alavar". Zamboanga Today Online. Retrieved May 5, 2013.

[2] "Alavar in, Edding out". ZamboTimes. March 29, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2013.

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