2013 Valenzuela local elections

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Valenzuela mayoral elections, 2013
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Mayoral, vice mayoral, congressional representatives
and all 12 city council seats
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Nominee Rexlon Gatchalian Adelma Gunigundo
Party NPC Lakas
Running mate Eric Martinez Katherine Pineda
Popular vote144,28258,836
Percentage67.7127.61
Mayor before election

Sherwin Gatchalian
NPC

Elected Mayor

Rexlon Gatchalian
NPC

Local elections were held in Valenzuela on 13 May 2013, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the two Congressmen (or district representatives), and the councilors, six in each of the city's two legislative districts.

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Representative Rexlon Gatchalian, a brother to the current mayor Sherwin, is running for the city mayor's office for the first time. Gatchalian's primary opponent is Adelma Gunigundo, wife of the incumbent second district representative Magtanggol Gunigundo.

Gatchalian's running mate is vice mayor Eric Martinez, who has served since 2007; if he wins, he will have his term limited in 2016. First district councilor Katherine Pineda-Hernandez is Gunigundo's running mate.

The election was won by Gatchalian and Martinez for the local posts.

Mayoral and vice mayoral election

Incumbent mayor Sherwin Gatchalian is now on his third term as the mayor of Valenzuela. As prescribed by the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines, he is barred from running as the mayor and he may choose to run into higher or lower office instead. Prior to his election as mayor in 2004, he represented the first district of Valenzuela from 2001 to 2004. In April 2012, he signed his intention to run for the Senate race under the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino party headed by former President Joseph Ejercito Estrada. [1] [2] [3]

He instead would run as representative of the 1st District of the city. [4] His brother, incumbent congressman Rexlon Gatchalian who is on his second term is running in his place. Rexlon Gatchalian, also known as Rex, is on his second term as district representative/congressman, hence he is not yet term limited. Rex entered Valenzuela politics in 2007 occupying his current post. The other candidate for mayorship is Adelma A. Yang-Gunigundo, wife to the incumbent second district representative Magtanggol Gunigundo. [5]

There are only two candidates for vice mayor's office: incumbent vice mayor and Liberal's Eric M. Martinez and incumbent first district councilor Katherine "Khay" C. Pineda.

Congressional elections

There are two and three candidates for the congressman or district representative post of the districts 1 and 2 of Valenzuela, respectively. The city is divided into two congressional districts: the first district encompasses 23 barangays in the northern portion of the city and the second district which contains 9 barangays.

The incumbent first district representative Rexlon "Rex" Gatchalian running under the Nationalist People's Coalition, the same political party he had during the 2007 election. Gatchalian, a businessman, is the younger brother of the incumbent mayor Sherwin Gatchalian. The other candidate for congressman is Ritche Cuadra, a member of Valenzuela City Council since 2001.

For the second district, the incumbent representative Magtanggol "Magi" Gunigundo will run under the Lakas-Kampi-CMD party. A lawyer by profession, he became the representative of the former municipality of Valenzuela from 1998 to 2001. If he will be elected to office in 2013, this will be his third term, thus he is not eligible to re-election in 2016 for the same position. The second candidate is Shalani Carla "Lani" Soledad-Romulo, a member of the Valenzuela city council and wife to Pasig Representative Roman Romulo. Soledad-Romulo gained prominence as a former girlfriend to President Benigno Aquino III from 2008 to 2010 and as a TV host at television network TV5 since 2010. The other candidate for congressman is Pablo "Pabs" Hernandez III, a columnist from the tabloid Bulgar who ran for the mayoralty race inn 2010.

Unlike in 2010 polls, few of the people who run for the city council are up for reelection. For the first district, this list includes Idol Alejandrino, Cora Cortez and Tony Espiritu; Adrian Dapat, Cecil Mayo, Lorie Natividad-Borja, and Lai Nolasco for the second district. Two of candidates from each district are also former members of the council: Mar Morelos and Lotlot Esteban. Rovin Feliciano and Ricarr Enriquez are barangay captains of Arkong Bato and Pasolo, respectively. Genny Esplana who targets the first district council, is the titleholder for the 1990 Bb. Pilipinas-International; Charee Pineda, who vies second district councils, is a member of ABS-CBN's Star Magic circle and held the lead role in 2011 daytime drama series Angelito: Batang Ama .

Mock polls

Mock polls are done in different parts of the city to survey possible winners to the 2013 midterm elections. Based on a February 2013 mock polls done by the Valenzuela City District Two Voters Group, an independent non-government group, conducted by former dean Rolando Lansigan, the following candidates garnered the spot for the second district: [6]

Mayoral race (February 2013, 2nd District)
PersonPercentage
Bonifacio, Danilo (Independent)2.94%
Gatchalian, Rexlon T. (NPC)70.58%
Gunigundo, Adelma Y. (Lakas)26.47%
Vice Mayoral race (February 2013, 2nd District)
PersonPercentage
Martinez, Eric M. (Liberal)33.33%
Pineda, Katherine C. (Lakas)63.63%
Congressional race (February 2013, 2nd District)
PersonPercentage
Gunigundo, Magtanggol T. (Lakas)54.28%%
Hernandez, Pablo L. III (Independent)38.57%
Soledad-Romulo, Shalani S. (Liberal)7.14%

Election results

The winners of the congressional, mayor and vice mayor seats of Valenzuela City is determined with the highest number of votes received. These positions are voted separately, so there is a possibility that the winning officials came from the same or different political parties.

Mayoral election

Incumbent Sherwin T. Gatchalian is running for representative of the city's first district.

Valenzuela City mayoral election
PartyCandidateVotes%
NPC Rexlon Gatchalian 144,282 67.71
Lakas Adelma Yang-Gunigundo58,83627.61
Independent Danilo Bonifacio6760.32
Invalid or blank votes9,2894.36
Total votes213,083 100.00
NPC hold

Vice mayoral election

Incumbent Eric M. Martinez is running for reelection.

Valenzuela City vice mayoral election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Eric Martinez 112,696 52.89
Lakas Katherine Pineda-Hernandez82,41543.68
Invalid or blank votes17,9728.43
Total votes213,083 100.00
Liberal hold

Congressional elections

First district

Incumbent Rexlon Gatchalian is running for the mayorship; his brother, Mayor Sherwin Gatchalian, is his party's nominee.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Valenzuela's 1st district
PartyCandidateVotes%
NPC Sherwin Gatchalian 67,992 70.05
Lakas Ritche Cuadra23,80524.53
Invalid or blank votes5,2655.42
Total votes97,062 100.00
NPC hold

Second district

Magtanggol Gunigundo is the incumbent. He will be facing off against councilor Shalani Soledad-Romulo, if Soledad-Romulo elected she will join her husband Roman in the House separately.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Valenzuela's 2nd district
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas Magtanggol Gunigundo 56,542 48.73
Liberal Shalani Soledad 53,80046.37
Independent Pablo Hernandez III6500.56
Invalid or blank votes5,0294.33
Total votes116,021 100.00
Lakas hold

City council elections

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Ph fil congress valenzuela 2d.png
First (left) and second(right) legislative districts of Valenzuela.

The voters in the city are set to elect six councilors on the district where they are living, hence registered. Candidates are voted separately so there are chances where winning candidates will have unequal number of votes and may come from different political parties.

Summary

Summary of City Council Election
PartyMayoral/vice
mayoral candidate
[Number of candidates]		Total votesTotal seats
Total %Seats beforeSeats after %
Lakas–Kampi Ritche Cuadra (M) [11]2216.67%
Liberal Eric Martinez (VM) [3]218.33%
Nacionalista None [0]300.00%
NPC Rexlon Gatchalian (M) [10]5866.67%
UNA None [1]018.33%
Independents Varies [1]000.00%
Total valid votes castN/A
Total turnout
Total partisan seats1212
Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President11
Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President11
Total non-partisan seats22
Total seats1414100.0%


First district council

2013 Valenzuela congressional first district election [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
NPC Antonio "Tony" R. Espiritu V 60,264 12.30
Lakas Marcelino "Mar" G. Morelos M 57,890 11.82
Liberal Rovin Andrew "Rovin" M. Feliciano V 55,175 11.27
NPC Corazon "Cora" A. Cortez V 52,816 10.78
NPC Marlon Paulo "Idol" D. Alejandrino V 50,909 10.39
NPC Jennifer "Genny" P. Pingree-Esplana V [9] 49,242 10.05
NPC Ricardo Ricarr "Ricar" C. Enriquez V 43,1088.80
Lakas Reynaldo "Rey" D. Cuadra M 35,0597.16
Lakas Czarina Chlariza "Ina" M. Esplana M 25,4705.20
Lakas Ernesto "Ernie" M. Tolentino M 23,2074.74
Lakas Carolino "Carol" S. Pineda M 19,7654.04
Lakas Ma. Cristina "Cristy" P. Mendoza M 15,2653.12
Independent Jose "Danilo" I. Jurado III1,6040.33
Total votes98,888 100.00

Second district council

2013 Valenzuela congressional second district election [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
NPC Lorena "Lorie" C. Natividad-Borja T 66,781 11.21
NPC Lailanie "Lai" P. Nolasco T 63,680 10.69
NPC Kimberly Ann "Kim" D. Galang T 61,627 10.35
NPC Crissha Charee "Charee" M. Pineda [10] T 58,399 9.80
Lakas Rosalie "Lotlot" D. Esteban M 56,044 9.41
UNA Kristian Rome "Tyson" T. Sy M 53,253 8.94
Lakas Maria Cecilia "Cecil" V. Mayo M 49,7918.36
NPC Adrian "Adrian" C. Dapat T 46,9487.88
Liberal Martell Francisco "Martell" R. Soledad T 42,9287.21
Lakas Manny "Manny" Hung So M 39,5016.63
Liberal Carlitos "Sonny" B. Tiquia28,7974.83
Lakas Arturo "Art" F. Morales M 14,0342.36
Lakas Jefferson Davis "Jefferson Davis" L. Uy M 13,9002.33
Total votes116,021 100.00

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