Batangas local elections, 2010

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  Governor Vilma Santos-Recto.jpg
Nominee Vilma Santos-Recto Edna Sanchez
Party Liberal Nacionalista
Running mate Jose Antonio Leviste II Edwin Ermita
Popular vote603,159393,586
Percentage59.6338.91

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Governor before election

Vilma Santos-Recto
Liberal

Elected Governor

Vilma Santos-Recto
Liberal

Local elections was held in the Province of Batangas on May 10, 2010 as part of the 2010 general election. Voters will select candidates for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and representatives for the four districts of Batangas. The list below are the candidates as of May 2010.

Batangas Province in Calabarzon, Philippines

Batangas, officially known as the Province of Batangas is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. Its capital is the city of Batangas and is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and Laguna to the north and Quezon to the east. Across the Verde Island Passages to the south is the island of Mindoro and to the west lies the South China Sea. Poetically, Batangas is often referred to by its ancient name Kumintáng.

Elections for all positions in the Philippines above the barangay were held on May 10, 2010. The elected president is Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino, the 15th President of the Philippines, succeeding President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo who was barred from seeking re-election due to term restrictions. The successor of vice-president Noli de Castro is Jejomar Binay, the 15th vice president of the Philippines. The legislators elected in the 2010 elections have joined the senators of the 2007 elections and comprise the 15th Congress of the Philippines.

The Sangguniang Panlalawigan, commonly known as the Provincial Board, is the Filipino language name given to the legislatures in Philippine provinces. They are the legislative branch of the province and their powers and responsibilities are defined by the Local Government Code of 1991. Along with the provincial governor, the executive branch of the province, they form the province's government.

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Gubernatorial election

Vilma Santos Recto is the incumbent.

Batangas gubernatorial election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Vilma Santos-Recto (incumbent)603,15959.63
Nacionalista Edna Sanchez [A] 393,58638.91
Independent Marcos Mandanas, Sr.13,0071.29
Independent Gaudioso Platero1,7600.17
Total votes1,071,219100.00
Liberal hold
Batangas vice-gubernatorial election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Jose Antonio Leviste II (incumbent)668,74471.60
Lakas-Kampi Edwin Ermita [B] 265,24328.40
Total votes1,071,219100.00
Liberal hold

Notes

  • A ^ Arman Sanchez died of hypertension on April 27, 2010. His wife, incumbent Santo Tomas mayor Edna Sanchez, was named as his substitute. [1]
  • B ^ Ermita is Sanchez's guest candidate.
Santo Tomas, Batangas Municipality in Calabarzon, Philippines

Santo Tomas, officially the Municipality of Santo Tomas,, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 179,844 people.

Congressional elections

Each of Batangas's four legislative districts will elect each representative to the House of Representatives.

The Legislative Districts of Batangas are the representations of the province of Batangas in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth districts.

House of Representatives of the Philippines lower house of the Congress of the Philippines

The House of Representatives of the Philippines, is the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines. It is often commonly referred to as Congress and informally referred to as Camara or Kamara. Members of the House are officially styled as representative (Kinatawan) and sometimes informally called Congressmen/Congresswomen and are elected to a three-year term. They can be re-elected, but cannot serve more than three consecutive terms. Around eighty percent of congressmen are district representatives, representing a particular geographical area. There are 234 legislative districts in the country, each composed of about 250,000 people. There are also party-list representatives elected through the party-list system who constitute not more than twenty percent of the total number of representatives.

1st District

Incumbent Eileen Ermita-Buhain is in her third consecutive term and is ineligible to run; her father Eduardo is her party's nominee for the seat.

Eileen Ermita-Buhain is a Filipino politician. A member of the Lakas-CMD Party, she has been elected to three terms as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the 1st District of Batangas. She first won election to Congress in 2001, and was re-elected in 2004 and 2007.

Eduardo Ermita Filipino politician

Eduardo R. Ermita is the Executive Secretary of the Philippines, and spokesperson for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was born on July 13, 1935 in Balayan, Batangas. Ermita took his Defense Resource Management Course at Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, U.S.A. from 1978–1979; Command and General Staff Course, Fort Bonifacio, 1974; Unit Psychological Officers Course, Kennedy Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S.A., 1970–1971; Special forces Course, Fort Magsaysay, 1962–1963; Counterintelligence Course, Special Intelligence School, Fort Boniofacio, 1962; Airborne School, Fort Benning, Georgia, U.S.A., 1961; Ranger School, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1960-1961.

Eduardo Ermita placed the result of the election under protest in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal. [2]

Philippine House of Representatives election at Batangas' 1st district
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Tomas Apacible 124,19654.83
Lakas-Kampi Eduardo Ermita 102,89045.17
Valid ballots227,80691.71
Invalid or blank votes20,6008.29
Total votes248,406100.00%
Liberal gain from Lakas-Kampi

2nd District

Hermilando Mandanas is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Batangas' 2nd district
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Hermilando Mandanas 155,51663.32
Lakas-Kampi Godofredo Berberbe 90,07436.78
Valid ballots245,59092.76
Invalid or blank votes11,1474.34
Total votes256,737100.00%
Liberal hold

3rd District

Victoria Hernandez-Reyes is in her third consecutive term and is ineligible to run; her husband Rodrigo is her party's nominee for the seat.

Victoria Hernandez-Reyes is a Filipino politician. A member of the Lakas-CMD Party, she has been elected to three terms as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the 3rd District of Batangas. She first won election to Congress in 2001, and was re-elected in 2004 and 2007.

The result of the election is under protest in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal. [2]

Philippine House of Representatives election at Batangas' 3rd district
PartyCandidateVotes%
PMP Nelson Collantes 67,23827.19
Liberal Cristeta Reyes 60,37524.42
NPC Ma. Chona Dimayuga 52,38721.19
Nacionalista Luis Carlos Laurel 36,02314.57
Lakas-Kampi Rodrigo Reyes 22,4579.08
Lapiang Manggagawa Nicomedes Hernandez 8,7903.55
Valid ballots247,27092.76
Invalid or blank votes19,2887.24
Total votes266,558100.00%
PMP gain from Lakas-Kampi

4th District

Mark L. Mendoza is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Batangas' 4th district
PartyCandidateVotes%
NPC Mark L. Mendoza 248,89194.60
PMP Praxedes Bustamante 14,1795.40
Valid ballots262,67087.70
Invalid or blank votes36,84812.30
Total votes299,518100.00%
NPC hold

Sangguniang Panlalawigan elections

All 4 Districts of Batangas will elect Sangguniang Panlalawigan or provincial board members.

Summary

PartyTotal votesTotal seats
Total%Total%
Liberal 606,44733.0%541.7%
Lakas-Kampi 508,53727.7%433.3%
Nacionalista 414,04022.8%18.3%
NPC 202,88211.1%00.0%
Independents 62,3373.4%00.0%
PDP-Laban 36,6952.0%00.0%
Total valid votes cast1,834,938N/A
Total turnout1,071,219100.00%
Total partisan seats1083.3%
Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President18.3%
Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President18.3%
Total non-partisan seats216.7%
Total seats12100.0%

1st District

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Batangas 1st District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Lorenzo Bausas94,27427.58
Lakas-Kampi Roman Rosales75,64222.13
Nacionalista Rodolfo Salanguit65,03519.02
Liberal Alexander Bonuan56,94716.66
Lakas-Kampi Arnel Salas34,46710.08
Independent Horacio Alvarez15,4884.53
Total votes248,406100.00

2nd District

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Batangas 2nd District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Christopher De Leon 149,23129.29
Lakas-Kampi Joel Atienza119,19723.39
Lakas-Kampi Florencio De Loyola94,53618.55
Lakas-Kampi Manuel Aclan78,06815.32
Nacionalista Julian Villena68,48613.44
Total votes256,737100.00

3rd District

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies

Batangas 3rd District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Alfredo Corona106,62730.48
Liberal Divina Balba90,40525.84
Nacionalista Simeon Platon83,19023.78
Independent Arturo Malijan43,31712.38
NPC Edgar Runes22,7676.51
Independent Ferdinand Topacio 3,5321.01
Total votes266,558100.00

4th District

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies

Batangas 4th District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Mabelle Virtusio108,22317.08
Liberal Amado Carlos Bolilia IV107,36716.94
Nacionalista Rowena Africa100,47315.85
NPC Aries Emmanuel Mendoza100,30815.83
Nacionalista Federico Caisip81,03712.79
NPC Leonilo Catipon79,80712.59
PDP-Laban Abelardo Adaya36,6955.79
Nacionalista Robert Asa19,8193.13
Total votes299,518100.00

Mayoralty elections

All municipalities of Batangas, Batangas City, Lipa City and Tanauan City will elect mayor and vice-mayor this election. 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. Below is the list of mayoralty candidates of each city and municipalities per district.

1st District, Candidates for Mayor

Balayan

Balayan mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Emmanuel Fronda (incumbent)22,98365.56
Independent Yolanda Magundayao12,07634.44
Total votes36,133100.00
Lakas-Kampi hold

Calaca

Calaca mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Sofronio Ona, Jr. (incumbent)21,50162.40
Liberal Marlon Hernandez12,95737.60
Total votes35,073100.00
Lakas-Kampi hold

Calatagan

Calatagan
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Sophia Palacio (incumbent)13,15262.97
Independent Ramiro Palacio7,75837.10
Total votes22,097100.00
Lakas-Kampi hold

Lemery

Lemery mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Eulalio Alilio (incumbent)24,02461.69
Liberal Geraldine Ornales14,92038.31
Total votes39,590100.00
Lakas-Kampi hold

Lian

Lian mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Osita Vergara (incumbent)14,45268.97
Lakas-Kampi Cesar Lagus6,50331.03
Total votes21,979100.00
Nacionalista hold

Nasugbu

Nasugbu mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Antonio Jose Barcelon (incumbent)28,48962.92
Liberal Jacinto Bautista16,64436.76
Independent Erodante Bicomong1430.32
Total votes47,787100.00
Lakas-Kampi hold

Taal

Taal mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Michael Montenegro13,45453.28
Lakas-Kampi Jovito Albufera11,14044.12
Aksyon Eduardo Bautista4681.85
Nacionalista Aida Villamin1900.75
Total votes25,661100.00
Liberal hold

Tuy

Tuy
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Jose Jecerell Cerrado11,76060.71
Liberal Rosario Abiad7,61239.29
Total votes20,086100.00
Lakas-Kampi hold

2nd District, Candidates for Mayor

Batangas City

Batangas City mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Vilma Dimacuha67,55754.16
Nacionalista Emilio Berberabe, Jr.56,59645.37
PMP Casiano Ebora5920.47
Total votes128,127100.00
Lakas-Kampi hold

Bauan

Bauan mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Ryanh Dolor (incumbent)23,63663.27
Nacionalista Agripino Bautista13,72436.73
Total votes38,318100.00
Liberal hold

Lobo

Lobo mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Efren Diona9,26351.24
Liberal Virgilio Manalo (incumbent)8,81448.76
Total votes18,420100.00
Nacionalista gain from Liberal

Mabini

Mabini
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Nilo Villanueva (incumbent)14,32967.41
Liberal Julsie Schmid6,92832.59
Total votes21,646100.00
Lakas-Kampi hold

San Luis

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San Luis mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Rodolfo Mendoza (incumbent)9,197
Liberal Samuel Noel Ocampo6,576

San Pascual

San Pascual mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Antonio Dimayuga (incumbent)16,84765.92
Independent Rosario Anna Conti8,71034.08
Total votes21,979100.00
Lakas-Kampi hold

Tingloy

Tingloy
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Lauro Alvarez (incumbent)6,29878.62
Nacionalista Antonio Atienza1,71321.38
Total votes8,159100.00
Lakas-Kampi hold

3rd District, Candidates for Mayor

Tanauan City

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Tanauan City mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Sonia Aquino (incumbent)'44,01569.86
Lakas-Kampi Victoria Reyes 18,98630.14
Liberal hold

Agoncillo

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Agoncillo mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Julian Humarang8,646
Lakas-Kampi Glorioso Martinez (incumbent)8,979

Alitagtag

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Alitagtag mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Anthony Francis Andal3,146
Liberal Florante Palines3,127
Independent Bernardo Reyes2,166
NPC Noriel Salazar, Sr.2,139

Balete

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Balete mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
NPC Leovino Hidalgo3,509
Liberal Ludivina Pamplona2,486
Lakas-Kampi Marissa Reyes (incumbent)2,441

Cuenca

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Cuenca mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Celerino Endaya (incumbent)7,876
Nacionalista Edmundo Remo7,971

Laurel

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Laurel mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Randy James Amo5,993
Nacionalista John Benedict Panganiban incumbent 5,495
PMP Celso Aristotle Parrilla3,143

Malvar

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Malvar mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Simeon Magpantay5,448
Liberal Carlito Reyes10,520

Mataas na Kahoy

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Mataas na Kahoy mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Calixto Luna, Jr.5,931
Nacionalista Danilo Sombrano (incumbent)6,569

San Nicolas

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San Nicolas mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Napoleon Arceo2,585
Independent William Enriquez1,292
Lakas-Kampi Epifanio Sandoval (incumbent)3,826

Santa Teresita

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Santa Teresita mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Anna Marie Mendoza (incumbent)3,566
Liberal Ma. Aurea Segunial4,998

Santo Tomas

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Santo Tomas mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Edna Sanchez [A] 95,000
Liberal Osmundo Maligaya10,000

Notes

  • A ^ Renato Federico is now running for mayoralty race prior to the death of Arman Sanchez after Edna Sanchez, the latter's wife was named as his substitute.

Talisay

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Talisay mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Luis Malabanan8,650
Liberal Zenaida Mendoza8,332
Lakas-Kampi Florencio Pesigan744

4th District, Candidates for Mayor

Lipa City

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Lipa City mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Meynardo Sabili55,26853.10
Lakas-Kampi Oscar Gozos (incumbent)48,81546.90
Nacionalista gain from Lakas-Kampi

Ibaan

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Ibaan mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
NPC Remegio Hernandez (incumbent)10,593
Lakas-Kampi Cesar Marasigan1,683
Liberal Juan Toreja13,041

Padre Garcia

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Padre Garcia mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
NPC Prudencio Gutierrez (incumbent)10,812
Liberal Nestor Recto8,581

Rosario

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Rosario mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Danilo Alday6,536
PMP Leonardo Anyayahan3,629
PDP-Laban Pio Jay Calingasan1,590
Liberal Felipe Marquez (incumbent)22,095
Nacionalista Rodolfo Villar9,688

San Jose

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San Jose mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Entiquio Briones17,740
NPC Valentino Patron16,222

San Juan

San Juan mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Rodolfo Manalo 21,546
NPC Danilo Mindanao (incumbent)17,337

Taysan

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Taysan mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Edilberto Abaday6,696
NPC Victor Portugal, Jr. (incumbent)9,888

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "InquirerNews:Ex-Bats. Gov. Sanchez Dies". Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
  2. 1 2 Romero, Paolo (2010-07-16). "56 electoral cases filed before House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal". Philippine Star . Retrieved 2010-07-17.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "GMANews National Election Results Tally: Local and Congressional: Batangas". Archived from the original on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
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