Caloocan local elections, 2010

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Caloocan mayoral elections, 2010
  2007 May 10, 2010 2013  

 
Nominee Enrico Echiverri Luis Asistio
Party Liberal NPC
Running mateEdgar Erice Rey Malonzo
Popular vote240,144 141,709
Percentage62.30% 36.76%

Mayor before election

Enrico Echiverri
Liberal

Elected Mayor

Enrico Echiverri
Liberal

Local elections was held in Caloocan City on May 10, 2010 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the two Congressmen, and the councilors, six in each of the city's two legislative districts.

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.

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Mayoral and vice mayoral election

Incumbent Enrico Echiverri is now on his second term as the mayor of Caloocan City. As prescribed by the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines, he is still eligible to run for the same office. On the other hand, another incumbent Tito Varela is now on his last term as the vice mayor of the city.

The incumbent mayor Enrico Echiverri is running again for mayoralty office under the Liberal Party (LP) with his running mate Edgar Erice. Echiverri, was the former representative of the city's first district to Philippine Congress from 1998 before his election in 2004. Erice was a former representative of the city's second district to Philippine Congress from 2001 until 2004.

Liberal Party (Philippines) liberal party in the Philippines

The Liberal Party of the Philippines or LP is a liberal political party in the Philippines, founded by then senators Senate President Manuel Roxas, Senate President Pro-Tempore Elpidio Quirino, and former 9th Senatorial District Senator José Avelino, on January 19, 1946 by a breakaway Liberal wing from the old Nacionalista Party. It was the ruling party from 2010 to 2016 after the election victory of Benigno Aquino III as the President of the Philippines. Today, the Liberals are the opposition and maintain at least six seats in the Senate, and at least 27 of seats in the House of Representatives. Around 50% of governors, 50% of vice governors, and 33% of board members are also Liberals.

Luis "Baby" Asistio, the former representative of the city's first district to Philippine Congress from 1992 until 2001 and from 2004 until 2007 also announced his bid in mayoralty race under the Nationalist People's Coalition. Another candidate for the office of the mayor is Robert "Popoy" Cordero, is running independent.

Nationalist Peoples Coalition

The Nationalist People's Coalition or NPC is a conservative political party in the Philippines, founded in 1992 by then presidential candidate Eduardo Cojuangco Jr.

Other candidates for the vice mayor's office were Macario "Boy" Asistio, who became mayor of the city from 1980 until 1986 then from 1988 until 1995 and former actor Rey Malonzo who became vice-mayor of the city from 1992 until 1995 then mayor from 1995 until 2004. Malonzo and Asistio were formidable rivals in the city

Congressional elections

There will be two candidates for the congressman or district representative post of each of the districts of Caloocan City. The city is divided into two congressional districts: the first district and the second district.

The incumbent first district representative Oscar Malapitan is running under the Nacionalista Party. In 2004, he replaced Echiverri in the post. His opponents were Ernesto Ray Adalem, Gualberto Bacolod, broadcaster Bobby Guanzon, Jaime Regalario and three-term Vice Mayor Luis Tito Varela who is running under the Liberal Party

Nacionalista Party political party

The Nacionalista Party is the oldest political party in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia responsible for leading the country throughout the majority of the 20th century since its founding in 1907, being the ruling party from 1935 to 1944, 1944–1946, 1953–1957, 1957–1961 and 1965–1972.

For the second district, the incumbent representative Mary Mitzi Cajayon is running under the Lakas-Kampi-CMD party. She was elected in 2007 replacing Luis Asistio.

Results

The winners of the congressional, mayor and vice mayor seats of Caloocan 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

Caloocan mayoral election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Enrico Echiverri 240,14462.30
NPC Luis Asistio 141,709 36.76
Independent Roberto Cordero 3,641 0.94
Valid ballots 385,494 93.58
Invalid or blank votes 8,145 6.42
Total votes411,952100.00
Liberal hold

Vice mayoral election

Caloocan vice mayoral election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Edgar Erice180,37949.50
KABAKA Rey Malonzo 100,089 27.46
PMP Macario Asistio, Jr. 68,228 18.72
KBL Cherry Vallega 12,986 3.56
Independent Mariano Yu 2,748 0.75
Valid ballots 364,430 88.46
Invalid or blank votes 47,522 11.54
Total votes372,146100.00
Liberal hold

Philippine House of Representatives elections

1st District

Oscar Malapitan is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Caloocan's 1st district
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Oscar Malapitan 163,15060.21
Liberal Luis Tito Varela 48,333 17.84
Independent Roberto Guanzon 12,112 4.47
PMP Ernesto Ray Adalem 10,444 3.85
Independent Gualberto Bacolod 8,026 2.96
Bangon Pilipinas Jaime Regalario 2,866 1.06
Valid ballots 244,931 90.39
Invalid or blank votes 26,045 9.61
Total votes270,976100.00
Nacionalista hold

2nd District

Mitzi Cajayon is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Caloocan's 2nd district
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Mitzi Cajayon 77,36448.97
Nacionalista Antonio Almeda 35,546 22.50
Ang Kapatiran Carlos Cabochan 16,943 10.72
Independent Ma. Milagros Mercado 13,306 8.42
Liberal John C. Santos 1,336 0.85
Independent Tany Catacutan 723 0.46
PGRP Adoracion Garcia 304 0.19
Independent Enrique Cube 217 0.14
Valid ballots 145,739 92.25
Invalid or blank votes 12,246 7.75
Total votes157,985100.00
Lakas-Kampi hold

City Council elections

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

Party Mayoral/vice
mayoral candidate
Total votes Total seats
Total % Total %
Liberal Enrico Echiverri 1,050,391 51.1% 10 71.4%
Nacionalista None 374,495 18.2% 1 7.1%
Independents Varies 219,748 10.7% 0 0.0%
Lakas-Kampi None 176,187 8.6% 0 0.0%
NPC Luis Asistio 138,113 6.7% 0 0.0%
PMP Macario Asistio, Jr. 77,389 3.8% 1 7.1%
Ang Kapatiran None 18,681 0.9% 0 0.0%
KBL Cherry Vallega 2,420 0.1% 0 0.0%
Total valid votes cast 2,057,424 N/A
Total turnout 432,895 100.00%
Total partisan seats 12 85.7%
Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President 1 7.1%
Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President 1 7.1%
Total non-partisan seats 2 14.3%
Total seats 14 100.0%

1st District

Caloocan City Council election at the 1st district
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Dale Gonzalo Malapitan132,12310.38
Liberal Susana Punzalan130,46110.24
Liberal Nora Nubla130,28410.23
Liberal Dante Prado116,1829.18
Liberal Ramon Te109,1398.57
Liberal Andres Mabagos79,9656.28
Liberal Roberto Cruz 79,676 6.26
NPC Henry Camayo 75,237 5.91
Nacionalista Andrew Asistio 73,914 5.18
Nacionalista Isaac Domingo 72,529 5.69
NPC Ireneo "Nonoy" Cayetano 62,876 4.94
Independent Juan Antonio Trillanes 47,044 3.69
Lakas-Kampi Cenon Mayor 42,031 3.30
Nacionalista Crispin Peña, Sr. 24,556 1.93
Independent Joseph Aquino 18,253 1.43
Independent Cristina Guino-o 16,951 1.33
Independent Rodolfo Gonzaga 9,097 0.71
Independent Leonardo Dela Cruz 8,745 0.69
Independent Emmanuel Cruz 6,910 0.54
Independent Oscar Benedict Vallejo 6,308 0.50
Independent Jimmy Sanchez 5,686 0.45
Independent Rasty Benson 4,426 0.35
Independent Fernando Vinoya 4,336 0.34
Independent Germel Perit 2,670 o.21
Independent Amy Rabas 2,621 0.21
Independent Jesus Budac, Jr. 2,614 0.21
Independent Virgilio Luzares 2,547 0.20
Independent Garth Gollayan 2,227 0.17
Independent Jamin Tulbo 1,971 0.15
Independent Loney Sapdin 1,535 0.12
Total votes270,976100.00

2nd District

Caloocan City Council election at the 2nd district
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Carolyn Cunanan82,47110.51
PMP Macario Asistio III77,3899.86
Liberal Tolentino Bagus76,3599.73
Liberal Luis Chito Abel74,9339.55
Liberal Allen Alexander Aruelo72,9369.30
Liberal Marjorie Barretto 49,9116.36
Liberal Arnold Divina 48,074 6.13
Lakas-Kampi Joseph Timbol 37,154 4.74
Lakas-Kampi Norlando Divina 34,226 4.36
Lakas-Kampi Roberto Samson 33,433 4.26
Independent Jerrboy Mauricio 26,690 3.40
Nacionalista Marc Merville Orozco 20,315 2.59
Ang Kapatiran Alvin Abelardo 18,681 2.38
Lakas-Kampi Ronald Romero 16,668 2.12
Nacionalista Nestor Samson 16,658 2.12
Independent Roehl Nadurata 14,925 1.90
Nacionalista Roseller Arcadio 14,594 1.86
Independent Jaime Mataragnon, Sr. 13,197 1.68
Lakas-Kampi Trinidad Repuno 12,675 1.62
Nacionalista Serafico Placer 11,196 1.43
Nacionalista Joseph Ariestotle Mapue 8,610 1.10
Independent Jose Isagani Gonzales 4,740 0.60
Independent Melvin Louie Manalaysay 4,698 0.60
Independent Tito Herminio Diño 4,520 0.58
Independent Robert Lee Vitug 4,401 0.56
Independent Arlan Gurnot 2,636 0.34
KBL Romeo Luz, Jr. 2,420 0.31
Total votes161,919100.00

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