Laguna local elections, 2010

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Laguna local elections, 2010
  2007 May 10, 2010 2013  

 
Nominee E. R. Ejercito Dennis Lazaro
Party PMP Lakas-Kampi
Running mate Ellen ReyesCaesar Perez
Popular vote 334,530 260,440
Percentage 34.88 27.16

 
Nominee Joey Lina Ramil Hernandez
Party Liberal Nacionalista
Running mate Soy Mercado Dave Almarinez
Popular vote 234,473 123,670
Percentage 24.45 12.89

Governor before election

Teresita S. Lazaro
Lakas-Kampi

Elected Governor

E. R. Ejercito
PMP

Local elections were held in the Province of Laguna on May 10, 2010 as part of the 2010 general election. Voters selected candidates for all local positions: a municipal/city 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 Laguna.

Laguna (province) Province in Calabarzon, Philippines

Laguna, officially known as the Province of Laguna, is a province in the Philippines, located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. Its capital is Santa Cruz and the province is situated southeast of Metro Manila, south of the province of Rizal, west of Quezon, north of Batangas and east of Cavite. Laguna hugs the southern shores of Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the country. As of the 2015 census, the province's total population is 3,035,081. It is also currently the seventh richest province in the country.

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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Results

Partial Unofficial results from COMELEC

Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-12 11:06:11 88.60% of Election Returns [1]

Provincial & Congressional Elections

Incumbent Teresita S. Lazaro is on her third consecutive term and was term-limited. Her son, Provincial Administrator Dennis Lazaro, ran in her place. He faced then-Pagsanjan Mayor E.R. Ejercito, former Governor Joey Lina, voluntarily-retiring vice governor Ramil Hernandez, and independent candidates Christine Amador and Randy Bautista.

Teresita Lazaro was Governor of the Philippine Province of Laguna from 2001 to 2010.

Emilio Ramon Pelayo Ejercito III, commonly known as E.R. Ejercito and also popularly known by his official on-screen names Jorge Estregan, George Estregan Jr. and Jeorge "E.R." Ejercito Estregan, is a Filipino actor and was the Governor of Laguna. Prior to his election as governor, he served as mayor of Pagsanjan, Laguna. He is the son of actor George Estregan and the nephew of former President and now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada.

Laguna Gubernatorial election
PartyCandidateVotes%
PMP Emilio Ramon Ejercito 334,53034.88
Lakas-Kampi Dennis Lazaro 260,440 27.16
Liberal Jose Lina, Jr. 234,473 24.45
Nacionalista Ramil Hernandez 123,670 12.89
Independent Christine Amador 3,634 0.38
Independent Randy Bautista 2,311 0.24
Total votes1,050,890100.00
PMP gain from Lakas-Kampi

Ramil Hernandez (Nacionalista) was the incumbent. Although eligible to run for his second consecutive term, he voluntarily retired to run for governor. His party nominated 1st District Board Member Dave Almarinez to run for vice governor. He faced then-Los Baños Mayor Caesar Perez, Celso Mercado, Eleanor Reyes, former Pagsanjan Mayor Abner Afuang, and Bernardita Cruz.

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.

Los Baños, Laguna Municipality in Calabarzon, Philippines

Los Baños, officially the Municipality of Los Baños,, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 112,008 people.

Laguna Vice-gubernatorial election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Caesar Perez 253,81829.05
Nacionalista Dave Almarinez 201,040 23.01
Liberal Celso Mercado 179,878 20.59
PMP Eleanor Reyes 156,623 17.93
Independent Abner Afuang 67,881 7.77
Independent Bernardita Cruz 14,372 1.65
Lakas-Kampi gain from Nacionalista

Congressional elections

Each of Laguna's four legislative districts elected an representative to the House of Representatives. The candidate with the highest number of votes wins the seat.

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

Danilo Fernandez was originally elected during the 2007 election, but the House Electoral Tribunal ruled that his residence in the district was not enough and was disqualified; no replacement was named. Fernandez is running again for the district's seat this year.

Danilo Ramon Subiaga Fernandez is a Filipino actor, doctor, and politician who is the current mayor of Sta. Rosa City, Laguna. Fernandez was a former Representative of the 1st District of Laguna. Prior to his election in the Congress, he was a former member of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan and the Vice Governor of Laguna under the governorship of Teresita Lazaro. He also ran for governor in 2004 but lost to former Governor Lazaro.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Laguna's 1st district
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Danilo Fernandez 219,43975.89
NPC Uliran Joaquin 69,715 24.11
Valid ballots 289,154 94.82
Invalid or blank votes 15,783 5.18
Total votes304,937100.00
Lakas-Kampi hold

2nd District

Justin Marc Chipeco is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Laguna's 2nd district
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Justin Marc Chipeco 204,92675.72
Independent Severino Vergara 57,049 21.08
Independent Rosauro Revilla 8,672 3.20
Valid ballots 270,647 90.06
Invalid or blank votes 29,867 9.94
Total votes300,514100.00
Nacionalista hold

3rd District

Maria Evita Arago is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Laguna's 3rd district
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Maria Evita Arago 123,63861.64
NPC Katherine Agapay 60,751 30.69
PMP Florante Aquino 16,202 8.08
Valid ballots 200,591 94.85
Invalid or blank votes 10,895 5.15
Total votes211,486100.00
Liberal hold

4th District

Edgar San Luis is the incumbent and is running unopposed.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Laguna's 4th district
PartyCandidateVotes%
NPC Edgar San Luis 181,930100.00
Valid ballots 181,930 77.76
Invalid or blank votes 52,023 22.24
Total votes233,953100.00
NPC hold

Sangguniang Panlalawigan elections

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

Summary

Party Total votes Total seats
Total % Total %
Lakas-Kampi 727,283 36.7% 6 50.0%
Liberal 494,610 24.9% 2 16.7%
Nacionalista 457,986 23.1%1 16.7%
Independents 119,303 6.0% 0 0.0%
PMP 82,792 4.2% 0 0.0%
NPC 82,753 4.2% 0 0.0%
KBL 19,594 1.0% 0 0.0%
Total valid votes cast 1,984,321 N/A
Total turnout 1,050,890 100.00%
Total partisan seats 10 83.3%
Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President 1 8.3%
Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President 1 8.3%
Total non-partisan seats 2 16.7%
Total seats 12 100.0%

1st District

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Laguna 1st District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Carlo Almoro133,74119.66
Liberal Gab Alatiit98,59414.49
Lakas-Kampi Emilio Tiongco94,86813.94
Nacionalista Cesar Areza 93,877 13.80
Lakas-Kampi Ramon Carrillo 76,725 11.28
Liberal Marlon Acierto 68,828 10.12
Nacionalista Bong Carait 65,321 9.60
KBL Gil Sotto 19,594 2.88
Independent Rio Cañeda 14,887 2.19
PMP Lamberto Andal 7,613 1.12
Independent Edwin Panelo 6,257 0.92
Total votes304,937100.00

2nd District

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Laguna 2nd District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Neptali Bagnes113,61717.70
Lakas-Kampi Juan Unico98,46615.34
Lakas-Kampi Neil Nocon84,51813.17
Lakas-Kampi Guillermo Bellarmino, Jr. 76,170 11.87
Liberal Jose Aguillo 74,994 11.68
Nacionalista Susano Tapia 72,063 11.23
Liberal Hermogenes Miranda 39,850 6.21
PMP Edgar Llarena 20,302 3.16
Independent Ronald Cardema 20,015 3.12
PMP Delfin Ebron, Jr. 16,719 2.60
PMP Gregorio Manuel 13,512 2.11
Independent Armando Velasco 11,614 1.80
Total votes300,514100.00

3rd District

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Laguna 3rd District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Reynaldo Paras70,95222.22
Nacionalista Angelica Jones 68,30521.40
Nacionalista Diosdado Biglete 44,803 14.03
Liberal Herbert Ticzon 42,963 13.46
Independent Michael Potenciano 31,149 9.76
Independent Mirabo Bueser 26,305 8.24
NPC William Duldulao 22,546 7.06
Independent Rommel Maghirang 7,573 2.37
Lakas-Kampi Giovanni Dumaraos 4,653 1.46
Total votes211,486100.00

4th District

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Laguna 4th District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Benjo Agarao107,94031.48
Lakas-Kampi Benedicto Palacol87,19025.43
Liberal Lani Fernandez-Macalalag 61,441 17.92
NPC Felix Flores 60,207 17.56
PMP Baby Lizo 14,004 4.08
PMP Gener Dimaranan 10,642 3.10
Independent Danilo Alon 1,503 0.44
Total votes233,953100.00

Mayoralty Election

All municipalities of Laguna, Biñan City, Calamba City, San Pablo City, and Santa Rosa 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

Biñan City

Marlyn Alonte is the incumbent, she is running unopposed.

Biñan City mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Marlyn Alonte-Naguiat70,363100
Total votes70,363100
Liberal hold

Santa Rosa City

Santa Rosa City mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Arlene Arcillas-Nazareno71,37467.46
Independent Jose Catindig, Jr. 20,748 19.61
NPC Romeo Aala 13,398 12.66
Independent Arceli Paglomutan 173 0.16
Independent Manolito Hermano 109 0.10
Turnout 105,802 100
Lakas-Kampi hold

San Pedro

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San Pedro mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Calixto Cataquiz60,32561.94
Lakas-Kampi Felicismo Vierneza 29,725 30.52
PMP Melchor Suitos, Jr. 7,336 7.53

2nd District, Candidates for Mayor

Calamba City

Calamba City mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Joaquin Chipeco Jr. 78,42555.75
Liberal Pursino Oruga 61,055 43.30
Independent Wenceslao Malinao 1,204 0.86
Turnout 147,912 100

Cabuyao

Cabuyao mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Nila Aguillo 29,861 36.20
Aksyon Jaime Caringal 16,854 20.43
Nacionalista Isidro Hemedes, Jr. 35,77243.37
Turnout 82,847 100
Nacionalista hold

Los Baños

Los Baños mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Procopio Alipon 15,355 37.20
Bigkis Pinoy Anthony Genuino17,65842.78
Liberal Francisco Lapis 8,087 19.59
Independent Servillano Olleta 82 0.20
Independent Christopher Rompe 97 0.23
Turnout 42,668 100
Bigkis Pinoy hold

3rd District, Candidates for Mayor

San Pablo City

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San Pablo City mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Vicente Amante62,23865.36
Independent Alfredo Cosico 961 1.01
Bagong San Pablo Arsenio Escudero, Jr. 15,924 16.72
NPC Arcadio Gapangada 16,102 16.91

Alaminos

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Alaminos mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Ruben Alvarez 4,450 22.31
NPC Samuel Bueser 3,435 17.22
Lakas-Kampi Eladio Magampon7,73638.78
Nacionalista Lorenzo Zuñiga 4,329 21.70

Calauan

Calauan mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Felisa Berris8,95346.13
Liberal June Joseph Brion 6,367 32.80
Aksyon Guillermo Boy Bakla Roxas 4,090 21.07
Majority 2,586 13.33
Turnout 20,045 100
Independent gain from Lakas-Kampi

Liliw

Liliw mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
NPC Eduardo Del Mundo 7,324 43.04
Lakas-Kampi Cesar Sulibit9,69456.96
Turnout 17,367 100

Nagcarlan

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Nagcarlan mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Rosendo Corales 5,574 20.51
NPC Aurora Malabag12,34633.82
Lakas-Kampi Nelson Osuna 9,192 33.82
Independent Juanito Sumariba 66 0.24

Rizal

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Rizal mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Antonino Aurelio4,89755.31
Bigkis Pinoy Rolen Urriquia 3,957 44.69

Victoria

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Victoria mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Raul Gonzales9,96256.20
Lakas-Kampi Dwight Kampitan 7,764 43.80
Liberal gain from Lakas-Kampi

4th District, Candidates for Mayor

Cavinti

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Cavinti mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Evelyn Bleza
Independent Florcelie Esguerra

Famy

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Famy mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas-Kampi Emmanuel Acomular
PMP Renonia Murimatsu
Liberal Marcelina Regulacion

Kalayaan

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Kalayaan mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Ponciano Pasco 83 0.80
Lakas-Kampi Teodoro Adao6,03858.50
Liberal Emmanuel Magana 4,200 40.69

Lumban

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Lumban mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Mario Ablao 5,599 37.73
PMP Cayo Almario 1,176 7.93
Lakas-Kampi Wilfredo Paraiso8,06454.34

Mabitac

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Mabitac mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
KBL Rizalino Cariaso 34 0.39
Liberal Jacqueline Carpio 3,409 38.90
Lakas-Kampi Gerardo Fader5,32060.71

Magdalena

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Magdalena mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Pablo Agapay 2,906 28.37
NPC David Aventurado 3,586 35.01
Lakas-Kampi Teresa Reodica3,75236.63

Majayjay

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Majayjay mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
PMP Froilan Gruezo
Liberal Teofilo Guera
Nacionalista Avelino Merestela
Lakas-Kampi Helen Rodillas

Paete

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Paete mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Elmoise Afurong 2,782 22.97
Liberal Emmanuel Cadayona5,12042.28
Lakas-Kampi Florentino Velasco 4,208 22.97

Pagsanjan

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Pagsanjan mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
PMP Girlie Ejercito9,70257.39
NPC Celso Rivera 3,861 22.84
Lakas-Kampi Arlyn Lazaro-Torres 3,343 19.77
PMP hold

Pakil

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Pakil mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Dennis Baja
Liberal Ariel Fornoles
Lakas-Kampi Vipops Charles Martinez

Pangil

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Pangil mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Alfredo Acaylar 106 1.17
Lakas-Kampi Juanita Manzana5,18657.20
Aksyon Valentin Sta. Ana 2,216 28.86
Nacionalista Agapito Valera, Jr. 1,158 12.77
Lakas-Kampi hold

Pila

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Pila mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
PMP Jose Rafael Antonio 2,966 14.59
Independent Proceso Esguerra 93 0.46
NPC Elvira Quiat 7,054 34.70
Lakas-Kampi Edgardo Ramos10,21450.25

Santa Cruz

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Santa Cruz mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Benjamin Agrarao, Jr. 13,867 33.06
Lakas-Kampi Ariel Magcalas 12,175 29.02
PMP Domingo Panganiban15,90837.92

Santa Maria

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Santa Maria mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Antonio Carolino7,68854.19
Lakas-Kampi Joel Cuento 6,500 45.81

Siniloan

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Siniloan mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
NPC Juanita Acero9,40755.03
Independent Florentina Barba 37 0.22
Lakas-Kampi Paul Simon Go 7,649 44.75

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