2013 Philippine local elections

2013 Philippine local elections

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Provincial governors and vice governors 80 each Provincial boards 80 Provincial board members 766 4 Mayors and vice mayors 1,634 each 3 City and municipal councils 1,634 3 City and municipal councilors 13,530 212

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Local elections were held in the Philippines on May 13, 2013, the same day and on the same ballot as national elections. Elected were governors, mayors and council members of Philippine provinces, Philippine cities and Philippine municipalities. Separate elections for barangay officials were held on October.

Positions to be elected are mayors, vice mayors, and councilors, and if applicable, governors, vice governors and provincial board members. There will be elected 80 provincial governors, 80 provincial vice governors, 766 members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial board), 138 city mayors, 138 city vice mayors, 1,532 members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (city council), 1,496 municipal mayors, 1,496 municipal vice mayors, and 11,972 members of the Sangguniang Bayan (municipal council).^[1]

Also included are elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) that were supposed to have been held in 2011 but were postponed and synchronized with the triennial elections. Voters in the ARMM will be electing one regional governor, one regional vice governor and 24 members of the regional assembly.

Elections by position

Position	Number of positions	Notes
Senators	12
Party-list representatives	58
District representatives	234
Regional governor	1	ARMM only
Regional vice governor	1
Regional assemblymen	24
Provincial governors	80	Some cities don't elect provincial officials.
Provincial vice governors	80
Provincial board members	766
Mayors	1,634
Vice mayors	1,634
Councilors	13,530
Total	18,054

Regional-level elections

The voters in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) elect a regional government, composed of a regional governor and a regional vice governor voted separately and under the first past the post system, and a regional assembly composed of three assemblymen elected from each district under the plurality-at-large voting system.

The election was scheduled for 2011, but was postponed to 2013 to be synchronized with the rest of the country. The winning candidates will take over from the appointees of President Benigno Aquino III, who replaced the officials who had their terms expire on 2011.

Provincial-level elections

Each province is headed by a governor and a vice governor. The governor is the chief executive of the province, while the vice governor acts as the governor once the latter is unable to perform his duties, and has the casting vote in the provincial board in case of a tie on a measure, among other powers. While most governors and vice governors run on one ticket, the positions are elected separately, and the winners may come from different tickets.

Each province has a Sangguniang Panlalawigan or provincial board, the legislative body of the province. A province's number of provincial board members depends on its financial standing (generally, the more populous provinces are richer), with the richest provinces having up to 14 board members. In addition, the provincial board has a seat reserved for the president of the provincial chapter of the League of Councilors which are indirectly elected from the city and municipal levels, and two more seats reserved for the presidents of the provincial chapters of the Association of Barangay (village) Captains (ABC) and of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK; youth councils). These ex officio members are indirectly elected from the municipal and city levels, which were elected by the people in 2010; an election later in the year may change the membership of those two ex officio members.

Election for the provincial board is via first past the post for single-member districts, and plurality-at-large voting for multi-member districts.

Details

Province	Winning vice governor's party		Provincial board composition	Notes
Abra		Liberal	11 seats
Agusan del Norte		Liberal	11 seats
Agusan del Sur		NUP	13 seats
Aklan		Nacionalista	13 seats
Albay		Liberal	13 seats
Antique		UNA	13 seats
Apayao		Liberal	11 seats
Aurora		LDP	11 seats
Basilan		Liberal	11 seats
Bataan		Liberal	13 seats
Batanes		independent (politician)	9 seats
Batangas		Liberal	13 seats
Benguet		Liberal	13 seats
Biliran		Liberal	11 seats
Bohol		Liberal	13 seats
Bukidnon		Bukidnon Paglaum	13 seats	Bukidnon Paglaum won 8 board seats.
Bulacan		NUP	13 seats
Cagayan		Nacionalista	13 seats
Camarines Norte		Liberal	13 seats
Camarines Sur		Nacionalista	13 seats
Camiguin		NPC	9 seats
Capiz		Liberal	13 seats
Catanduanes		Lakas	11 seats
Cavite		Lakas	17 seats
Cebu		Liberal	15 seats	Bakud won 2 board seats.
Compostela Valley		Liberal	13 seats
Cotabato		independent (politician)	13 seats
Davao del Norte		Liberal	13 seats	Kusog Baryohanon won 4 board seats,
Davao del Sur		NPC	13 seats
Davao Oriental		Lakas	13 seats
Dinagat Islands		Nacionalista	13 seats
Eastern Samar		LDP	13 seats
Guimaras		Liberal	11 seats
Ifugao		Liberal	11 seats
Ilocos Norte		Nacionalista	13 seats
Ilocos Sur		Nacionalista	13 seats
Iloilo		Liberal	13 seats	Ugyon won 1 board seat; 2 UNA board seats elected under the "UNA/Abyan Ilonggo" ticket. Vice governor elected under the "Liberal/Ugyon" ticket.
Isabela		independent (politician)	13 seats
Kalinga		Nacionalista	11 seats
La Union		NPC	13 seats
Laguna		Nacionalista	13 seats
Lanao del Norte		NPC	13 seats
Lanao del Sur		Liberal	13 seats	Ompia Party won 1 board seat.
Leyte		Liberal	13 seats
Maguindanao		Liberal	13 seats
Marinduque		Liberal	11 seats
Masbate		NPC	13 seats
Misamis Occidental		independent (politician)	13 seats
Misamis Oriental		UNA	13 seats
Mountain Province		independent (politician)	11 seats
Negros Occidental		NPC	15 seats	United Negros Alliance (UNEGA) won 2 board seats, one NPC board member elected under the "NPC/UNEGA" ticket.
Negros Oriental		Liberal	13 seats
Northern Samar		NUP	13 seats
Nueva Ecija		Liberal	13 seats	All NPC board members elected under the "NPC/BALANE" ticket; Unang Sigaw won 4 board seats.
Nueva Vizcaya		Nacionalista	13 seats
Occidental Mindoro		Liberal	13 seats
Oriental Mindoro		Liberal	13 seats	Sandugo won 2 board seats
Palawan		NUP	13 seats	Vice governor elected under the "NUP/PPP" ticket.
Pampanga		NPC	13 seats	Kambilan won 7 board seats. Vice governor elected under "NPC/Kambilan" ticket
Pangasinan		NPC	15 seats	8 of NPC elected under "NPC/Biskeg" ticket. Vice governor elected under the "NPC/Biskeg" ticket.
Quezon		Liberal	13 seats
Quirino		Liberal	11 seats
Rizal		NPC	13 seats
Romblon		Liberal	11 seats
Samar		Nacionalista	13 seats
Sarangani		UNA	13 seats	All UNA board members elected under "UNA/People's Champ Movement" ticket. Vice governor elected under the "UNA/PCM" ticket.
Siquijor		Liberal	9 seats
Sorsogon		NPC	13 seats
South Cotabato		UNA	13 seats
Southern Leyte		NUP	11 seats
Sultan Kudarat		UNA	13 seats
Sulu		Liberal	13 seats
Surigao del Norte		Liberal	13 seats	Padajon Surigao won 1 board seat.
Surigao del Sur		Liberal	13 seats
Tarlac		NPC	13 seats
Tawi-Tawi		Liberal	11 seats
Zambales		Sulong Zambales	13 seats	Sulong Zambales won 6 board seats.
Zamboanga del Norte		Liberal	13 seats
Zamboanga del Sur		NPC	13 seats
Zamboanga Sibugay		Nacionalista	13 seats

City-level elections

The executive and legislative branches of cities are modeled after provinces, with a mayor, vice mayor and a city council made up of councilors. The city council has up to 36 regular members elected via plurality-at-large voting. Some cities are divided into councilor districts; if a city is divided into two or more congressional districts, the councilor districts would be coextensive with these. Some cities aren't divided into councilor districts; in cases such as this, the entire membership is elected at-large, with the city as one "district". Aside from these regular members, city councils also have two ex officio members composed of the president of the city chapters of the Association of Barangay (village) Captains (ABC) and of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK; youth councils). These ex officio members are indirectly elected from the barangay level, which were elected by the people in 2010; an election later in the year may change the membership of those two ex officio members.

In the results tables above, in cases when a candidate ran under two parties, a national party and a local party, the seat is credited to the national party. Therefore, all seats won by local parties here refer to parties that did not include a name of a national party on the ballot.

Largest 10 cities

City	Details	Mayor's party		Vice mayor's party		Sangguniang Panlungsod (City Council) members
						LP	NP	NPC	NUP	UNA	Others
Quezon City	Details		Liberal		Liberal	27 / 38	1 / 38	2 / 38		2 / 38	4 / 38
Manila	Details		UNA		UNA	6 / 38	1 / 38			25 / 38	4 / 38
Caloocan	Details		UNA		PMP	6 / 14				5 / 14	1 / 14
Davao City			Hugpong		Hugpong	3 / 26		1 / 26	1 / 26		19 / 26
Cebu City	Details		UNA		UNA	12 / 18				4 / 18
Zamboanga City	Details		Liberal		LDP	1 / 18		1 / 18		3 / 18	10 / 18
Taguig	Details		Nacionalista		Nacionalista		15 / 18				1 / 18
Antipolo			NPC		Liberal	5 / 18		4 / 18	4 / 18		1 / 18
Pasig			Nacionalista		Independent	1 / 14	10 / 14				1 / 14
Cagayan de Oro			Liberal		Nacionalista	4 / 18	5 / 18			5 / 18	2 / 18

Other cities

City	Details	Mayor's party		Vice mayor's party		Sangguniang Panlungsod (City Council) members
						LP	NP	NPC	NUP	UNA	Others
Batangas City			NPC		UNA	2 / 12		8 / 12
Biñan	Details		Liberal		Liberal	8 / 12				2 / 12
Calamba	Details		Nacionalista		Nacionalista		7 / 14				3 / 14
Dasmariñas	Details		NUP		NUP	1 / 12			11 / 12
Iligan	Details		NUP		Liberal	8 / 14			1 / 14		3 / 14
Imus	Details		Liberal		Liberal	10 / 12	2 / 12
Koronadal			Liberal		NPC	7 / 10	1 / 10	1 / 10			1 / 10
Makati	Details		UNA		UNA					16 / 18
Marikina	Details		Liberal		Liberal	15 / 18					1 / 18
Naga, Camarines Sur	Details		Liberal		Liberal	10 / 12
Navotas	Details		UNA		UNA					12 / 14
San Pablo	Details		UNA		UNA	1 / 12	2 / 12			6 / 12	1 / 12
Santa Rosa	Details		Liberal		Liberal	10 / 12
Valencia	Details		Aksyon		Bukidnon Paglaum		1 / 12				9 / 12
Valenzuela	Details		NPC		Liberal	1 / 14		8 / 14		1 / 14	2 / 14

Municipal-level elections

The executive and legislative branches of cities are modeled after cities, with the municipal councils being composed of eight (twelve in Pateros) regular members elected at-large. As with city councils, municipal councils have two ex officio members: one each from the municipal presidents of the Association of Barangay Captains, and of the Sangguniang Kabataan, all indirectly elected from the barangay level.

Municipality	Province	Details	Mayor's party		Vice mayor's party		Sangguniang Bayan (Municipal Council) members
							LP	NP	NPC	NUP	UNA	Others
Boac	Marinduque			NUP		Liberal	2 / 8			6 / 8
Isulan	Sultan Kudarat			Independent		Liberal					1 / 8	7 / 8
Kawit	Cavite			Liberal		Liberal	6 / 8					2 / 8
Mogpog	Marinduque			Liberal		Independent	7 / 8			1 / 8
Pateros	Metro Manila			Nacionalista		Liberal	3 / 12	8 / 12				1 / 12
Rosario	Cavite			Lakas		Lakas	2 / 8					6 / 8
San Pedro	Laguna	Details		Nacionalista		Nacionalista		9 / 12	1 / 12
Santa Cruz	Marinduque			Liberal		Liberal				4 / 8		4 / 8

Barangay-level elections

Elections for barangay level were held in October 2013. Each barangay has a chairman and seven kagawads (councilors) elected at large.

Elections by locality

• Gubernatorial elections (list)

By locality:

• Batangas
  • Lipa
• Bohol
• Bukidnon
  • Valencia
• Bulacan
  • Bocaue
• Cavite
  • Dasmariñas
  • Imus
• Cebu
• Laguna
  • Biñan
  • Cabuyao
  • Calamba
  • San Pablo
  • San Pedro
  • Santa Rosa
• Iligan
• Metro Manila
  • Caloocan
  • Makati
  • Manila
  • Marikina
  • Navotas
  • Quezon City
  • Taguig
  • Valenzuela
• Quezon
• Sarangani
• Zamboanga City
• Naga

Campaign

For April 14 weekend, Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines' Vice President Archbishop Socrates Villegas instructed priests to tell their flock during mass "not to vote for the candidate if the candidate cannot declare a categorical and clear 'no' to divorce, abortion, euthanasia, total birth control and homosexual marriages or death issues." This was seen as a setback for President Benigno Aquino's allies who had passed a birth control law the previous year.^[2]

See also

• Commission on Elections

References

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections