Laguna local elections, 2013

Laguna gubernatorial election, 2013

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May 13, 2013

Nominee E. R. Ejercito Edgar San Luis Party UNA Liberal Running mate Dante Amante Soy Mercado Popular vote 461,198 398,807 Percentage 53.63 46.37

Governor before election E. R. Ejercito UNA Elected Governor E. R. Ejercito UNA

Local elections was held in the Province of Laguna on May 13, 2013 as part of the 2013 general election. Voters elected 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.

Provincial elections

Partial Unofficial results from COMELEC

Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2013-05-24 09:17:41

Gubernatorial election

E.R. Ejercito is the incumbent, incumbent 4th district Rep. Edgar San Luis is his primary opponent.

Laguna gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	E.R. Ejercito	566,325	55.47
	Liberal	Egay San Luis	454,633	44.53
Total votes			1,020,958	100

Vice-gubernatorial election

Caesar Perez is the incumbent and is running for Mayor of Los Baños, Laguna.

Laguna Vice-gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Ramil Hernandez	434,405	56.75
	Liberal	Celso "Soy" Mercado	181,771	23.75
	UNA	Dante Amante	149,331	19.51
Total votes			923,377	100

Congressional elections

1st District

Danilo Fernandez is the incumbent.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Laguna's 1st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Danilo Fernandez	131,384	75.15
	PDP-Laban	Gat-Ala Alatiit, Jr.	43,441	24.85
Total votes			207,542	100

2nd District

Incumbent Timmy Chipeco is term limited; his father, Calamba City mayor Jun Chipeco, Jr., is his party's nominee. His opponent is former governor Teresita Lazaro

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Laguna's 2nd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joaquin Chipeco Jr.	168,010	61.48
	PDP-Laban	Teresita Lazaro	105,253	38.52
Total votes			301,490	100

3rd District

Maria Evita Arago is the incumbent. She will oppose former ABS-CBN News anchor/reporter Sol Aragones.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Laguna's 3rd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Sol Aragones-Sampelo	92,273	50.58
	Liberal	Maria Evita Arago	81,764	44.82
	PDP-Laban	Celia Lopez	8,386	4.60
Total votes			195,772	100

4th District

Incumbent Edgar San Luis is running for the governorship. His party (Liberal), nominates former Rep. Benjie Agarao.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Laguna's 4th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Benjamin Agarao	91,530	46.28
	Nacionalista	Antonio Carolino	79,531	40.21
	PDP-Laban	Benedicto Palacol, Jr.	26,709	13.51
Total votes			219,171	100

Provincial Board elections

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

1st District

• Cities: Biñan City, Santa Rosa City, San Pedro City

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Laguna 1st District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Dave Almarinez	93,316	21.20
	Liberal	Carlo Almoro	81,877	18.60
	UNA	Emilio Tiongco	71,283	16.20
	UNA	Gabnulang Alatiit	70,990	16.13
	Liberal	Godofredo "Emilio" Garcia	69,949	15.89
	UNA	Gherome Eric Ejercito	52,691	11.97
Total votes			207,542	100

2nd District

• Cities: Cabuyao City, Calamba City
• Municipality: Bay, Los Baños

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Laguna 2nd District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Neptali Bagnes	126,363	21.02
	Liberal	Pursino Oruga	123,289	20.51
	UNA	Juan Unico	111,555	18.56
	UNA	Neil Andrew Nocon	93,944	15.63
	Liberal	Guillermo Belarmino, Jr.	72,961	12.14
	Liberal	Susano Tapia	54,485	9.07
	Independent	Angelito Caldeo	18,428	3.07
Total votes			300,317	100

3rd District

• Cities: San Pablo City
• Municipality: Alaminos, Calauan, Liliw. Nagcarlan, Rizal, Victoria

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Laguna 3rd District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Katherine Agapay	113,557	37.38
	UNA	Angelica Jones Alarva	70,313	23.14
	Independent	Levi Agustin	40,825	13.44
	UNA	Dennis Esteban Baldivia	38,857	12.79
	Nacionalista	Richard Pavico	30,401	10.01
	Liberal	Earl John Isleta	8,601	2.83
	Liberal	Marina Paras	1,274	0.42
Total votes			195,772	100

4th District

• Municipalities: Cavinti, Famy, Kalayaan, Luisiana, Lumban, Mabitac, Magdalena, Majayjay, Paete, Pagsanjan, Pakil, Pangil, Pila, Santa Cruz, Santa Maria, Siniloan

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Laguna 4th District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph Kris Benjamin Agarao	112,301	35.90
	Independent	Rai-ann Agustine San Luis	90,714	29.00
	Liberal	Ambiel John Panganiban	54,196	17.33
	UNA	George Gerald Ejercito	49,373	15.78
	Independent	Ronald Allan Sarmiento	6,224	1.99
Total votes			219,678	100

City and municipal elections

All municipalities of Laguna, Biñan City, Cabuyao 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

• Cities: Biñan City, Santa Rosa City, San Pedro City

Biñan

Main article: Biñan local elections, 2013

Biñan City mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Marlyn Alonte	25,935	76.63
	Independent	Joaquin Borja	7,057	20.85
	NPC	Reynaldo Cardeño	851	2.51
Total votes			33,843	100

Biñan City vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Walfredo Dimaguila, Jr.	19,426	57.43
	UNA	Rene Manabat	14,397	42.57
Total votes			33,823	100

Santa Rosa

Main article: Santa Rosa local elections, 2013

Santa Rosa City mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	'John Marco Amante'	'107,398'	'55.70'
	PDP-Laban	Carlos Red	85,434	44.30
Total votes			192,832	100

Santa Rosa City vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Nathan Castro	60,103	31.16
	PDP-Laban	Marcella Layos	87,644	45.50
	LDP	Manuel Alipon	45,085	23.38
Total votes			192,832	100

San Pedro City

Main article: San Pedro local elections, 2013

San Pedro City mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Lourdes S. Cataquiz	60,561	62.87
	Liberal	Norvic D. Solidum	32,223	35.53
	Independent	Berlene Alberto	1,548	1.60
Total votes			96,332	100

San Pedro City vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Rafael Campos	37,211	38.67
	Liberal	Sheriliz Almoro	32,713	34.48
	NPC	Melvin Matibag	22,266	23.61
	Independent	Ray Michael Junia	1,899	1.99
	Independent	Ernesto Remoquillo, Jr.	583	0.63
	Independent	Roland De Leon	293	0.33
	Independent	Lito Patromo	290	0.30
Total votes			95,255	100

2nd District

• Cities: Cabuyao City, Calamba City
• Municipality: Bay, Los Baños

Cabuyao

Main article: Cabuyao local elections, 2013

Cabuyao City mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Isidro Hemedes, Jr.	51,719	56.65
	Liberal	Nila Aguillo	39,578	43.35
Total votes			91,297	100

Cabuyao City vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Rommel Gecolea	46,619	52.35
	Liberal	Ma. Wanda Alimagno	42,435	47.65
Total votes			89,054	100

Calamba

Main article: Calamba local elections, 2013

Calamba City mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Justin Marc SB. Chipeco	66,802	49.54
	PDP-Laban	Severino Lajara	63,145	46.82
	Makabayan	Joel Paner	4,676	3.47
	Independent	Lito Teves	234	0.17
Total votes			140,823	100

Calamba City vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Roseller Rizal	67,278	53.67
	PDP-Laban	Angelito Lazaro, Jr.	58,078	46.33
Total votes			140,846	100

Bay

Bay mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Bruno Ramos	18,291	100
Total votes			18,291	100
	Independent hold

Bay vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Soriano Escueta	16,429	100
Total votes			16,429	100
	Independent hold

Los Baños

Los Baños mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Akbayan	Caesar Perez	17,200	43.01
	UNA	Anthony Genuino	14,825	37.07
	Liberal	Francisco Lapis	7,314	18.29
	Independent	Marcelino De Guzman	430	1.08
	NPC	Juan Leron	226	0.57
Total votes			41,402	100

Los Baños vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Procopio Alipon	23,891	63.12%
	UNA	Josephine Evangelista	13,957	36.88
Total votes			41,402	100

3rd District

• City: San Pablo City
• Municipality: Alaminos, Calauan, Liliw. Nagcarlan, Rizal, Victoria

San Pablo

Main article: San Pablo local elections, 2013

San Pablo City mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Loreto Amante	59,449	61.06
	Liberal	Hizon Arago	17,612	18.09
	Independent	Angelo Adriano	12,143	12.47
	PDP-Laban	Florante Aquino	8,162	8.38
Total votes			102,373	100

San Pablo City vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Angelita Yang	39,039	41.50
	Liberal	Frederick Martin Ilagan	18,500	19.67
	Nacionalista	Alejandro Yu	18,443	19.61
	PDP-Laban	Restituto Mendoza	13,337	14.18
	Independent	Michael Anthony Potenciano	4,376	4.65
	Independent	Edwin Gapunay	373	0.40
Total votes			102,373	100

Alaminos

Alaminos mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Eladio Magampon	11,160	65.96
	UNA	Ramir Sapsa, Jr.	5,760	34.04
Total votes			17,643	100

Alaminos vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Ruben Alvarez	9,247	56.64
	Liberal	Wilson Villanueva	7,078	43.36
Total votes			17,643	100

Calauan

Calauan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Buenafrido Berris	10,982	53.32
	Liberal	June Joseph Brion	9,291	45.11
	Independent	Dario Velasco	324	1.57
Total votes			21,855	100

Calauan vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Allan Jun Sanchez	15,950	100
Total votes			15,950	100
	UNA hold

Liliw

Liliw mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ericson Sulibit	9,176	55.23
	PDP-Laban	Raymundo Pales	3,949	23.77
	UNA	Ma. Ayessa Ticzon	3,489	21.00
Total votes			17,252	100

Liliw vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Pablo Orioste	7,151	44.88
	PDP-Laban	Jesus Monteiro	6,227	39.08
	UNA	Agripina Sulte	2,555	16.04
Total votes			17,252	100

Nagcarlan

Nagcarlan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Nelson Osuna	4,322	43.36
	UNA	Valentin Castelo	2,850	28.59
	PDP-Laban	Eliseo Corsega	2,698	27.07
	Independent	Delfin Mojado	98	0.98
Total votes			10,452	100

Nagcarlan vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP-Laban	Lourdes Arcasetas	4,937	51.61
	Liberal	Brigido Araneta	4,629	48.39
Total votes			10,452	100

Rizal

Rizal mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Antonino Aurelio	5,101	58.08
	Liberal	Rolen Urriquia	3,681	41.92
Total votes			8,981	100

Rizal vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Ferdinand Sumague	4,366	50.35
	Liberal	Vener Muñoz	4,305	49.65
Total votes			8,981	100

Victoria

Victoria mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Raul Gonzales	7,416	44.24
	UNA	Francisco Almeida	4,888	29.16
	Nacionalista	Dwight Kampitan	4,460	26.60
Total votes			17,216	100

Victoria vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Florencio Laraño	8,679	53.90
	Nacionalista	Wilfredo Herradura	5,027	31.22
	Liberal	Saturnino Balagtas	2,396	14.88
Total votes			17,216	100

4th District

• Municipality: Cavinti, Famy, Kalayaan, Luisiana, Lumban, Mabitac, Magdalena, Majayjay, Laguna, Paete, Pagsanjan, Pakil, Pangil, Pila, Santa Cruz, Santa Maria, Siniloan

Cavinti

Cavinti mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Melbert Oliveros	5,864	58.87
	UNA	Florcelie Esguerra	4,097	41.13
Total votes			10,135	100

Cavinti vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Hermie Titan	4,935	52.49
	UNA	Danilo Arroyo	4,466	47.51
Total votes			10,135	100

Famy

Famy mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Renonia Muramatsu	2,773	46.06
	Nacionalista	Emmanuel Acomular	2,157	35.83
	Independent	Vicente Carlos Llamas VI	1,090	18.11
Total votes			6,242	100

Famy vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Edwin Pangilinan	3,102	53.48
	Nacionalista	Arlando Albay	1,828	31.52
	Independent	Lurlenn Melgar	870	15.00
Total votes			6,242	100

Kalayaan

Kalayaan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Teodoro Adao, Jr.	5,054	52.19
	UNA	Dominador Oviso	4,008	41.39
	Independent	Antonio Dela Paz	602	6.22
	Independent	Ponciano Pasco	19	0.20
Total votes			9,965	100

Kalayaan vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Russel Laganas	4,697	51.54
	UNA	Lysander Magana	4,416	48.46
Total votes			9,965	100

Luisiana

Luisiana mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Nestor Rondilla	4,850	46.54
	Liberal	Crisanto Villamin	3,570	34.26
	PDP-Laban	Alex Noceja	2,001	19.20
Total votes			10,753	100

Luisiana vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Reynaldo Pedron	5,663	58.21
	Nacionalista	Maning Rondilla	4,065	41.79
Total votes			10,753	100

Lumban

Lumban mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Reynato Añonuevo	6,463	41.91
	Liberal	Niccolo Paraiso	5,925	38.42
	Nacionalista	Virgilio Lizo	3,034	19.67
Total votes			15,967	100

Lumban vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Rolando Ubatay	7,594	50.94
	Liberal	Mamerita Lagrosa	5,139	34.47
	Nacionalista	Eugenio Magano	2,176	14.60
Total votes			15,967	100

Mabitac

Mabitac mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Ronald Sana	5,175	55.26
	Nacionalista	Gerardo Consignado	4,190	44.74
Total votes			9,657	100

Mabitac vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Alberto Reyes	4,892	55.95
	Nacionalista	Jaime San Luis	3,852	44.05
Total votes			9,657	100

Magdalena

Magdalena mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	David Aventurado, Jr.	4,745	46.02
	Liberal	Teresa Nieva Reodica	2,682	26.01
	UNA	Virgilio Sol	2,206	21.39
	Independent	Rafael Bueno	587	5.69
	Independent	Jocelyn Savio	91	0.88
Total votes			10,815	100

Magdalena vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Constancio Burbos	5,648	59.48
	UNA	Amado Criste, Jr.	3,848	40.52
Total votes			10,815	100

Majayjay

Majayjay mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Victorino Rodillas	2,707	36.11
	PDP-Laban	Antonio Esmaquel Victorino Rodillas	2,200	29.35
	Nacionalista	Ana Linda Rosas	1,155	15.41
	Liberal	Teofilo Guera	969	12.93
	Independent	Bienvenido Cobrado	465	6.20
Total votes			7,840	100

Majayjay vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Lauro Mentilla	2,216	30.98
	PDP-Laban	Ricardo Breganza	1,717	24.00
	UNA	Victorino Ronabio	1,706	23.85
	Liberal	Avelino Merestela	1,515	21.18
Total votes			7,840	100

Paete

Paete mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Rojilyn Bagabaldo	6,708	60.27
	Liberal	Marceliano Cadayona	4,367	39.24
	Independent	Theodore Aseoche	55	0.49
Total votes			11,549	100

Paete vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Aurelio Paraiso	5,617	52.62
	Liberal	Emerito Gajitos	5,058	47.38
Total votes			11,549	100

Pagsanjan

Pagsanjan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Girlie "Maita" Ejercito	11,456	75.16
	Liberal	Celso Rivera	3,264	21.41
	KKK	Abner Afuang	523	3.43
Total votes			16,156	100

Pagsanjan vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Terryl Gamit-Talabong	7,995	54.52
	UNA	Fred Capistrano	6,669	45.48
Total votes			16,156	100

Pakil

Pakil mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Vipops Charles Martinez	6,084	63.87
	UNA	Alfredo Maray, Jr.	3,442	36.13
Total votes			9,930	100

Pakil vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Amelita Del Moro	4,791	52.07
	UNA	Ariel Fornoles	4,410	47.93
Total votes			9,930	100

Pangil

Pangil mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Jovito Reyes	4,417	51.49
	Liberal	Rito Manzana	3,655	42.60
	Nacionalista	Genidina Vicuña	454	5.29
	Independent	Alfredo Acaylar	53	0.62
Total votes			8,941	100

Pangil vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alberto Astoveza, Jr.	4,322	52.75
	UNA	Joselito Pajarillo	3,872	47.52
Total votes			8,941	100

Pila

Pila mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Wilfredo Quiat	10,232	50.59
	Liberal	Edgardo Ramos	9,992	49.41
Total votes			20,900	100

Pila vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Querubin Relova, Jr.	10,156	53.26
	Independent	Zaldy Pantua	8,914	46.74
Total votes			20,900	100

Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Domingo Panganiban	21,770	54.73
	Independent	Ramon Tan	9,187	23.10
	UNA	Ariel Magcalas	8,821	22.18
Total votes			41,598	100

Santa Cruz vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Louie De Leon	25,909	71.02
	Independent	Bryan Lateo	10,571	28.98
Total votes			41,598	100

Santa Maria

Santa Maria mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Cindy Carolino	6,877	57.87
	UNA	Josie Cuento	5,007	42.13
Total votes			12,240	100

Santa Maria vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Virginia Tuazon	5,590	48.97
	NPC	Cesar Jumawan	2,546	22.30
	UNA	Celestino Magbojos, Jr.	2,325	20.37
	Independent	Jose Aguado	700	6.13
	Independent	Benedict Real	254	2.23
Total votes			12,240	100

Siniloan

Siniloan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Eduardo Tibay	8,288	50.42
	Liberal	Juanita Acero	8,151	49.58
Total votes			16,990	100

Siniloan vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Roberto Acoba	8,202	51.57
	Liberal	Homer Serrano	7,704	48.43
Total votes			16,990	100

Aftermath

On September 2013, the Commission on Elections ruled that Ejercito was disqualified for overspending during the election, later on May 2014, the En Banc of COMELEC orders Ejercito to step down from office, but the latter appeals on the Supreme Court to null the COMELEC decision. On May 27, 2014, Ramil Hernandez assumed as Governor of Laguna, while board member Atty. Katherine "Karen" Agapay assumed as Vice-Governor. 3 days later his uncle, Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada convince his nephew to step down at the capitol.