2010 Laguna local elections

2010 Laguna local elections

May 10, 2010

Gubernatorial election

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

Result of the Gubernatorial election by Cities/Municipalities

Vice gubernatorial election

Nominee Caesar Perez Dave Almarinez Party Lakas–Kampi Nacionalista Popular vote 253,818 201,040 Percentage 29.05 23.01

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.

Candidates

Lakas-CMD/Team Lazaro-Perez

Name	Party		Result
For Governor
Dennis Lazaro		Lakas	Lost
For Vice Governor
Caesar Perez		Lakas	Won
1st District
For House Of Representative
Dan Fernandez		Lakas	Won
For Board Member
Carlo Almoro		Lakas	Won
Monching Carillo		Lakas	Lost
Emil Tiongco		Lakas	Won
2nd District
For Board Member
Guillermo Bellarmino, Jr.		Lakas	Lost
Neil Nicon		Lakas	Won
Juan Unico		Lakas	Won
3rd District
For Board Member
Giovanni Dumaraos		Lakas	Lost
Rey Paras		Lakas	Won
4th District
For Board Member
Benidicto Palacol		Lakas	Won

Nacionalista Party/Team Hernandez-Almarinez

Name	Party		Result
For Governor
Ramil Hernandez		Nacionalista	Lost
For Vice Governor
Dave Almarinez		Nacionalista	Lost
1st District
For Board Member
Cesar Areza		Nacionalista	Lost
Bong Carait		Nacionalista	Lost
2nd District
For House Of Representative
Timmy Chipeco		Nacionalista	Won
For Board Member
Neptali Bagnes		Nacionalista	Won
Sonny Tapia		Nacionalista	Lost
3rd District
For Board Member
Angelica Jones-Alarva		Nacionalista	Won

Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino

Name	Party		Result
For Governor
E.R Ejercito		PMP	Won
For Vice Governor
Ellen Reyes		PMP	Lost
1st District
For Board Member
Bert Andal		PMP	Lost
2nd District
For Board Member
Delfin Ebron, Jr.		PMP	Lost
Edgar Llarena		PMP	Lost
Greg Manuel		PMP	Lost
3rd District
For House Of Representative
Florante Aquino		PMP	Lost
4th District
For Board Member
Gener Dimaranan		PMP	Lost
Baby Lizo		PMP	Lost

Liberal Party

Name	Party		Result
For Governor
Joey Lina		Liberal	Lost
For Vice Governor
Soy Mercado		Liberal	Lost
1st District
For House Of Representative
Gab Alatiit		Liberal	Won
Marlon Acierto		Liberal	Lost
2nd District
For Board Member
Jose Aguilo		Liberal	Lost
Hermogones Miranda		Liberal	Lost
3rd District
For House Of Representative
Maria Evita Arago		Liberal	Won
For Board Member
Herbert Ticzon		Liberal	Lost
4th District
For Board Member
Benjo Agarao		Liberal	Won
Lani Fernandez-Macalalag		Liberal	Lost

Results

Partial Unofficial results from COMELEC

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

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.

Laguna Gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMP	Emilio Ramon Ejercito	334,530	34.88
	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 votes			1,050,890	100.00
	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, San Pablo City Councilor Eleanor Reyes, former Pagsanjan Mayor Abner Afuang, and Bernardita Cruz.

Laguna Vice-gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Caesar Perez	253,818	29.05
	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 a representative to the House of Representatives. The candidate with the highest number of votes wins the seat.

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.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Laguna's 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Danilo Fernandez	219,439	75.89
	NPC	Uliran Joaquin	69,715	24.11
Valid ballots			289,154	94.82
Invalid or blank votes			15,783	5.18
Total votes			304,937	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

2nd District

Justin Marc Chipeco is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Laguna's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Justin Marc Chipeco	204,926	75.72
	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 votes			300,514	100.00
	Nacionalista hold

3rd District

Maria Evita Arago is the incumbent. Her opponents are incumbent 3rd district board Katherine Agapay and former San Pablo mayor Florante Aquino.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Laguna's 3rd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Maria Evita Arago	123,638	61.64
	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 votes			211,486	100.00
	Liberal hold

4th District

Edgar San Luis is the incumbent and is running unopposed.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Laguna's 4th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Edgar San Luis	181,930	100.00
Valid ballots			181,930	77.76
Invalid or blank votes			52,023	22.24
Total votes			233,953	100.00
	NPC hold

Sangguniang Panlalawigan elections

All four districts of Laguna elected Sangguniang Panlalawigan or provincial board members.

Summary

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Lakas Kampi CMD	727,283	36.65	6
	Liberal Party	494,610	24.93	2
	Nacionalista Party	457,986	23.08	2
	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino	82,792	4.17	0
	Nationalist People's Coalition	82,753	4.17	0
	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	19,594	0.99	0
	Independent	119,303	6.01	0
Ex officio seats				3
Total		1,984,321	100.00	13
Total votes		1,050,890	–

1st District

• Cities: Biñan, Santa Rosa
• Municipality: San Pedro
• Population (2007): 811,486

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Laguna 1st District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Carlo Almoro	133,741	19.66
	Liberal	Gab Alatiit	98,594	14.49
	Lakas–Kampi	Emilio Tiongco	94,868	13.94
	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 votes			304,937	100.00

2nd District

• Cities: Calamba
• Municipality: Bay, Cabuyao, Los Baños
• Population (2007): 715,044

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Laguna 2nd District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Neptali Bagnes	113,617	17.70
	Lakas–Kampi	Juan Unico	98,466	15.34
	Lakas–Kampi	Neil Nocon	84,518	13.17
	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 votes			300,514	100.00

3rd District

• Cities: San Pablo
• Municipality: Alaminos, Calauan, Liliw, Nagcarlan, Rizal, Victoria
• Population (2007): 470,972

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Laguna 3rd District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Reynaldo Paras	70,952	22.22
	Nacionalista	Angelica Jones	68,305	21.40
	NPC	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 votes			211,486	100.00

4th District

• City: None
• Municipalities: Cavinti, Famy, Kalayaan, Luisiana, Lumban, Mabitac, Magdalena, Majayjay, Paete, Pagsanjan, Pakil, Pangil, Pila, Santa Cruz, Santa Maria, Siniloan
• Population (2007): 476,029

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Laguna 4th District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Benjo Agarao	107,940	31.48
	Lakas–Kampi	Benedicto Palacol	87,190	25.43
	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 votes			233,953	100.00

City and municipal elections

All municipalities of Laguna, Biñan, Calamba, 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, Santa Rosa
• Municipality: San Pedro

Biñan

Len Alonte is the incumbent, she is running unopposed.

Biñan mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Marlyn Alonte-Naguiat	70,363	100.00
Total votes			70,363	100.00
	Liberal hold

Santa Rosa City

Santa Rosa City mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Arlene Arcillas-Nazareno	71,374	67.46
	Independent	Joey Catindig	20,748	19.61
	NPC	Romeo Aala	13,398	12.66
	Independent	Arceli Paglomutan	173	0.16
	Independent	Manolito Hermano	109	0.10
Total votes			105,802	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

San Pedro

San Pedro mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Calixto Cataquiz	60,325	61.94
	Lakas–Kampi	Felicismo Vierneza	29,725	30.52
	PMP	Melchor Suitos, Jr.	7,336	7.53
Total votes			97,386	100.00

2nd District

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

Calamba

Calamba mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Joaquin Chipeco Jr.	78,425	55.75
	Liberal	Pursino Oruga	61,055	43.30
	Independent	Wenceslao Malinao	1,204	0.86
Total votes			140,684	100.00

Cabuyao

Cabuyao mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Isidro Hemedes Jr.	35,772	43.37
	Liberal	Nila Aguillo	29,861	36.20
	Aksyon	Jaime Caringal	16,854	20.43
Total votes			82,487	100.00
	Nacionalista hold

Los Baños

Los Baños mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Bigkis	Anthony Genuino	17,658	42.78
	Nacionalista	Procopio Alipon	15,355	37.20
	Liberal	Francisco Lapis	8,087	19.59
	Independent	Christopher Rompe	97	0.23
	Independent	Servillano Olleta	82	0.20
Total votes			41,279	100.00
	Bigkis hold

3rd District

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

San Pablo City

San Pablo City mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Vicente Amante	62,248	65.36
	NPC	Arcadio Gapangada, Jr.	16,102	16.91
	Nacionalista	Arsenio Escudero, Jr.	15,924	12.03
	Independent	Alfredo Cosico	961	1.01
Total votes			95,235	100.00

Alaminos

Alaminos mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Eladio Magampon	7,736	38.78
	Liberal	Ruben Alvarez	4,450	22.31
	Nacionalista	Lorenzo Zuñiga	4,329	21.70
	NPC	Samuel Bueser	3,435	17.22
Total votes			19,950	100.00

Calauan

Calauan mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Felisa Berris	8,953	46.13
	Liberal	June Joseph Brion	6,367	32.80
	Aksyon	Guillermo Roxas	4,090	21.07
Total votes			19,410	100.00
	Independent gain from Lakas–Kampi

Liliw

Liliw mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Cesar Sulibit	9,694	56.96
	NPC	Eduardo Del Mundo	7,324	43.04
Total votes			17,018	100.00

Nagcarlan

Nagcarlan mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Aurora Malabag	12,346	33.82
	Lakas–Kampi	Nelson Osuna	9,192	33.82
	Liberal	Rosendo Corales	5,574	20.51
	Independent	Juanito Sumariba	66	0.24
Total votes			27,178	100.00

Rizal

Rizal mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Antonino Aurelio	4,897	55.31
	Bigkis	Rolen Urriquia	3,957	44.69
Total votes			8,854	100.00

Victoria

Victoria mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Raul Gonzales	9,962	56.20
	Lakas–Kampi	Dwight Kampitan	7,764	43.80
Total votes			17,726	100.00
	Liberal gain from Lakas–Kampi

4th District

• City: None
• Municipalities: Cavinti, Famy, Kalayaan, Luisiana, Lumban, Mabitac, Magdalena, Majayjay, Paete, Pagsanjan, Pakil, Pangil, Pila, Santa Cruz, Santa Maria, Siniloan

Cavinti

Cavinti mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Florcelie Esguerra	6,344
	Liberal	Evelyn Bleza
Total votes

Famy

Famy mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMP	Renonia Murimatsu	3,374
	Lakas–Kampi	Emmanuel Acomular
	Liberal	Marcelina Regulacion
Total votes

Kalayaan

Kalayaan mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Teodoro Adao	6,038	58.50
	Liberal	Emmanuel Magana	4,200	40.69
	Independent	Ponciano Pasco	83	0.80
Total votes			10,321	100.00

Luisiana

Luisiana mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Manuel Rondilla	5,781	57.16
	Liberal	Ness Rondilla	3,948	39.04
	Independent	Cesar Megino	385	3.81
Total votes			10,114	100.00

Luisiana vice mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Crisanto Villamin	5,454	56.75
	Liberal	Eduardo Aldovino	4,156	43.25
Total votes			9,610	100.00

Lumban

Lumban mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Wilfredo Paraiso	8,064	54.34
	Nacionalista	Mario Ablao	5,599	37.73
	PMP	Cayo Almario	1,176	7.93
Total votes			14,839	100.00

Mabitac

Mabitac mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Gerardo Fader	5,320	60.71
	Liberal	Jacqueline Carpio	3,409	38.90
	KBL	Rizalino Cariaso	34	0.39
Total votes			8,763	100.00

Magdalena

Magdalena mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Teresa Reodica	3,752	36.63
	NPC	David Aventurado	3,586	35.01
	Liberal	Pablo Agapay	2,906	28.37
Total votes			10,244	100.00

Majayjay

Majayjay mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Teofilo Guera	4,224
	PMP	Froilan Gruezo
	Nacionalista	Avelino Merestela
	Lakas–Kampi	Helen Rodillas
Total votes

Paete

Paete mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Emmanuel Cadayona	5,120	42.28
	Lakas–Kampi	Florentino Velasco	4,208	22.97
	Nacionalista	Elmoise Afurong	2,782	22.97
Total votes			12,110	100.00

Pagsanjan

Pagsanjan mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMP	Girlie Ejercito	9,702	57.39
	NPC	Celso Rivera	3,861	22.84
	Lakas–Kampi	Arlyn Lazaro-Torres	3,343	19.77
Total votes			16,906	100.00
	PMP hold

Pakil

Pakil mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Vipops Charles Martinez	5,179
	Nacionalista	Dennis Baja
	Liberal	Ariel Fornoles
Total votes

Pangil

Pangil mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Juanita Manzana	5,186	57.20
	Aksyon	Valentin Sta. Ana	2,216	28.86
	Nacionalista	Agapito Valera Jr.	1,158	12.77
	Independent	Alfredo Acaylar	106	1.17
Total votes			8,666	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

Pila

Pila mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Edgardo Ramos	10,214	50.25
	NPC	Elvira Quiat	7,054	34.70
	PMP	Jose Rafael Antonio	2,966	14.59
	Independent	Proceso Esguerra	93	0.46
Total votes			20,327	100.00

Santa Cruz

Incumbent Mayor Ariel Magcalas is running for reelection. He will face former congressman Benjamin Agarao and former mayor Domingo Panganiban.

Santa Cruz mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMP	Domingo Panganiban	15,908	37.92
	Liberal	Benjamin Agarao Jr.	13,867	33.06
	Lakas–Kampi	Ariel Magcalas	12,175	29.02
Total votes			41,950	100.00

Santa Maria

Santa Maria mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Antonio Carolino	7,688	54.19
	Lakas–Kampi	Joel Cuento	6,500	45.81
Total votes			14,188	100.00

Siniloan

Siniloan mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Juanita Acero	9,407	55.03
	Lakas–Kampi	Paul Simon Go	7,649	44.75
	Independent	Florentina Barba	37	0.22
Total votes			17,093	100.00