Philippine House of Representatives elections in Eastern Visayas, 2013

Elections were held in Eastern Visayas for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 13, 2013.^[1]

Summary

Party		Popular vote	%	Swing	Seats won	Change
	Lakas				1
	Liberal				8
	NUP				2
	NPC				1
	Akbayan				0
	Nacionalista				0
	PDP-Laban				0
	PMP				0
	Tingog Leytenon				0
	UNA				0
	Independent				0
Valid votes					12
Invalid votes
Turnout
Registered voters

Biliran

Rogelio Espina is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Biliran's district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rogelio Espina	38,329	52.29
	PMP	Glenn Chong	29,040	39.62
	Independent	Paul Giovanni Diu	171	0.23
Margin of victory			9,289	12.67%
Invalid or blank votes			5,754	7.85%
Total votes			73,294	100.00
	Liberal hold

Eastern Samar

Ben Evardone is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Eastern Samar's district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ben Evardone	79,083	47.16
	Nacionalista	Annaliza Gonzales-Kwan	75,131	44.81
	Independent	Febidal Fadel	402	0.24
Margin of victory			3,952	2.36%
Invalid or blank votes			13,060	7.79%
Total votes			167,676	100.00
	Liberal hold

Leyte

1st District

Incumbent Ferdinand Martin Romualdez is running unopposed.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Leyte's 1st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Ferdinand Martin Romualdez	87,139	55.60
Invalid or blank votes			69,591	44.40%
Total votes			156,730	100.00
	Lakas hold

2nd District

Sergio Apostol is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Leyte's 2nd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Sergio Apostol	71,018	44.86
	Tingog Leytenon	Edgardo Enerlan	34,025	21.49
	PDP-Laban	Alberto Hidalgo	9,470	5.98
Margin of victory			36,993	23.37%
Invalid or blank votes			43,809	27.67%
Total votes			158,322	100.00
	Liberal hold

3rd District

Andres Salvacion is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Leyte's 3rd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Andres Salvacion	31,088	54.15
	UNA	Bernard Jonathan Ramandaban	20,773	36.18
Margin of victory			10,315	17.97%
Invalid or blank votes			5,547	9.66%
Total votes			57,408	100.00
	Liberal hold

4th District

Lucy Torres-Gomez is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Leyte's 4th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lucy Torres-Gomez	106,291	53.29
	Lakas	Eric Codilla	78,662	39.44
Margin of victory			27,629	13.85%
Invalid or blank votes			14,510	7.27%
Total votes			199,463	100.00
	Liberal hold

5th District

Jose Carlos Cari is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Leyte's 5th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jose Carlos Cari	78,149	63.10
	UNA	Renato Roble	16,779	13.66
	Independent	Crispulo Truya	780	0.63
Margin of victory			61,370	49.95
Invalid or blank votes			27,147	22.10%
Total votes			122,855	100.00
	Liberal hold

Northern Samar

1st District

Raul Daza is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Northern Samar's 1st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Harlin Abayon	72,857	50.02
	Liberal	Raul Daza	72,805	49.98
Margin of victory			52	0.04%
Total votes			145,662	100.00
	Nacionalista gain from Liberal

2nd District

Emil Ong is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Northern Samar's 2nd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Emil Ong	71,533	60.35
	Liberal	Ramp Nielsen Uy	46,988	39.65
Margin of victory			24,545	20.71
Total votes			118,521	100.00
	NUP hold

Samar

1st District

Mel Senen Sarmiento is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Samar's 1st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Mel Senen Sarmiento	51,335	52.71
	Nacionalista	Arnold Tan	30,662	31.48
	Independent	Antolin Tan	771	0.79
Margin of victory			20,673	21.23%
Invalid or blank votes			14,624	15.02%
Total votes			97,392	100.00
	Liberal hold

2nd District

Milagrosa Tan is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Samar's 2nd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Milagrosa Tan	68,137	43.77
	Liberal	Eunice Babalcon	56,312	36.18
	UNA	Reynato Latorre	10,242	6.58
Margin of victory			11,825	7.60%
Invalid or blank votes			20,973	13.47%
Total votes			155,664	100.00
	NPC hold

Southern Leyte

Incumbent Roger Mercado is term limited and is running for the governorship. Incumbent governor Damian Mercado is his party's nominee.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Southern Leyte's district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Damian Mercado	85,919	48.46
	Akbayan	Rico Rentuza	34,239	19.31
	Liberal	Marisa Lerias	31,640	17.85
	Independent	Vicente Geraldo	885	0.50
Margin of victory			51,680	29.15%
Invalid or blank votes			24,612	13.88%
Total votes			177,295	100.00
	NUP hold

References

1. "2013-Candidates-Representatives". scribd.com. Retrieved 2012-11-04.