Valenzuela local elections, 2013

Valenzuela mayoral elections, 2013

May 13, 2013

 
Nominee Rexlon Gatchalian Adelma Gunigundo
Party NPC Lakas
Running mate Eric Martinez Katherine Pineda
Popular vote 144,282 58,836
Percentage 67.71 27.61

Mayor before election

Sherwin Gatchalian
NPC

Elected Mayor

Rexlon Gatchalian
NPC

Local elections was held in Valenzuela on May 13, 2013 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the two Congressmen (or district representatives), and the councilors, six in each of the city's two legislative districts.

Representative Rexlon Gatchalian, a brother to the current mayor Sherwin, is running for the city mayor's office for the first time. Gatchalian's primary opponent is Adelma Gunigundo, wife of the incumbent second district representative Magtanggol Gunigundo.

Gatchalian's running mate is vice mayor Eric Martinez, who has served since 2007; if he wins, we will have his term limited in 2016. First district councilor Katherine Pineda-Hernandez is Gunigundo's running mate.

The election was won by Gatchalian and Martinez for the local posts.

Mayoral and vice mayoral election

Incumbent mayor Sherwin Gatchalian is now on his third term as the mayor of Valenzuela. As prescribed by the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines, he is barred from running as the mayor and he may choose to run into higher or lower office instead. Prior to his election as mayor in 2004, he represented the first district of Valenzuela from 2001 to 2004. In April 2012, he signed his intention to run for the Senate race under the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino party headed by former President Joseph Ejercito Estrada.[1][2][3]

He instead would run as representative of the 1st District of the city.[4] His brother, incumbent congressman Rexlon Gatchalian who is on his second term is running in his place. Rexlon Gatchalian, also known as Rex, is on his second term as district representative/congressman, hence he is not yet term limited. Rex entered Valenzuela politics in 2007 occupying his current post. The other candidate for mayorship is Adelma A. Yang-Gunigundo, wife to the incumbent second district representative Magtanggol Gunigundo.[5]

There are only two candidates for vice mayor's office: incumbent vice mayor and Liberal's Eric M. Martinez and incumbent first district councilor Katherine "Khay" C. Pineda.

Congressional elections

There are two and three candidates for the congressman or district representative post of the districts 1 and 2 of Valenzuela, respectively. The city is divided into two congressional districts: the first district encompasses 23 barangays in the northern portion of the city and the second district which contains 9 barangays.

The incumbent first district representative Rexlon "Rex" Gatchalian running under the Nationalist People's Coalition, the same political party he had during the 2007 election. Gatchalian, a businessman, is the younger brother of the incumbent mayor Sherwin Gatchalian. The other candidate for congressman is Ritche Cuadra, a member of Valenzuela City Council since 2001.

For the second district, the incumbent representative Magtanggol "Magi" Gunigundo will run under the Lakas-Kampi-CMD party. A lawyer by profession, he became the representative of the former municipality of Valenzuela from 1998-2001. If he will be elected to office in 2013, this will be his third term, thus he is not eligible to reelection in 2016 for the same position. The second candidate is Shalani Carla "Lani" Soledad-Romulo, a member of the Valenzuela city council and wife to Pasig Representative Roman Romulo. Soledad-Romulo gained prominence as a former girlfriend to President Benigno Aquino III from 2008-2010 and as a TV host at television network TV5 since 2010. The other candidate for congressman is Pablo "Pabs" Hernandez III, a columnist from the tablod Bulgar who ran for the mayoralty race inn 2010.

Unlike in 2010 polls, few of the people who run for the city council are reelectionists. For the first district, this list includes Idol Alejandrino, Cora Cortez and Tony Espiritu; Adrian Dapat, Cecil Mayo, Lorie Natividad-Borja, and Lai Nolasco for the second district. Two of candidates from each district are also former members of the council: Mar Morelos and Lotlot Esteban. Rovin Feliciano and Ricarr Enriquez are barangay captains of Arkong Bato and Pasolo, respectively. Genny Esplana who targets the first district council, is the titleholder for the 1990 Bb. Pilipinas-International; Charee Pineda, who vies second district councils, is a member of ABS-CBN's Star Magic circle and held the lead role in 2011 daytime drama series Angelito: Batang Ama.

Mock polls

Mock polls are done in different parts of the city to survey possible winners to the 2013 midterm elections. Based on a February 2013 mock polls done by the Valenzuela City District Two Voters Group, an independent non-government group, conducted by former dean Rolando Lansigan, the following candidates garnered the spot for the second district:[6]

Mayoral race (February 2013, 2nd District)
Person Percentage
Bonifacio, Danilo (Independent) 2.94%
Gatchalian, Rexlon T. (NPC) 70.58%
Gunigundo, Adelma Y. (Lakas) 26.47%
Vice Mayoral race (February 2013, 2nd District)
Person Percentage
Martinez, Eric M. (Liberal) 33.33%
Pineda, Katherine C. (Lakas) 63.63%
Congressional race (February 2013, 2nd District)
Person Percentage
Gunigundo, Magtanggol T. (Lakas) 54.28%%
Hernandez, Pablo L. III (Independent) 38.57%
Soledad-Romulo, Shalani S. (Liberal) 7.14%

Election results

The winners of the congressional, mayor and vice mayor seats of Valenzuela City is determined with the highest number of votes received. These positions are voted separately, so there is a possibility that the winning officials came from the same or different political parties.

Mayoral election

Incumbent Sherwin T. Gatchalian is running for representative of the city's first district.

Valenzuela City mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Rexlon Gatchalian 144,282 67.71
Lakas Adelma Yang-Gunigundo 58,836 27.61
Independent Danilo Bonifacio 676 0.32
Invalid or blank votes 9,289 4.36%
Total votes 213,083 100.00
NPC hold

Vice mayoral election

Incumbent Eric M. Martinez is running for reelection.

Valenzuela City vice mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Eric Martinez 112,696 52.89
Lakas Katherine Pineda-Hernandez 82,415 43.68
Invalid or blank votes 17,972 8.43%
Total votes 213,083 100.00
Liberal hold

Congressional elections

First district

Incumbent Rexlon Gatchalian is running for the mayorship; his brother, Mayor Sherwin Gatchalian, is his party's nominee.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Valenzuela's 1st district
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Sherwin Gatchalian 67,992 70.05
Lakas Ritche Cuadra 23,805 24.53
Invalid or blank votes 5,265 5.42%
Total votes 97,062 100.00
NPC hold

Second district

Magtanggol Gunigundo is the incumbent. He will be facing off against councilor Shalani Soledad-Romulo, if Soledad-Romulo elected she will join her husband Roman in the House separately.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Valenzuela's 2nd district
Party Candidate Votes %
Lakas Magtanggol Gunigundo 56,542 48.73
Liberal Shalani Soledad 53,800 46.37
Independent Pablo Hernandez III 650 0.56
Invalid or blank votes 5,029 4.33%
Total votes 116,021 100.00
Lakas hold

City council elections

First district
First (left) and second(right) legislative districts of Valenzuela.

The voters in the city are set to elect six councilors on the district where they are living, hence registered. Candidates are voted separately so there are chances where winning candidates will have unequal number of votes and may come from different political parties.

Administration coalition (Team Valenzuela)

Nationalist People's Coalition/Valenzuela City-1st District
Name Party Result
Marlon "Idol" Alejandrino NPC won
Cora Cortez NPC won
Ricar Enriquez NPC lost
Tony Espiritu NPC won
Genny Esplana NPC won
Rovin Feliciano Liberal won
Nationalist People's Coalition/Valenzuela City-2nd District
Name Party Result
Adrian Dapat NPC lost
Kim Galang NPC won
Lorie Natividad-Borja NPC won
Lai Nolasco NPC won
Charee Pineda NPC won
Martell Soledad Liberal lost

Primary opposition coalition (Team Matulungin)

Lakas-CMD/Valenzuela City-1st District
Name Party Result
Rey Cuadra Lakas lost
Ina Esplana Lakas lost
Cristy Mendoza Lakas lost
Mar Morelos Lakas won
Carol Pineda Lakas lost
Ernie Tolentino Lakas lost
Lakas-CMD/Valenzuela City-2nd District
Name Party Result
Lotlot Esteban Lakas won
Cecil Mayo Lakas lost
Art Morales Lakas lost
Manny So Lakas lost
Tyson Sy UNA won
Jefferson Davis Uy Lakas lost

Summary

Summary of City Council Election
Party Mayoral/vice
mayoral candidate
[Number of candidates]
Total votes Total seats
Total % Seats before Seats after %
Lakas-Kampi Ritche Cuadra (M) [11] 2 2 16.67%
Liberal Eric Martinez (VM) [3] 2 1 8.33%
Nacionalista None [0] 3 0 0.00%
NPC Rexlon Gatchalian (M) [10] 5 8 66.67%
UNA None [1] 0 1 8.33%
Independents Varies [1] 0 0 0.00%
Total valid votes cast N/A
Total turnout
Total partisan seats 12 12
Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President 1 1
Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President 1 1
Total non-partisan seats 2 2
Total seats 14 14 100.0%

First district council

2013 Valenzuela congressional first district election[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Antonio "Tony" R. EspirituV 60,264 12.30
Lakas Marcelino "Mar" G. MorelosM 57,890 11.82
Liberal Rovin Andrew "Rovin" M. FelicianoV 55,175 11.27
NPC Corazon "Cora" A. CortezV 52,816 10.78
NPC Marlon Paulo "Idol" D. AlejandrinoV 50,909 10.39
NPC Jennifer "Genny" P. Pingree-EsplanaV[9] 49,242 10.05
NPC Ricardo Ricarr "Ricar" C. EnriquezV 43,108 8.80
Lakas Reynaldo "Rey" D. CuadraM 35,059 7.16
Lakas Czarina Chlariza "Ina" M. EsplanaM 25,470 5.20
Lakas Ernesto "Ernie" M. TolentinoM 23,207 4.74
Lakas Carolino "Carol" S. PinedaM 19,765 4.04
Lakas Ma. Cristina "Cristy" P. MendozaM 15,265 3.12
Independent Jose "Danilo" I. Jurado III 1,604 0.33
Total votes 98,888 100.00

Second district council

2013 Valenzuela congressional second district election[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Lorena "Lorie" C. Natividad-BorjaT 66,781 11.21
NPC Lailanie "Lai" P. NolascoT 63,680 10.69
NPC Kimberly Ann "Kim" D. GalangT 61,627 10.35
NPC Crissha Charee "Charee" M. Pineda[10]T' 58,399 9.80
Lakas Rosalie "Lotlot" D. EstebanM 56,044 9.41
UNA Kristian Rome "Tyson" T. SyM 53,253 8.94
Lakas Maria Cecilia "Cecil" V. MayoM 49,791 8.36
NPC Adrian "Adrian" C. DapatT 46,948 7.88
Liberal Martell Francisco "Martell" R. SoledadT 42,928 7.21
Lakas Manny "Manny" Hung SoM 39,501 6.63
Liberal Carlitos "Sonny" B. Tiquia 28,797 4.83
Lakas Arturo "Art" F. MoralesM 14,034 2.36
Lakas Jefferson Davis "Jefferson Davis" L. UyM 13,900 2.33
Total votes 116,021 100.00

References

Notes

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  3. Malabanan, Jess (26 January 2012). "League lines up bets for senatorial race". Manila Standard Today. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  4. "Biazon, Gatchalian drop senatorial bids". Sun Star. 25 September 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  5. Alalo, Arlie (12 October 2012). "Valenzuela politics: Solon eyes city’s top post, brod mayor Congress". Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  6. "Mag-asawang Gunigundo nanguna sa mock polls". Hataw na Tabloid (in Tagalog). 8 February 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  7. 1 2 Calalo, Arlie (6 October 2012). "Taking the challenge". Remate. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  8. 1 2 Ramos-Araneta, Macon (16 October 2012). "Erap, other Metro candidates file candidacies". Manila Standard Today. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  9. Carino, George (2 October 2012). "Shalani runs for congresswoman of Valenzuela". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  10. Martinez-Belen, Cristina (28 September 2012). "‘Batang Ama’ Star To Run For Councilor". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
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