2010 Batangas local elections

Local elections was held in the Province of Batangas on May 10, 2010 as part of the 2010 general election. Voters will select candidates for all local positions: a town 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 Batangas. The list below are the candidates as of May 2010.

Gubernatorial election[]

Vilma Santos Recto was the incumbent. Her opponent was former Governor Armondo Sanchez. Sanchez suffered a stroke due to fatigue while campaigning and died on April 27. His wife, Santo Tomas Mayor Edna Sanchez, was his substitute.

Batangas gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	*Vilma Santos-Recto*	603,159	59.63
	Nacionalista	Edna Sanchez^[A]	393,586	38.91
	Independent	Marcos Mandanas, Sr.	13,007	1.29
	Independent	Gaudioso Platero	1,760	0.17
Total votes			1,071,219	100.00
	Liberal hold

Batangas vice-gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	*Jose Antonio Leviste II*	668,744	71.60
	Lakas	Edwin Ermita^[B]	265,243	28.40
Total votes			1,071,219	100.00
	Liberal hold

Notes

A^ Arman Sanchez died of hypertension on April 27, 2010. His wife, incumbent Santo Tomas mayor Edna Sanchez, was named as his substitute.^[1]
B^ Ermita is Sanchez's guest candidate.

Congressional elections[]

Each of Batangas's four legislative districts will elect each representative to the House of Representatives.

1st District[]

Incumbent Eileen Ermita-Buhain is in her third consecutive term and is ineligible to run; her father Eduardo is her party's nominee for the seat.

Eduardo Ermita placed the result of the election under protest in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal.^[2]

Philippine House of Representatives election at Batangas' 1st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Tomas Apacible	124,196	54.83
	Lakas	Eduardo Ermita	102,890	45.17
Valid ballots			227,806	91.71
Invalid or blank votes			20,600	8.29
Total votes			248,406	100.00%
	Liberal gain from Lakas

2nd District[]

Hermilando Mandanas is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Batangas' 2nd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	*Hermilando Mandanas*	155,516	63.32
	Lakas	Godofredo Berberbe	90,074	36.78
Valid ballots			245,590	92.76
Invalid or blank votes			11,147	4.34
Total votes			256,737	100.00%
	Liberal hold

3rd District[]

Victoria Hernandez-Reyes is in her third consecutive term and is ineligible to run; her husband Rodrigo is her party's nominee for the seat.

The result of the election is under protest in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal.^[2]

Philippine House of Representatives election at Batangas' 3rd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMP	Nelson Collantes	67,238	27.19
	Liberal	Cristeta Reyes	60,375	24.42
	NPC	Ma. Chona Dimayuga	52,387	21.19
	Nacionalista	Luis Carlos Laurel	36,023	14.57
	Lakas	Rodrigo Reyes	22,457	9.08
	Lapiang Manggagawa	Nicomedes Hernandez	8,790	3.55
Valid ballots			247,270	92.76
Invalid or blank votes			19,288	7.24
Total votes			266,558	100.00%
	PMP gain from Lakas

4th District[]

Mark L. Mendoza is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Batangas' 4th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	*Mark L. Mendoza*	248,891	94.60
	PMP	Praxedes Bustamante	14,179	5.40
Valid ballots			262,670	87.70
Invalid or blank votes			36,848	12.30
Total votes			299,518	100.00%
	NPC hold

Sangguniang Panlalawigan elections[]

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

Summary[]

Party		Total votes		Total seats
Party		Total	%	Total	%
	Liberal	606,447	33.0%	5	41.7%
	Lakas	508,537	27.7%	4	33.3%
	Nacionalista	414,040	22.8%	1	8.3%
	NPC	202,882	11.1%	0	0.0%
	Independents	62,337	3.4%	0	0.0%
	PDP–Laban	36,695	2.0%	0	0.0%
Total valid votes cast		1,834,938	N/A
Total turnout		1,071,219	100.00%
Total partisan seats				10	83.3%
Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President				1	8.3%
Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President				1	8.3%
Total non-partisan seats				2	16.7%
Total seats				12	100.0%

1st District[]

Municipality: Balayan, Calaca, Calatagan, Lemery, Lian, Catigbian, Taal, Tuy, Nasugbu
Population (2007): 522,607

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Batangas 1st District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lorenzo Bausas	94,274	27.58
	Lakas	Roman Rosales	75,642	22.13

	Nacionalista	Rodolfo Salanguit	65,035	19.02
	Liberal	Alexander Bonuan	56,947	16.66
	Lakas	Arnel Salas	34,467	10.08
	Independent	Horacio Alvarez	15,488	4.53
Total votes			248,406	100.00

2nd District[]

City: Batangas City
Municipality: Bauan, Lobo, Mabini, San Luis, San Pascual, Tuy
Population (2007): 558,882

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Batangas 2nd District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Christopher De Leon	149,231	29.29
	Lakas	Joel Atienza	119,197	23.39
	Lakas	Florencio De Loyola	94,536	18.55

	Lakas	Manuel Aclan	78,068	15.32
	Nacionalista	Julian Villena	68,486	13.44
Total votes			256,737	100.00

3rd District[]

City: Tanauan City
Municipality: Agoncillo, Alitagtag, Balete, Cuenca, Laurel, Malvar, Mataas na Kahoy, San Nicolas, Santa Teresita, Santo Tomas, Talisay
Population (2007): 537,399

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies

Batangas 3rd District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Alfredo Corona	106,627	30.48
	Liberal	Divina Balba	90,405	25.84

	Nacionalista	Simeon Platon	83,190	23.78
	Independent	Arturo Malijan	43,317	12.38
	NPC	Edgar Runes	22,767	6.51
	Independent	Ferdinand Topacio	3,532	1.01
Total votes			266,558	100.00

4th District[]

City: Lipa City
Municipality: Ibaan, Padre Garcia, Rosario, San Jose, San Juan, Taysan
Population (2007): 626,981

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies

Batangas 4th District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Mabelle Virtusio	108,223	17.08
	Liberal	Amado Carlos Bolilia IV	107,367	16.94
	Nacionalista	Rowena Africa	100,473	15.85

	NPC	Aries Emmanuel Mendoza	100,308	15.83
	Nacionalista	Federico Caisip	81,037	12.79
	NPC	Leonilo Catipon	79,807	12.59
	PDP–Laban	Abelardo Adaya	36,695	5.79
	Nacionalista	Robert Asa	19,819	3.13
Total votes			299,518	100.00

Mayoralty elections[]

All municipalities of Batangas, Batangas City, Lipa City and Tanauan 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, Candidates for Mayor[]

Municipality: Balayan, Calaca, Calatagan, Lemery, Lian, Nasugbu, Taal, Tuy

Balayan[]

Balayan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	*Emmanuel Fronda*	22,983	65.56
	Independent	Yolanda Magundayao	12,076	34.44
Total votes			36,133	100.00
	Lakas hold

Calaca[]

Calaca mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	*Sofronio Ona, Jr.*	21,501	62.40
	Liberal	Marlon Hernandez	12,957	37.60
Total votes			35,073	100.00
	Lakas hold

Calatagan[]

Calatagan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	*Sophia Palacio*	13,152	62.97
	Independent	Ramiro Palacio	7,758	37.10
Total votes			22,097	100.00
	Lakas hold

Lemery[]

Lemery mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	*Eulalio Alilio*	24,024	61.69
	Liberal	Geraldine Ornales	14,920	38.31
Total votes			39,590	100.00
	Lakas hold

Lian[]

Lian mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	*Osita Vergara*	14,452	68.97
	Lakas	Cesar Lagus	6,503	31.03
Total votes			21,979	100.00
	Nacionalista hold

Nasugbu[]

Nasugbu mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	*Antonio Jose Barcelon*	28,489	62.92
	Liberal	Jacinto Bautista	16,644	36.76
	Independent	Erodante Bicomong	143	0.32
Total votes			47,787	100.00
	Lakas hold

Taal[]

Taal mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Michael Montenegro	13,454	53.28
	Lakas	Jovito Albufera	11,140	44.12
	Aksyon Demokratiko	Eduardo Bautista	468	1.85
	Nacionalista	Aida Villamin	190	0.75
Total votes			25,661	100.00
	Liberal hold

Tuy[]

Tuy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Jose Jecerell Cerrado	11,760	60.71
	Liberal	Rosario Abiad	7,612	39.29
Total votes			20,086	100.00
	Lakas hold

2nd District, Candidates for Mayor[]

City: Batangas City
Municipality: Bauan, Lobo, Mabini, San Luis, San Pascual, Tingloy

Batangas City[]

Batangas City mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Vilma Dimacuha	67,557	54.16
	Nacionalista	Emilio Berberabe, Jr.	56,596	45.37
	PMP	Casiano Ebora	592	0.47
Total votes			128,127	100.00
	Lakas hold

Bauan[]

Bauan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	*Ryanh Dolor*	23,636	63.27
	Nacionalista	Agripino Bautista	13,724	36.73
Total votes			38,318	100.00
	Liberal hold

Lobo[]

Lobo mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Efren Diona	9,263	51.24
	Liberal	Virgilio Manalo	8,814	48.76
Total votes			18,420	100.00
	Nacionalista gain from Liberal

Mabini[]

Mabini
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	*Nilo Villanueva*	14,329	67.41
	Liberal	Julsie Schmid	6,928	32.59
Total votes			21,646	100.00
	Lakas hold

San Luis[]

San Luis mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Rodolfo Mendoza	9,197
	Liberal	Samuel Noel Ocampo	6,576

San Pascual[]

San Pascual mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	*Antonio Dimayuga*	16,847	65.92
	Independent	Rosario Anna Conti	8,710	34.08
Total votes			21,979	100.00
	Lakas hold

Tingloy[]

Tingloy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	*Lauro Alvarez*	6,298	78.62
	Nacionalista	Antonio Atienza	1,713	21.38
Total votes			8,159	100.00
	Lakas hold

3rd District, Candidates for Mayor[]

City: Tanauan City
Municipality: Agoncillo, Alitagtag, Balete, Cuenca, Laurel, Malvar, Mataas na Kahoy, Batangas, San Nicolas, Santa Teresita, Santo Tomas, Talisay

Tanauan City[]

Tanauan City mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12^[3]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	Sonia Aquino (incumbent)	'44,015	69.86
Lakas	Victoria Reyes	18,986	30.14
Liberal hold

Agoncillo[]

Agoncillo mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Julian Humarang	8,646
	Lakas	Glorioso Martinez (incumbent)	8,979

Alitagtag[]

Alitagtag mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Nacionalista	Anthony Francis Andal	3,146
Liberal	Florante Palines	3,127
Independent	Bernardo Reyes	2,166
NPC	Noriel Salazar, Sr.	2,139

Balete[]

Balete mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
NPC	Leovino Hidalgo	3,509
Liberal	Ludivina Pamplona	2,486
Lakas	Marissa Reyes (incumbent)	2,441

Cuenca[]

Cuenca mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Celerino Endaya (incumbent)	7,876
	Nacionalista	Edmundo Remo	7,971

Laurel[]

Laurel mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Randy James Amo	5,993
Nacionalista	John Benedict Panganiban (incumbent)	5,495
PMP	Celso Aristotle Parrilla	3,143

Malvar[]

Malvar mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Simeon Magpantay	5,448
	Liberal	Carlito Reyes	10,520

Mataas na Kahoy[]

Mataas na Kahoy mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Calixto Luna, Jr.	5,931
	Nacionalista	Danilo Sombrano (incumbent)	6,569

San Nicolas[]

San Nicolas mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Nacionalista	Napoleon Arceo	2,585
Independent	William Enriquez	1,292
Lakas	Epifanio Sandoval (incumbent)	3,826

Santa Teresita[]

Santa Teresita mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Anna Marie Mendoza (incumbent)	3,566
	Liberal	Ma. Aurea Segunial	4,998

Santo Tomas[]

Santo Tomas mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Edna Sanchez^[A]	95,000
	Liberal	Osmundo Maligaya	10,000

Notes

A^ Renato Federico is now running for mayoralty race prior to the death of Arman Sanchez after Edna Sanchez, the latter's wife was named as his substitute.

Talisay[]

Talisay mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Nacionalista	Luis Malabanan	8,650
Liberal	Zenaida Mendoza	8,332
Lakas	Florencio Pesigan	744

4th District, Candidates for Mayor[]

City: Lipa City
Municipality: Ibaan, Padre Garcia, Rosario, San Jose, San Juan, Taysan

Lipa City[]

Lipa City mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12^[3]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Nacionalista	Meynardo Sabili	55,268	53.10
Lakas	Oscar Gozos (incumbent)	48,815	46.90
Nacionalista gain from Lakas

Ibaan[]

Ibaan mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
NPC	Remegio Hernandez (incumbent)	10,593
Lakas	Cesar Marasigan	1,683
Liberal	Juan Toreja	13,041

Padre Garcia[]

Padre Garcia mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Prudencio Gutierrez (incumbent)	10,812
	Liberal	Nestor Recto	8,581

Rosario[]

Rosario mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Lakas	Danilo Alday	6,536
PMP	Leonardo Anyayahan	3,629
PDP–Laban	Pio Jay Calingasan	1,590
Liberal	Felipe Marquez (incumbent)	22,095
Nacionalista	Rodolfo Villar	9,688

San Jose[]

San Jose mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Entiquio Briones	17,740
	NPC	Valentino Patron	16,222

San Juan[]

San Juan mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal		21,546
	NPC	Danilo Mindanao (incumbent)	17,337

Taysan[]

Taysan mayoralty election
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 17:07:12^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Edilberto Abaday	6,696
	NPC	Victor Portugal, Jr. (incumbent)	9,888

Footnotes[]

^ "InquirerNews:Ex-Bats. Gov. Sanchez Dies". Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
^ ^a ^b Romero, Paolo (2010-07-16). "56 electoral cases filed before House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal". Philippine Star. Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "GMANews National Election Results Tally: Local and Congressional: Batangas". Archived from the original on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-11.

[1] "InquirerNews:Ex-Bats. Gov. Sanchez Dies". Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-11.

[HRET-2] Romero, Paolo (2010-07-16). "56 electoral cases filed before House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal". Philippine Star. Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2010-07-17.

[gmanews.tv-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "GMANews National Election Results Tally: Local and Congressional: Batangas". Archived from the original on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-11.

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