2010 Laguna local elections

2010 Laguna local elections

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Nominee E. R. Ejercito Ramil Hernandez Party PMP Nacionalista Running mate Ellen Reyes Dave Almarinez Popular vote 334,530 123,670 Percentage 34.88 12.89

Governor before election Teresita S. Lazaro Lakas 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.

Results[]

Partial Unofficial results from COMELEC[]

Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-12 11:06:11 88.60% of Election Returns^[1]

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	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

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, Eleanor Reyes, former Pagsanjan Mayor Abner Afuang, and Bernardita Cruz.

Laguna Vice-gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	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 gain from Nacionalista

Congressional elections[]

Each of Laguna's four legislative districts elected an 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	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 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.

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 4 Districts of Laguna elected Sangguniang Panlalawigan or provincial board members.

Summary[]

Party		Total votes		Total seats
		Total	%	Total	%
	Lakas	727,283	36.7%	6	50.0%
	Liberal	494,610	24.9%	2	16.7%
	Nacionalista	457,986	23.1%	1	16.7%
	Independents	119,303	6.0%	0	0.0%
	PMP	82,792	4.2%	0	0.0%
	NPC	82,753	4.2%	0	0.0%
	KBL	19,594	1.0%	0	0.0%
Total valid votes cast		1,984,321	N/A
Total turnout		1,050,890	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[]

• Cities: Biñan City, Santa Rosa City
• 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	Carlo Almoro	133,741	19.66
	Liberal	Gab Alatiit	98,594	14.49
	Lakas	Emilio Tiongco	94,868	13.94
	Nacionalista	Cesar Areza	93,877	13.80
	Lakas	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 City
• 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	Juan Unico	98,466	15.34
	Lakas	Neil Nocon	84,518	13.17
	Lakas	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		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 City
• 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	Reynaldo Paras	70,952	22.22
	Nacionalista	Angelica Jones	68,305	21.40
	Nacionalista	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	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	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

Mayoralty Election[]

All municipalities of Laguna, Biñan 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, Candidates for Mayor[]

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

Biñan City[]

is the incumbent, she is running unopposed.

Biñan City mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Marlyn Alonte-Naguiat	70,363	100
Total votes			70,363	100
	Liberal hold

Santa Rosa City[]

Santa Rosa City mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Arlene Arcillas-Nazareno	71,374	67.46
	Independent	Jose Catindig, Jr.	20,748	19.61
	NPC	Romeo Aala	13,398	12.66
	Independent	Arceli Paglomutan	173	0.16
	Independent	Manolito Hermano	109	0.10
Turnout			105,802	100
	Lakas hold

San Pedro[]

San Pedro mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Calixto Cataquiz	60,325	61.94
	Lakas	Felicismo Vierneza	29,725	30.52
	PMP	Melchor Suitos, Jr.	7,336	7.53

2nd District, Candidates for Mayor[]

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

Calamba City[]

Calamba City mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Joaquin Chipeco Jr.	78,425	55.75
	Liberal		61,055	43.30
	Independent	Wenceslao Malinao	1,204	0.86
Turnout			147,912	100

Cabuyao[]

Cabuyao mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Nila Aguillo	29,861	36.20
	Aksyon Demokratiko	Jaime Caringal	16,854	20.43
	Nacionalista	Isidro Hemedes, Jr.	35,772	43.37
Turnout			82,847	100
	Nacionalista hold

Los Baños[]

Los Baños mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Procopio Alipon	15,355	37.20
		Anthony Genuino	17,658	42.78
	Liberal	Francisco Lapis	8,087	19.59
	Independent	Servillano Olleta	82	0.20
	Independent	Christopher Rompe	97	0.23
Turnout			42,668	100
	hold

3rd District, Candidates for Mayor[]

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

San Pablo City[]

San Pablo City mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Vicente Amante	62,238	65.36
	Independent	Alfredo Cosico	961	1.01
	Bagong San Pablo	Arsenio Escudero, Jr.	15,924	16.72
	NPC	Arcadio Gapangada	16,102	16.91

Alaminos[]

Alaminos mayoralty election

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

Calauan[]

Calauan mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Felisa Berris	8,953	46.13
	Liberal	June Joseph Brion	6,367	32.80
	Aksyon Demokratiko	Guillermo Boy Bakla Roxas	4,090	21.07
Majority			2,586	13.33
Turnout			20,045	100
	Independent gain from Lakas

Liliw[]

Liliw mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Eduardo Del Mundo	7,324	43.04
	Lakas	Cesar Sulibit	9,694	56.96
Turnout			17,367	100

Nagcarlan[]

Nagcarlan mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rosendo Corales	5,574	20.51
	NPC	Aurora Malabag	12,346	33.82
	Lakas	Nelson Osuna	9,192	33.82
	Independent	Juanito Sumariba	66	0.24

Rizal[]

Rizal mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Antonino Aurelio	4,897	55.31
		Rolen Urriquia	3,957	44.69

Victoria[]

Victoria mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Raul Gonzales	9,962	56.20
	Lakas	Dwight Kampitan	7,764	43.80
	Liberal gain from Lakas

4th District, Candidates for Mayor[]

• 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	%
	Liberal	Evelyn Bleza
	Independent	Florcelie Esguerra

Famy[]

Famy mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Emmanuel Acomular
	PMP	Renonia Murimatsu
	Liberal	Marcelina Regulacion

Kalayaan[]

Kalayaan mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ponciano Pasco	83	0.80
	Lakas	Teodoro Adao	6,038	58.50
	Liberal	Emmanuel Magana	4,200	40.69

Lumban[]

Lumban mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Mario Ablao	5,599	37.73
	PMP	Cayo Almario	1,176	7.93
	Lakas	Wilfredo Paraiso	8,064	54.34

Mabitac[]

Mabitac mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KBL	Rizalino Cariaso	34	0.39
	Liberal	Jacqueline Carpio	3,409	38.90
	Lakas	Gerardo Fader	5,320	60.71

Magdalena[]

Magdalena mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Pablo Agapay	2,906	28.37
	NPC	David Aventurado	3,586	35.01
	Lakas	Teresa Reodica	3,752	36.63

Majayjay[]

Majayjay mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMP	Froilan Gruezo
	Liberal	Teofilo Guera
	Nacionalista	Avelino Merestela
	Lakas	Helen Rodillas

Paete[]

Paete mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Elmoise Afurong	2,782	22.97
	Liberal	Emmanuel Cadayona	5,120	42.28
	Lakas	Florentino Velasco	4,208	22.97

Pagsanjan[]

Pagsanjan mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMP	Girlie Ejercito	9,702	57.39
	NPC	Celso Rivera	3,861	22.84
	Lakas	Arlyn Lazaro-Torres	3,343	19.77
	PMP hold

Pakil[]

Pakil mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Dennis Baja
	Liberal	Ariel Fornoles
	Lakas	Vipops Charles Martinez

Pangil[]

Pangil mayoralty election

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

Pila[]

Pila mayoralty election

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

Santa Cruz[]

Incumbent Mayor Ariel Magcalas seeks for reelection as Mayor of Santa Cruz against Former Congressman Benjamin Agarao and his predecessor, Former Mayor Domingo Panganiban

Santa Cruz mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Benjamin Agarao, Jr.	13,867	33.06
	Lakas	Ariel Magcalas	12,175	29.02
	PMP	Domingo Panganiban	15,908	37.92

Santa Maria[]

Santa Maria mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Antonio Carolino	7,688	54.19
	Lakas	Joel Cuento	6,500	45.81

Siniloan[]

Siniloan mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Juanita Acero	9,407	55.03
	Independent	Florentina Barba	37	0.22
	Lakas	Paul Simon Go	7,649	44.75

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