2010 Manila local elections

2010 Manila mayoral election

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Nominee Alfredo Lim Lito Atienza Avelino Razon Party Liberal PMP NPC Running mate Isko Moreno (Nacionalista) Bonjay Isip-Garcia N/A Popular vote 395,910 181,094 84,605 Percentage 59.52% 27.22% 12.72%

Mayor before election Alfredo Lim Liberal Elected Mayor Alfredo Lim Liberal

Local elections was held in the City of Manila on May 10, 2010, within the Philippine general election. The voters will elect for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the six Congressmen, and the councilors, six in each of the city's six legislative districts.

Mayoral and vice mayoral election[]

2007[]

In the 2007 election, Mayor of Manila Lito Atienza was barred from seeking a fourth consecutive term; his son Ali was named nominee of the Liberal Party; then senator and former mayor Alfredo Lim was named nominee of the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP), Kapayapaan, Kaunlaran at Katarungan, Lim's own party and the United Opposition. The Koalisyong Asenso Manileño, the PDP–Laban and Kabalikat ng Bayan sa Kaunlaran o KABAKA nominated vice mayor for the mayoral election. Lim won with 55% of the vote and gave up his senate seat to serve as mayor. Lim was later expelled from the PMP, and Atienza lost the Liberal Party leadership election to senator Mar Roxas and those opposing Gloria Macapagal Arroyo; Atienza created a splinter group of Liberals who are loyal to Arroyo but the Supreme Court ruled that Roxas' election was legal. This caused Atienza to quit the Liberal Party; meanwhile, Roxas gave way to senator Benigno Aquino III, whose mother former president Corazon Aquino, was one of Lim's strongest allies.

2010[]

Presidential adviser to the peace process announced his candidacy on August 9 at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium running for the We Are the Reason Movement, under the Nationalist People's Coalition.^[1]

Incumbents mayor Alfredo Lim and vice mayor Isko Moreno announced their candidacy for mayor on Moreno's birthday party at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum on October 25, hosted by German Moreno (no relation to Isko), a known Lim ally and Isko's mentor. Moreno, despite being backed by the Asenso Manileño party, will be Lim's running mate.^[2]

Former three-term mayor and current Environment and Natural Resources secretary Lito Atienza is expected run to reclaim his seat. Atienza has Ma. Lourdes "Bonjay" Isip-Garcia as his vice mayoral running mate. Bonjay Isip is a Councilor of the 6th District and is now running for vice mayor. Isip first won as Councilor in 1992 and later became both Deputy City Administrator and City Administrator. Isip in 1992, was the youngest elected councilor in Manila's history.

Lito Atienza served as mayor from 1998 to 2007. Atienza served as Lim's running mate when Lim served as mayor from 1992 to 1998.^[3] Rep. Amado Bagatsing, of the Asenso Manileño party, bolted and joined Atienza's ship. Meanwhile, Lim will support the Liberal Party national ticket of Benigno Aquino III and Mar Roxas, while holding his own Kapayapaan, Kaunlaran at Katarungan (Peace, Prosperity and Justice) standard; Moreno will support the Nacionalista Party ticket headed by Manuel Villar.^[4]

After announcement of the Lim-Moreno ticket, former Philippine National Police chief announced that he had chosen Moreno as his running mate. After Moreno's announcement that he will run under Lim's banner, at least six councilors bolted from Asenso Manileño and went to Razon's side.^[5] Moreno eventually became a guest candidate in Razon's ticket, as his vice mayoral candidate.^[6]

The primary issue for the upcoming campaign is the retention of the oil depots at Pandacan. Lim and Moreno supported its retention while Atienza and Bagatsing supported its removal.^[7]

Atienza, leader of the Liberal Party wing not recognized by both the Commission on Elections and the Supreme Court, will be the "guest candidate" of the Joseph Estrada-led Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP). Atienza, a Gloria Macapagal Arroyo supporter, has maintained cordial relations with Estrada.^[8] In the end, Atienza's certificate of candidacy stated that he was nominated by the Liberal Party,^[9] but under the "Buhayin ang MayniLA" (Revive Manila) ticket, and as a guest candidate of the PMP.^[10] His guest candidacy was later upgraded to a full-fledged nomination by the PMP as announced by the party's director for political affairs.^[11]

Results[]

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.

Mayoral election results[]

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.^[9]

Manila Mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alfredo Lim	395,910	59.52
	PMP	Lito Atienza	181,094	27.22
	NPC	Avelino Razon	84,605	12.72
	Independent	Ma. Teresita Hizon	1,900	0.29
	Independent	Onofre Abad	662	0.10
	Independent	Benjamin Rivera	558	0.08
	Independent	Matilde Limbre	477	0.07
Majority			214,816	31.03%
Valid ballots			665,206	91.10
Invalid or blank votes			26,977	3.90
Total votes			692,183	100.00
	Liberal hold

Notes:

• Lim's KKK party is in coalition with the Liberal Party.
• Atienza is belatedly nominated by Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino; he is indicated as an independent on the ballot.
• Razon's We Are the Reason Movement slate are guest candidates of the Nationalist People's Coalition and Lakas Kampi CMD.
• "Change" is compared from 2007 based on the candidates; in 2007, Atienza ran under the Liberal Party and in 2010 ran under the PMP, while Lim ran in 2007 under the PMP and moved to the Liberal-backed KKK in 2010.

Vice mayoral election results[]

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.^[9]

Manila vice mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Isko Moreno (Francisco Domagoso)	498,609	79.86
	PMP		119,380	19.12
	LM		3,614	0.58
	Independent		2,765	0.44
Majority			379,229	60.74%
Valid ballots			624,368	90.20
Invalid or blank votes			67,815	9.80
Total votes			692,183	100.00
	Nacionalista hold

• Moreno's Asenso Manileño party is in coalition with the Nacionalista Party, and is a candidate of Lim's KKK and a "guest candidate" Razon's We Are the Reason Movement.

Congressional elections[]

Each of Manila's six legislative districts elects one representative to the House of Representatives. The candidate with the highest number of votes wins the seat.

1st District[]

Incumbent is also co-nominated by the KKK. is co-nominated by Asenso Manileño. Former representative , who was supposed to run again under Lakas-Kampi-CMD, died on February 16, 2010, due to cardiac arrest.^[12] His daughter Mina was designated as a candidate by substitution.

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KKK		82,249	58.27
	Lakas		40,880	28.96
	Nacionalista		14,090	9.98
	KBL	Fernando Diaz	3,500	2.48
	Independent		441	0.31
Valid ballots			141,160	93.92
Invalid or blank votes			9,135	6.08
Total votes			150,295	100.00
	KKK hold

2nd District[]

of Lakas Kampi CMD is the incumbent, but he is ineligible for re-election since he is on his third consecutive term already. His party didn't nominate anyone in this district; his son is co-nominated by the Liberal Party and the KKK.

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal		47,710	55.51
	Nacionalista		37,141	43.21
	Independent		902	1.05
	Independent		203	0.24
Valid ballots			85,956	92.37
Invalid or blank votes			7,097	7.63
Total votes			93,053	100.00
	Liberal gain from Lakas

3rd District[]

is the incumbent.

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC		62,085	64.06
	PMP		32,634	33.67
	Independent		912	0.94
	Independent		512	0.53
	Independent		389	0.40
	Independent	Rodolfo Flores	381	0.40
Valid ballots			96,913	94.00
Invalid or blank votes			6,182	6.00
Total votes			103,095	100.00
	NPC hold

4th District[]

is the incumbent.

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas		56,769	55.13
	Liberal		46,206	44.87
Valid ballots			102,975	94.96
Invalid or blank votes			5,464	5.04
Total votes			108,439	100.00
	Lakas hold

5th District[]

Despite under Atienza's Buhayin ang MayniLA ticket, which is supported by the Joseph Estrada-led Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino, incumbent Amado Bagatsing is the nominee of both Lakas-Kampi-CMD and local party KABAKA. Latest election results can be viewed at https://web.archive.org/web/20100513150537/http://electionresults.comelec.gov.ph/res_reg3900000.html

Philippine House of Representatives election at Manila's 5th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
			70,852	59.04
	Nacionalista		47,902	39.92
	Independent		626	0.52
	Independent		618	0.52
Valid ballots			119,998	92.92
Invalid or blank votes			9,148	7.08
Total votes			129,147	100.00
	Lakas hold

6th District[]

Despite under Atienza's Buhayin ang MayniLA ticket, which is supported by the Joseph Estrada-led Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino, incumbent Benny M. Abante is Lakas-Kampi-CMD's nominee in the district.

is also co-nominated by Asenso Manileño.

This is currently under protest.^[13]

Philippine House of Representatives election at Manila's 6th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KKK		39,985	38.63
	Lakas	Benny M. Abante	38,113	36.82
	Nacionalista		24,866	24.03
	Independent		204	0.20
	Independent		160	0.16
	PGRP		96	0.09
			76	0.07
Valid ballots			103,500	95.70
Invalid or blank votes			4,654	4.30
Total votes			108,154	100.00
	KKK gain from Lakas

City Council elections[]

Each of Manila's six legislative districts sends six councilors to the City Council. The election is via plurality-at-large voting: A voter can vote up to six candidates; the six candidates with the highest number of votes in a particular district are elected.

In addition, the barangay captains and the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) chairpersons in the city's barangays (communities) elect amongst themselves a president that will seat as an ex officio member of the city council with full voting powers. The presidents of the barangay captains and SK chairpersons that were elected after the 2007 barangay elections will serve until the winners of the 2010 barangay elections are seated in late November.

In case of a tie vote, the vice mayor, as the presiding officer, will vote to break the tie.

Summary[]

Party		Mayoral/vice mayoral candidate	Total votes		Total seats
			Total	%	Total	%
	PMP	Lito Atienza	1,225,039	35.6%	14	36.8%
	Nacionalista	Isko Moreno	977,597	28.4%	12	31.6%
	Liberal	Alfredo Lim	781,092	22.7%	9	23.7%
	KKK		34,999	1.0%	0	0.0%
	NPC		317,923	9.2%	1	2.6%
	Independents	Varies	102,134	3.0%	0	0.0%
	KBL	None	4,882	0.1%	0	0.0%
	LM	Francisco Pizarra	983	0.0%	0	0.0%
	PGRP	None	518	0.0%	0	0.0%
Total valid votes cast			3,445,167	N/A
Total turnout			689,186	100.00%
Total partisan seats					36	94.7%
Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President					1	2.6%
Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President					1	2.6%
Total non-partisan seats					2	5.3%
Total seats					38	100.0%

1st District[]

Manila 1st District Sangguniang Panlungsod election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ernesto Dionisio, Jr.	88,334	11.39
	NPC	Erick Ian Nieva	62,089	8.01
	Liberal	Moises Lim	56,020	7.23
	PMP	Dennis Alcoreza	54,776	7.07
	Liberal	Niño dela Cruz	54,510	7.03
	Nacionalista	Irma Alfonso	51,959	6.70
	Nacionalista	Jesus Fajardo, Sr.	51,218	6.51
	PMP	Rolando Sy	45,683	5.89
	Liberal	Ernesto Lim	41,329	5.33
	PMP	Edwin Simbulan	33,151	4.28
	Nacionalista	Arnel Angeles	32,771	4.23
	PMP	Eduardo Solis	32,069	4.14
	Liberal	Peter Ong	29,822	3.85
	Liberal	Romeo Venturina	29,539	3.81
	NPC	Dale Evangelista	14,348	1.85
	Liberal	Silvestre Dumagat	13,243	1.71
	Independent	Let Miclat	12,733	1.64
	NPC	Rogelio Mangila	8,331	1.07
	Independent	German Nuñez	7,289	0.94
	PMP	Danilo Isiderio	6,180	0.80
	KKK	Vicente Ocampo, Jr.	6,111	0.79
	PMP	Irineo Duran	5,604	0.72
	NPC	Fermin de Jesus	5,277	0.68
	KKK	Rogelio Bergado	5,144	0.66
	Nacionalista	Ferdinand Sandoval	3,724	0.48
	KBL	Almario Jacinto, Jr.	2,906	0.37
	Independent	Maria Ocampo	2,829	0.36
	NPC	Exmila Rabano	2,161	0.28
	KBL	Benedicto Rodriguez	1,976	0.25
	Independent	Rejercito Aranas	1,943	0.25
	Independent	Bernabe Binuya	1.844	0.24
	Independent	Efren Natividad	1,643	0.21
	Independent	Dennis Riano	1,454	0.19
	Independent	Romano Sacramento	1,316	0.17
	Independent	Jaime Pepino	1,265	0.16
	Independent	Virginia Quintero	1,122	0.14
	LM	Eduardo Lanuza	983	0.13
	Independent	Vevincio Cinco	903	0.12
	Independent	Luis Cabuang	651	0.08
	Independent	Fortunata Gravina	592	0.08
	Independent	Josue Longanilla	436	0.06
Total votes			156,160	100.00

2nd District[]

Manila 2nd District Sangguniang Panlungsod election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMP	Marlon Lacson	46,305	9.95
	Nacionalista	Edward Tan	44,421	9.54
	Nacionalista	Ruben Buenaventura	38,640	8.30
	PMP	Numero Lim	36,618	7.87
	Liberal	Ramon Robles	36,194	7.78
	Liberal	Rodolfo Lacsamana	34,333	7.38
	Nacionalista	Nelissa Beltran	34,194	7.34
	PMP	Pacifico Laxa	28,741	6.17
	PMP	Ivy Varona	24,759	5.32
	Nacionalista	Filomena Aligayo	22,247	4.78
	PMP	John Mark Viceo	20,821	4.47
	Liberal	Renato Torno, Jr.	19,193	4.12
	Liberal	Lourdes Gutierrez	18,912	4.06
	Liberal	Ruben Bunag	17,398	3.74
	PMP	Nida Buenaventura-Panti	13,196	2.83
	NPC	Fernando Lopez	10,169	2.18
	Independent	Cherry Doromal	5,659	1.22
	Independent	Enrique Villegas	4,737	1.02
	KKK	Liza Go	4,500	0.97
	NPC	Jesus Peñoso	1,586	0.34
	Independent	Joana Singson	1,394	0.30
	Independent	Estrellita Geronimo	902	0.19
	Independent	Herminio Manikad, Jr.	630	0.14
Total votes			94,775	100.00

3rd District[]

Manila 3rd District Sangguniang Panlungsod election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Maria Asuncion Fugoso	60,510	12.14
	Nacionalista	John Marvin Nieto	60,301	12.10
	Nacionalista	Jong Isip	51,238	10.28
	Nacionalista	Bernardito Ang	49,414	9.92
	PMP	Joel Chua	46,561	9.34
	PMP	Ramon Morales	40,351	8.10
	Liberal	Thelma Lim	32,824	6.59
	PMP	Roberto Ramon Oca	32,283	6.48
	PMP	Larsil Silva	28,088	5.64
	NPC	Alex Co	23,991	4.81
	Nacionalista	Alberto Alonzo	19,721	3.96
	PMP	Alejandro Gomez	10,573	2.12
	NPC	Paul Alvarez	6,342	1.27
	Liberal	Henryson Melon	5,802	1.16
	Liberal	Michael James Gonzalez	5,091	1.02
	NPC	Angelito Lopez	4,837	0.97
	Independent	Gilbert Estrada	4,209	0.84
	PMP	Don Neil dela Peña	3,490	0.70
	NPC	Alfredo Isla, Jr.	2,734	0.55
	Independent	Rodrigo Abante	2,688	0.54
	NPC	Elpidio de Sagun	2,326	0.47
	Independent	Benito Aragon	1,114	0.22
	Independent	Corazon Aringino	1,083	0.22
	Independent	Ronaldo Santos	1,042	0.21
	Independent	Merlie Gonio	584	0.12
	Independent	Rolly Malayon	556	0.11
	Independent	Pablo Carisosa	539	0.11
Total votes			103,095	100.00

4th District[]

Manila 4th District Sangguniang Panlungsod election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMP	Don Juan "DJ" Bagatsing	60,105	11.21
	Nacionalista	Honey Lacuna-Pangan	57,859	10.83
	PMP	Edward VP. Maceda	57,720	10.81
	PMP	Jocelyn Quintos	56,156	10.63
	Nacionalista	Luisito Chua	51,778	9.80
	Liberal	Eduardo Quintos XVI	41,353	7.83
	Nacionalista	Arlan Vic Melendez	40,247	7.62
	PMP	Susan Beltran	30,573	5.79
	PMP	Gerino Tolentino	26,721	5.06
	KKK	El Dorado Lim	19,244	3.64
	NPC	Wilson Ramil	16,362	3.10
	Nacionalista	Christopher Ortiz	12,598	2.39
	Liberal	Magno Gaza	9,480	1.80
	PMP	Ramon Padilla	8,858	1.68
	Liberal	Richard Laurel	8,586	1.63
	NPC	Ernesto Cayetano	7,694	1.46
	PMP	Melchor Trinidad	6,527	1.24
	Independent	Alexander Lim	4,599	0.87
	Nacionalista	Pepito Suñiga	2,984	0.57
	NPC	Milagros Coronel	2,788	0.53
	NPC	Michael Gamaliel Plata	2,496	0.47
	NPC	Frederick Constantino	2,394	0.45
	PMP	Vicente Salgado	1,754	0.33
	Independent	Norma Magat	1,712	0.32
Total votes			108,439	100.00

5th District[]

Manila 5th District Sangguniang Panlungsod election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Josefina Siscar	68,409	10.62
	Nacionalista	Reynaldo Yupangco	59,581	9.25
	PMP	Cristina Isip	57,745	8.96
	Nacionalista	Richard Ibay	54,170	8.41
	PMP	Roberto Ortega, Jr.	54,128	8.40
	PMP	Rafael Borromeo	51,252	7.95
	PMP	Corazon Gernale	49,852	7.74
	NPC	Roderick Valbuena	42,957	6.67
	Nacionalista	Bartolome Atienza	38,908	6.04
	Liberal	Pablo Dario Ocampo IV	34,643	5.38
	PMP	Jose Maria Cabreza	26,193	4.03
	PMP	Harry Huecas	21,013	3.26
	NPC	Miguel Badando	17,814	2.76
	Nacionalista	Corina Cruz	14,187	2.20
	NPC	Francis Villegas	11,597	1.80
	NPC	Turo Valenzona	8,570	1.33
	NPC	Susan Cabigao	8,318	1.29
	Independent	Christopher Lim	8,243	1.28
	NPC	Marlon Lopera	6,115	0.95
	Independent	Raymundo Corpin	2,107	0.33
	Independent	Marlon Villarojas	1,998	0.31
	Independent	Eduardo Dado	1,374	0.21
	Independent	Gina Gentio	1,247	0.19
	Independent	Lailanie Lerit	1,228	0.19
	Independent	Maria Ginny Clidoro	1,037	0.16
	Independent	Reynaldo Madelo	911	0.14
	Independent	Danny Boy Pacanut	798	0.12
Total votes			131,942	100.00

6th District[]

Manila 6th District Sangguniang Panlungsod election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lou Veloso	66,126	12.33
	Nacionalista	Dennis Lacuna	58,590	10.94
	Nacionalista	Elizabeth Rivera	56,168	10.49
	PMP	Casimiro Sison	51,215	9.57
	PMP	Luis Uy	46,274	8.64
	PMP	Jocelyn Dawis-Asuncion	43,854	8.19
	PMP	Carlos Castañeda	40,645	7.59
	Nacionalista	Richard Lontoc	32,398	6.05
	Nacionalista	Joel Par	32,139	6.00
	NPC	Julio Logarta, Jr.	22,790	4.26
	PMP	Vladimir Cabigao	16,838	3.15
	PMP	Edward Quintos	10,147	1.90
	Liberal	Felix Majabague	9,547	1.78
	NPC	Vicente Quillope	9,194	1.72
	NPC	Jose Antonio Ibay	8,193	1.53
	Nacionalista	George Planas	6,842	1.28
	NPC	Regina Aspiras	6,450	1.20
	Independent	Urbano Castillo	4,341	0.81
	Independent	Rosalina Alvarez	2,813	0.53
	Independent	Segundina Jamias	2,717	0.51
	Independent	Romeo Concepcion	1,765	0.33
	Independent	Eduardo Tan	1,528	0.29
	Independent	Imelda Roca	1,455	0.27
	Independent	Michael Anglo	1,073	0.20
	Independent	Rafael Avecilla	965	0.18
	Independent	Wilfredo Meniano	908	0.17
	PGRP	Mario Nicosia	518	0.10
Total votes			94,775	100.00

Reaction[]

Lim won the election with more than 250,000 votes clear of Atienza, his nearest rival. After his proclamation on the afternoon of May 12, Lim thanked the Manileños for their support, as Razon conceded to Lim as early as before midnight of May 10. Atienza said that he will contest the result of election as the results did not match the random manual audit of the ballots. Moreno had an even easier time against his nearest rival, Bonjay Isip-Garcia as he won with a margin of almost 380,000 votes.^[14]

Atienza put the result under protest. The Commission on Elections' First Division dismissed Atienza's protest on September 13, 2011, confirmed later by the commission en banc, saying that votes included within Atienza's protest would not be enough to overtake Lim's lead. Atienza subsequently withdrew his protest on January 11, 2013.^[15]

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