2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Caraga

Elections were held in the Caraga for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 10, 2010.

Philippine House of Representatives elections in Caraga, 2010

May 10, 2010
9 seats of Caraga in the House of Representatives
Party Lakas–Kampi Nacionalista Liberal Seats won 8 1 0 Popular vote 588,199 160,656 160,058 Percentage 58.51% 15.98% 15.92%
Location of Caraga within the country.

The candidate with the most votes won that district's seat for the 15th Congress of the Philippines.

Summary

Party		Popular vote	%	Seats won
	Lakas–Kampi || 588,199 || 58.51% || 8
	Nacionalista || 160,656 || 15.98% || 1
	Liberal || 160,058 || 15.91% || 0
	PDP–Laban || 7,630 || 0.76% || 0
	Independent || 88,731 || 8.83% || 0
Valid votes		1,005,274	92.49%	9
Invalid votes		81,587	7.51%
Turnout		1,086,861	78.55%
Registered voters		1,383,595	100.00%

Agusan del Norte

1st District

Jose Aquino II is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Agusan del Norte's 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Jose Aquino II	88,656	68.50
	Liberal	Angelo Jimenez	40,771	31.50
Valid ballots			129,427	92.31
Invalid or blank votes			10,799	7.69
Total votes			140,206	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

2nd District

Incumbent Edelmiro Amante is retiring from politics. His daughter Angelica is his party's nominee in this district.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Agusan del Norte's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Angelica Amante	97,196	70.11
	Independent	Jovitte Calo	40,715	29.37
	Independent	Jorge Lomongsod	388	0.28
	Independent	Van Amelio Fudalan	336	0.24
Valid ballots			138,635	93.40
Invalid or blank votes			9,792	6.60
Total votes			148,427	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

Agusan del Sur

Agusan del Sur will have two districts starting for the 15th Congress. Rodolfo Plaza, who is serving in his third consecutive term and is ineligible for reelection, is the last representative of Agusan del Sur's at-large district.

1st District

Rodolfo Plaza's sister, incumbent governor Maria Valentina, will run in this district.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Agusan del Sur's 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Maria Valentina Plaza	75,986	65.25
	Liberal	Roberto Aquino	40,464	34.75
Valid ballots			116,450	91.57
Invalid or blank votes			10,720	8.43
Total votes			127,170	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi win (new seat)

2nd District

Philippine House of Representatives election at Agusan del Sur's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Evelyn Mellana	61,018	55.08
	Liberal	Ceferino Paredes, Jr.	40,765	36.80
	PDP–Laban	Reynaldo Quijada	7,630	6.89
	Independent	Bienvenido Cebuala	1,364	1.22
Valid ballots			110,777	87.70
Invalid or blank votes			15,530	12.30
Total votes			126,307	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi win (new seat)

Dinagat Islands

With the Supreme Court nullifying the law that created the province still not yet final, elections proceeded to elect the province's representative. Incumbent Glenda Ecleo will not run in favor of her son Ruben Jr.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Dinagat Islands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Ruben Ecleo, Jr.	33,582	86.03
	Liberal	Francisco Rojas, Sr.	5,443	13.95
Valid ballots			39,025	80.81
Invalid or blank votes			9,267	19.19
Total votes			48,292	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

Surigao del Norte

1st District

Francisco Matugas is the incumbent.

The result of the election is under protest in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal.[1]

Philippine House of Representatives election at Surigao del Norte's 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Francisco Matugas	34,164	58.06
	Nacionalista	Alfonso Casurra	24,349	41.38
	Liberal	Gertrudes Saberon	325	0.53
Valid ballots			58,838	95.01
Invalid or blank votes			3,091	4.99
Total votes			61,929	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

2nd District

Guillermo Romarate, Jr. is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Surigao del Norte's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Guillermo Romarate, Jr.	83,912	50.82
	Nacionalista	Alfonso Cassura	81,207	49.18
Valid ballots			165,119	95.67
Invalid or blank votes			7,474	4.33
Total votes			172,593	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

Surigao del Sur

1st District

Philip Pichay is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Surigao del Sur's 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Philip Pichay	74,585	51.46
	Independent	Alvin Ty	44,030	30.38
	Liberal	Gregorio Murillo, Jr.	24,413	16.85
	Independent	Anecito Murillo	1,898	1.31
Valid ballots			144,926	94.02
Invalid or blank votes			9,213	5.98
Total votes			154,139	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

2nd District

Florencio Garay is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Surigao del Sur's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Florencio Garay	55,100	53.98
	Lakas–Kampi	Jesnar Falcon	39,100	38.30
	Liberal	Mario Alvizo	7,877	7.72
Valid ballots			102,077	94.71
Invalid or blank votes			5,701	5.29
Total votes			107,778	100.00
	Nacionalista hold

References

1. 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.

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections