2013 Taguig local elections

Local elections was held in the Taguig City on May 13, 2013, within the Philippine general election. The vote was for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, two District representatives, and councilors, eight in each of the city's two legislative districts.

2013 Taguig mayoral election

May 13, 2013

Nominee Lani Cayetano Rica Tiñga Party Nacionalista Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig Running mate Ricardo Cruz, Jr. Carlo Papa Popular vote 60,922 37,090 Percentage 60.86% 37.05%

Mayor before election Lani Cayetano Nacionalista Elected Mayor Lani Cayetano Nacionalista

Mayoral and vice mayoral election

Incumbent Lani Cayetano is now on her first term as the mayor of Taguig City. As prescribed by the Local Government Code, she is still eligible to run for the same office. On the other hand, another incumbent George Elias is now on his last term as the vice mayor of the city. Ineligible for reelection, Elias will no longer run for any position.

The incumbent mayor Lani Cayetano is running again for mayoralty office under the Nacionalista Party (NP) with his running mate Ricardo Cruz, Jr. Cayetano, a former congresswoman of the legislative district of Pateros-Taguig, was said to be the first youngest female official to hold office while Cruz is the Barangay Chairman of Lower Bicutan.[1]

Former Councilor Rica Tiñga, the youngest child of retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Dante Tiñga is running for mayor as the nominee of the local party Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig. Her running mate is Councilor Carlo Papa, son of former mayor Ricardo Papa, Jr.[2]

Other hand, the Liberal Party did not have a nominee for a representative running for mayor in Taguig, given the alliance agreement of Team PNoy between the Liberal Party and the Nacionalista Party.[3]

It will be recalled that Dante Tiñga filed an election protest after losing to Mayor Ricardo Papa, Jr. in the 1998 election but it was dismissed by Pasig City Regional Trial Court Branch 167 Judge Alfredo Flores.[4]

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

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies. Lani Cayetano is the incumbent.

Taguig Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Lani Cayetano	60,922	60.86
	Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig	Rica Tiñga	37,090	37.05
Margin of victory			23,832	23.81%
Invalid or blank votes			2,084	2.08
Total votes			100,096	100.00
	Nacionalista hold

Vice-mayoral election

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies. Incumbent George A. Elias is in his third consecutive term and is ineligible to run

Taguig Vice Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Ricardo Cruz Jr.	51,854	51.80
	Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig	Carlo Papa	40,855	40.82
Margin of victory			10,999	10.99%
Invalid or blank votes			7,387	7.38
Total votes			100,096	100.00
	Nacionalista gain from Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig

1st District

Arnel Cerafica is the incumbent. He faced off against Councilor Gigi Valenzuela de Mesa. Cerafica is also nominated by local party Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig.

Philippine House of Representative election at Taguig's 1st District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Arnel Cerafica	37,556	63.81
	Nacionalista	Gigi Valenzuela de Mesa	17,686	30.05
Margin of victory			19,870	33.76%
Invalid or blank votes			3,614	6.14
Total votes			58,856	100.00
	Liberal hold

Note: Result include Pateros.

2nd District

Sigfrido Tiñga is the incumbent but decided not to run in any position due to his personal reason.[5] Former representative Henry Dueñas Jr. will take his place to be a congressman. He will facing off against TV/movie director and Fort Bonifacio Barangay Chairman Lino Edgardo Cayetano.

Philippine House of Representative election at Taguig's 2nd District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Lino Edgardo Cayetano	33,177	53.22
	NPC	Henry Duenas, Jr.	26,238	42.02
Margin of victory			6,939	11.13%
Invalid or blank votes			2,930	4.70
Total votes			62,345	100.00
	Nacionalista gain from Liberal

City Council election

The top eight candidates each district won seats in the city council.

First district

Incumbent councilor Baltazar Mariategue is in his third consecutive term and is ineligible for reelection; his son Billy Ray ran for councilor. Incumbent councilors Carlo Papa and Gigi Valenzuela De Mesa are eligible to run for another term. However, Papa decided to run for vice mayor, while De Mesa ran for Congressman.

City council election at Taguig's 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Darwin Icay	20,813	8.23
	Nacionalista	Jaime Labampa	19,651	7.77
	Nacionalista	Gamaliel San Pedro	19,097	7.55
	Nacionalista	Rommel Tanyag	18,960	7.50
	Nacionalista	Carlito Ogalinola	18,828	7.45
	Nacionalista	Rodil Marcelino	18,671	7.38
	Nacionalista	Ferdinand Santos	17,170	6.79
	Nacionalista	Delio Santos	16,840	6.66
	Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig	Allan Paul Cruz	15,799	6.25
	Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig	Ervic Vijandre[6]	14,773	5.84
	Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig	Ronnette Franco	14,033	5.55
	Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig	Bill Ray Mariategue	12,988	5.14
	Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig	Jeffrey Lontoc	12,055	4.77
	Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig	Jesus Jessie Concepcion	11,736	4.64
	Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig	Elesus Dumagat	9,983	3.95
	Akbayan	Mark Anthony Cruz	3,403	1.35
	Independent	Jason Papa	2,548	1.01
	Independent	Amy Baquiran	1,854	0.73
	UNA	Robel Roy Dela Paz	1,464	0.58
	CDP	Kiko Gasgonia	1,360	0.54
	Independent	Abukalil Pagelet	833	0.33

Second district

Incumbent councilors Ricardo Jordan and Aurelio Paulo Bartolome are in their third consecutive term and are ineligible for reelection; so Jordan's son Richard Paul ran, while Bartolome decided not to run in any other positions.

City council election at Taguig's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Arvin Ian Alit	36,672	8.73
	Nacionalista	Erwin Manalili	31,214	7.43
	Nacionalista	Jojo Eron	30,581	7.28
	Nacionalista	Pammy Zamora	30,449	7.25
	Nacionalista	Noel Dizon	29,371	6.99
	Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig	Che Che Gonzales	29,027	6.91
	Nacionalista	Ric Paul Jordan	28,888	6.87
	Nacionalista	Mher Supan	27,531	6.55
	Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig	Jeffrey Morales	23,691	5.64
	Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig	Estrella Gasgonia	23,351	5.56
	Independent	Marco Evangelista	22,160	5.27
	Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig	Milagros Valencia	21,536	5.12
	Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig	Jona Fuentes	19,745	4.70
	Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig	Erhard Fontanilla	19,655	4.68
	Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig	Marilyn Padlan	18,434	4.39
	NPC	Ricardo Gomez, Jr.	15,375	3.66
	UNA	Arthur Clavo	3,209	0.76
	Independent	Ipe Tisoy De Viller	3,058	0.73
	Independent	Jhoviniel Capicio	2,254	0.54
	Independent	Shain Loar	2,133	0.51
	Independent	Fidel Miralees	1,902	0.45

• NPC's Ricardo Gomez, Jr. is a candidate of Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig
• Marco Evangelista is a candidate of Nacionalista Party

References

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5. "Tiñga's daughter to run against Mayor Cayetano in Taguig | Inquirer News". Newsinfo.inquirer.net. 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
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