2010 Valenzuela local elections

4th City elections in Valenzuela, Metro Manila February 2024 2010 Valenzuela local elections presidential Mayoral, vice mayoral, congressional representativesand all 12 city council seats no 2007 Valenzuela local elections 2007 2013 Valenzuela local elections 2013 May 10, 2010 Sherwin T. Gatchalian.jpg Sherwin Gatchalian Nationalist People's Coalition Eric Martinez 162,999 88.15 No Picture.jpg 130px Boy Carreon Lakas-Kampi-CMD Mar Morelos 13,920 7.53 Mayor Sherwin Gatchalian Sherwin Gatchalian Nationalist People's Coalition Nationalist People's Coalition Local elections were held in Valenzuela on May 10, 2010, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the two Congressmen, and the councilors, six in each of the city's two legislative districts. Mayoral and vice mayoral election Incumbent Sherwin Gatchalian was reelected to his second term as the mayor of Valenzuela City. Eric Martinez won his first term as the vice mayor of the city. The incumbent mayor Sherwin Gatchalian ran for mayoralty office under the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) party with his running mate Eric Martinez. Gatchalian, who is a businessman, was the former representative of the city's first district to Philippine Congress from 2001 before his election in 2004. Martinez was a former member of the city's second district council before his election in vice mayoralty position in 2007. Pablo Hernandez III, a columnist from the tabloid Bulgar also announced his bid in mayoralty race as an independent candidate. He said that he will run for office as "to provide an alternative to the ruling political group in the city.".http://www.mb.com.ph/node/231805/no-major-rival-gatchalian-valenzuela No major rival for Gatchalian in Valenzuela Catapat Willie November 29, 2009 Manila Bulletin 21 March 2010 Another candidate for the office of the mayor is Manuel "Boy" Carreon, is running under the Lakas-Kampi-CMD party. Carreon was dubbed by the Philippine Daily Inquirer as a "politically unknown" person in political arena.http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=20091130-239451 Election fever heats up in M. Manila. It's Lim vs Razon, Ynares vs Cuerpo Santos Tina Julie M. Aurelio November 30, 2009 Philippine Daily Inquirer 21 March 2010 Another candidate for the vice mayor's office is Marcelino "Mar" Morelos, one of the city's councilors for the first district since 2001. Before entering politics, Morelos was a professional basketball player where he played under the Pop Cola Panthers and San Miguel Beermen teams from 1996 to 2002.https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:Kq8QwdtLW5QJ:anax1a.pressmart.net/abante/AB/AB/2010/02/17/Pageprint/17_02_2010_005.pdf+%22mar+morelos%22&hl=tl&gl=ph&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgsm9nnjr4rHy4atwD3BI3A8S-R4VNzZq_cviGKBjl4w9gi7rYGiZrPZPNiLO4eEZ-noFddhB4oTx54HnlUWuuPGAC1HuDXG2sNAUa0y1n0Bt_YhL62CAWxNXk6OvBgyKyMRbA_&sig=AHIEtbQpJC1_ePOQ8Fb-ZwNCf53XcH2swA Ex-PBA player nakaungos Rico Armida February 17, 2010 Abante 5 Tagalog 21 March 2010 The third candidate for vice mayor is Ignacio "Jun" Santiago, also a member of the city's first district council. Congressional elections Philippine House of Representatives elections in Metro Manila, 2010 Legislative districts of Valenzuela City There were two candidates for the congressman or district representative post of each of the districts of Valenzuela City. The city is divided into two congressional districts: the first district encompasses 23 barangays in the northern portion of the city and the second district which contains 9 barangays. The incumbent first district representative Rexlon "Rex" Gatchalian running under the Nationalist People's Coalition, the same political party he had during the 2007 election. Gatchalian, a businessman, is the younger brother of the incumbent mayor Sherwin Gatchalian. In 2007, he defeated former mayor Bobbit Carlos in the congressional race, hence making this his first political position ever held. The other candidate for congressman is Atty. Maria Elisa "Leezl" Mendoza, a former government lawyer for the human rights division of the Valenzuela City Hall of Justice and Chairman of the People's Law Enforcement Board (PLEB). Atty. Leezl Mendoza is also the founder of INTEG with advocacies on renewable energy, land use and stewardship as a way towards food security and economic empowerment. For the second district, the incumbent representative Magtanggol "Magi" Gunigundo ran under the Lakas-Kampi-CMD party. A lawyer by profession, he became the representative of the former municipality of Valenzuela from 1998 to 2001. The election of 2007 installed him as the second district representative of the city. Gunigundo's opponent to the race is Carlitos "Sonny" Tiquia, a pastor of the Valenzuela Evangelical Church and a former member of the Valenzuela City council. Many of the candidates for the city council were previous incumbents. In the first district, this list includes Corazon Cortez, Gerald Esplana, Katherine Pineda, and Ritche Cuadra; Adrian Dapat, Fernando Padrinao, Kate Abigael Galang, Maria Cecilia Mayo, and Shalani Carla Soledad for the second district. Soledad became infamous due to her previous withdrawal of running for Congress under Lakas-Kampi-CMD, where she decided to seek another re-election under Liberal Party instead. This was to support her boyfriend Senator Benigno Aquino III, presidential bet of the Liberal Party.http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideMetro.htm?f=2010/january/14/metro2.isx&d=2010/january/14 Pastor takes on Gunigundo David Gigi January 14, 2010 Manila Standard Today 21 March 2010 Poll survey Based in March 2010 mock polls done by the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela, the city's state university, and was attended by 1,355 student volunteers, the following candidates garnered the spot: +Mayoral race (Voters' turnout: 96.75%)http://balita.ph/2010/03/22/metro-news-valenzuela-incumbent-officials-lead-in-mock-polls/ Valenzuela incumbent officials lead in mock polls March 22, 2010 Balita.ph 3 April 2010 5 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111005171552/http://balita.ph/2010/03/22/metro-news-valenzuela-incumbent-officials-lead-in-mock-polls/ deadPerson Number of mock votes Percentage Carreon, Manuel 23 1.69% Hernandez, Pablo III 34 2.51% Gatchalian, Sherwin 1,254 92.55% Undecided 44 3.25% +Vice mayoral race (Voters' turnout: 105.24%)http://www.tribuneonline.org/metro/20100324met6.html Incumbents runaway winners in Valenzuela mock polls Calalo Arlie March 24, 2010 The Daily Tribune 3 April 2010Person Number of mock votes Percentage Martinez, Eric 916 67.9% Morelos, Marcelino 276 20.37% Ignacio, Santiago Jr. 88 6.49% Undecided ~75 +5.24% Election results The winners of the congressional, mayor and vice mayor seats of Valenzuela City is determined with the highest number of votes received. These positions are voted separately, so there is a possibility that the winning officials came from the same or different political parties. Mayoral race Valenzuela City mayoral electionNatividad Beverly Gatchalian, Oreta keep mayoral post in Valenzuela, Malabon http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20100511-269440/Gatchalian-Oreta-keep-mayoral-post-in-Valenzuela-Malabon 18 May 2010 Philippine Daily Inquirer 11 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100514154336/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20100511-269440/Gatchalian-Oreta-keep-mayoral-post-in-Valenzuela-Malabon 14 May 2010 dead dmy-all Nationalist People's Coalition Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian 162,999 88.15 Lakas-Kampi-CMD Manuel "Boy" C. Carreon 13,920 7.53 Independent (politician) Pablo "Pabs" L. Hernandez III 8,002 4.32 184,921 100.00 Vice mayoral race Valenzuela City vice mayoral election Liberal Party (Philippines) Eric "Eric" M. Martinez 83,279 44.93 Lakas-Kampi-CMD Marcelino "Mar" G. Morelos 66,911 36.10 Nacionalista Party Ignacio "Jun" G. Santiago, Jr. 35,177 18.98 185,637 100.00 Congressional race First District Rexlon T. Gatchalian is the incumbent Philippine House of Representatives election at Valenzuela's 1st district Nationalist People's Coalition Rexlon T. Gatchalian 74,977 90.43 Independent (politician) Ma. Elisa D. Mendoza 7,933 9.57 82,910 92.94 89,208 100.00 Nationalist People's Coalition Second district Magi Gunigundo is the incumbent. Philippine House of Representatives election at Valenzuela's 2nd district Lakas-Kampi-CMD Magtanggol T. Gunigundo II 66,495 64.10 Nationalist People's Coalition Carlitos B. Tiquia 37,237 35.90 103,732 95.26 108,893 100.00 Lakas-Kampi-CMD Election at the city council The voters in the city are set to elect six councilors on the district where they are living, hence registered. Candidates are voted separately so there are chances where winning candidates will have unequal number of votes and may come from different political parties. Summary Lakas Kampi CMD 329566 2 Nationalist People's Coalition 308608 5 Nacionalista Party 221215 3 Liberal Party 136817 2 Independent 3496 0 Ex officio seats 2 198101 First district thumb|right|300px|Legislative districts of Valenzuela City. Areas shown in red represent the first district; blue represent second district. First district council election Liberal Party (Philippines) Ritche "RDC" D. Cuadra 57,259 12.91 Lakas-Kampi-CMD Katherine "Khay" C. Pineda 52,985 11.94 Nationalist People's Coalition Antonio "Tony" R. Espiritu 52,139 11.75 Nationalist People's Coalition Gerald "Gerry" A. Esplana 47,831 10.78 Nationalist People's Coalition Corazon "Cora" A. Cortez 47,214 10.64 Nationalist People's Coalition Marlon Paulo "Idol" D. Alejandrino 44,598 10.05 |-bgcolor=black |colspan=5| Nationalist People's Coalition Emmanuel "Noel" S. Delesmo 38,083 8.58 Lakas-Kampi-CMD Meilene "Meme" T. Dizor 27,870 6.28 Nationalist People's Coalition Joel "Joel" S. Angeles 24,501 5.52 Lakas-Kampi-CMD Buenaventura "Bong" S. Sanguyo III 21,521 4.85 Lakas-Kampi-CMD Ernesto "Nico" M. Trinidad 17,009 3.83 Lakas-Kampi-CMD Joel "Joel" M. Co 12,599 2.84 89,208 100.00 Second district Second district council election Liberal Party (Philippines) Shalani Carla "Lani" S. Soledad 79,558 14.31 Nacionalista Party Kate Abigael "Kate" D. Galang-Coseteng 74,811 13.45 Lakas-Kampi-CMD Maria Cecilia "Cecil" V. Mayo 56,677 10.19 Nationalist People's Coalition Lailanie "Lai" P. Nolasco 54,242 9.75 Nacionalista Party Lorena "Lorie" C. Natividad-Borja 52,218 9.39 Nacionalista Party Adrian "Adrian" C. Dapat 51,412 9.25 |-bgcolor=black |colspan=5| Nacionalista Party Fernando "Boy" D. Padrinao 42,774 7.69 Lakas-Kampi-CMD Kristian Rome "Tyson" T. Sy 39,695 7.14 Lakas-Kampi-CMD Moises "MB" S. Beltran 30,107 5.41 Lakas-Kampi-CMD Jasmin "Jas" P. Antonio 27,376 4.92 Lakas-Kampi-CMD Mary Ann "Keng" D. Manalaysay 24,595 4.42 Lakas-Kampi-CMD Johnny "JT" N. Tan 19,132 3.44 Independent (politician) Robert "Kuya" T. Cruz 3,496 0.63 108,893 100.00 References External links Certified List of Candidates for Congressional and Local Positions For the May 10, 2010 National and Local Elections Category:2010 Philippine local elections Category:Elections in Valenzuela, Metro Manila Category:2010 elections in Metro Manila