Valenzuela local elections, 2010
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Local elections was held in the Valenzuela City
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.
is on his second term as the mayor of Valenzuela City
. As prescribed by the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines, he is still eligible to run for the same office. On the other hand, another incumbent Eric Martinez is on 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.". 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.
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 1996-2002. The third candidate for vice mayor is Ignacio "Jun" Santiago, also a member of the city's first district council.
. The city is divided into two congressional districts: the first district encompasses 23 barangay
s in the northern portion of the city and the second district which contains 9 barangay
s.
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.
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 1998-2001. 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 re-electionists. 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. It must be noted that 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.
, the city's state university, and was attended by 1,355 student volunteers, the following candidates garnered the spot:
is the incumbent
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Valenzuela City
Valenzuela ,In rare occasion it is pronunced as , with a glottal stop after /ɐ/ in Filipino/Tagalog languages. officially known as the City of Valenzuela is a highly urbanized, first-class city and one of cities in the Philippines that constitutes Metro Manila...
on May 10, 2010 within the Philippine general election
Philippine general election, 2010
Elections for all positions in the Philippines above the barangay were held on Monday, May 10, 2010. The elected president will become the 15th President of the Philippines, succeeding President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who is barred from seeking re-election due to term restrictions...
. 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 GatchalianSherwin Gatchalian
Sherwin T. Gatchalian is a Filipino-Chinese businessman from Valenzuela City, Philippines. He is the current mayor of Valenzuela City and the first representative to represent the city's first district on Philippine Congress in 2001. His younger brother is incumbent First district congressman...
is on his second term as the mayor of Valenzuela City
Valenzuela City
Valenzuela ,In rare occasion it is pronunced as , with a glottal stop after /ɐ/ in Filipino/Tagalog languages. officially known as the City of Valenzuela is a highly urbanized, first-class city and one of cities in the Philippines that constitutes Metro Manila...
. As prescribed by the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines, he is still eligible to run for the same office. On the other hand, another incumbent Eric Martinez is on his first term as the vice mayor of the city.
The incumbent mayor Sherwin Gatchalian
Sherwin Gatchalian
Sherwin T. Gatchalian is a Filipino-Chinese businessman from Valenzuela City, Philippines. He is the current mayor of Valenzuela City and the first representative to represent the city's first district on Philippine Congress in 2001. His younger brother is incumbent First district congressman...
ran for mayoralty office under the Nationalist People's Coalition
Nationalist People's Coalition
The Nationalist People's Coalition or NPC is a political party in the Philippines.-History:The Party was founded in 1991 after some members of the Nacionalista Party led by then Rizal Governor Isidro Rodriguez bolted from the Nacionalista Party after some disagreements with Nacionalista party...
(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.". Another candidate for the office of the mayor is Manuel "Boy" Carreon, is running under the Lakas-Kampi-CMD
Lakas-Kampi-CMD
Lakas Kampi CMD is a center-right political party in the Philippines and the current minority party in the country. Its ideology is heavily influenced by Christian and Islamic democracy...
party. Carreon was dubbed by the Philippine Daily Inquirer
Philippine Daily Inquirer
The Philippine Daily Inquirer, popularly known as the Inquirer, is the most widely read broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines, with a daily circulation of 260,000 copies. It is one of the Philippines' newspapers of record...
as a "politically unknown" person in political arena.
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
Pop Cola Panthers
The Pop Cola Panthers is a former Philippine Basketball Association team from 1990-2001 under the ownership of Cosmos Bottling Corporation, a subsidiary of RFM Corporation. Cosmos was sold to Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc., then-owned by San Miguel Corporation in 2001 which also includes the...
and San Miguel Beermen
San Miguel Beermen
The Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food...
teams from 1996-2002. The third candidate for vice mayor is Ignacio "Jun" Santiago, also a member of the city's first district council.
Congressional elections
There were be two candidates for the congressman or district representative post of each of the districts of Valenzuela CityValenzuela City
Valenzuela ,In rare occasion it is pronunced as , with a glottal stop after /ɐ/ in Filipino/Tagalog languages. officially known as the City of Valenzuela is a highly urbanized, first-class city and one of cities in the Philippines that constitutes Metro Manila...
. The city is divided into two congressional districts: the first district encompasses 23 barangay
Barangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
s in the northern portion of the city and the second district which contains 9 barangay
Barangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
s.
The incumbent first district representative Rexlon "Rex" Gatchalian
Rexlon Gatchalian
Rexlon T. Gatchalian is the present first district representative of Valenzuela City to Philippine Congress. He is the younger brother of Valenzuela City incumbent mayor Sherwin Gatchalian....
running under the Nationalist People's Coalition
Nationalist People's Coalition
The Nationalist People's Coalition or NPC is a political party in the Philippines.-History:The Party was founded in 1991 after some members of the Nacionalista Party led by then Rizal Governor Isidro Rodriguez bolted from the Nacionalista Party after some disagreements with Nacionalista party...
, the same political party he had during the 2007 election. Gatchalian, a businessman, is the younger brother of the incumbent mayor Sherwin Gatchalian
Sherwin Gatchalian
Sherwin T. Gatchalian is a Filipino-Chinese businessman from Valenzuela City, Philippines. He is the current mayor of Valenzuela City and the first representative to represent the city's first district on Philippine Congress in 2001. His younger brother is incumbent First district congressman...
. 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.
For the second district, the incumbent representative Magtanggol "Magi" Gunigundo ran under the Lakas-Kampi-CMD
Lakas-Kampi-CMD
Lakas Kampi CMD is a center-right political party in the Philippines and the current minority party in the country. Its ideology is heavily influenced by Christian and Islamic democracy...
party. A lawyer by profession, he became the representative of the former municipality of Valenzuela from 1998-2001. 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
Pastor
The word pastor usually refers to an ordained leader of a Christian congregation. When used as an ecclesiastical styling or title, this role may be abbreviated to "Pr." or often "Ps"....
of the Valenzuela Evangelical Church and a former member of the Valenzuela City council.
Many of the candidates for the city council were re-electionists. 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. It must be noted that 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
Liberal Party (Philippines)
The Liberal Party of the Philippines is a liberal party in the Philippines, founded by then senators Senate President Manuel Roxas, Senate President Pro-Tempore Elpidio Quirino, and former 9th Senatorial District Senator Jose Avelino, on November 24, 1945 by a breakaway Liberal group from the...
instead. This was to support her boyfriend Senator Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III , also known as Noynoy Aquino or PNoy, is a Filipino politician who has been the 15th and current President of the Philippines since June 2010....
, presidential bet of the Liberal Party.
Poll survey
Based on March 2010 mock polls done by the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng ValenzuelaPamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela is a public university in Valenzuela City, Metro Manila, Philippines.-History:Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela was established in 2002. It is located along Poblacion II, Malinta, Valenzuela City near the old city government building...
, the city's state university, and was attended by 1,355 student volunteers, the following candidates garnered the spot:
| Person | Number of mock votes | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Carreon, Manuel | 23 | 1.69% |
| Hernandez, Pablo III | 34 | 2.51% |
| Villarica, Dominique | 96 | 13.51% |
| Gatchalian, Sherwin Sherwin Gatchalian Sherwin T. Gatchalian is a Filipino-Chinese businessman from Valenzuela City, Philippines. He is the current mayor of Valenzuela City and the first representative to represent the city's first district on Philippine Congress in 2001. His younger brother is incumbent First district congressman... |
1,254 | 92.55% |
| Undecided | 44 | 3.25% |
| Person | Number of mock votes | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Martinez, Eric | 916 | 67.9% |
| Morelos, Marcelino | 276 | 20.37% |
| Ignacio, Santiago Jr. | 88 | 6.49% |
| Paterno, Hubert | 14 | 1.59% |
| 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
Vice mayoral race
First District
Rexlon T. Gatchalian is the incumbentSecond district
Magtanggol Gunigundo IIMagtanggol Gunigundo II
Magtanggol Tanjuan Gunigundo I is the present second district representative to Philippine Congress of Valenzuela City...
is the incumbent
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
| Party | |Mayoral/vice mayoral candidate | | Total votes | |Total seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | Total | % | |||
| Manuel Carreon | 329,566 | 33.0% | 2 | 14.3% | ||
| Sherwin Gatchalian Sherwin Gatchalian Sherwin T. Gatchalian is a Filipino-Chinese businessman from Valenzuela City, Philippines. He is the current mayor of Valenzuela City and the first representative to represent the city's first district on Philippine Congress in 2001. His younger brother is incumbent First district congressman... |
308,608 | 30.9% | 5 | 35.7% | ||
| None | 221,215 | 22.1% | 3 | 21.4% | ||
| None | 136,817 | 13.7% | 2 | 14.3% | ||
| Varies | 3,496 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Total valid votes cast | 999,702 | N/A | ||||
| Total turnout | 198,101 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total partisan seats | 12 | 85.7% | ||||
| Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President | 1 | 7.1% | ||||
| Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan Sangguniang Kabataan The Sangguniang Kabataan is the governing body in every chapter of the Katipunan ng Kabataan . Each barangay in the Philippines is mandated by law to have its own chapter of the Katipunan ng Kabataan, aging from 15 to 18 years old who resides in their respective barangays for at least 6months... chairmen President |
1 | 7.1% | ||||
| Total non-partisan seats | 2 | 14.3% | ||||
| Total seats | 18 | 100.0% | ||||
First district
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Second district
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