2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Soccsksargen

Philippine House of Representatives elections in Soccsksargen, 2010

May 10, 2010
7 seats of Soccsksargen in the House of Representatives
First party Second party   Party Lakas–Kampi NPC Seats won 3 2 Popular vote 388,881 345,289 Percentage 30.64% 27.21%   Third party Fourth party   Party Liberal PCM Seats won 0 1 Popular vote 158,311 120,052 Percentage 12.74% 9.46%
Location of Soccsksargen within the country.

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

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

Note that in Cotabato City, although a part of this region, the voters elect their representative via Maguindanao's 1st district. Cotabato City is independent from any province and is a part of the Soccsksargen region, but is usually grouped with Maguindanao by the National Statistics Office.

Summary

Party		Popular vote	%	Seats won
	Lakas–Kampi	388,881	30.64%	3
	NPC	345,289	27.21%	2
	Liberal	158,311	12.47%	0
	PCM	120,052	9.46%	1
	SARRO	60,899	4.80%	0
	GAD	47,677	3.76%	0
	Independent	148,047	11.66%	1
Valid votes		1,269,156	91.90%	7
Invalid votes		111,894	8.10%
Turnout		1,381,050	69.20%
Registered voters		1,995,877	100.00%

Cotabato (North Cotabato)

See also: Legislative districts of Cotabato

1st District

Incumbent Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza is in her third consecutive term already and is ineligible for reelection; she is running as governor of Cotabato. Lakas-Kampi-CMD nominated incumbent governor Jesus Sacdalan as their nominee in this district.

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Jesus Sacdalan	88,683	40.26
	NPC	Anthony Dequiña	51,097	23.20
	GAD	Luzminda Tan	47,677	21.64
	Liberal	Ronaldo Pader	18,502	8.40
	Independent	Dan Ebo	1,467	0.66
Valid ballots			207,426	94.16
Invalid or blank votes			12,854	5.84
Total votes			220,280	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

2nd District

Bernardo Piñol, Jr. is the incumbent.

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Nancy Catamco	119,294	51.44
	Liberal	Bernardo Piñol, Jr.	112,617	48.56
Valid ballots			231,911	97.20
Invalid or blank votes			6,691	2.80
Total votes			238,602	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi gain from Liberal

Sarangani

See also: Legislative district of Sarangani

World-renowned boxer Manny Pacquiao is running once again after being defeated in South Cotabato's congressional race to incumbent Rep. Darlene Antonino-Custodio in 2007. As such, he moved to Sarangani and is vying for its open congressional seat left by out going Rep. Erwin Chiongbian. Pacquiao is running his own People's Champ Movement which is co-endorsed by the Nacionalista Party. He will face Rep. Chiongbian's third brother, Roy Chiongbian, a local businessman. Chiongbian is co-endorsed by the local Sarangani Reconciliation and Reformation Organization and Lakas Kampi CMD.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Sarangani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PCM	Manny Pacquiao	120,052	66.35
	SARRO	Roy Chiongbian	60,899	33.65
Valid ballots			180,591	97.57
Invalid or blank votes			4,499	2.43
Total votes			180,951	100.00
	PCM gain from SARRO

South Cotabato

See also: Legislative districts of South Cotabato

1st District

The highly urbanized city of General Santos is a part of South Cotabato's first district.

Incumbent Darlene Antonino-Custodio, on her third consecutive term, is term-limited and chose to run for Mayor of General Santos. The Nationalist People's Coalition nominated General Santos mayor Pedro Acharon Jr. in this district.

Philippine House of Representatives election at South Cotabato's 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Pedro Acharon, Jr.	163,590	63.24
	Independent	Ramon Melliza	51,306	19.83
	Liberal	Rogelio Garcia	14,053	5.43
	Independent	Franklin Gacal, Jr.	6,327	2.45
	Independent	Aldwin Angangan	985	0.38
	Independent	Abelardo Plaza	731	0.28
Valid ballots			236,992	91.61
Invalid or blank votes			21,694	8.39
Total votes			258,686	100.00
	NPC hold

2nd District

Incumbent Arthur Pingoy, Jr. is in his third consecutive term already and is ineligible for reelection and running for governor. Lakas-Kampi-CMD nominated Hilario de Pedro III in this district.

Philippine House of Representatives election at South Cotabato's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Daisy Fuentes	130,602	58.66
	Lakas–Kampi	Hilario de Pedro III	80,653	36.22
Valid ballots			211,255	94.88
Invalid or blank votes			11,395	5.12
Total votes			222,650	100.00
	NPC gain from Lakas–Kampi

Sultan Kudarat

See also: Legislative districts of Sultan Kudarat

1st District

Pax Mangudadatu is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Sultan Kudarat's 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Raden Sakaluran	66,979	70.28
	Lakas–Kampi	Pax Mangudadatu	28,324	29.72
Valid ballots			95,303	69.36
Invalid or blank votes			42,100	30.64
Total votes			137,403	100.00
	Independent gain from Lakas–Kampi

2nd District

Arnold Go is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Sultan Kudarat's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Arnold Go	71,927	73.64
	Independent	Reynaldo Arguelles	9,113	9.33
	Independent	Nesthur Gumana	7,800	7.99
	Liberal	Jacqueline Talmadge	5,498	5.63
	Independent	Roberto Examen	3,339	3.42
Valid ballots			97,677	88.53
Invalid or blank votes			12,661	11.47
Total votes			110,338	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections