2013 Quezon City local elections

Local elections were held in Quezon City on May 13, 2013, within the Philippine general election. Registered voters of the city elected candidates for the following elective local posts: mayor, vice mayor, district representative, and six councilors at-large for each district.

Like in the previous election, Mayor Herbert Bautista and his running mate Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte of the Liberal Party garnered huge leads over their rivals. Candidates of the Liberal Party won all the congressional seats in the city.

Mayoral election results

Herbert Bautista is the incumbent.^[1] Romeo Acebedo was disqualified by the COMELEC for being a nuisance candidate.

Quezon City mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Herbert Bautista	542,214	77.85
	Independent	John Charles Chang	53,272	7.65
	Independent	Henry Samonte	24,051	3.45
Margin of victory			488,942	70.20
Valid ballots			619,537	88.95
Invalid or blank votes			76,988	11.05
Total votes			696,525	100
	Liberal hold

Notes:

Chang is also affiliated with his local party Better QC and is belatedly nominated by the Ang Kapatiran; he is indicated as an independent on the ballot.

Vice Mayoral election results

Josefina Belmonte is the incumbent. Allan Bantilo and Fermin Idea were disqualified by the COMELEC for being nuisance candidates.

Quezon City vice mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joy Belmonte	546,707	78.49
	Independent	Rolando Jota	38,299	5.50
Margin of victory			508,408	72.99
Valid ballots			585,006	83.99
Invalid or blank votes			111,519	16.01
Total votes			696,525	100
	Liberal hold

Notes:

Jota is also affiliated with the local party Better QC and is belatedly nominated by the Ang Kapatiran; he is indicated as an independent on the ballot.

House of Representative Elections

1st District

Incumbent Vincent "Bingbong" Crisologo is on his last term, having served as Representative of the 1st District from 2004 to 2013. His wife Rita is his party's nominee. However, she lost to Councilor Francisco Calalay.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Quezon City's 1st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Francisco Calalay	62,226	47.70
	UNA	Rita Crisologo	56,604	43.39
	Independent	Gary Jamile	2,095	1.60
Margin of victory			5,622	4.31%
Valid ballots			120,925	92.70
Invalid or blank votes			9,529	7.30
Total votes			130,454	100.00
	Liberal gain from UNA

2nd District

The second district of Quezon City was redistricted into three districts. The district that will continue to carry the "second district" name is the one surrounding the Batasang Pambansa Complex, immediately south of the La Mesa Dam watershed.

Winston Castelo, the incumbent 2nd district representative, is running here.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Quezon City's 2nd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Winston Castelo	76,562	56.47
	Independent	Ismael Mathay III	44,043	32.49
Margin of victory			32,519	23.99%
Valid ballots			120,605	88.96
Invalid or blank votes			14,969	11.04
Total votes			135,574	100.00
	Liberal hold

3rd District

Jorge Banal, Jr. is the incumbent, his opponent is former congressman Matias Defensor Jr.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Quezon City's 3rd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jorge Banal, Jr.	48,822	52.05
	UNA	Matias Defensor Jr.	38,909	41.48
Margin of victory			9,913	10.57%
Valid ballots			87,731	93.54
Invalid or blank votes			6,062	6.46
Total votes			93,793
	Liberal hold

4th District

Feliciano Belmonte, Jr., the Speaker of the House of Representatives, is the incumbent.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Quezon City's 4th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Feliciano Belmonte, Jr.	93,888	76.64
	PMP	Hans Palacios	9,447	7.71
Margin of victory			84,441	68.93%
Valid ballots			103,335	84.35
Invalid or blank votes			19,167	15.65
Total votes			122,502	100.00
	Liberal hold

5th District

The 5th district comes from old 2nd district's northernmost area, comprising most of Novaliches.

Actor and councilor Alfred Vargas won against former representatives Mary Ann Susano and Dante Liban and broadcaster Gani Oro.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Quezon City's 5th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alfred Vargas	64,701	56.29
	KKK	Mary Ann Susano	24,819	21.59
	UNA	Dante Liban	10,563	9.19
	Aksyon	Isagani Oro	4,495	3.91
Margin of victory			39,882	34.70%
Valid ballots			104,578	90.98
Invalid or blank votes			10,369	9.02
Total votes			114,947	100.00
	Liberal win (new seat)

6th District

The 6th district comprises the old 2nd district's southernmost parts (Balintawak and Tandang Sora areas). Lawyer Christopher "Kit" Belmonte, who ranked second to Winston Castelo in the 2010 polls), is running unopposed.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Quezon City's 6th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Christopher Belmonte	78,887	79.45
Valid ballots			78,887	79.45
Invalid or blank votes			20,368	20.52
Total votes			99,255	100.00
	Liberal win (new seat)

City Council elections

Summary

Party		Mayoral/vice mayoral candidate	Total votes		Total seats
Party		Mayoral/vice mayoral candidate	Total	%	Total	%
	Liberal	Herbert Bautista	1,768,381	53.78%	27	71.1%
	UNA	none	422,578	12.85%	2	5.3%
	NPC	none	192,412	5.85%	2	5.3%
	PDP–Laban	none	168,035	5.11%	1	2.6%
	Nacionalista	none	87,796	2.67%	1	2.6%
	LDP	none	47,342	1.44%	0	0.0%
	KKK	none	47,082	1.43%	0	0.0%
	PMP	none	45,680	1.39%	0	0.0%
	PLM	none	44,820	1.36%	0	0.0%
	Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan	none	17,112	0.52%	0	0.0%
	Independent	various	446,836	13.59%	3	7.9%
Total valid votes cast			3,288,074	N/A
Total turnout			696,525	100.00%
Total partisan seats					36	94.7%
Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President					1	2.6%
Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President					1	2.6%
Total non-partisan seats					2	5.3%
Total seats					38	100.0%

Candidates

District 1

City Council election at Quezon City's 1st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Anthony "Onyx" Crisologo	82,326	13.31
	Liberal	RJ Belmonte	75,327	12.18
	NPC	Dorothy Delarmente	72,650	11.74
	Liberal	Lena Marie Juico	67,472	10.91
	Liberal	Victor Ferrer Jr.	65,805	10.64
	Liberal	Alex Herrera	64,443	10.42

	UNA	Von Yalong	41,550	6.72
	UNA	Fermin Bilaos	38,289	6.19
	UNA	Jennifer Calalay	37,393	6.04
	Liberal	Linda Madrilejo	36,670	5.93
	UNA	Junn Sta. Maria	21,215	3.43
	PDP–Laban	Pao Fortuno	7,636	1.23
	Independent	Sonny Argales	5,006	0.81
	Independent	Nap Lipana	2,834	0.46
Total votes			130,454	100.00

District 2

City Council election at Quezon City's 2nd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Precious Castelo	89,019	13.80
	Liberal	Bong Liban	83,212	12.90
	Independent	Roderick Paulate	74,432	11.54
	Liberal	Ranulfo Ludovica	68,895	10.68
	Liberal	Ramon Medalla	61,513	9.53
	Liberal	Estrella Valmocina	57,080	8.85

	UNA	Al Herrera Tolome	53,114	8.23
	NPC	Olyn Therese Medina	48,433	7.51
	PDP–Laban	Resty Malangen	32,343	5.01
	Independent	Rosario Dadulo	20,939	3.25
	Independent	Jose Gaviola	16,397	2.54
	UNA	Cheekee Liban	13,720	2.13
	Independent	Direk Tarca	6,882	1.07
	PMP	Visaya Denosta	4,537	0.70
	PMP	Joseph Arias	4,271	0.66
	Independent	Boy Borja	2,730	0.42
	Independent	Vicente Madero	2,419	0.37
	Independent	Ginalyn Mozar	2,275	0.35
	Independent	Napoleon Matabalan	1,613	0.25
	Independent	Alex Lague	1,329	0.21
Total votes			135,574	100.00

District 3

City Council election at Quezon City's 3rd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Allan Benedict Reyes	56,480	12.86
	Liberal	Gian Sotto	53,260	12.12
	NPC	Franz Pumaren	52,750	12.01
	Nacionalista	Pinggoy Lagumbay	46,191	10.51
	PDP–Laban	Don De Leon	45,691	10.40
	Liberal	Jaime Borres	45,066	10.26

	Liberal	Julian Coseteng	43,204	9.83
	UNA	Dante De Guzman	34,697	7.90
	PMP	Dominic Flores	26,729	6.08
	Independent	Anthony Castelo	19,465	4.43
	PDP–Laban	Baby Gaba	6,073	1.38
	Independent	Baltazar Catbagan	4,910	1.12
	Independent	Henry Cruz	2,498	0.57
	Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan	Raymundo Carlos	2,329	0.53
Total votes			93,793	100.00

District 4

City Council election at Quezon City's 4th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Bong Suntay	74,184	13.09
	Liberal	Marvin Rillo	70,290	12.41
	Liberal	Vincent Belmonte	69,685	12.30
	Liberal	Raquel Malangen	65,507	11.56
	Liberal	Jessica Daza	63,499	11.21
	Liberal	Bayani Hipol	48,231	8.51

	LDP	Janet Malaya	47,342	8.36
	PLM	Dante Josef Lagman	44,820	7.91
	Independent	Ramon Mathay	35,942	6.26
	KKK	Antonio Inton Jr.	27,413	4.84
	Independent	Anthony Pacheo	8,811	1.56
	Independent	James Ibanez	4,460	0.79
	Independent	William Garcia	3,944	0.70
	Independent	Felix Mopas	2,846	0.50
Total votes			122,502	100.00

District 5

City Council election at Quezon City's 5th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Joe Visaya	61,223	11.28
	Liberal	Julienne Alyson Rae Medalla	54,287	10.00
	Liberal	Godie Liban	49,134	9.05
	UNA	Anjo Yllana	45,570	8.39
	Liberal	Allan Francisco	44,109	8.12
	Liberal	Karl Edgar Castelo	42,749	7.87

	Liberal	Eric Medina	36,480	6.72
	Liberal	Lito Bernardino	30,920	5.69
	Independent	Enrico Serrano	21,288	3.92
	NPC	Ismael Mathay IV	18,579	3.42
	UNA	Michelle Umali	18,564	3.42
	UNA	Alice Herrera	15,131	2.79
	PDP–Laban	Ann Tobias	12,844	2.37
	Independent	Rey Miranda	12,761	2.35
	Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan	Chona Rellosa	11,467	2.11
	Independent	Jesus Dungca	9,588	1.77
	PDP–Laban	Dok Go Go	9,367	1.73
	KKK	Tintin Fider	8,785	1.62
	UNA	Arnold Francisco	7,757	1.43
	PMP	Baby Liban	6,020	1.11
	KKK	Nilo Biglang-Awa	5,927	1.09
	UNA	Aileen Papin	4,348	0.80
	PMP	Jerwin Ejercito	4,123	0.76
	Independent	Francis Camacho	2,778	0.51
	Independent	Nicanor John Reyes IV	2,563	0.47
	Independent	Dan Alvaro Galura	1,579	0.29
	Independent	Roy Bustamante	1,447	0.27
	Independent	Pepe Leguarda	977	0.18
	Independent	Walter Jimenez	904	0.17
	Independent	Susy Gaspar	866	0.16
	KKK	Zeny Montellano	831	0.15
Total votes			114,947	100.00

District 6

City Council election at Quezon City's 6th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Candy Medina	58,474	12.33
	Liberal	Lala Sotto	56,309	11.87
	Liberal	Marivic Co-Pilar	55,421	11.68
	Liberal	Roger Juan	53,926	11.23
	Liberal	Bobby Castelo	53,064	11.19
	Liberal	Donny Matias	48,850	10.30

	Nacionalista	Rhea Herrera	41,605	8.77
	PDP–Laban	Ellen Aquino	25,411	5.36
	Independent	Allan Robes	16,225	3.42
	PDP–Laban	Reggie Planas	13,740	2.90
	PDP–Laban	Andrew San Diego	12,830	2.70
	UNA	Drew Liban	8,904	1.88
	Independent	Heber Bartolome	8,738	1.84
	Independent	Sotero Vargas	5,888	1.24
	KKK	Robert Sombillo	4,126	0.87
	Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan	Leon Peralta	3,316	0.70
	Independent	Mico Lagman	2,743	0.58
	Independent	Halil Mapandi	1,797	0.38
	Independent	Ariel Uy	1,555	0.33
	PDP–Laban	Bernard Sapitula	1,137	0.24
	PDP–Laban	Fred Espinola	963	0.20
Total votes			99,255	100.00

References

^ Andrade, Jeannette I.; Calleja, Niña (October 4, 2012). "Incumbent Metro mayors eye easy win in 2013 polls". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved December 11, 2021.

[1] Andrade, Jeannette I.; Calleja, Niña (October 4, 2012). "Incumbent Metro mayors eye easy win in 2013 polls". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved December 11, 2021.

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