2013 San Pablo local elections

2013 San Pablo mayoral election

May 13, 2013

Nominee Loreto Amante Hizon Arago Angelo Adriano Party UNA Liberal Independent Running mate Angelita Yang Martin Ilagan Michael Anthony Potenciano Popular vote 59,449 17,612 12,143 Percentage 61.06 18.09 12.47   Nominee Florante Aquino Party PDP–Laban Running mate Restituto Mendoza Popular vote 8,162 Percentage 8.38

Mayor before election Vicente B. Amante Lakas–Kampi Elected mayor Loreto Amante UNA

Local elections were held in San Pablo, Laguna, on May 13, 2013, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, and ten councilors.

Mayoral and vice mayoral election

Incumbent Mayor Vicente B. Amante is term limited. his party UNA nominate his son and city administrator Loreto Amante. his opponents are former congressman in 3rd district and mayor Florante Aquino from PDP-Laban, former city administratior and vice-mayor Hizon Arago, father of Congresswoman Maria Evita Arago from Liberal Party and Incumbent councilor Angelo Adriano as an independent candidate.

Incumbent vice-mayor Angelita Yang will run as a reelectionist under UNA, her opponents are Restituto Mendoza, PDP-Laban's nominee, Former councilor and vice-mayor Frederick Martin Ilagan from Liberal Party, Incumbent councilor Alejandro Yu from Nacionalista Party, Edwin Gapunay and Michael Anthony Potenciano both independent candidates.

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 and vice mayoral elections

San Pablo City mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Loreto Amante	59,449	58.07
	Liberal	Hizon Arago	17,612	17.20
	Independent	Angelo Adriano	12,143	11.86
	PDP–Laban	Florante Aquino	8,162	7.97
Margin of victory			41,837	40.87
Invalid or blank votes			5,007	4.89
Total votes			102,373	100.00
	UNA gain from Lakas

San Pablo City vice mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Angelita Yang	39,039	38.13
	Liberal	Frederick Martin Ilagan	18,500	18.07
	Nacionalista	Alejandro Yu	18,443	18.02
	PDP–Laban	Restiuto Mendoza	13,337	13.03
	Independent	Michael Anthony Potenciano	4,376	4.27
	Independent	Edwin Gapunay	373	0.36
Margin of victory			20,539	20.06
Invalid or blank votes			8,305	8.11
Total votes			102,373	100.00
	UNA hold

City Council

Election in the city council is at large at 10 seats will be on the line.

San Pablo City Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Justin Colago	47,737	6.87
	UNA	Karla Monica Adajar	46,122	6.64
	UNA	Rondel Diaz	43,677	6.28
	Liberal	Gali Galicia	41,745	6.01
	Nacionalista	Jojo Biglete	41,323	5.95
	UNA	Ed Dizon	38,532	5.54
	UNA	Arnel Ticzon	36,588	5.26
	UNA	Nap Calatabra	31,914	4.59
	Nacionalista	LC Pavico	31,102	4.48
	Independent	Fernando See	25,803	3.71
	UNA	Daboy Rogador	25,713	3.70
	UNA	Rico Albanio	24,080	3.46
	Liberal	Larry Dizon	21,793	3.14
	Independent	Restie Puntanar	21,655	3.12
	Liberal	Lina Buencillo	19,556	2.81
	Liberal	Anthony Yang	18,491	2.66
	Liberal	Jimmy Ticzon	17,645	2.54
	UNA	Abner Dionglay	17,449	2.51
	PDP–Laban	Michael Cosico	14,795	2.13
	UNA	Willy Degoriztiza	14,407	2.07
	PDP–Laban	Paolo Jose Lopez	14,327	2.06
	Liberal	Alvy Ortiz	12,142	1.75
	Independent	Aldin Rubit	11,445	1.65
	PDP–Laban	Pol Cortez	11,380	1.64
	Liberal	Gilbert Tan	10,523	1.51
	Independent	Menandro Avanzado	7,259	1.04
	PDP–Laban	Vio Villaflor	7,154	1.03
	Independent	Anneline Castillo	6,884	0.99
	Independent	Armando Macalintal	5,791	0.83
	Independent	Nestor Reyes, Jr.	5,675	0.82
	Independent	Greg Mercado	4,871	0.70
	Independent	Ding Uri	4,616	0.66
	Independent	Kalbo Dumaraos	4,384	0.63
	PDP–Laban	Jeffrey Cruz	4,297	0.62
	Independent	Delon Tan	4,079	0.59
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes			102,373	100