2010 Zamboanga City mayoralty election
May 10, 2010
 
Nominee Celso Lobregat Manuel Jose Dalipe Abdila Jamhali
Party LDP NPC Independent
Running mate Cesar Ituralde Crisanto dela Cruz
Popular vote 105,999 73,859 2,051
Percentage 58% 40% 1.1%

 
Nominee Cleofe Carmelita Cajucom
Party Independent
Popular vote 1,719
Percentage 0.9%

Mayor before election

Celso Lobregat
LDP

Elected Mayor

Celso Lobregat
LDP

Local elections were held in Zamboanga City on May 10, 2010 within the Philippine general election. The voters elect for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, and eight councilors per district.

Summary

Incumbent Mayor Celso Lobregat decided to run for a last third term for the mayorship. Incumbent Vice-Mayor Mannix Dalipe runs against Lobregat under the banner of the Nationalist People's Coalition.

Lobregat picks District II Councilor Cesar Iturralde as his running mate. Dalipe picks former Monsignor Crisanto dela Cruz as his running mate. Dela Cruz previously fought Lobregat for the mayorship last 2007 but lost.

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 elections

Incumbent Mayor Celso Lobregat is in his second term and is eligible for reelection.

Zamboanga City mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes %
LDP Celso Lobregat (incumbent) 105,999 57.7
NPC Manuel Jose Dalipe 73,859 40.2
Independent Abdila Jamhali 2,051 1.1
Independent Cleofe Carmelita Cajucom 1,719 0.9
Total votes 183,628 100.0
LDP hold

Vice-mayoral elections

Incumbent Vice-Mayor Manuel Jose "Mannix" Dalipe was an Independent before running for mayor under the banner of Nationalist People's Coalition.

Zamboanga City Vice Mayoral Election
Party Candidate Votes %
LDP Cesar Ituralde 69,495
NPC Crisanto dela Cruz 41,504
Aksyon Charlie Mariano 39,280
Call for Citizen's Action Party Roel Natividad 23,699
Independent Arola Tingkong 1,263
PGRP Cresente Elema 675
Total votes
LDP gain from NPC

City Council elections

Each of Zamboanga City's two legislative districts elects eight councilors to the City Council. The eight candidates with the highest number of votes wins the seats per district.

2010 Zamboanga City Council election
May 10, 2010

All 8 seats from each of Zamboanga City's two legislative districts
9 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Celso Lobregat Manuel Jose Dalipe Charlie Mariano
Party LDP NPC Aksyon
Leader's seat 1st District 2nd District 1st District
Seats before 12 3 1
Seats won 12 4 0
Seat change Steady Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 668,703 476,976 70,305
PartyVotes%Seats
Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino668,70350.3112
Nationalist People's Coalition476,97635.894
Aksyon Demokratiko70,3055.290
Call for Citizen's Action Party30,4102.290
Philippine Green Republican Party20,4941.540
Independent62,2664.680
Ex officio seats2
Total1,329,154100.0018

1st District

Zamboanga City Council election at Zamboanga City's 1st district
Party Candidate Votes %
LDP Jaime Cabato (incumbent) 62,042
NPC Melchor Sadain (incumbent) 58,733
NPC Cesar Jimenez, Jr. (incumbent) 56,355
NPC Rodolfo Bayot 55,287
LDP Rogelio Valesco, Jr. (incumbent) 54,117
LDP Luis Biel III (incumbent) 51,573
LDP Rodolfo Lim (incumbent) 48,091
LDP Myra Paz Valderrosa-Abubakar 41,534
LDP Josephine Pareja 41,271
LDP Kaiser Adan Olaso 36,171
Aksyon Henry Mariano 36,064
LDP Elbert Atilano 31,677
Aksyon Jaime Rebollos 23,142
NPC Abraham Sakandal 21,020
NPC Allan Cajucom 18,269
NPC Larry Silva 17,995
NPC Joselito Bernardo 13,562
Aksyon Manuel Fraginal 11,099
Independent Eduardo Buendia 10,953
Independent Luisitio Lacson 9,462
NPC Marlon Torres 9,221
Independent Gerardo Fernandez 6,471
Independent Abdurrahman Tagayan 4,774
Independent Wedito Cata-an 2,545
Independent Erlinda Buñag 2,206
Independent Estrella Paradillo 2,094
Total votes
LDP hold

2nd District

Zamboanga City Council election at Zamboanga City's 2nd district
Party Candidate Votes %
LDP Lilia Macrahon-Nuño (incumbent) 54,536
LDP Benjamin Guingona III (incumbent) 47,811
LDP Eduardo Saavedra, Jr. (incumbent) 44,833
LDP Reyniero Candido (incumbent) 44,520
NPC Rommel Agan 40,281
LDP Percival Ramos 37,731
LDP Vincent Paul Elago 36,693
NPC Al-Jihan Edding 35,785
LDP Miguel Alavar III 35,779
LDP Roseller Natividad 35,426
NPC Susan delos Reyes 35,261
NPC John Dalipe 33,560
Independent Rene Natividad 30,533
NPC Gerasimo Acuña 28,738
NPC Jaime Villaflores 25,652
CCA Jose Manuel Fabian 14,662
NPC Jerico Jan Bustamante 13,532
NPC Efren Ramos 13,418
CCA Resurrecion Miravite 10,128
Independent Mujib Abdulmunib 7,288
Independent Ambra Jamhali 4,486
PGRP Edjong Sattar 3,722
Independent Taib Nasaron 3,155
PGRP Arnold Navarro 3,028
Independent Ernesto Gadon 2,641
Independent Jerry Tingkong 2,363
Total votes
LDP hold
Edding-Alavar dispute

Miguel Alavar III, defeated candidate of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino for the city council's second district, together with Roseller Natividad petitioned for the annulment of the proclamation and correction of errors in the election returns, canvassing of votes and tabulation against the board of election inspectors (BEI) of precincts 371 of Barangay Talon-Talon and precinct 394 of Barangay Tetuan, the City Board of Canvassers proclaimed Al-Jihan Edding as winner by 6 votes.[1]

Zamboanga City Council Eighth Post election at Zamboanga City's 2nd district
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Al-Jihan Edding 35,785
LDP Miguel Alavar III 35,779

On March 28, 2011 the City Board of Canvassers as directed by the Commission on Elections nullified the proclamation of Edding and declared Alavar as the rightful 8th member of the Sangguniang Panglungsod.[2]

Zamboanga City Council Eighth Post election at Zamboanga City's 2nd district
Party Candidate Votes %
LDP Miguel Alavar III 36,103
NPC Al-Jihan Edding 36,092

References

  1. Nonong Santiago (January 24, 2011). "Edding scores in fight vs. LDP, Alavar". Zamboanga Today Online. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
  2. "Alavar in, Edding out". ZamboTimes. March 29, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
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