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Quezon City local elections, 2013

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John Charles Chang
  
Henry Samonte

542,214
  
53,272

77.85
  
7.65

Start date
  
May 13, 2013

Josefina Belmonte
  
Rolando Jota

53,272
  
24,051

7.65
  
3.45

Quezon City local elections, 2013

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.

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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. Romeo Acebedo was disqualified by the COMELEC for being a nuisance candidate.

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.

    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.
  • 1st District

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

    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.

    3rd District

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

    4th District

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

    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 congresswoman Mary Ann Susano and former Congressman Dante Liban.

    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.

    References

    Quezon City local elections, 2013 Wikipedia


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