Local elections were held in the Philippines on May 13, 2013, the same day and on the same ballot as national elections. Elected were governors, mayors and council members of Philippine provinces, Philippine cities and Philippine municipalities. Separate elections for barangay officials were held on October.
Positions to be elected are mayors, vice mayors, and councilors, and if applicable, governors, vice governors and provincial board members. There will be elected 80 provincial governors, 80 provincial vice governors, 766 members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial board), 138 city mayors, 138 city vice mayors, 1,532 members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (city council), 1,496 municipal mayors, 1,496 municipal vice mayors, and 11,972 members of the Sangguniang Bayan (municipal council).
Also included are elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) that were supposed to have been held in 2011 but were postponed and synchronized with the triennial elections. Voters in the ARMM will be electing one regional governor, one regional vice governor and 24 members of the regional assembly.
Elections by position Position Number of positions NotesSenators 12 Party-list representatives 58 District representatives 234 Regional governor 1 ARMM onlyRegional vice governor 1Regional assemblymen 24Provincial governors 80 Some cities don't elect provincial officials.Provincial vice governors 80Provincial board members 766Mayors 1,634 Vice mayors 1,634 Councilors 13,530 Total 18,054
Regional-level elections The voters in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) elect a regional government, composed of a regional governor and a regional vice governor voted separately and under the first past the post system, and a regional assembly composed of three assemblymen elected from each district under the plurality-at-large voting system.
The election was scheduled for 2011, but was postponed to 2013 to be synchronized with the rest of the country. The winning candidates will take over from the appointees of President Benigno Aquino III, who replaced the officials who had their terms expire on 2011.
Provincial-level elections
Each province is headed by a governor and a vice governor. The governor is the chief executive of the province, while the vice governor acts as the governor once the latter is unable to perform his duties, and has the casting vote in the provincial board in case of a tie on a measure, among other powers. While most governors and vice governors run on one ticket, the positions are elected separately, and the winners may come from different tickets.
Each province has a Sangguniang Panlalawigan or provincial board, the legislative body of the province. A province's number of provincial board members depends on its financial standing (generally, the more populous provinces are richer), with the richest provinces having up to 14 board members. In addition, the provincial board has a seat reserved for the president of the provincial chapter of the League of Councilors which are indirectly elected from the city and municipal levels, and two more seats reserved for the presidents of the provincial chapters of the Association of Barangay (village) Captains (ABC) and of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK; youth councils). These ex officio members are indirectly elected from the municipal and city levels, which were elected by the people in 2010; an election later in the year may change the membership of those two ex officio members.
Election for the provincial board is via first past the post for single-member districts, and plurality-at-large voting for multi-member districts.
+Gubernatorial resultsParty Won % 36 45% 14 18% 8 10% 7 9% 4 5% 1 1% 1 1% 1 1% Other parties 3 4% 6 8% Total 80 100% +Vice gubernatorial resultsParty Won % 36 45% 12 15% 11 14% 5 6% 4 5% 3 4% 2 3% 1 1% Other parties 1 1% 5 6% Total 80 100% +Provincial board resultsParty Boardscontrolled SeatswonTotal % Total % 25 9% 300 30% 6 2% 112 11% 5 2% 102 10% 4 1% 74 7% 1 0% 44 4% 0 0% 18 2% 0 0% 8 1% 0 0% 5 0% 0 0% 4 0% 0 0% 3 0% 0 0% 1 0% Other parties 2 1% 38 4% colspan=2 57 6% Ex officio members colspan=2 240 24% No majority 36 12% colspan=2 Totals 79 100%* 1006 100%*Winning candidates for Camarines Sur are incomplete.
Details Province Winning vicegovernor's party Provincial board composition NotesAbra Agusan del Norte Agusan del Sur Aklan Albay Antique Apayao Aurora Basilan Bataan Batanes Batangas Benguet Biliran Bohol Bukidnon Bukidnon Paglaum won 8 board seats.Bulacan Cagayan Camarines Norte Camarines Sur Camiguin Capiz Catanduanes Cavite Cebu Bakud won 2 board seats.Compostela Valley Cotabato Davao del Norte Kusog Baryohanon won 4 board seats,Davao del Sur Davao Oriental Dinagat Islands Eastern Samar Guimaras Ifugao Ilocos Norte Ilocos Sur Iloilo Ugyon won 1 board seat; 2 UNA board seats elected under the "UNA/Abyan Ilonggo" ticket. Vice governor elected under the "Liberal/Ugyon" ticket.Isabela Kalinga La Union Laguna Lanao del Norte Lanao del Sur Ompia Party won 1 board seat.Leyte Maguindanao Marinduque Masbate Misamis Occidental Misamis Oriental Mountain Province Negros Occidental United Negros Alliance (UNEGA) won 2 board seats, one NPC board member elected under the "NPC/UNEGA" ticket.Negros Oriental Northern Samar Nueva Ecija All NPC board members elected under the "NPC/BALANE" ticket; Unang Sigaw won 4 board seats.Nueva Vizcaya Occidental Mindoro Oriental Mindoro Sandugo won 2 board seatsPalawan Vice governor elected under the "NUP/PPP" ticket.Pampanga Kambilan won 7 board seats. Vice governor elected under "NPC/Kambilan" ticketPangasinan 8 of NPC elected under "NPC/Biskeg" ticket. Vice governor elected under the "NPC/Biskeg" ticket.Quezon Quirino Rizal Romblon Samar Sarangani All UNA board members elected under "UNA/People's Champ Movement" ticket. Vice governor elected under the "UNA/PCM" ticket.Siquijor Sorsogon South Cotabato Southern Leyte Sultan Kudarat Sulu Surigao del Norte Padajon Surigao won 1 board seat.Surigao del Sur Tarlac Tawi-Tawi Zambales Sulong Zambales won 6 board seats.Zamboanga del Norte Zamboanga del Sur Zamboanga Sibugay
City-level elections The executive and legislative branches of cities are modeled after provinces, with a mayor, vice mayor and a city council made up of councilors. The city council has up to 36 regular members elected via plurality-at-large voting. Some cities are divided into councilor districts; if a city is divided into two or more congressional districts, the councilor districts would be coextensive with these. Some cities aren't divided into councilor districts; in cases such as this, the entire membership is elected at-large, with the city as one "district". Aside from these regular members, city councils also have two ex officio members composed of the president of the city chapters of the Association of Barangay (village) Captains (ABC) and of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK; youth councils). These ex officio members are indirectly elected from the barangay level, which were elected by the people in 2010; an election later in the year may change the membership of those two ex officio members.
+Mayoral resultsParty Won % 61 33% 22 15% 16 11% 10 7% 9 6% 6 4% 3 2% 1 1% 1 1% 1 1% Other parties 8 6% 5 3% Total 143 100% +Vice mayoral resultsParty Won % 57 40% 19 13% 16 11% 12 8% 11 8% 4 3% 2 1% 2 1% 1 1% 1 1% 1 1% 1 1% Other parties 9 6% 7 5% Total 143 100% +City council resultsParty Won % 647 34% 206 11% 169 9% 153 8% 88 5% 41 2% 24 1% 10 1% 7 0% 7 0% 6 0% 3 0%Other parties 118 6% 119 6% Ex-officio seats 286 15%Total 1,884 100% In the results tables above, in cases when a candidate ran under two parties, a national party and a local party, the seat is credited to the national party. Therefore, all seats won by local parties here refer to parties that did not include a name of a national party on the ballot.
Largest 10 cities City Details Mayor's party Vice mayor's party Sangguniang Panlungsod (City Council) membersLPNPNPCNUPUNAOthersQuezon City Details Manila Details Caloocan Details Davao City Hugpong HugpongCebu City Details Zamboanga City Details Taguig Details Antipolo Details Pasig Cagayan de Oro
Other cities City Details Mayor's party Vice mayor's party Sangguniang Panlungsod (City Council) membersLPNPNPCNUPUNAOthersBatangas City Biñan Details Calamba Details Dasmariñas Details Iligan Details Imus Details Koronadal Makati Details Marikina Details Naga, Camarines Sur Details Navotas Details San Pablo Details Santa Rosa Details Valencia Details Valenzuela Details
Municipal-level elections The executive and legislative branches of cities are modeled after cities, with the municipal councils being composed of eight (twelve in Pateros) regular members elected at-large. As with city councils, municipal councils have two ex officio members: one each from the municipal presidents of the Association of Barangay Captains, and of the Sangguniang Kabataan, all indirectly elected from the barangay level. +Mayoral resultsParty Won % 604 41% 224 15% 150 10% 128 9% 113 8% 35 2% 21 1% 18 1% 17 1% 9 1% 7 0% Other parties 73 5% 85 6% Total 1484 100% +Vice mayoral resultsParty Won % 570 38% 220 15% 154 10% 114 8% 112 8% 33 2% 16 1% 15 1% 13 1% 11 1% 4 0% 4 0% Other parties 67 4% 154 10% Total 1484 100% +Municipal council resultsParty Won % 4,269 29% 1,560 10% 1,219 8% 882 6% 841 6% 282 2% 132 1% 113 1% 91 1% 66 1% 25 0% 3 0% 1 0% Other parties 543 4% 1,834 12% Ex-officio seats 2,968 20%Total 14,829 100%
Municipality Province Details Mayor's party Vice mayor's party Sangguniang Bayan (Municipal Council) membersLPNPNPCNUPUNAOthersBoac Marinduque Isulan Sultan Kudarat Kawit Cavite Mogpog Marinduque Pateros Metro Manila Rosario Cavite San Pedro Laguna Details Santa Cruz Marinduque
Barangay-level elections
Elections for barangay level were held in October 2013. Each barangay has a chairman and seven kagawads (councilors) elected at large.
Elections by locality Gubernatorial elections (list)
By locality: Batangas Lipa Bohol Bukidnon Valencia Bulacan Bocaue Cavite Dasmariñas Imus Cebu Laguna Biñan Cabuyao Calamba San Pablo San Pedro Santa Rosa Iligan Metro Manila Caloocan Makati Manila Marikina Navotas Quezon City Taguig Valenzuela Quezon Sarangani Zamboanga City
Campaign For April 14 weekend, Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines' Vice President Archbishop Socrates Villegas instructed priests to tell their flock during mass "not to vote for the candidate if the candidate cannot declare a categorical and clear 'no' to divorce, abortion, euthanasia, total birth control and homosexual marriages or death issues." This was seen as a setback for President Benigno Aquino's allies who had passed a birth control law the previous year.
See also Commission on Elections
References
External links Official website of the Commission on Elections