2013 Zamboanga City local elections

Local elections were held in Zamboanga City 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 eight councilors per district.

Summary Two main coalitions posted for the control of Zamboanga City beginning mid-2012: The Adelante Zamboanga Party (AZAP) headed by incumbent Mayor Celso Lobregat; and The Zamboangueños for the Transformation of Zamboanga (ZTZ) headed by former Zamboanga del Norte congressman Romeo Jalosjos.

LP-LDP-AZAP The AZAP coalition is composed of the local party itself and the local chapters of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino and of the Liberal Party. Incumbent District II Representative Erbie Fabian is term-bounded and cannot run for another term and is poised to run for the mayorship in the next elections. But the party endorsed, with the initiative of Mayor Lobregat, incumbent District I Representative Beng Climaco for the mayorship.

The Split Felt being junked by his former partymates in Lobregat's camp, Fabian decided to run against Climaco-Salazar under the banner of a new party, the Fuerza Zamboanga. Lobregat denied Fabian's allegations citing that Fabian confirmed that he will not run for a new post and consider retirement.

ZTZ-UNA By the start of June 2012, former Zamboanga del Norte congressman Romeo Jalosjos Sr. announced his bid for the mayoralty in Zamboanga City. He then started to establish a non-government organization known as the Zamboangueños for the Transformation of Zamboanga (ZTZ) with a 25-point agenda aimed at transforming Zamboanga City with progress and development.

The United Nationalist Alliance fielded Jalosjos to chair the UNA local chapter in the city and Zamboanga del Norte.

Disqualification case Representative Beng Climaco and Jomar Lobregat, the Mayor's brother filed a disqualification case against Jalosjos citing that he didn't meet the one-year residency requirement. He is also questioned that he is not qualified because of his conviction in a rape case in 1997 while he served in Congress.

On January 15, 2013, the Commission on Elections disqualified Jalosjos alongside his brother, Dominador Jalosjos who is also a candidate for governor of Zamboanga del Sur for violating the Local Government Code of 1991 which bars ex-convicts to run for office and run short of the required one-year residency in the place where a candidate can run.

Retiring and term-limited elective officials Celso Lobregat, incumbent mayor, term-limited in 2013 Erbie Fabian, incumbent District II Representative, term-limited in 2013 Rodoflo Lim, incumbent District I councilor, term-limited in 2013 Benjamin Guingona III, incumbent District II councilor, term-limited in 2013 Reyniero Candido, incumbent District II councilor, term-limited in 2013

Candidates Notes: bold means the candidate is incumbent and running for reelection; italic means the candidate previously run last 2010 election either on the same post or other posts; bold and italic means the candidate is an incumbent and is running for another position.

Position LP-LDP-AZAP CoalitionTeam PNoy United Nationalist Alliance Fuerza Zamboanga Other parties IndependentsMayor Beng Climaco Erbie Fabian Alberto CajayonVice Mayor Cesar Iturralde Mercy Arquiza-Fernandez Luis ClimacoAlexander FranciscoMember of the House of Representatives 1st Celso Lobregat Crisanto dela Cruz Chrisler CabarrubiasCesar Climaco Jr. Abdurahman Tagayan2nd Jose Lobregat Manuel Jose Dalipe Lilia Macrohon-Nuño Samuel EnesandoAbelardo ClimacoMember of the Zamboanga City Council 1st Liberal Elbert Atilano Ahmad Sampang UNA Rodolfo Bayot Rowland Bella Jarah Bernardo Antonio Blanco Jaime Cabato Jerson Monteverde Alexis Ortega Marlon Torres Miguel Apostol Joselito Bernardo Hado Edding Melchor Sadain Cesar Jimenez Jr.Armando Bucoy Josephine Pareja Khymer Adan Olaso Dominador Managula Rizaldy Montebon Myra Paz Valederrosa-Abubakar Luis Biel III Tito Espiritusanto Charlie Mariano Rogelio Valesco Jr. Violeta Alejandro 2nd Liberal Roel Natividad Arturo Onrubia UNA Mohammadnur Ajihil Rommel Agan John Dalipe Susan delos Reyes Al-Jihan Edding Juan Climaco Elago II Resurrecion Miravite Leomyr Toribio Gerasimo Acuña Basilio Apolinario VII Carlito Depositario Roseller Enriquez Antonio Feliciano Eduardo MingalaFrederick Atilano Abubakar Hakim John David Corpin Nulhamdo Cegales Bahari Camlian Hussayin Apra Quirino Aba Christopher Miguel Sr. Miguel Alavar III Francisco Barredo Benjamin Guingona IV Percival Ramos Eduardo Saavedra Jr. Vincent Paul Elago

Results The candidates for district representative, 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.

House of Representatives election

1st District Incumbent Maria Isabelle Climaco Salazar is not running; she is running for the mayorship instead; Incumbent Mayor Celso Lobregat is her party's nominee under the coalition of LDP-LP-AZAP.

The UNA-ZTZ coalition fielded former Monsignor Crisanto dela Cruz for the post. Dela Cruz previously run for the mayorship in 2007 and for the vice-mayorship in 2010. This will be the second time where Dela Cruz and Mayor Lobregat will go against each other as they have last 2007 mayoral elections.

2nd District Incumbent Erico Basilio Fabian is term limited and running for the mayorship instead. He then formed a local coalition known as Fuerza Zamboanga yielding District II Councilor Lilia Nuño to replace him.

The AZAP coalition nominates Mayor Lobregat's brother, Jose Lobregat, to run for the post.

The ZTZ coalition recruited former City Vice-Mayor Mannix Dalipe to run for the post.

Mayoral elections Incumbent Mayor Celso Lobregat is his third consecutive term and is barred to run for another term. He ran for Congress representing the First Legislative District.

Vice-mayoral elections Incumbent Vice-Mayor Cesar Iturralde is running for reelection against former Councilor Luis Climaco and former Dapitan councilor Mercy Arquiza-Fernandez.

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.

Coalition Mayoral/vicemayoral candidate Total votes Total seatsTotal % Total % Beng Climaco 10 55.6% Romeo Jalosjos Sr. 3 16.7% Erbie Fabian 1 5.6% None 1 5.6% s Varies 1 5.6%Total valid votes cast N/A Total turnout Total partisan seats 16 88.9%Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President 1 5.6%Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President 1 5.6%Total non-partisan seats 2 11.1%Total seats 18 100.0%

1st District

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! # !!align=left style="width: 300px"|Candidate !!align=left width=140px|Coalition !width=100px align=left colspan=2|Party !!width=100px|Votes !!width=50px|% !!width=60px|SwingChange in percentage point as compared from the 2010. |-style="background: #FFFFCC; font-weight:bold;" |1 ||width=200px align=left|Melchor Sadain (incumbent) ||align=left|Fuerza Zamboanga | || 55,984 || % || |-style="background: #FFFFCC; font-weight:bold;" |2 ||align=left|Rogelio Valesco Jr. (incumbent) ||align=left|Team PNoy | || 53,979 || % || |-style="background: #FFFFCC; font-weight:bold;" |3 ||align=left|Cesar Jimenez Jr. (incumbent) ||align=left|not affiliated | || 52,873 || % || |-style="background: #FFFFCC; font-weight:bold;" |4 ||align=left|Charlie Mariano ||align=left|Team PNoy | || 51,277 || % || |-style="background: #FFFFCC; font-weight:bold;" |5 ||align=left|Luis Biel III (incumbent) ||align=left|Team PNoy | || 49,798 || % || |-style="background: #FFFFCC; font-weight:bold;" |6 ||align=left|Josephine Pareja ||align=left|not affiliated | || 47,798 || % || |-style="background: #FFFFCC; font-weight:bold;" |7 ||align=left|Myra Paz Valderrosa-Abubakar (incumbent) ||align=left|Team PNoy | || 46,691 || % || |-style="background: #FFFFCC; font-weight:bold;" |8 ||align=left|Rodolfo Bayot (incumbent) ||align=left|UNA | || 45,691 || % || |- |bgcolor=black colspan=8| |- |9 ||align=left|Jaime Cabato (incumbent) ||align=left|UNA | || 45,564 || % || |- |10 ||align=left|Elbert Atilano ||align=left|Team PNoy | || 41,222 || % || |- |11 ||align=left|Hado Edding ||align=left|Fuerza Zamboanga | || 24,724 || % || |- |12 ||align=left|Ahmad Sampang ||align=left|Team PNoy | || 23,902 || % || |- |13 ||align=left|Tito Espiritusanto ||align=left|Team PNoy | || 21,805 || % || |- |14 ||align=left|Antonio Blanco ||align=left|UNA | || 15,021 || %|| |- |15 ||align=left|Violeta Alejandro ||align=left|Team PNoy || || 12,911 || % || |- |16 ||align=left|Alexis Ortega ||align=left|UNA | || 12,653 || %|| |- |17 ||align=left|Jarah Bernardo Romuar || align=left|UNA | || 10,791 || %|| |- |18 ||align=left|Joselito Bernardo ||align=left|Fuerza Zamboanga | || 10,702 || % || |- |19 ||align=left|Miguel Apostol ||align=left|Fuerza Zamboanga | || 10,171 || % || |- |20 ||align=left|Jerson Monteverde ||align=left|UNA | || 8,085 || % || |- |21 ||align=left|Armando Bucoy ||align=left|Not affiliated | || 6,215 || % || |- |22 ||align=left|Marlon Torres ||align=left|UNA | || 6,142 || % || |- |23 ||align=left|Khymer Adan Olaso ||align=left|Not affiliated | || 4,936 || % || |- |24 ||align=left|Rowland Bella || align=left|UNA | || 3,879 || % || |- |25 ||align=left|Rizaldy Montebon ||align=left|Not affiliated | || 3,760 || % || |- |26 ||align=left|Dominador Managula || align=left|Not affiliated | || 1,717 || % || |-style="background-color:#E9E9E9; font-weight:bold" |colspan=5|Certificates of canvass already canvassed || || || |-style="background-color:#E9E9E9; font-weight:bold" |colspan=5|Total turnout || || || 1.29% |-style="background-color:#E9E9E9; font-weight:bold" |colspan=5|Total votes || || N/A || |-style="background-color:#E9E9E9; font-weight:bold" |colspan=5|Registered voters || || || 2.80%

2nd District

2013 Zamboanga City local elections

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