Local elections was held in the Municipality of Makati on November 10, 1959, within the 1959 Philippine local elections, during the administration of President Carlos P. Garcia. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the town: the mayor, vice mayor, and the eight-member local municipal council. The municipality of Makati was then under the jurisdiction of the 1st congressional district of the Province of Rizal. The elections for the district representatives were held in 1957.
Background Incumbent Makati mayor Maximo Estrella is running for his second term, having been first elected in 1955. Estrella is a staunch candidate of the Liberal Party. He selected incumbent vice-mayor Juan Patag as his running mate.
His challenger for mayor was former Makati mayor Jose D. Villena of the Nacionalista Party. The Makati Nacionalistas coalesced with the Makati Citizens League for Good Government (MCLGG) to field candidates against Estrella's Liberals. It is the second time that Estrella and Villena contended for the position, having battled in 1955, in which Estrella defeated then-incumbent Villena. At the time, Philippine politics was under the Two-party system, dominated by the Liberals and Nacionalistas.
Candidates
Liberal Party Name Party For Mayor Maximo B. Estrella For Vice MayorJuan Patag For CouncilorJose Alarilla Ignacio C. Babasa Benjamin Bautista Florentino Dimaguila Teotimo Gealogo Pedro P. Ison Juan E. Tengco Justino Ventura
Nacionalista Party (NP)-Makati Citizens' League for Good Government (MCLGG) Coalition Name Party For Mayor Jose Daniel S. Villena Sr. For Vice MayorTomas A. Baluyut For CouncilorJose Feria Dionisio S. Flores Benjamin Guerra Fortunato M. Gutierrez Jose Mayor Pedro Reyes Bernardo Umali Eliseo D. Viray
Independent For Councilor Jose C. Luciano
Results Mayor Incumbent mayor Maximo Estrella defeated former mayor Jose D. Villena for the second straight election.
Vice Mayor Incumbent vice mayor Juan Patag won against former vice mayor Tomas Baluyut.
Rizal 1st District Representative Benedicto Padilla won as 1st congressional district representative against five other contenders, among them incumbent representative Eulogio S. Rodriguez Jr. The election for this position was held on November 12, 1957. This district holds jurisdiction over the Municipality of Makati.
Municipal Council
Six of eight winning candidates came from the Liberal Party. One won from the NP-MCLGG Coalition, and another is an independent.
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Aftermath Estrella and Villena will meet once again in the 1963 Makati local elections, which Estrella won again for his third term. The would meet again in 1967, in which Estrella again won.
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