Quezon local elections, 2013

Quezon gubernatorial election, 2013

May 13, 2013

Nominee Irvin Alcala David Suarez Party Liberal NUP Running mate Samuel Nantes Romano Talaga

Incumbent Governor David Suarez NUP

Local elections was held in the Province of Quezon on May 13, 2013 as part of the 2013 general election. Voters will select candidates for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and representatives for the four districts of Quezon.

Background

Incumbent David Suarez is running for a second term as governor of Quezon under the National Unity Party. Suarez assumed the governorship after defeating Rafael Nantes in the 2010 elections. His running mate is 2nd district board member Romano Franco Talaga.

Irvin Alcala, incumbent representative of the 2nd district of Quezon and son of incumbent Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala is running under the Liberal Party. Alcala was elected representative in 2010, as replacement of his father who did not run and was later appointed as Agriculture Secretary. His running mate is Samuel Nantes, son of former governor Rafael Nantes who became governor in 2007 until his death on May 17, 2010, after he lost in the elections to Suarez.

Opinion Polling

Gubernatorial election

Poll source	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Margin of error	Alcala	Suarez
Data Advisors[1]	April 28-May 1	—	±3.5%	54.7%	45.7%

Provincial elections

The candidates for governor and vice governor with the highest amount of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.

Gubernatorial election

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

David Suarez is the incumbent.

Quezon Gubernatorial Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Irvin Alcala
	Independent	Rolando Merano
	NUP	David Suarez
Total votes			'	'

Vice-gubernatorial election

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Incumbent Vicente Alcala is running for congressman

Quezon Gubernatorial Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Dolores Cueva
	Independent	Mario Mapaye
	Liberal	Samuel Nantes
	UNA	Romano Franco Talaga[A]
Total votes			'	'

Congressional elections

1st District

Wilfredo Mark Enverga is the incumbent.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Quezon's 1st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPC	Wilfredo Mark Enverga
	Aksyon	Pauline Anne Villaseñor
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout

2nd District

Incumbent Irvin Alcala is running for the governorship; his uncle, Vice Governor Vicente Alcala, is his party's nominee.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Quezon's 2nd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vicente Alcala
	Independent	Lynette Punzalan
	Independent	Marivic Rivera
	Lakas	Kneigoutina Suarez
	UNA	Barbara Ruby Talaga
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout

3rd District

Incumbent Danilo Suarez is term limited; his wife, former congresswoman Aleta Suarez, is his party's nominee.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Quezon's 3rd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Shiela de Leon
	Independent	Eduardo Rodriguez
	Lakas	Aleta Suarez
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout

4th District

Incumbent Lorenzo Tañada III is term limited; his brother Wigberto is his party's nominee.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Quezon's 4th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPC	Angelina Tan
	Lapiang Manggagawa	Alvin John Tañada
	Liberal	Wigberto Tañada, Jr.
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout

City and municipal elections^[2]

1st District, Candidates for Mayor

• City: Tayabas City
• Municipalities: Burdeos, General Nakar, Infanta, Jomalig, Lucban, Mauban, Pagbilao, Panukulan, Patnanungan, Polillo, Real, Sampaloc

Tayabas City

Dondi Silang is the incumbent.

Tayabas City mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Aida Reynoso
	UNA	Dondi Silang
Total votes			'	'

Burdeos

Gil Establecida is the incumbent, his opponent is councilor Freddie Aman.

Burdeos mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Freddie Aman
	NUP	Gil Establecida
Total votes			'	'

General Nakar

Obing Ruzol is the incumbent, his opponent is former mayor Hernando Avellaneda, Sr.

General Nakar mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Hernando Avellaneda Sr.
	Liberal	Obing Ruzol
Total votes			'	'

Infanta

Incumbent mayor Grace America is term-limited and running for vice mayor instead, her party nominate councilor Rodante Potes. his main opponent is vice mayor Ricardo Macasaet III.

Infanta mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Eriberto Escueta
	NUP	Ricardo Macasaet III
	Liberal	Rodante Potes
Total votes			'	'

Jomalig

Rodel Tena is the incumbent, his opponents are vice mayor Ruben Belda and Alex Enverga.

Jomalig mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ruben Belda
	NPC	Alex Enverga
	NUP	Rodelo Tena
Total votes			'	'

Lucban

Incumbent mayor Moises Villasenor is term-limited, his party nominate his son Marvin Loui Villasenor.

Lucban mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Oli Dator
	Independent	Sonny Venzuela
	Liberal	Marvin Loui Villasenor
Total votes			'	'

Mauban

Fernando Llamas is the incumbent.

Mauban mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rex Bantayan
	NUP	Fernando Llamas
Total votes			'	'

Pagbilao

Incumbent Romeo Portes is not running, councilor Shierre Ann Palicpic is running for her position under NUP

Pagbilao mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Gerry Luce
	NUP	Shieree Ann Palicpic
Total votes			'	'

Panukulan

Duhe Postor is the incumbent.

Panukulan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Duhe Postor
	Liberal	Arsen Prudente
Total votes			'	'

Patnanungan

Danteo Eusebio is the incumbent, his opponents are councilor Ellen Malarasta and Saling Abrazando.

Patnanungan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Saling Abrazado
	NUP	Danteo Eusebio
	Liberal	Ellen Malarasta
Total votes			'	'

Polillo

George Versoza is the incumbent.

Polillo mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Cristina Bosque	8,795	58.6
	Liberal	George Verzosa	6,223	41.4
Total votes			15,018	100
	NUP gain from Liberal

Real

Incumbent Joel Amando Diestro is running for his reelection independent.

Real mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Joel Amando Diestro
	Independent	Daniel Macasaet
Total votes			'	'

Sampaloc

Naning Torres is the incumbent.

Sampaloc mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ranchette Ramoso
	NUP	Naning Torres
Total votes			'	'

2nd District, Candidates for Mayor

• City: Lucena City
• Municipalities: Candelaria, Dolores, San Antonio, Sariaya, Tiaong

Lucena City

Lucena City mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Roderick Alcala
	UNA	Ramon Talaga, Jr.
Total votes			'	'

Candelaria

Candelaria mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Boy Bata Alimagno
	Liberal	Bong Maliwanag
Total votes			'	'

Dolores

Dolores mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Renato Alilio Sr.
	Independent	Oscar Reyes
Total votes			'	'

San Antonio

San Antonio mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Sabino Dela Pena
	Independent	Dante Hernandez
	UNA	Alvin Pillerba
	Liberal	Erick Wegan
Total votes			'	'

Sariaya

Sariaya mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMP	Totie Mamuyac
	Liberal	Boyet Masilang
Total votes			'	'

Tiaong

Tiaong mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ramon Preza
	NUP	Raul Umali
Total votes			'	'

3rd District, Candidates for Mayor

• Municipalities: Agdangan, Buenavista, Catanauan, General Luna, Macalelon, Mulanay, Padre Burgos, Pitogo, San Andres, San Francisco, San Narciso, Unisan

Agdangan

Agdangan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Vicenta Aguilar
	UNA	Lito Legaspi
	Liberal	Juancho Parafina
Total votes			'	'

Buenavista

Buenavista mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Medy Rivera
Total votes			'	'
	NUP hold

Catanauan

Catanauan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Ramon Orfanel
	Independent	Sebastian Felipe Serrano
Total votes			'	'

General Luna

General Luna mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ding Maraya
	NUP	Benson Sangalang
Total votes			'	'

Macalelon

Macalelon mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Odong Itable
	NUP	Marvin Tan
	Liberal	Nelson Traje
Total votes			'	'

Mulanay

Mulanay mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Prudencio Maxino Jr.
	Liberal	Tito Ojeda
Total votes			'	'

Padre Burgos

Padre Burgos mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Tita Fely Africa
	Liberal	Leonora Hernandez
	NUP	Rodger Panganiban
Total votes			'	'

Pitogo

Pitogo mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Dante Bunag
	Liberal	Dennis Gliane
	Independent	Ka-Ino Sayat
Total votes			'	'

San Andres

San Andres mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Sergio Emprese
Total votes			'	'
	NUP hold

San Francisco

San Francisco mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Litoy Alega
	NPC	Nani Tan
Total votes			'	'

San Narciso

San Narciso mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Allen Uy
Total votes			'	'
	NUP hold

Unisan

Unisan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Cesar Alpay
	Independent	Arturo Constatino Jr.
	NUP	Nonato Puache
Total votes			'	'

4th District, Candidates for Mayor

• Municipalities: Alabat, Atimonan, Calauag, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Perez, Plaridel, Quezon, Tagkawayan

Alabat

Alabat mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Arlin Baldovino
	UNA	Nida Cabrera
	Independent	Vic Cheng Chua
Total votes			'	'

Atimonan

Mayor Jose F. Mendoza for his last term.

Atimonan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Derick Magbuhos
	NPC	Jose Mendoza
Total votes			'	'

Calauag

Calauag mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Eric Eritienza
	NUP	Luisito Visorde
Total votes			'	'

Guinayangan

Guinayangan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Angel Ardiente Jr.
	Liberal	Boyboy Isaac
	UNA	Helen Torres
Total votes			'	'

Gumaca

Gumaca mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Joy Cabangon
	UNA	Noel Capisoda
	NUP	Erwin Caralian
	LDP	Pido Veluz
Total votes			'	'

Lopez

Lopez mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joel Arago
	Independent	Fiden Salumbides
	NUP	Isaias Ubana II
Total votes			'	'

Perez

Perez mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Marsan Evangelista
	UNA	Opel Regodon
	Liberal	Ping Reyes
Total votes			'	'

Plaridel

Plaridel mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jose Saavedra
	NUP	Bernard Tumagay
Total votes			'	'

Quezon

Quezon mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Crispin Clacio
	Liberal	Tuyan Lim

Tagkawayan

Tagkawayan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jojo Frondoso
	UNA	Third Salumbides
Total votes			'	'

References

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