Makati local elections, 2010

Makati mayoral elections, 2010
May 10, 2010

 
Nominee Jun-Jun Binay Ernesto Mercado Erwin Genuino
Party PDP-Laban Nacionalista Bigkis Pinoy
Running mate Rico J. Puno Romulo Peña, Jr. Jobelle Salvador
Popular vote 122,050 77,710 59,225
Percentage 46.09 29.34 22.36
Mayor before election

Jejomar Binay
PDP-Laban

 Elected Mayor

Jun-Jun Binay
PDP-Laban

Local elections was held in the Makati City on May 10, 2010 within the Philippine general election. The voters will elect for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, two District representatives, and councilors, six in each of the city's two legislative districts.

Mayoral and vice mayoral election

Incumbents Jejomar Binay and Ernesto Mercado were on their third consecutive term as mayor and vice mayor of Makati City, respectively. Mercado announced that he is running for the mayorship of the city, while Binay decided to run for vice president as the running mate of former President Joseph Estrada of the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino party. Binay and Mercado had confirmed their parting on December 2009 when the latter moved to the Nacionalista Party. His running mate was ABC President and Barangay Valenzuela Chairman Romulo Peña, Jr., who is running as an independent.

Binay's only son, Jejomar Erwin, Jr., ran for mayor as a candidate of PDP-Laban. He served as the city councilor from the 1st District since 1992. His running mate was singer and former 1st District city councilor Rico J. Puno. Puno served as councilor from the 1st District from 1998 to 2007.

Former Senator and 2nd District Congressman Agapito Aquino ran as an independent candidate. He and mayoralty candidates Binay and Mercado used to be political allies with the outgoing mayor. He became senator from 1987 to 1995 and congressman for three consecutive terms from 1998 to 2007. His running mate was Miguel Yabut, Jr., the eldest grandson of late Mayor Nemesio Yabut.

Attorney Erwin Genuino also ran for mayor as a candidate of Bigkis Pinoy. He is the eldest son of PAGCOR Chairman Efraim C. Genuino. His running mate was actress Jobelle Salvador.

Other candidate running for mayor was actor Eddie Tagalog, an independent candidate. He is known for his role in the 1992 film Pulis Makati. His running mate was Manuel Ballelos, Jr.

Congressional elections

There will be two candidates for the congressman or district representative post of each of the districts of Makati City. The city is divided into two congressional districts: the first district and the second district.

The incumbent first district representative Teodoro Locsin, Jr. was on his third consecutive term and was ineligible to seek reelection. His party, which is the PDP-LABAN, nominated outgoing councilor Monique Lagdameo. Locsin's wife, Maria Lourdes, was nominated by the Liberal Party. They faced former councilors Oscar Ibay and Robert Dean Barbers, and Oswaldo Carbonell.

For the second district, the incumbent representative Abigail Binay ran under the PDP-LABAN party. She was elected in 2007 replacing Agapito Aquino. She opposed outgoing councilor Ernesto Aspillaga and John Christian Montes.

Opinion polls

Commissioned by Victor Limlingan, Jr., Social Weather Stations conducted one survey in the city from April 7 to 9, 2010, with a sample size of 600, divided equally on Makati's two districts (300 each), with a sampling error of ±4% for the entire city and ±6% for both districts.[1]

Candidate Aquino Binay Genuino Mercado Tagalog Undecided/others
Makati 1% 16% 18% 24% 0.3% 11%
Makati's 1st district 1% 11% 18% 21% 0.3% 9%
Makati's 2nd district 1% 11% 19% 26% 0% 13%
Class ABC (upper and middle class) 0% 11% 10% 19% 0% 20%
Class D (lower class) 1% 14% 19% 26% 0.2% 10%
Class E (lower class) 2% 18% 17% 20% 0.7% 12%

Results

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

Mayoral election results

Genuino placed the result of the election under protest in the Mayoral Electoral Tribunal.

Makati City mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP-Laban Jun-Jun Binay 122,050 46.09
Nacionalista Ernesto Mercado 77,710 29.34
Bigkis Pinoy Erwin Genuino 59,225 22.36
Independent Agapito Aquino 5,605 2.12
Independent Eddie Tagalog 244 0.09
Valid ballots 273,087 96.67
Invalid or blank votes 9,402 3.33
Total votes 282,489 100.00
PDP-Laban hold

Vice Mayoral election results

Makati City vice mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Romulo Peña, Jr.[A] 115,340 40.83
PDP-Laban Rico J. Puno 101,611 35.97
Bigkis Pinoy Jobelle Salvador 34,418 13.60
Independent Miguel Yabut, Jr. 22,762 9.03
Independent Manny Ballelos 1,451 0.58
Valid ballots 259,954 92.02
Invalid or blank votes 22,535 7.98
Total votes 282,489 100.00
Independent gain from Nacionalista

Notes

Congressional election results

1st District

Incumbent Teodoro Locsin, Jr. is in his third consecutive term already and is ineligible for reelection; Makati councilor Monique Lagdameo is his party's nominee for the seat although his wife Maria Lourdes was a nominee of the Liberal Party.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Makati's 1st district
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP-Laban Monique Lagdameo 42,102 33.52
Nacionalista Maria Lourdes Locsin 41,860 33.32
Independent Robert Dean Barbers 25,990 20.69
Bigkis Pinoy Oscar Ibay 14,993 11.94
KBL Oswaldo Carbonell 668 0.53
Valid ballots 125,613 92.24
Invalid or blank votes 10,564 7.76
Total votes 136,177 100.00
PDP-Laban hold


2nd District

Abigail Binay is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Makati's 2nd district
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP-Laban Abigail Binay 81,475 62.49
Nacionalista Ernesto Aspillaga 35,497 27.23
Bigkis Pinoy John Christian Montes 13,402 10.28
Valid ballots 134,630 92.02
Invalid or blank votes 11,682 7.98
Total votes 146,312 100.00
PDP-Laban hold

City Council elections

Each of Makati's two legislative districts elects eight councilors to the City Council. The eight candidates with the highest amount of votes wins the seats per district. Some who are running are celebrities.

Summary

Party Mayoral/vice
mayoral candidate 		Total votes Total seats
Total % Total %
Nacionalista Ernesto Mercado 618,490 33.8% 9 50.0%
PDP-Laban Jun-Jun Binay 447,213 24.4% 4 22.2%
Independents Varies 401,155 21.5% 2 11.1%
Bigkis Pinoy Erwin Genuino 294,468 16.1% 0 0.0%
NPC None 63,727 3.5% 1 5.6%
Ang Kapatiran None 18,681 0.9% 0 0.0%
PGRP None 5,276 0.3% 0 0.0%
Total valid votes cast 1,830,329 N/A
Total turnout 282,489 100.00%
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

City Council election at Makati's 1st district
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP-Laban Ferdinand Eusebio 59,228 6.90
Nacionalista Maria Concepcion Yabut 57,879 6.74
PDP-Laban Tosca Puno-Ramos 52,794 6.15
Nacionalista Virgilio Hilario, Sr. 50,815 5.92
PDP-Laban Marie Alethea Casal-Uy 48,903 5.69
Nacionalista Monsour del Rosario 48,753 5.68
Independent Arnold Magpantay 47,401 5.52
Independent Romeo Medina 44,537 5.19
Independent Ferdinand Estrella 43,792 5.10
Independent Luis Javier, Jr. 42,976 5.00
PDP-Laban Armando Padilla 42,353 4.93
Independent Ma. Arlene Ortega 40,874 4.76
Nacionalista Glenn Enciso 29,534 3.44
Nacionalista Renato Bondal 29,495 3.43
Nacionalista Severino Umandap 28,330 3.30
Nacionalista Eduardo Ison 27,951 3.25
Bigkis Pinoy Pedro Dadula 20,907 2.43
Bigkis Pinoy Arnold Valenzuela 19,096 2.22
Bigkis Pinoy Wilfredo Talag 17,983 2.09
Bigkis Pinoy Peter John Gonzalez 15,661 1.82
Bigkis Pinoy Jessielin Trinidad 14,025 1.63
Bigkis Pinoy Rodelio dela Cruz 12,797 1.49
Bigkis Pinoy Michael Dennis Reyes 11,601 1.35
Bigkis Pinoy Virgilio Batalla 11,071 1.29
Independent Racquel Manalili 8,885 1.03
Independent Perfecto Santos 6,836 0.80
Independent Otelio Jochico 6,809 0.79
Independent Feliciano Bascon 5,504 0.64
PGRP Erlinda Lima 5,276 0.61
Independent Edwin Quiboloy 4,258 0.50
Independent Remigio Jerusalem, Jr. 2,515 0.29
Total votes 136,177 100.00

2nd District

City Council election at Makati's 2nd district
Party Candidate Votes %
Nacionalista Vincent Sese 67,179 6.92%
NPC Nemesio Yabut, Jr. 63,727 6.56%
PDP-Laban Nelson Pasia 59,358 6.11%
Nacionalista Salvador Pangilinan 57,077 5.88%
Nacionalista Leonardo Magpantay 55,914 5.76%
Nacionalista Ma. Theresa Nilo de Lara 55,506 5.71%
Nacionalista Mary Ruth Tolentino 55,198 5.68%
Nacionalista Henry Jacome 54,859 5.65%
PDP-Laban Joel Ibay 53,934 5.55
PDP-Laban Angelito Gatchalian 53,092 5.47
PDP-Laban Evelyn Villamor 40,186 4.14
Bigkis Pinoy Elena Maccay 38,027 3.91
PDP-Laban Jeline Olfato 37,365 3.85
Independent Juanito dela Cruz 34,872 3.59
Bigkis Pinoy Benedict Baniqued 30,455 3.13
Independent Wenefreda Urena 30,071 3.10
Independent Richard Reymund Rodriguez 29,714 3.06
Bigkis Pinoy Catalina Balaoing 21,836 2.25
Bigkis Pinoy Ceferino Peralta, Jr. 18,768 1.93
Bigkis Pinoy Virgilio Calimbahin, Jr. 17,217 1.77
Bigkis Pinoy Armando Tercero 16,656 1.71
Bigkis Pinoy Abner Dreu 14,941 1.54
Independent Antonio Manalili 14,875 1.53
Bigkis Pinoy Gaspar Mapagdalita 13,427 1.38
Independent Alberto Almario 8,743 0.90
Independent Rodolfo Biolena 8,233 0.85
Independent Carlito Buenaventura 6,103 0.63
Independent Alfredo Lapasaran 5,961
Independent Nilo Miranda 4,886 0.50
Independent Nemesio Beare 3,310 0.34
Total votes 146,312 100.00

References

  1. ↑ "SWS confirms April 7-9, 2010 Makati City Survey sponsored by Mr. Victor Limlingan, Jr.". Social Weather Stations. 2010-04-22. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
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