2007 Makati local elections

Local elections were held in the Makati on May 14, 2007, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, two district representatives, and councilors, eight in each of the city's two legislative districts.

2007 Makati mayoral elections

May 14, 2007
Nominee Jejomar Binay Lito Lapid Party PDP–Laban Lakas Running mate Ernesto Mercado Nemesio Yabut Jr. Popular vote 198,814 22,461 Percentage 89.35 10.09
Mayor before election Jejomar Binay PDP–Laban Elected mayor Jejomar Binay PDP–Laban
City Council election
16 of 18 seats in the Makati City Council 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party PDP–Laban Independent LDP Last election 15 1 0 Seats won 11 1 1 Seat change 4 1 1 Popular vote 716,655 73,738 67,799

Background

Incumbents Jejomar Binay and Ernesto Mercado were running for their third consecutive term as mayor and vice mayor of Makati, respectively. Their main opponent, Senator Lito Lapid announced his candidacy for mayoral bid, with second district councilor Nemesio Yabut Jr. as his running mate. Should Lapid lose, he would return to the Senate to finish his unexpired term that would last until 2010. The other candidate is businessman Elias Dulalia.

Candidates

Representative

1st District

Teodoro Locsin Jr. is the incumbent.

2007 Philippine House of Representatives election at Makati's 1st District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Teodoro Locsin Jr.	85,598	83.03
	Lakas	Oscar Ibay	17,489	16.97
Total votes			103,087	100.00
	PDP–Laban hold

2nd District

Incumbent Butz Aquino is term-limited.

2007 Philippine House of Representatives election at Makati's 2nd District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Abigail Binay	70,904	63.25
	Lakas	Erwin Genuino	41,191	36.75
Total votes			112,095	100.00
	PDP–Laban gain from LDP

Mayor

Makati mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Jejomar Binay	198,814	89.35
	Lakas	Lito Lapid	22,461	10.09
	Independent	Elias Dulalia	1,243	0.56
Total votes			222,518	100.00
	PDP–Laban hold

Vice Mayor

Makati vice mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Ernesto Mercado	151,431	59.52
	Lakas	Nemesio Yabut Jr.	102,975	40.48
Total votes			254,406	100.00
	PDP–Laban hold

City Council

1st District

City Council election at Makati's 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Jejomar Binay Jr.	78,372
	PDP–Laban	Monique Lagdameo	68,606
	PDP–Laban	Tosca Camille Puno	61,828
	PDP–Laban	Virgilio Hilario Sr.	60,974
	PDP–Laban	Armando Padilla	55,573
	Liberal	Erlinda Gonzales	53,235
	Nacionalista	Arnold Magpantay	51,813
	Independent	Luis Javier	49,467
	KAMPI	Antonio Genuino	40,106
	Lakas	Monsour del Rosario	35,790
	Independent	John Mark Santiago	24,795
	Lakas	Frederick Ibay	21,994
	Lakas	Jessielin Trinidad	18,010
	Lakas	Nilo Lopez Jr.	13,345
	KAMPI	Dick Javier	10,989
	Lakas	Ronaldo Cahanding	9,940
	Independent	Racquel Manalili	6,460
	Independent	Pedro Dadula	6,453
	Independent	Eliseo Punzalan	6,071
	Independent	Peter John Gonzalez	5,370
	Lakas	Feliciano Bascon Jr.	3,261
	Independent	Eddie Tagalog	3,144
	Independent	Maximo Dilla	2,929
Total votes

2nd District

City Council election at Makati's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Israel Cruzado	73,738
	PDP–Laban	Ernesto Aspillaga	72,291
	PDP–Laban	Vincent Sese	68,233
	LDP	Elias Tolentino	67,799
	PDP–Laban	Salvador Pangilinan	66,751
	PDP–Laban	Henry Jacome	65,427
	PDP–Laban	Ma. Theresa Nilo de Lara	61,472
	PDP–Laban	Angelito Gatchalian	57,128
	Lakas	Aristotle Viray	37,227
	Lakas	Elena Maccay	29,110
	KAMPI	Benedict Baniqued	23,592
	LDP	John Christian Montes	22,583
	KAMPI	Artemio Contreras II	22,575
	Independent	Analuz Cristal	21,913
	Lakas	Pedro Yabut Jr.	21,792
	Lakas	Napoleon Malimas	16,552
	KAMPI	Ceferino Peralta Jr.	15,027
	KAMPI	Catalina Balaoing	14,533
	Lakas	Antonio Manalili	10,357
	Independent	Alfredo Lapasaran	4,862
	Independent	Tony Villegas	4,052
Total votes