2010 Tarlac City local elections

Tarlac City held local elections on May 10, 2010, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected candidates for mayor, vice mayor, and ten councilors. The incumbent mayor of Tarlac, Genaro Mendoza, was term-limited and thus unable to seek re-election to another term in office. He unsuccessfully sought election for the 2nd district congressional seat in Tarlac.

2010 Tarlac City mayoral election

May 10, 2010

Candidate Gelacio Manalang Sherwin Rigor Marco Mendoza Party Lakas–Kampi Sama-Sama Tarlac Liberal Running mate Jojo Briones Alejandro Fernandez Mike Tañedo Popular vote 49,223 45,979 20,343 Percentage 39.55 36.95 16.35

Mayor before election Genaro Mendoza Liberal Elected mayor Gelacio Manalang Lakas–Kampi

2010 Tarlac City vice mayoral election

May 10, 2010

Candidate Mike Tañedo Alejandro Fernandez Jojo Briones Party Liberal NPC Lakas–Kampi Popular vote 55,239 34,904 28,395 Percentage 46.60 29.45 23.95

Vice Mayor before election Mike Tañedo Liberal Elected Vice Mayor Mike Tañedo Liberal

Former three-term Mayor Gelacio Manalang, who served from 1992 to 2001, successfully staged a comeback for the mayoralty post after having been defeated by Mendoza during the previous two elections. Manalang narrowly defeated former councilor Sherwin Rigor, as well as Marco Mendoza, brother of incumbent Mayor Mendoza, and incumbent 2nd district provincial board member Amado Go.

In the vice mayoral race, incumbent Vice Mayor Mike Tañedo won reelection to a second term over pediatrician Alejandro Fernandez and incumbent Councilor and former Vice Mayor Jojo Briones.

Mendoza's Team Magsikap coalition won seven out of ten seats in the city council, with Rigor's Team Malasakit coalition getting the remaining three seats.

Candidates

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Team Magsikap

Team Magsikap (Liberal Party)

Name	Party
For mayor
Marco Mendoza		Liberal
For vice mayor
Mike Tañedo		Liberal
For councilor
Ana Aguas		Liberal
Pepito Basangan		Liberal
Glenn Troy Caritativo		Liberal
Joji David		Independent
Richard Diolazo		Liberal
Erlinda Dueñas		Liberal
Arsenio Lugay II		Independent
Andrew Mendoza		Liberal
Vlad Rodriguez		Liberal
Noel Soliman		Liberal

Team Malasakit

Team Malasakit (Sama-Sama Tarlac)

Name	Party
For mayor
Sherwin Rigor		SST
For vice mayor
Alejandro Fernandez		NPC
For councilor
Amado de Leon		NPC
Roy Escalona		NPC
Ernesto Galang		NPC
Cesar Go		NPC
Emily Ladera-Facunla		NPC
Emilio Magbag Jr.		NPC
Romeo Mallari		NPC
Noel Manalili		NPC
Weng Quiroz		NPC
Arturo Serrano		NPC

Team Balik Sigla

Team Balik Sigla (Lakas)

Name	Party
For mayor
Gelacio Manalang		Lakas–Kampi
For vice mayor
Jojo Briones		Lakas–Kampi
For councilor
Odessa Bautista		Lakas–Kampi
Filoteo Gozum		Lakas–Kampi
Rosalie Mallari		Lakas–Kampi
Freddy Quiroz		Lakas–Kampi
Cesar Rivera		Lakas–Kampi
Guillermina Tabamo		Lakas–Kampi
Willie Tiamzon		Lakas–Kampi
Paul Villafaña		Lakas–Kampi

Others

Philippine Green Republican Party

Name	Party
For mayor
Samuel Capiral		PGRP
For councilor
Macario Bustos		PGRP

Nationalist People's Coalition

Name	Party
For mayor
Amado Go		NPC

Independents not in tickets

Name	Party
For mayor
Roger Tomaroy		Independent
For councilor
Galicano Datu Jr.		Independent
Nestor David		Independent
Marcus de Jesus		Independent
Manuel Dimatulac Sr.		Independent
Ismael Quintos		Independent

Mayoral and vice mayoral elections

The candidates for 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.

Mayor

Tarlac City mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Gelacio Manalang	49,223	39.55
	SST	Sherwin Rigor	45,979	36.95
	Liberal	Marco Mendoza	20,343	16.35
	NPC	Amado Go	8,095	6.50
	PGRP	Samuel Capiral	637	0.51
	Independent	Roger Tomaroy	167	0.13
Margin of victory			3,244	2.61
Valid ballots			124,444	96.23
Invalid or blank votes			4,881	3.77
Total votes			129,325	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi gain from Liberal

Vice Mayor

Tarlac City vice mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Mike Tañedo	55,239	46.60
	NPC	Alejandro Fernandez	34,904	29.45
	Lakas–Kampi	Jojo Briones	28,395	23.95
Margin of victory			20,335	17.15
Valid ballots			118,538	91.66
Invalid or blank votes			10,787	8.34
Total votes			129,325	100.00
	Liberal hold

City Council elections

Tarlac City elected Sangguniang Panlungsod or city council members. A voter votes for up to ten candidates, then the ten candidates with the highest number of votes are elected. Election is via plurality-at-large voting.

Results per candidate

Summary of the May 10, 2010 Tarlac City council election results

Rank	Candidate	Coalition	Party		Votes	%
1.	Noel Soliman	Team Magsikap		Liberal	61,998	47.94%
2.	Arsenio Lugay II	Team Magsikap		Independent	53,490	41.36%
3.	Ana Aguas	Team Magsikap		Liberal	52,618	40.69%
4.	Emily Ladera-Facunla	Team Malasakit		NPC	50,449	39.01%
5.	Glenn Troy Caritativo	Team Magsikap		Liberal	49,169	38.02%
6.	Amado de Leon	Team Malasakit		NPC	47,468	36.70%
7.	Richard Diolazo	Team Magsikap		Liberal	47,271	36.55%
8.	Joji David	Team Magsikap		Independent	44,849	34.68%
9.	Vlad Rodriguez	Team Magsikap		Liberal	40,478	31.30%
10.	Weng Quiroz	Team Malasakit		NPC	33,994	26.29%
11.	Emilio Magbag Jr.	Team Malasakit		NPC	32,565	25.18%
12.	Pepito Basangan	Team Magsikap		Liberal	31,319	24.22%
13.	Guillermina Tabamo	Team Balik Sigla		Lakas–Kampi	31,017	23.98%
14.	Andrew Mendoza	Team Magsikap		Liberal	30,344	23.46%
15.	Filoteo Gozum	Team Balik Sigla		Lakas–Kampi	28,695	22.19%
16.	Cesar Go	Team Malasakit		NPC	26,490	20.48%
17.	Romeo Mallari	Team Malasakit		NPC	23,294	18.01%
18.	Arturo Serrano	Team Malasakit		NPC	23,257	17.98%
19.	Ismael Quintos	Not affiliated		Independent	22,617	17.49%
20.	Roy Escalona	Team Malasakit		NPC	21,428	16.57%
21.	Ernesto Galang	Team Malasakit		NPC	20,288	15.69%
22.	Erlinda Dueñas	Team Magsikap		Liberal	19,735	15.26%
23.	Freddy Quiroz	Team Balik Sigla		Lakas–Kampi	19,711	15.24%
24.	Odessa Bautista	Team Balik Sigla		Lakas–Kampi	19,628	15.18%
25.	Rosalie Mallari	Team Balik Sigla		Lakas–Kampi	16,982	13.13%
26.	Noel Manalili	Team Malasakit		NPC	14,436	11.16%
27.	Nestor David	Not affiliated		Independent	12,744	9.85%
28.	Paul Villafaña	Team Balik Sigla		Lakas–Kampi	10,379	8.03%
29.	Willie Tiamzon	Team Balik Sigla		Lakas–Kampi	7,584	5.86%
30.	Cesar Rivera	Team Balik Sigla		Lakas–Kampi	6,135	4.74%
31.	Manuel Dimatulac Sr.	Not affiliated		Independent	5,159	3.99%
32.	Marcus de Jesus	Not affiliated		Independent	4,795	3.71%
33.	Macario Bustos	Not affiliated		PGRP	3,669	2.84%
34.	Galicano Datu Jr.	Not affiliated		Independent	2,128	1.65%
Total turnout					129,325
Note: A total of 34 candidates ran for councilor.			Source: COMELEC transparency server

Results per coalition

Coalition		Total votes	%	Seats won	%
	Team Magsikap (Mendoza)	431,271	47.07%	7	70%
	Team Malasakit (Rigor)	293,669	32.05%	3	30%
	Team Balik Sigla (Manalang)	140,131	15.30%	0	0%
	Independents not in coalitions	47,443	5.18%	0	0%
	Philippine Green Republican Party (Capiral)	3,669	0.40%	0	0%
Totals		916,183	100%	10	100%

Results per party

Party		Mayoral candidate	Total votes		Total seats
			Total	%	Total	%
	Liberal	Marco Mendoza	332,932	36.34%	5	41.5%
	NPC	Sherwin Rigor	293,669	32.05%	3	24.9%
	Independent	various	145,782	15.91%	2	16.6%
	Lakas–Kampi	Gelacio Manalang	140,131	15.30%	0	0.0%
	PGRP	Samuel Capiral	3,669	0.40%	0	0.0%
Total valid votes cast			916,183	N/A
Total turnout			129,325
Total partisan seats					10	83.3%
Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President					1	8.3%
Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President					1	8.3%
Total non-partisan seats					2	16.3%
Total seats					12	100.0%

Notes:

• Amado Go ran as mayor under the NPC. However, all NPC city council candidates are under Rigor's Sama-Sama Tarlac / Team Malasakit slate.

External links

• COMELEC - Official website of the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC)
• NAMFREL - Official website of National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL)
• PPCRV - Official website of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV)