2013 Quezon local elections

Local elections were 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 a replacement for 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.

Opinion Polling

Gubernatorial election

Poll source	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Margin of error	Alcala	Suarez
Poll source	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Margin of error

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 number 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	%
	NUP	David Suarez	279,372	48.48
	Liberal	Irvin Alcala	244,600	42.44
	Independent	Rolando Merano	1,992	0.35
Margin of victory			34,772	6.03%
Invalid or blank votes			50,327	8.73
Total votes			576,291	100.00

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	%
	Liberal	Samuel Nantes	263,335	45.70
	UNA	Romano Franco Talaga^[A]	209,205	36.30
	Independent	Mario Mapaye	4,455	0.77
	Independent	Dolores Cueva	2,558	0.44
Margin of victory			54,130	9.39%
Invalid or blank votes			96,738	16.79
Total votes			630,421	100.00

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	108,714	71.96
	Aksyon	Pauline Anne Villaseñor	23,828	15.77
Margin of victory			84,886	56.19%
Rejected ballots			18,537	12.27%
Turnout			151,079	100.00

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	94,113	50.55
	UNA	Barbara Ruby Talaga	42,791	22.98
	Independent	Lynette Punzalan	16,245	8.73
	Lakas	Kneigoutina Suarez	9,124	4.90
	Independent	Marivic Rivera	475	0.26
Margin of victory			51,322	27.56%
Rejected ballots			23,438	12.59%
Turnout			186,186	100

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	%
	Lakas	Aleta Suarez	64,805	55.28
	Liberal	Shiela de Leon	35,836	30.57
	Independent	Eduardo Rodriguez	956	0.81
Margin of victory			28,969	24.71%
Rejected ballots			75,641	13.34%
Turnout			117,238	100

4th District

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

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Quezon's 4th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Angelina Tan	53,403	44.07
	Liberal	Wigberto Tañada, Jr.	53,041	43.77
	LM	Alvin John Tañada	4,735	3.91
Margin of victory			362	0.30%
Rejected ballots			9,996	8.25%
Turnout			121,175	100

Provincial Board Elections

1st District

Quezon Provincial Board Members
Party		Candidate	Votes
	NUP	Tetchie Dator	80,402
	Liberal	Alona Obispo	74,455
	NUP	Jerry Talaga	46,423
	NPC	Aron Bantayan	9,373
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout

2nd District

Quezon Provincial Board Members
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PMP	Gary Estrada	89,117
	NUP	Bong Talabong	87,294
	Liberal	Elizabeth Sio	81,016
	Liberal	Annalie Banta	46,932
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout

3rd District

Quezon Provincial Board Members
Party		Candidate	Votes
	NUP	Bunso de Luna	51,604
	Nacionalista	Vic Reyes	45,514
	Liberal	Wendell Uy	27,126
	Liberal	Rey Arrogancia	25,795
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout

4th District

Quezon Provincial Board Members
Party		Candidate	Votes
	NUP	Manny Butardo	44,836
	Liberal	Rhodora Tan	44,058
	UNA	Rachel Ubaña	43,573
	UNA	Laurence Diestro	21,912
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout

City and municipal elections

Source:^[2]^[3]

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	18,452	43.34
	UNA	Dondi Silang	22,423	52.66
Margin of victory			3971	9.33%
Invalid or blank votes			1703	4.00
Total votes			42,578	100.00

Burdeos

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

Burdeos mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Freddie Aman	1,356	49.72
	NUP	Gil Establecida	1,165	42.72
Margin of victory			191	7.00%
Invalid or blank votes			206	7.56
Total votes			2,727	100.00

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.	2,304	36.64
	Liberal	Obing Ruzol	3,745	59.56
Margin of victory			1441	22.92%
Invalid or blank votes			239	3.80
Total votes			6,288	100.00

Infanta

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

Infanta mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Eriberto Escueta	6,080	32.96
	NUP	Ricardo Macasaet III	5,772	31.29
	Liberal	Rodante Potes	6,088	33.00
Margin of victory			8	0.04%
Invalid or blank votes			507	2.75
Total votes			18,447	100.00

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	692	22.75
	NPC	Alex Enverga	592	19.46
	NUP	Rodelo Tena	1,439	47.30
Margin of victory			747	24.56%
Invalid or blank votes			319	10.49
Total votes			3,042	100.00

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	7,371	43.00
	Liberal	Marvin Loui Villasenor	7,181	41.90
	Independent	Sonny Venezuela	2,587	15.10
Total votes			17,139	100.00

Mauban

Fernando Llamas is the incumbent.

Mauban mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rex Bantayan	946	44.96
	NUP	Fernando Llamas	1,158	55.04
Total votes			2,104	100.00

Pagbilao

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

Pagbilao mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Gerry Luce	6,220
	NUP	Shieree Ann Palicpic	17,900
Total votes			24,120	100.00

Panukulan

Duhe Postor is the incumbent.

Panukulan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Duhe Postor	1,479
	Liberal	Arsen Prudente	903
Total votes			2,382	100.00

Patnanungan

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

Patnanungan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Danteo Eusebio	3,085
	NPC	Saling Abrazado	1,627
	Liberal	Ellen Malarasta	749
Total votes			5,461	100.00

Polillo

George Versoza is the incumbent.

Polillo mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Cristina Bosque	8,795	58.60
	Liberal	George Verzosa	6,223	41.40
Total votes			15,018	100.00
	NUP gain from Liberal

Real

Incumbent Joel Amando Diestro is running for his re-election independently.

Real mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Joel Amando Diestro	9,238
	Independent	Daniel Macasaet	2,093
Total votes			11,331	100.00

Sampaloc

Naning Torres is the incumbent.

Sampaloc mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ranchette Ramoso	2,343
	NUP	Naning Torres	5,035
Total votes			7,378	100.00

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	49,733	58.96
	UNA	Ramon Talaga, Jr.	34,619	41.04
Total votes			84,352	100.00

Candelaria

Candelaria mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Boy Bata Alimagno	8,794	24.06
	Liberal	Bong Maliwanag	27,753	75.94
Total votes			36,547	100.00

Dolores

Dolores mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Renato Alilio Sr.	1,153
	Independent	Oscar Reyes	1,399
Total votes			2,552	100.00

San Antonio

San Antonio mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Erick Wegan	258
	UNA	Alvin Pillerba	188
	Nacionalista	Sabino Dela Pena	62
	Independent	Dante Hernandez	61
Total votes				100.00

Sariaya

Sariaya mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMP	Totie Mamuyac	14,984
	Liberal	Boyet Masilang	21,299
Total votes			19,201	100.00

Tiaong

Tiaong mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ramon Preza	10,073
	NUP	Raul Umali	9,128
Total votes				100.00

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	3,171
	Liberal	Juancho Parafina	2,625
	UNA	Lito Legaspi	497
Total votes			6,293	100.00

Buenavista

Buenavista mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Medy Rivera	7,309	100.00
Total votes			7,309	100.00
	NUP hold

Catanauan

Catanauan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Ramon Orfanel	13,869
	Independent	Sebastian Felipe Serrano	9,325
Total votes			23,194	100.00

General Luna

General Luna mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ding Maraya	411
	NUP	Benson Sangalang	1,072
Total votes			1,483	100.00

Macalelon

Macalelon mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Odong Itable	110
	NUP	Marvin Tan	1,556
	Liberal	Nelson Traje	1,788
Total votes			3,454	100.00

Mulanay

Mulanay mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Prudencio Maxino Jr.	10,453
	Liberal	Tito Ojeda	10,739
Total votes			21,192	100.00

Padre Burgos

Padre Burgos mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Tita Fely Africa	44
	Liberal	Leonora Hernandez	817
	NUP	Roger A. Panganiban	2,481
Total votes			3,342	100.00

Pitogo

Pitogo mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Dante Bunag	1,350
	Liberal	Dennis Gliane	708
	Independent	Ka-Ino Sayat	1,226
Total votes			3,284	100.00

San Andres

San Andres mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Sergio Emprese	2,173	100.00
Total votes			2,173	100.00
	NUP hold

San Francisco

San Francisco mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Litoy Alega	14,006
	NPC	Nani Tan	10,031
Total votes			24,037	100.00

San Narciso

San Narciso mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Allen Uy	5,822
Total votes			5,822	100.00
	NUP hold

Unisan

Unisan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Arturo Constatino Jr.	99
	Liberal	Cesar Alpay	1,101
	NUP	Nonato Puache	3,190
Total votes			4,390	100.00

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	1,694	36.67
	UNA	Nida Cabrera	177	3.83
	Independent	Vic Cheng Chua	946	20.49
	Independent	FM-Alandy Mesa	1,644	35.60
Margin of victory			50	1.08%
Invalid or blank votes			157	3.40
Total votes			4,618	100

Atimonan

Mayor Jose F. Mendoza for his last term.

Atimonan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Derick Magbuhos	8,133	43.84
	NPC	Jose Mendoza	9,497	51.19
Margin of victory			1364	7.35%
Invalid or blank votes			921	4.96
Total votes			18,551	100

Calauag

Calauag mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Eric Entienza	3,469	44.13
	NUP	Luisito Visorde	4,065	51.71
Margin of victory			596	7.58%
Invalid or blank votes			327	4.16
Total votes			7,861	100.00

Guinayangan

Guinayangan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Angel Ardiente Jr.	7,093	41.28
	Liberal	Boyboy Isaac	8,643	49.25
	UNA	Helen Torres	699	4.07
Margin of victory			1370	7.97%
Invalid or blank votes			929	5.41
Total votes			17,184	100

Gumaca

Gumaca mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Joy Cabangon	2,918	27.30
	UNA	Noel Capisoda	1,331	12.45
	NUP	Erwin Caralian	4,736	44.30
	LDP	Pido Veluz	1,332	12.46
Margin of victory			1818	17.01%
Invalid or blank votes			373	3.49
Total votes			10,690	100.00

Lopez

Lopez mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joel Arago	16,589	45.41
	Independent	Fiden Salumbides	208	0.57
	NUP	Isaias Ubana II	18,353	50.24
Margin of victory			1764	4.83%
Invalid or blank votes			1379	3.78
Total votes			36,529	100

Perez

Perez mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Marsan Evangelista	175	39.86
	UNA	Opel Regodon	1	0.23
	Liberal	Ping Reyes	242	55.13
Margin of victory			67	15.26%
Invalid or blank votes			21	4.78
Total votes			439	100

Plaridel

Plaridel mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jose Saavedra	393	56.22
	NUP	Bernard Tumagay	276	39.48
Margin of victory			117	16.74%
Invalid or blank votes			30	4.29
Total votes			699	100

Quezon

Quezon mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Crispin Clacio	989	56.61
	Liberal	Tuyan Lim	716	40.99
Margin of victory			273	15.63%
Invalid or blank votes			42	2.40
Total votes			1,747	100.00

Tagkawayan

Tagkawayan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jojo Frondoso	12,258	53.63
	UNA	Third Salumbides	9,671	42.31
Margin of victory			2587	11.32%
Invalid or blank votes			928	4.06
Total votes			22,587	100

References

^ "Alcala – 54.7%, Suarez – 45.7% (Sa Quezon province gubernatorial race) (in Filipino)". Archived from the original on 2013-06-29.
^ List of Mayoral Candidates for Quezon (province).
^ "2010 Election Results: Quezon | Comelec Live Data | Philippine National and Local Elections | Updated Real Time". Archived from the original on 2019-01-05. Retrieved 2019-01-05.

[Data_Advisors_April–May-1] "Alcala – 54.7%, Suarez – 45.7% (Sa Quezon province gubernatorial race) (in Filipino)". Archived from the original on 2013-06-29.

[2] List of Mayoral Candidates for Quezon (province).

[3] "2010 Election Results: Quezon | Comelec Live Data | Philippine National and Local Elections | Updated Real Time". Archived from the original on 2019-01-05. Retrieved 2019-01-05.

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