2019_Quezon_local_elections References

2019 Quezon gubernatorial election
	Results per municipality and city
Governor before election; David Suarez; Nacionalista	Elected Governor ; Danilo Suarez; Lakas

Local elections were held in the Province of Quezon on May 13, 2019 as part of the 2019 general election. Voters selected 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.^[1]

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. Governor David C. Suarez is term-limited and will be running as congressman. He later left the National Unity Party and assumed chairmanship for the Nacionalistas in the province. The Nacionalista Party and Lakas–CMD is in coalition this elections to support Minority Floor Leader and 3rd District Congressman Danilo Suarez for governor and the incumbent Samuel Nantes for vice governor. The Nacionalista Party is currently the largest political party in the province, with incumbents as its members. PDP–Laban will support 2nd District Congressman Vicente Alcala for governor and his candidates. Congressman Alcala is supported by his ally, PDP–Laban local president, Vitaliano Aguirre II. The former Justice secretary is also a political nemesis of the Suarezes in Bondoc Peninsula. The Liberal Party and Aksyon Demokratiko will support Alcala for governor, despite leaning to the opposition. The Nationalist People's Coalition will not support any candidate for governor as most members are split with their alliances.^[2]^[3]

Gubernatorial election

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

David Suarez is term-limited.^[4]

Quezon Gubernatorial Election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Lakas	Danilo Suarez	576,361
	PDP–Laban	Vicente Alcala	242,258
	Independent	Serafin Dator	14,516
	Independent	Sonny Pulgar	8,131
	Independent	Ding Villena	5,930
	PFP	Fatima Abuy	4,169
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Vice-gubernatorial election

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Samuel Nantes is the incumbent.

Quezon Gubernatorial Election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	Samuel Nantes	630,337
	PDP–Laban	Arcie Malite	112,275
	DPP	Geoffrey Estacio	12,076
	Independent	Teodorico Capina	12,825
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Congressional elections

1st District

Incumbent Representative Katrina Enverga was withdrew her candidacy in favor to her brother former Representative Mark Enverga.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Quezon's 1st district
Party		Candidate	Votes
	NPC	Mark Enverga	179,831
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout

2nd District

Incumbent Representative Vicente Alcala is running for Governor, his party ( PDP–Laban) nominates his brother former Representative Proceso Alcala, his opponent is outgoing Governor David Suarez.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Quezon's 2nd district
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	David Suarez	171,903
	Liberal	Proceso Alcala	120,998
	Aksyon	Amadeo Suarez	2,699
	PFP	Boyet Masilang	3,957
	DPP	Christian Señeres	1,076
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout

3rd District

Incumbent Representative Danilo Suarez is running for Governor, his wife Aleta, is his party nominee. Rodolfo "Rudy" Aguirre of PDP–Laban, the brother of former Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre withdrews.

2019 Philippine House of Representatives election at Quezon's 3rd district
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Lakas	Aleta Suarez	130,982
	Aksyon	Ronnie De Luna	24,448
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout

4th District

Angelina Tan is the incumbent and is running unopposed.^[5]

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Quezon's 4th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Angelina Tan	178,766	100.00
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout

Provincial board elections

Party		Popular vote		Seats
Party		Total	%	Total	%
	Nacionalista	716,694	42.41%	5	38%
	Liberal	258,198	15.29%	0	0%
	PDP–Laban	241,471	14.29%	1	8%
	NPC	235,105	13.91%	2	15%
	Lakas	91,109	5.39%	1	8%
	Aksyon	48,940	2.90%	0	0%
	PDDS	8,234	0.49%	0	0%
	PFP	4,242	0.25%	0	0%
	Independent	85,933	5.09%	1	8%
Total		1,689,926	100%	10	77%

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1st District

Quezon Provincial Board Members
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Lakas	Alona Obispo	89,288
	Nacionalista	Jerry Talaga	76,964
	Nacionalista	Aileen Buan	63,158
	Liberal	Tetchie Dator	63,747
	Aksyon	Rannie Fuentes	26,339
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout

2nd District

Quezon Provincial Board Members
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	Yna D. Liwanag	141,137
	Nacionalista	Romano Talaga	135,449
	PDP–Laban	Elizabeth Sio	178,111
	Liberal	Hermilando Alcala	117,429
	Liberal	Boyet Alejandrino	69,639
	PDP–Laban	Michael Tañada	24,886
	DPP	Teodorico Gonzales	7,954
	PFP	Roger Casulla	4,122
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout

3rd District

Quezon Provincial Board Members
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	Jet Suarez	118,220
	Independent	Reynan Arrogancia	84,742
	Nacionalista	Tony Avila	31,870
	PDP–Laban	Bito Gonzales	10,463
	Aksyon	Wally Alaurin	4,506
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout

4th District

Quezon Provincial Board Members
Party		Candidate	Votes
	NPC	Isaias Ubaña	100,479
	Nacionalista	Dhoray Rhodora Tan	87,638
	NPC	Derick Magbuhos	79,003
	NPC	Rizaldy Velasco	55,110
	Nacionalista	Raquel Mendoza	45,699
	PDP–Laban	Edsel Libranda	19,765
	Aksyon	Malvin Malite	16,842
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout

Lucena City local elections

This refers to the candidates and winners of the 2016 election in the highly urbanized city of Lucena, independent from the province.

Mayoralty elections

Mayor Roderick Alcala and Vice Mayor Philip Castillo are the incumbents.^[7]

Lucena City mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Roderick Alcala	89,134
	UNA	Ramon Talaga, Jr.	37,557
Total votes			126,691	100.00

Lucena vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Phillip M. Castillo	71,009
	Nacionalista	Atty. Bong Talabong	61,677
Total votes			132,686	100.00

City council elections

Lucena City Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Anacleto Alcala III	81,403
	PDP–Laban	Danny Faller	74,525
	Liberal	Sunshine Abcede	69,761
	PDP–Laban	Wilbert Noche	68,152
	PDP–Laban	Baste Brizuela	65,648
	UNA	Nilo Villapando	64,384
	PDP–Laban	Amer Lacerna	63,375
	PDP–Laban	Jose Christian Ona	58,964
	UNA	Ramil Talaga	57,802
	Liberal	Nick Pedro	57,018
	PDP–Laban	Vic Paulo	56,442
	Nacionalista	Edwin Pureza	50,312
	PDP–Laban	German Ver Castillo	47,697
	DPP	Dr. JB Camaligan III	45,764
	UNA	Mike Dalida	45,141
	Nacionalista	Jun Buenaflor	28,029
	PFP	Edwin Aman	4,538
	DPP	Lloyd Arreglo	4,520
Total votes			943,475	100.00

City and municipal elections

Source:^[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

Aida Reynoso is the incumbent.

Tayabas City mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	Aida Reynoso	19,378
	Independent	Dondi Silang	11,905
	NPC	Nick Abesamis	9,539
	PDP–Laban	Abner Malabanan	5,759
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Burdeos

Freddie Aman is the incumbent.

Burdeos mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	NPC	Freddie Aman	3,037
	Nacionalista	Melissa Encomienda	2,804
	Lakas	Gil Establecida	1,372
	NUP	Bebel Avenilla	1,755
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

General Nakar

Elisio Ruzol is the incumbent.

General Nakar mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	Elisio Ruzol	8,323
	Aksyon	Ricardo Avellaneda	8,045
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Infanta

Filipina Grace America is the incumbent.

Infanta mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	Filipina Grace America	16,646
	NPC	Allan Borreo	12,056
	Independent	Eriberto Escueta	1,150
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Jomalig

Rodel Tena is the incumbent mayor.

Jomalig mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	NPC	Rodel Tena	2,009
	Nacionalista	Meriam Belda	1,300
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Lucban

Oli Dator is the incumbent mayor

Lucban mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	NPC	Oli Dator	11,311
	PDP–Laban	Ayelah Deveza	5,764
	Nacionalista	Armando Abutal	4,936
	PFP	Arielnilo Abuy	444
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Mauban

Fernando 'Dingdong' Llamas is term-limited.

Mauban mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	Marita Llamas	13,408
	NPC	Erwin Pastrana	12,261
	PFP	Ferlou Llamas	5,034
	PMP	Leonchito Gapasangra	967
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Pagbilao

Shierre Ann Palicpic is the incumbent mayor

Pagbilao mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	Shierre Ann Palicpic	20,466
	DPP	Belen Batilo	9,089
	PFP	Arnel Amandy	2,531
	PDP–Laban	Gerry Luce	277
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Panukulan

Amado Peñamora is the incumbent, but not running for mayor.

Panukulan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	Alfred Rigor Mitra	5,302
	NPC	Janice Peñamante	2,950
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Patnanungan

Derick Larita is the incumbent mayor.

Patnanungan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	NPC	Derick Larita	5,273
	Nacionalista	Danteo Eusebio	726
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Polillo

Cristina Bosque is the incumbent.

Polillo mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	Cristina Bosque	10,913
	PFP	May Estuita	3,123
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Real

Bing Aquino is the incumbent mayor.

Real mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	Bing Aquino	9,337
	NPC	Nemy Burgo	5,454
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Sampaloc

Gelo Devanadera is the incumbent mayor, running unopposed

Sampaloc mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	Gelo Devanadera	5,787
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

2nd District, Candidates for Mayor

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

Candelaria

Macky Boongaling is the incumbent mayor.

Candelaria mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	NPC	Macky Boongaling	29,400
	Akbayan	Bong Maliwanag	26,660
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Dolores

Mario Milan Jr. is the incumbent mayor.

Dolores mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Orlan Calayag	7,593
	Nacionalista	Mario Milan Jr.	7,092
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

San Antonio

Erick Wagan is the incumbent mayor.

San Antonio mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	Erick Wagan	11,441
	PFP	Rodante Hernandez	6,032
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Sariaya

Marcelo Gayeta is the incumbent mayor.

Sariaya mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PDP–Laban	Marcelo Gayeta	56,403
	Nacionalista	Jun dela Roca	9,226
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Tiaong

Ramon Preza is the incumbent mayor.

Tiaong mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	Ramon Preza	28,535
	Aksyon	Romano Castillo	16,887
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
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

Rhadam Aguilar is the incumbent mayor.

Agdangan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	Rhadam Aguilar	3,924
	PDP–Laban	Juancho Parafina	2,941
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Buenavista

Alexander Rivera is the incumbent, running unopposed.

Buenavista mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	Alexander Rivera	8,414
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Catanauan

Ramon Orfanel is the incumbent mayor.

Catanauan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	Ramon Orfanel	16,117
	PDP–Laban	Bas Serrano	14,717
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

General Luna

Stevenson Sangalang is the incumbent, but running for vice mayor.

General Luna mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	Matt Erwin Florido	7,139
	Lakas	Minerva Sangalang	5,243
	PDP–Laban	Jennifer Glifonea	160
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Macalelon

Nelson Traje is the incumbent mayor.

Macalelon mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PDP–Laban	Nelson Traje	7,344
	Nacionalista	Maria Liwayway Tan	5,113
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Mulanay

Joselito A. Ojeda is term-limited.

Mulanay mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	Jay Tito Ojeda II	13,239
	PDP–Laban	Kristine Aguirre-Adao	10,529
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Padre Burgos

Mayor Roger Panganiban is term-limited.

Padre Burgos mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	NUP	Ruben Uy Diokno	4,844
	Nacionalista	Pablito Flores	4,155
	PDP–Laban	Nora Hernandez	2,222
	PFP	Adela Aguilar	87
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Pitogo

Paulino Sayat is the incumbent mayor.

Pitogo mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	Paulino Sayat	7,726
	Aksyon	Dennis Gliane	5,537
	Independent	Renato Lorica	109
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

San Andres

Serson Emprese is the acting mayor.^[8]^[9]

San Andres mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PDP–Laban	Giovanne Lim	7,724
	Nacionalista	Serson Emprese	4,635
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

San Francisco

San Francisco mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PDP–Laban	Elvira Alega	14,946
	Nacionalista	Rommel Edaño	13,444
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

San Narciso

Pobel Uy-Yap is the incumbent mayor.

San Narciso mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PDP–Laban	Pobel Uy-Yap	12,116
	Nacionalista	Dominic Reyes	10,509
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Unisan

Nonato Puache is term-limited as mayor.

Unisan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PDP–Laban	Ferdinand Adulta	6,078
	Nacionalista	Junjun Suarez	6,042
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

4th District, Candidates for Mayor

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

Alabat

FM Alandy Mesa is the incumbent mayor.

Alabat mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	FM Alandy Mesa	4,601
	Liberal	Juanito Soriano	2,949
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Atimonan

Rustico Joven Mendoza is the incumbent, running unopposed.

Atimonan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	NPC	Rustico Joven Mendoza	20,390
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Calauag

Mayor Luisito Visorde is term-limited.

Calauag mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Rosalinda Visorde	14,707	33.64%
	Liberal	Lyndon Guerrero	10,200	23.33%
	PFP	Martial Lawrence Francia	6,047	13.83%
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes			30,954	70.80%

Guinayangan

Boyboy Isaac is the incumbent mayor.

Guinayangan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	Boyboy Isaac	12,687
	NPC	Gilbert Acob	7,018
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Gumaca

Mayor Erwin Caralian is term-limited.

Gumaca mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	Webster Letargo	17,978
	NUP	Elchor Caralian	10,743
	PDP–Laban	Pido Veluz	1,346
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Lopez

Rachel Ubaña is the incumbent mayor.

Lopez mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	NPC	Rachel Ubaña	22,953
	PDP–Laban	Joedil Barros	17,364
	DPP	Tonton Meriado	370
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Perez

Pepito Reyes is the incumbent mayor.

Perez mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	NPC	Pepito Reyes	4,342
	Liberal	Eden Sarne	2,374
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Plaridel

Bernard Tumagay is the incumbent mayor.

Plaridel mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	NPC	Bernard Tumagay	4,671
	PDP–Laban	Wilfredo Magbuhos	1,661
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Quezon

Crispin Clacio is the incumbent mayor

Quezon mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	NPC	Crispin Clacio	4,195
	PDP–Laban	Johnny Escolano	3,891
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Tagkawayan

Tagkawayan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PDP–Laban	Carlo Eleazar	7,469
	Nacionalista	Myra Frondoso	7,338
	Aksyon	Roberto De Vero	6,662
	Lakas	Third Salumbides	3,713
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

References

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^ "Cong. 'Kulit' runs for governor, seeks reform and transparency in prov'l govt". Sentinel Times. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Certified List of Candidates for Quezon Province" (PDF). COMELEC.
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^ "Ex-senator Bobby Tañada vows 'the fight goes on' for his son Erin's senatorial bid".
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[1] Rappler.com. "LIST: Local bets who filed COCs on Day 4, October 16". Rappler.

[2] "Cong. 'Kulit' runs for governor, seeks reform and transparency in prov'l govt". Sentinel Times. Retrieved 17 May 2019.

[comeleccandidates-3] "Certified List of Candidates for Quezon Province" (PDF). COMELEC.

[4] "Halalan 2019 Philippine Election Results". ABS-CBN News.

[5] "Comelec proclaims unopposed winner in Quezon congressional race". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.

[6] "Ex-senator Bobby Tañada vows 'the fight goes on' for his son Erin's senatorial bid".

[7] "List of Mayoral Candidates for Quezon (province)". Archived from the original on 2018-08-04. Retrieved 2019-09-10.

[8] "Residents of San Andres, Quezon afraid to go out and vote after killings". GMA News. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.

[9] "Quezon town added to poll 'areas of concern' after killings". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.

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