2013 Tarlac City local elections

Tarlac City held local elections on May 13, 2013, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected candidates for mayor, vice mayor, and ten councilors. Incumbent mayor Gelacio Manalang won the elections, securing him to serve his second three-year term as the mayor of Tarlac City. Manalang defeated former mayor Genaro Mendoza, former city administrator and health officer Jerome Lapeña, and incumbent 2nd district provincial board member Danilo Asiaten.

2013 Tarlac City mayoral election
May 13, 2013
 
Candidate Gelacio Manalang Genaro Mendoza
Party Lakas Liberal
Running mate Mike Tañedo Ana Aguas
Popular vote 49,444 34,513
Percentage 43.25 30.19
 
Candidate Jerome Lapeña Danilo Asiaten
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 20,013 10,111
Percentage 17.51 8.84
Mayor before election

Gelacio Manalang
Lakas

 Elected Mayor

Gelacio Manalang
Lakas

2013 Tarlac City vice mayoral election
May 10, 2013
 
Candidate Mike Tañedo Ana Aguas
Party Lakas–Kampi Liberal
Popular vote 68,279 34,371
Percentage 66.52 33.48
Vice Mayor before election

Mike Tañedo
Lakas

 Elected Vice Mayor

Mike Tañedo
Lakas

Manalang's running mate, the incumbent vice mayor Mike Tañedo, topped the vice mayoral race, securing him to serve his second three-year term as the city's vice mayor. Tañedo defeated incumbent city councilor Ana Aguas by a wide margin. Affiliated with the Liberal Party during the previous election, Tañedo switched his party affiliation to Lakas-CMD during his second term.[1]

In the city council elections, Mendoza's Team Magsikap (LP-NPC) coalition won seven seats while Manalang's Tuloy Sigla coalition got three seats.

Candidates

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

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.[2]

Mayor
Tarlac City mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes %
Lakas Gelacio Manalang 49,444 43.25
Liberal Aro Mendoza 34,413 30.19
Independent Jerome Lapeña 20,013 17.51
Independent Danilo Asiaten 10,111 8.84
Independent Roger Tomaroy 233 0.20
Valid ballots 114,214 95.43
Invalid or blank votes 5,468 4.57
Total votes 119,682 100.00

Vice Mayor
Tarlac City vice mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes %
Lakas Mike Tañedo 68,279 66.52
Liberal Ana Aguas 34,371 33.48
Valid ballots 102,650 85.76
Invalid or blank votes 17,032 14,24
Total votes 119,682 100.00

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
2013 Tarlac City Council election
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Anne Belmonte 49,978 41.75
Lakas Jojo Briones 48,637 40.63
Liberal Pepito Basangan 44,980 37.58
Liberal Noel Soliman 42,190 35.25
Lakas Kris Rigor 41,546 34.71
Liberal Topey delos Reyes 41,057 34.30
Liberal Jelo Honrado 39,682 33.15
Lakas Glenn Caritativo 36,905 30.83
Liberal Frank Dayao 36,074 30.14
NPC Emily Ladera-Facunla 34,587 28.89
Liberal Ricky Diolazo 34,115 28.50
Lakas Amado de Leon 31,476 26.29
NPC Weng Quiroz 29,948 25.02
Lakas Nikko Nisce 29,676 24.79
Lakas Jat Tabamo 29,676 24.79
PDP–Laban Delmar Baluyot 26,089 21.79
Independent Romeo Mallari 25,223 21.07
Liberal Ferdz Vlad Rodriguez 24,235 20.24
Lakas Menchu Bucad 23,908 19.97
Independent Ernie Galang 14,119 11.79
Lakas Tyrone Aganon 13,705 11.45
Independent Arturo Serrano 13,571 11.33
Independent Nap Ferrer 12,316 10.29
PDP–Laban Tom Dizon 12,302 10.27
Lakas Marsha Marti 11,664 9.74
Independent Jun Tanjuakio 11,115 9.28
Independent Michael Ocampo 9,745 8.14
Lakas Ben Santos 9,608 8.14
Independent Ed Aganon 8,291 6.92
Independent Roy Magbag 8,254 6.89
Independent Dexter Regala 7,694 6.42
Independent Pits David 7,356 6.14
Independent Lita Briones 7,201 6.01
Independent Paul Villafaña 6,293 5.25
Independent Mark Martinez 5,509 4.60
Independent Andres Tiru 4,667 3.89
Independent Gerardo Gomez 3,911 3.26
Independent Cesar Rivera 3,169 2.64
Independent Leslie Tamangan 1,455 1.21
Independent Ares Cortez 1,332 1.12
Total votes

References
  1. Martinez-Clemente, Jo (September 30, 2012). "Aquino marching order: Obey LP-NPC merger in Tarlac". inquirer.net. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
  2. "Philippines Election Results". Archived from the original on August 2, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  • 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)
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