2013 Cavite local elections

Local elections were held in the province of Cavite on May 13, 2013 within the Philippine general election. Voters selected candidates for all local positions: a mayor, vice mayor, councilors, members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and representatives for the seven districts of Cavite.

Incumbent Juanito Victor C. Remulla of the Nacionalista Party,^[1] Lakas–CMD and the local party Partido Magdalo ran for a second term and defeated 3rd District Representative Ayong Maliksi, his gubernatorial predecessor.

Remulla and Maliksi's running mates are both sons of incumbent senators. Remulla ran with actor and Liga ng mga Barangay (League of Barangays) Provincial Chapter President Jolo Revilla of Lakas–CMD, son of senator Bong Revilla, while Ronald Jay Lacson, son of outgoing senator Panfilo Lacson, ran with Maliksi. Revilla went on to defeat Lacson by a comfortable margin.

Opinion polling

Gubernatorial election

Poll source	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Margin of error	Maliksi	Remulla
Poll source	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Margin of error
StratPOLLS^[2]	—	—	—	57.9%	42.2%
StratPOLLS^[3]	April 13–17	1,000	±3.5%	54.9%	44.7%
StratPOLLS^[4]	March 15–19	1,000	±3.5%	57.2%	42.7%

According to a survey conducted on 1,300 respondents by the Laylo Research Strategies (LRS) on April 14–21, Remulla led Maliksi by 14%^[5] or about 148,000 votes. The exact percentage of the respondents who will vote for the candidates was not shown.^[6]

Vice gubernatorial election

Poll source	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Margin of error	Cantimbuhan	Lacson	Revilla
Poll source	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Margin of error
StratPOLLS^[4]	March 15–19	1,000	±3.5%	—	38.2%	52.1%

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.

Gubernatorial election

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Juanito Victor C. Remulla is the incumbent. Although he ran under the Alyansang Lakas at Magdalo (Alliance of Lakas and Magdalo), which was dominated by Lakas–CMD candidates, he was still a member of the Nacionalista Party, which was affiliated with the Liberal coalition to which Maliksi belonged.

Cavite gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Juanito Victor C. Remulla	458,434	53.27
	Liberal	Erineo Maliksi	402,146	46.73
Total votes			860,580	100
	Lakas hold

Vice-gubernatorial election

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Incumbent Recto Cantimbuhan, who was replaced as the Liberal Party's candidate by Lacson, ran as Independent.

Cavite Vice-Gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Jolo Revilla	449,849	54.67
	Liberal	Ronald Jay Lacson	263,511	32.03
	Independent	Recto Cantimbuhan	109,418	13.30
Total votes			822,738	100
	Lakas gain from Independent

Congressional elections

Each of Cavite's seven legislative districts elected a representative to the House of Representatives.

1st District

The seat was vacated when Joseph Emilio Abaya was appointed as DOTC Secretary. His brother Francis "Blue" Abaya is his party's nominee for the seat. He ran against former Kawit Mayor Federico "Hit" Poblete of the Nacionalista Party. Director Joel Lamangan, who was going to run under the local party Partido Magdalo, withdrew his candidacy.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Cavite's 1st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Francis Gerald Abaya	94,283
	Nacionalista	Federico Poblete	28,692
Valid ballots
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes				100
	Liberal hold

2nd District (Bacoor)

Lani Mercado-Revilla is the incumbent. She faced off against former Bacoor Mayor Jessie Castillo.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Cavite's 2nd district
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Lakas	Lani Mercado-Revilla	109,203
	Liberal	Jessie Castillo
	NUP	Gerbie Ber Ado
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes
	Lakas hold

3rd District (Imus City)

Incumbent Ayong Maliksi ran for Governor. Former Board Member Alex Advincula is his party's nominee for the seat.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Cavite's 3rd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alex Advincula	57,141
	Lakas	Albert Villasecca	28,759
	Nacionalista	Eleazar Salon	743
Valid ballots
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes				100%
	Liberal hold

4th District (Dasmariñas)

Elpidio Barzaga, Jr. is the incumbent and was also nominated by the Liberal Party.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Cavite's 4th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Elpidio Barzaga, Jr.	133,570
	Lakas	Miguel Ilano	18,844
Valid ballots
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes				100
	NUP hold

5th District

Roy Loyola is the incumbent and ran unopposed, his opponent Silang Mayor Clarito "Areng" Poblete (Lakas) did not run.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Cavite's 5th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Roy Loyola	118,036	100
Valid ballots
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes				100
	Liberal hold

6th District

Incumbent Antonio Ferrer ran for Mayor of General Trias; his brother, incumbent General Trias mayor Luis Ferrer IV is the party's nominee for the seat, he is also nominated by their old party, Lakas CMD. He squared off against former vice governor Dencito Campaña.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Cavite's 6th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Luis Ferrer IV	112,919
	Liberal	Dencito Campaña	53,760
Valid ballots
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes				100
	NUP hold

7th District

Jesus Crispin Remulla is in his third consecutive term and is ineligible to run; his brother, former representative Gilbert Remulla is his party's nominee for the seat, and also nominated by Lakas. Remulla squared off against Tagaytay mayor Abraham Tolentino.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Cavite's 7th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Abraham Tolentino	91,836
	Nacionalista	Gilbert Remulla	76,961
	PMP	Norman Versoza	1,662
	NPC	Pedro Lopez	507
Valid ballots
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes				100
	Liberal gain from Nacionalista

Provincial Board elections

All 7 Districts of Cavite elected Sangguniang Panlalawigan or provincial board members. The first two candidates who obtained the highest number of votes were elected. Names in italics denote the incumbents.

1st District

City: Cavite City
Municipality: Kawit, Noveleta, Rosario

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Cavite 1st District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	*Dino Carlo Chua*	62,382
	Lakas	*Ryan Enriquez*	57,848

	Liberal	Alvin Bunag	36,340
	PRP	Antonio Luna, Jr.	30,520
	Liberal	Edwin Ramirez	24,212
	PRP	Jose Virata	3,876
Total votes				100

2nd District (Bacoor)

City: Bacoor

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Cavite 2nd District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate
	Lakas	Edralin Gawaran
	Lakas	*Rolando Remulla*

	Liberal	Jedidah Del Rosario
	Liberal	Gertrudes Ocampo
Total votes

3rd District (Imus City)

City: Imus City

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Cavite 3rd District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Arnel Cantimbuhan	52,141
	Liberal	*Larry Boy Nato*	51,253

	Nacionalista	Anthony Astillero	19,800
	Nacionalista	Rodrigo Camia, Jr.	19,359
	PMP	Lucius Minaldo	2,062
Total votes				100

4th District (Dasmariñas)

City: Dasmariñas

Incumbents Teofilo Lara and Raul Rex Mangubat ran unopposed. Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Cavite 4th District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	*Teofilo Lara*	101,132
	NUP	*Raul Rex Mangubat*	97,019
Total votes				100

5th District

Municipality: Carmona, General Mariano Alvarez, Silang

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Cavite 5th District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Aristides Jose Virgilio Velasco	62,057
	Lakas	*Marcos Amutan*	62,002

	Lakas	Ivee Jayne Reyes	61,265
	Liberal	Alberto Alvarez	32,850
	PMP	Renato Gadiola	3,866
Total votes				100

6th District

City: Trece Martires City
Municipality: Amadeo, General Trias, Tanza

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Cavite 6th District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	*Hermogenes Arayata III*	77,548
	Lakas	Felix Grepo	75,605

	Lakas	Archangelo Matro	54,437
	Liberal	Remegio Dilag	51,029
	Bangon Pilipinas	Mayrine Leachon	10,184
	Bangon Pilipinas	Teodora Bacolod	8,844
Total votes				100

7th District

City: Tagaytay
Municipality: Alfonso, Bailen, Indang, Magallanes, Maragondon, Mendez, Naic, Ternate

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Cavite 7th District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Eileen Beratio	79,538
	Nacionalista	*Irene Bencito*	65,795

	Liberal	Reyniel Ambion	64,972
	Nacionalista	Raquel Nuestro Quiambao	62,361
	DPP	Arnolfo Colaban	1,369
Total votes				100

City and municipal elections

All cities and municipalities of Cavite elected a mayor and vice-mayor this election. 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. Below is the list of mayoralty and vice-mayoralty candidates of each city and municipalities per district. Names in italics denote the incumbents.

1st District

City: Cavite City
Municipality: Kawit, Noveleta, Rosario

Cavite City

Cavite City mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Bernardo Paredes	21,234	52.15
	Liberal	Lino Antonio Barron	12,787	31.40
	UNA	Romeo Ramos	6,698	16.45
Total votes			40,719	100
	Lakas gain from UNA

Cavite City vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Percilito Consigo	22,449	58.56
	Liberal	Edmund Tirona	15,890	41.45
Total votes			38,339	100
	Lakas gain from Liberal

Kawit

Kawit mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	*Reynaldo Aguinaldo*	13,826	52.64
	Lakas	Gilbert Gandia	12,441	47.36
Total votes			26,267	100
	Liberal hold

Kawit vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Paul Plaridel Abaya, Jr.	13,908	54.60
	Lakas	Medel Caimol	11,566	45.40
Total votes			25,474	100
	Liberal gain from Lakas

Noveleta

Noveleta mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	*Enrico Alvarez*	11,893	100
Total votes			11,893	100
	Nacionalista hold

Noveleta vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	*Eric Garcia*	5,566	38.94
	Liberal	Claro Jordan Santamaria	5,054	35.36
	Ang Kapatiran	Arlynn Torres	3,674	25.70
Total votes			14,294	100
	Nacionalista hold

Rosario

Rosario mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	*Jose Ricafrente, Jr.*	28,832	100
Total votes			28,832	100
	Lakas hold

Rosario vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Jose Voltaire Ricafrente	27,817	100
Total votes			27,817	100
	Lakas hold

2nd District

City: Bacoor

Bacoor

Bacoor mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Lakas	*Strike Revilla*	119,394
	Liberal	Ramon Guinto
	PMP	Fidel Abaya
Total votes
	Lakas hold

Bacoor vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Lakas	Catherine Evaristo	80,388
	Liberal	Edwin Malvar
	PMP	Jaime Malvar
Total votes
	Lakas gain from UNA

3rd District

City: Imus City

Imus City

Imus City mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	*Emmanuel Maliksi*	47,312	51.45
	Nacionalista	Homer Saquilayan	44,646	48.55
Total votes			91,958	100
	Liberal hold

Imus City vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	*Armando Ilano*	53,676	61.82
	Nacionalista	Patrizenette Villena	33,149	38.18
Total votes			86,825	100
	Liberal hold

4th District

City: Dasmariñas

Dasmariñas

Dasmariñas mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	*Jennifer Barzaga*	127,678
	Lakas	Gavino Mercado	26,712
	PMP	Ma. Lourdes Garcia	1,335
Total votes				100
	NUP hold

Dasmariñas vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	*Valeriano Encabo*	105,718
	Lakas	Antonio "Damo" Ferrer	37,520
Total votes				100
	NUP hold

5th District

Municipality: Carmona, General Mariano Alvarez, Silang

Carmona

Carmona mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	*Dahlia Loyola*	23,127	89.47
	Lakas	Jose Carpio	2,723	10.53
Total votes			25,850	100
	Liberal hold

Carmona vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Elmer Reyes	21,016	85.82
	Lakas	Charlie Martinez	3,472	14.18
Total votes			24,488	100
	Liberal hold

General Mariano Alvarez

General Mariano Alvarez mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Walter Echevarria, Jr.	16,917	47.05
	Lakas	Leonisa Joanna Virata	9,558	26.58
	PLM	Bongbong Sevilla	4,920	13.72
	UNA	Rolando Alvaran	4,388	12.20
	Nacionalista	Arnel Mendoza	174	0.48
Total votes			35,857	100
	Liberal gain from Lakas

General Mariano Alvarez vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	*Percival Cabuhat*	21,826	64.38
	Liberal	Renante Tuatis	10,295	30.37
	UNA	Renato Avendaño	1,781	5.25
Total votes			33,902	100
	Liberal hold

Silang

Silang mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Emilia Lourdes Poblete	27,055	42.75
	Liberal	Armando De Castro	22,267	35.18
	UNA	Herminigildo Linaja	11,509	18.18
	Bangon Pilipinas	Ruben Madlansacay	2,980	4.71
	KBL	Pablito Angcaya	112	0.18
Total votes			63,293	100
	Lakas hold

Silang vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rosalie Loyola	30,964	52.66
	Lakas	Ferdinand Belamide	27,836	47.34
Total votes			58,800	100
	Liberal gain from UNA

6th District

City: Trece Martires City
Municipality: Amadeo, General Trias, Tanza

Trece Martires City

Trece Martires City mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	*Melandres De Sagun*	23,695	100
Total votes			23,695	100
	Lakas hold

Trece Martires City vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	*Alexander Lubigan*	23,695	100
Total votes			23,695	100
	Lakas hold

Amadeo

Amadeo mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	*Benjarde Villanueva*	6,639	48.56
	Liberal	Albert Ambagan	6,141	44.92
	KBL	Augusto Bebe, Jr.	891	6.52
Total votes			13,671	100
	Lakas hold

Amadeo vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	*Elpidio Bawalan*	7,985	61.10
	Liberal	Donn Clarence Bayot	5,085	38.90
Total votes			13,070	100
	Lakas hold

General Trias

General Trias mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Antonio Ferrer	40,897	66.29
	Liberal	Fernando Campaña	20,794	33.71
Total votes			61,691	100
	NUP hold

General Trias vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Maurito Sison	30,283	61.62
	Liberal	Ronald Lumunsad	19,222	38.83
Total votes			49,505	100
	NUP gain from Liberal

Tanza

Tanza mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	*Marcus Ashley Arayata*	23,281	50.34
	Lakas	Raymundo Del Rosario	22,741	49.16
	PMP	Macario Cervania	230	0.50
Total votes			46,253	100
	Liberal hold

Tanza vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	*Yuri Pacumio*	21,923	49.77
	Lakas	Sandy De Peralta	20,792	47.20
	PMP	Redentor Sosa	1,337	3.04
Total votes			44,052	100
	Liberal hold

7th District

City: Tagaytay
Municipality: Alfonso, Bailen, Indang, Magallanes, Maragondon, Mendez, Naic, Ternate

Tagaytay

Tagaytay mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Agnes Tolentino	18,771	57.60
	Nacionalista	Jesus Crispin Remulla	13,818	42.40
Total votes			32,589	100
	Liberal hold

Tagaytay vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	Liberal	*Celso De Castro*
	Nacionalista	Arnel Taruc
Total votes
	Liberal hold

Alfonso

Alfonso mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	Lakas	*Virgilio Varias*
	Liberal	Juanito Rosanes
	PMP	Delio Escoses
Total votes
	Lakas hold

Alfonso vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	Lakas	Justiniano Castro
	Liberal	Romeo Cosino
	PMP	Manolito Credo
	Independent	Francis Romasanta
Total votes
	Lakas gain from Nacionalista

Bailen

Note: Bailen was listed as General Emilio Aguinaldo, its former name, in the ballots.

Bailen mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	Nacionalista	Danilo Bencito
	Liberal	Reynato Malimban
Total votes
	Nacionalista hold

Bailen vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	Nacionalista	Louel Golfo
	Liberal	Darwin Quiacos
	PMP	Efren Papa
Total votes
	Nacionalista hold

Indang

Indang mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	Nacionalista	*Bienvenido Dimero*
	Liberal	Lope Tepora
Total votes
	Nacionalista hold

Indang vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	Nacionalista	*Perfecto Fidel*
	Liberal	Ariel Penales
Total votes
	Nacionalista hold

Magallanes

Magallanes mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	Nacionalista	*Edwin Sisante*
	Liberal	Elvira Bergado
	KBL	Lucia Ruiz
Total votes
	Nacionalista hold

Magallanes vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	Nacionalista	*Jasmin Angelli Maligaya*
	Liberal	Nerie Villa
Total votes
	Nacionalista hold

Maragondon

Maragondon mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	Liberal	Reynaldo Rillo
	Nacionalista	Mon Anthony Andaman
Total votes
	Liberal gain from Nacionalista

Maragondon vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	Nacionalista	*Ireneo Angeles*
	Liberal	Reagan Gulapa
	PMP	Bonn Rillo
Total votes
	Nacionalista hold

Mendez

Mendez mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	Nacionalista	Fredderick Vida
	Liberal	Ralph Sarmiento
Total votes
	Nacionalista hold

Mendez vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	Liberal	Francisco Mendoza, Jr.
	Nacionalista	Antonio Rafols
Total votes
	Liberal hold

Naic

Naic mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	Nacionalista	Junio Dualan
	Liberal	Edwina Mendoza
Total votes
	Nacionalista gain from Liberal

Naic vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	Nacionalista	Rodrigo Castillo
	Liberal	Fernando Prudente
Total votes
	Nacionalista hold

Ternate

Ternate mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	Nacionalista	Herminio Lindo
	Liberal	Lamberto Bambao
	PMP	Erlinda Huerto
Total votes
	Nacionalista gain from Liberal

Ternate vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	Nacionalista	Gomez Linayao, Jr.
	Liberal	Jayson Cabaña
Total votes
	Nacionalista gain from Liberal

References

^ Rappler.com LP, NP bitter rivals in Cavite
^ "StratPolls survey… Maliksi umabante pa".
^ "Ayong keeps survey lead". Archived from the original on 2013-04-24.
^ ^a ^b "Maliksi leads survey". Archived from the original on 2013-07-05.
^ [1]. Jonvic Remulla Twitter.
^ "Maliksi lampaso kay Remulla -- LRS". Archived from the original on 2013-05-09.

[1] Rappler.com LP, NP bitter rivals in Cavite

[StratPOLLS-2] "StratPolls survey… Maliksi umabante pa".

[StratPOLLS_April-3] "Ayong keeps survey lead". Archived from the original on 2013-04-24.

[StratPOLLS_March-4] "Maliksi leads survey". Archived from the original on 2013-07-05.

[5] [1]. Jonvic Remulla Twitter.

[LRS_April-6] "Maliksi lampaso kay Remulla -- LRS". Archived from the original on 2013-05-09.

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