2013 Manila local elections

2013 Manila mayoral election

May 13, 2013 (2013-05-13)
Nominee Joseph Estrada Alfredo Lim Party UNA Liberal Running mate Isko Moreno Lou Veloso Popular vote 343,993 308,544 Percentage 52.72 47.28
Mayor before election Alfredo Lim Liberal Elected mayor Joseph Estrada UNA
Vice mayoral election
Candidate Isko Moreno Lou Veloso Party UNA Liberal Popular vote 395,156 234,256 Percentage 62.78 37.22
Vice Mayor before election Isko Moreno UNA Elected Vice Mayor Isko Moreno UNA
City Council election
36 of 38 seats in the Manila City Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UNA Liberal Nacionalista Alliance Asenso Manileño KKK Last election Did not contest 9 12 Seats won 25 6 1 Seat change 25 3 11 Popular vote 1,592,479 866,047 94,890 Percentage 53.48% 29.09% 3.19%

Local elections were held in Manila on May 13, 2013, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the six congressmen, and the councilors, six in each of the city's six legislative districts.

Mayor Alfredo Lim ran for the mayorship for the third consecutive time; if he won, he would have been prohibited to run in 2016 due to term limits. Lim's opponent was former senator, vice president, deposed president then convicted plunderer and defeated 2010 presidential candidate, Joseph Estrada, who was a longtime San Juan mayor; in order to run for the mayorship, Estrada had to transfer his residence from San Juan to Manila. The two formerly contested the presidency in 1998, with Estrada emerging victorious.

Estrada's running mate was Vice Mayor Isko Moreno, who has served since 2007; had he won, he would be term-limited in 2016. Actor and 6th District Councilor Lou Veloso was Lim's running mate; Veloso was the councilor elected with the highest percentage of votes in 2010.

Mayoral and vice mayoral election

On May 4, 2012, Vice Mayor Isko Moreno joined the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino party, fueling speculations that he would be former President Joseph Estrada's running mate. Estrada would confirm this on May 9, 2012, but, for one term only. On May 7, 2012, Incumbent Mayor Alfredo Lim announced he will run for re-election and said that Moreno was his original running mate.

A year prior to the election, Estrada transferred his residence from San Juan to Santa Mesa, Manila; this was made official by the Manila City Hall. Estrada's Manila home was formerly the headquarters of President Ramon Magsaysay during the 1953 presidential election.

On September 18, 2012, Lim announced that he has picked 6th District Councilor Lou Veloso to be his running mate. Lim noted that Veloso is the councilor that emerged with the most votes in the last local elections.

On October 1, 2012, during the first day of filing of certificate of candidacies, Lim and Veloso, along with their ticket's 36 city council bets, filed their certificate of candidacies at the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) field office in Arroceros, Manila. Lim is supported by all but one of the incumbent congressmen of Manila - Benjamin Asilo of the 1st District, Carlo Lopez of the 2nd District, Zenaida Angping of the 3rd District, Trisha Bonoan-David of the 4th District, and Sandy Ocampo of the 6th District. 5th District Representative Amado Bagatsing originally supported him but endorsed Estrada instead. Lim also said that his 2013 campaign will be his last as he intends to retire from politics in 2016. He had previously served as mayor from 1992 to 1998, Secretary of the Interior and Local Government under Estrada from 2000 to 2001, lost the mayorship to Estrada ally Lito Atienza in 2001, elected Senator in 2004 under the Estrada-backed Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino, and retook the mayorship from Atienza's son Ali in 2007, then successfully defending it against Atienza himself in 2010.

A day later, Estrada and Moreno filed their certificate of candidacies. Estrada left his home at Santa Mesa with Moreno aboard his jeepney he made famous during the 1998 presidential election. Estrada drove the jeepney to the COMELEC office at Arroceros; the United Nationalist Alliance-backed Estrada ticket includes 29 of the incumbent 36 councilors. The contest between Lim and Estrada has been billed by many as "Dirty Harry vs. Asiong Salonga", with Lim being previously referred to as "Dirty Harry", and Estrada having played Asiong Salonga in a movie.

Aside from Lim and Estrada, other candidates include Marino Magallanes, a fortune teller from Quiapo, mechanical engineer and perennial candidate Onofre Abad, lawyer Felix Cantal, Samuel Gabot, Rodolfo Lim and driver Fidel Cruz.

On January 7, 2013, the Sandiganbayan ruled to dismiss via technicality a petition disqualifying Estrada from running due to a condition from his pardon granted by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo that said he would not seek elective office. However, he faced other disqualification cases from the same issue at the Commission on Elections and at the Regional Trial Court.

On January 16, the commission disqualified all of the mayoral candidates, save for Estrada and Lim, and declared them as "nuisance candidates."

The two camps signed a covenant for peaceful elections at the Manila Police District headquarters on February 15, 2013. Commission on Elections chairman Sixto Brillantes and Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting chairman Henrietta de Villa witnessed the signing, which were also attended by the rest of the slates, including their running mates. A day later, the police arrested Moreno and five other UNA candidates for the city council for alleged illegal gambling. Estrada later said he may file charges against the police who arrested his running mate. The police arrested the group after they proceeded to hold a bingo game, which the police had said to be illegal, after promising they would hold a raffle instead. Moreno and the other candidates were freed after the Manila Prosecutor's Office ruled that there was not enough evidence to prolong their detention. Moreno maintained that the bingo game is not illegal after President Ferdinand Marcos classified it as a parlor game. Brillantes later said that Moreno's group did not violate any election law when they held a bingo game as the campaign period for local elections has not yet started.

The Manila Regional Trial Court dismissed another disqualification case against Estrada on March 4. Judge Marivic Umali heeded Estrada's lawyer Frank Chavez that the Commission on Elections and not the court had jurisdiction on the case. On April 1, the commission dismissed Estrada's last disqualification case.

Opinion polling

Mayoral election

Three-candidate race

Pollster	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Lito Atienza	Joseph Estrada	Alfredo Lim
SWS	May 5–8, 2012	1,200	±3%	11%	46%	42%

Two-candidate race

Pollster	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joseph Estrada	Alfredo Lim
SWS	May 5–8, 2012	1,200	±3%	53%	45%

Results

Mayoral election

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Manila Mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Joseph Estrada	343,993	52.72
	Liberal	Alfredo Lim	308,544	47.28
Total votes			652,537	100.00
	UNA gain from Liberal

Vice Mayoral election

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Manila Mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Isko Moreno	395,156	62.78
	Liberal	Lou Veloso	234,256	37.22
Total votes			629,412	100.00
	UNA hold

House of Representatives elections

1st District

Benjamin Asilo is the incumbent.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Manila's 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Benjamin Asilo	82,579	63.61
	UNA	Ernesto Dionisio, Sr.	44,420	34.22
	Independent	Fernando Diaz	2,243	1.73
	Independent	Ricardo Bacolod	573	0.44
Total votes			129,815	100.00
	Liberal hold

2nd District

Carlo Lopez is the incumbent.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Manila's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Carlo Lopez	55,468	68.82
	UNA	Edward Tan	25,128	31.18
Total votes			80,596	100.00
	Liberal hold

3rd District

Zenaida Angping is the incumbent. She is a common candidate of the LP-KKK and UNA tickets.

The Commission on Elections disqualified James Jaime Marquez Tan from the election for being a "nuisance candidate".

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Manila's 3rd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Zenaida Angping	50,466	62.18
	KKK	Ramon Morales	29,606	36.48
	Independent	Alex Garcia	1,091	1.34
Total votes			81,163	100.00
	NPC hold

4th District

Incumbent Trisha Bonoan-David is running unopposed. Like Zenaida Angping, she is also a common candidate of LP-KKK and UNA.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Manila's 4th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Trisha Bonoan-David	78,026	100.00
Total votes			78,026	100.00
	NUP hold

5th District

Amado Bagatsing is the incumbent.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Manila's 5th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KABAKA	Amado Bagatsing	94,966	89.05
	NPC	Faith Maganto	10,380	9.73
	KBL	Mario Cayabyab	1,293	1.21
Total votes			106,639	100.00
	KABAKA hold

6th District

Rosenda Ocampo is the incumbent and her main opponent is former Congressman Benny Abante.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Manila's 6th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rosenda Ocampo	43,667	51.45
	UNA	Benny Abante	40,571	47.80
	Independent	Richard Bautista	407	0.48
	Independent	Francisco Candaza	225	0.27
Total votes			84,870	100.00
	Liberal hold

City Council elections

Each of Manila's six legislative districts sends six councilors to the City Council. The election is via plurality-at-large voting: A voter can vote up to six candidates; the six candidates with the highest number of votes in a particular district are elected.

In addition, the barangay captains and the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) chairpersons in the city's barangays (communities) elect amongst themselves a president that will seat as an ex officio member of the city council with full voting powers. The presidents of the barangay captains and SK chairpersons that were elected after the 2010 barangay elections will serve until the winners of the 2013 barangay elections are seated in late November.

In case of a tie vote, the vice mayor, as the presiding officer, will vote to break the tie.

Summary

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	United Nationalist Alliance	1,592,479	53.48	25
	Liberal Party	866,047	29.09	6
	Nacionalista Party	94,890	3.19	1
	Kabalikat ng Bayan sa Kaunlaran	70,529	2.37	1
	Democratic Party of the Philippines	10,600	0.36	0
	Kapayapaan, Kaunlaran at Katarungan	4,860	0.16	0
	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	1,563	0.05	0
	Asenso Manileño	1,467	0.05	0
	Independent	335,011	11.25	3
Ex officio seats				2
Total		2,977,446	100.00	38

1st District

It is composed of Tondo.

2013 Manila City Council election at the 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Ernesto Dionisio, Jr.	76,946	12.05
	UNA	Erick Ian "Banzai" Nieva	70,925	11.10
	Liberal	Roberto Asilo	60,623	9.49
	Liberal	Niño Dela Cruz	59,768	9.36
	UNA	Dennis Alcoreza	59,309	9.29
	UNA	Irma Alfonso	54,619	8.55
	UNA	Jesus Fajardo	51,821	8.11
	Liberal	Moises "Bobby" Lim	46,043	7.21
	UNA	Arlene Koa	35,874	5.62
	Independent	Cristina "Cristy Lim" Lim-Raymundo	34,379	5.38
	Liberal	Rolando Sy	33,908	5.31
	Liberal	Joey Venancio	24,915	3.90
	Liberal	Silvestre Dumagat, Jr.	14,534	2.28
	Independent	Ferdinand Sandoval	5,462	0.86
	Independent	Rejercito Aranas	3,314	0.52
	DPP	Roberto Garrate	2,028	0.32
	Independent	Eduardo Lanuza	1,237	0.19
	Independent	Crispin Balbeja	1,113	0.17
	Independent	Joey Longanilla	1,099	0.17
	Independent	Alden Obejas	814	0.13

Raffy Jimenez Crespo, son of former representative Mark Jimenez, was disqualified from this election.

Cristy Lim is a guest candidate of the LP-KKK coalition.

2nd District

Gagalangin area which is also part of Tondo.

2013 Manila City Council election at the 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Rolando Valeriano	46,600	12.61
	UNA	Ruben "Dr. J" Buenaventura	44,984	12.17
	UNA	Marlon Lacson	44,282	11.98
	UNA	Ramon Robles	41,532	11.24
	Liberal	Rodolfo "Ninong" Lacsamana	37,365	10.11
	UNA	Numero "Uno" Lim	35,674	9.65
	Liberal	Ivy Varona	24,059	6.51
	Liberal	Ruben "RP" Bunag	20,661	5.59
	Liberal	Renato "Gulay" Torno, Jr.	19,708	5.33
	UNA	Filomena "Len Viceo" Aligayo	18,851	5.10
	Liberal	Fernando Lopez	13,377	3.62
	Liberal	Ma. Corazon Panlilio	12,060	3.26
	Independent	Ariel Fernandez	6,773	1.83
	Independent	Pedro Buluran, Jr.	1,980	0.54
	DPP	Renato del Rosario	1,755	0.47

3rd District

It composed of Binondo, Quiapo, San Nicolas and Santa Cruz

2013 Manila City Council election at the 3rd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	John Marvin "Yul Servo" Nieto	61,028
	UNA	Ma. Asuncion "Re" Fugoso	56,920
	UNA	Joel Chua	51,603
	UNA	Bernardito Ang	50,218
	UNA	Ernesto Isip, Jr.	50,107
	UNA	Manuel Zarcal	47,448
	Liberal	Thelma Lim	38,396
	Liberal	Ma. Victoria Barbers	19,756
	Liberal	William Lising	14,304
	Liberal	Severino Reyes	10,666
	Liberal	Jackson Dechaves	7,371
	Liberal	Jesus Abejar	7,283
	DPP	Rosalinda Sia	5,446
	Independent	Martin Domingo	3,945
	Independent	Anthony de Guzman	3,504
	Independent	Alberto Chico	2,777

4th District

It is situated in Sampaloc. No. 6 Arlene Chua's term was cut short because of citizenship issues and was declared ineligible for office by COMELEC. 7th placer Krystle Bacani assumed office on March 17, 2015.

2013 Manila City Council election at the 4th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Science Reyes	47,179
	UNA	Edward Maceda	43,661
	UNA	Don Juan "DJ" Bagatsing	41,926
	UNA	Jocelyn Quintos	40,214
	Liberal	Anton Capistrano	40,117
	UNA	Arlene Chua (disqualified)	38,165
	Liberal	Krystle Bacani	36,799
	UNA	Arnold "Doc Poks" Pangan	34,160
	Liberal	Guia Gomez Castro	31,592
	Nacionalista	Gina Perez	30,177
	Liberal	Eduardo Quintos XVI	26,111
	Liberal	Eldorado Lim	22,839
	UNA	Joel "JTV" Villanueva	19,065
	Liberal	Gerardo Gamez	18,339
	Independent	Amalia Tolentino	14,135
	Independent	Alexander Lim	2,233
	Independent	Antonio Abana	2,181
	Independent	Vicente Salgado	1,648
	Independent	Frederick Constantino	1,437

5th District

2013 Manila City Council election at the 5th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KABAKA	Arnold "Ali" Atienza	70,529
	Nacionalista	Joey Hizon III	64,713
	Liberal	Josefina Siscar	56,574
	UNA	Raymundo Yupangco	55,418
	UNA	Cristina Isip	55,015
	UNA	Roberto Ortega, Jr.	54,709
	UNA	Richard Ibay	49,077
	UNA	Rafael Borromeo	42,693
	UNA	Roderick Valbuena	35,430
	Liberal	Francis Villegas	15,636
	Liberal	Jaime Co, Jr.	15,558
	Independent	Felix Tobillo, Jr.	11,504
	Liberal	Geoffrey "Jograd" dela Torre	11,365
	Liberal	Saminodin Manshawie	7,612
	Liberal	Fernando Perito	4,421
	Independent	Reginaldo Capili	3,581
	Independent	Jaime Adriano	3,452
	Independent	Eva Cantilang	2,733
	Independent	Darwin Borca	1,580
	KBL	Marlon Villarojas	1,563
	Independent	Wilfredo Vida	1,414
	DPP	Jose Antonio Dimaano	1,371

6th District

2013 Manila City Council election at the 6th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Priscilla Marie Abante	48,372
	UNA	Casimiro Sison	45,985
	UNA	Elizabeth Rivera	44,001
	UNA	Joel Par	42,576
	UNA	Leilani Marie Lacuna	41,141
	Liberal	Christian Paul Uy	39,968
	UNA	Carlos Castañeda	39,334
	UNA	Jocelyn Dawis-Asuncion	32,711
	PDP–Laban	Ma. Lourdes "Bonjay" Isip-Garcia	29,278
	Liberal	Pablo Dario Ocampo IV	26,439
	UNA	Jason Roland Valdez	20,367
	Liberal	Richard Lontoc	16,280
	Liberal	Dionisio Cuevas II	12,219
	Liberal	Jimmy Tiu	11,902
	Independent	Julio Logarta, Jr.	8,821
	Liberal	Romualdo Billanes	7,479
	KKK	Regina Aspiras	4,860
	Independent	Valeriano Reloj	3,137
	Independent	Edward Quintos	2,786
	Asenso Manileño	George Planas	1,467
	Independent	Segundina Jamias	1,233

Joel Par is a guest candidate of UNA.