2013 Valenzuela local elections

Incumbent mayor Sherwin Gatchalian is now on his third term as the mayor of Valenzuela. As prescribed by the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines, he is barred from running as the mayor and he may choose to run into higher or lower office instead. Prior to his election as mayor in 2004, he represented the first district of Valenzuela from 2001 to 2004. In April 2012, he signed his intention to run for the Senate race under the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino party headed by former President Joseph Ejercito Estrada.{{cite news|last=Ribaya|first=Rio Rose|title='Mayor' Erap Consulting UNA Leaders|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/358691/mayor-erap-consulting-una-leaders|accessdate=22 May 2012|newspaper=Manila Bulletin|date=3 May 2012}}{{cite news|last=Bayoran|first=Gilbert|title=Gatchalian eyes senate seat|url=http://www.visayandailystar.com/2012/April/26/topstory10.htm|accessdate=22 May 2012|newspaper=Daily Star|date=26 April 2012}}{{cite news|last=Malabanan|first=Jess|title=League lines up bets for senatorial race|url=http://manilastandardtoday.com/2012/01/26/league-lines-up-bets-for-senatorial-race/|accessdate=22 May 2012|newspaper=Manila Standard Today|date=26 January 2012}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

He instead would run as representative of the 1st District of the city.{{cite news|title=Biazon, Gatchalian drop senatorial bids|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2012/09/25/biazon-gatchalian-drop-senatorial-bids-244714|accessdate=23 February 2013|newspaper=Sun Star|date=25 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223609/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2012/09/25/biazon-gatchalian-drop-senatorial-bids-244714|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}} His brother, incumbent congressman Rexlon Gatchalian who is on his second term is running in his place. Rexlon Gatchalian, also known as Rex, is on his second term as district representative/congressman, hence he is not yet term limited. Rex entered Valenzuela politics in 2007 occupying his current post. The other candidate for mayorship is Adelma A. Yang-Gunigundo, wife to the incumbent second district representative Magtanggol Gunigundo.{{cite news|last=Alalo|first=Arlie|title=Valenzuela politics: Solon eyes city's top post, brod mayor Congress|url=http://www.tribune.net.ph/metro-section/item/5087-valenzuela-politics-solon-eyes-city%E2%80%99s-top-post-brod-mayor-congress.html|accessdate=23 February 2013|date=12 October 2012}}

There are only two candidates for vice mayor's office: incumbent vice mayor and Liberal's Eric M. Martinez and incumbent first district councilor Katherine "Khay" C. Pineda.

There are two and three candidates for the congressman or district representative post of the districts 1 and 2 of Valenzuela, respectively. The city is divided into two congressional districts: the first district encompasses 23 barangays in the northern portion of the city and the second district which contains 9 barangays.

The incumbent first district representative Rexlon "Rex" Gatchalian running under the Nationalist People's Coalition, the same political party he had during the 2007 election. Gatchalian, a businessman, is the younger brother of the incumbent mayor Sherwin Gatchalian. The other candidate for congressman is Ritche Cuadra, a member of Valenzuela City Council since 2001.

For the second district, the incumbent representative Magtanggol "Magi" Gunigundo will run under the Lakas-Kampi-CMD party. A lawyer by profession, he became the representative of the former municipality of Valenzuela from 1998 to 2001. If he will be elected to office in 2013, this will be his third term, thus he is not eligible to re-election in 2016 for the same position. The second candidate is Shalani Carla "Lani" Soledad-Romulo, a member of the Valenzuela city council and wife to Pasig Representative Roman Romulo. Soledad-Romulo gained prominence as a former girlfriend to President Benigno Aquino III from 2008 to 2010 and as a TV host at television network TV5 since 2010. The other candidate for congressman is Pablo "Pabs" Hernandez III, a columnist from the tabloid Bulgar who ran for the mayoralty race inn 2010.

Unlike in 2010 polls, few of the people who run for the city council are up for reelection. For the first district, this list includes Idol Alejandrino, Cora Cortez and Tony Espiritu; Adrian Dapat, Cecil Mayo, Lorie Natividad-Borja, and Lai Nolasco for the second district. Two of candidates from each district are also former members of the council: Mar Morelos and Lotlot Esteban. Rovin Feliciano and Ricarr Enriquez are barangay captains of Arkong Bato and Pasolo, respectively. Genny Esplana who targets the first district council, is the titleholder for the 1990 Bb. Pilipinas-International; Charee Pineda, who vies second district councils, is a member of ABS-CBN's Star Magic circle and held the lead role in 2011 daytime drama series Angelito: Batang Ama.{{fact|date=July 2024}}

Mock polls are done in different parts of the city to survey possible winners to the 2013 midterm elections. Based on a February 2013 mock polls done by the Valenzuela City District Two Voters Group, an independent non-government group, conducted by former dean Rolando Lansigan, the following candidates garnered the spot for the second district:{{cite news|title=Mag-asawang Gunigundo nanguna sa mock polls|url=http://www.hatawtabloid.com/2013/02/08/mag-asawang-gunigundo-nanguna-sa-mock-polls/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411022806/http://www.hatawtabloid.com/2013/02/08/mag-asawang-gunigundo-nanguna-sa-mock-polls/|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 April 2013|accessdate=23 February 2013|newspaper=Hataw na Tabloid|date=8 February 2013|language=Tagalog}}

The winners of the congressional, mayor and vice mayor seats of Valenzuela City is determined with the highest number of votes received. These positions are voted separately, so there is a possibility that the winning officials came from the same or different political parties.

Incumbent Sherwin T. Gatchalian is running for representative of the city's first district.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Nationalist People's Coalition

|candidate = Rexlon Gatchalian

|votes = 144,282

|percentage = 67.71

|change = }}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Lakas–CMD (2009)

|candidate = Adelma Yang-Gunigundo

|votes = 58,836

|percentage = 27.61

|change = }}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Danilo Bonifacio

|votes = 676

|percentage = 0.32

|change = }}

{{Election box invalid no change

|votes = 9,289

|percentage = 4.36

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{{Election box total no change

|votes = 213,083

|percentage = 100.00

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{{Election box hold with party link without swing

|winner = Nationalist People's Coalition

|loser =

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Incumbent Eric M. Martinez is running for reelection.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Liberal Party (Philippines)

|candidate = Eric Martinez

|votes = 112,696

|percentage = 52.89

|change = }}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Lakas–CMD (2009)

|candidate = Katherine Pineda-Hernandez

|votes = 82,415

|percentage = 43.68

|change = }}

{{Election box invalid no change

|votes = 17,972

|percentage = 8.43

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{{Election box total no change

|votes = 213,083

|percentage = 100.00

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{{Election box hold with party link without swing

|winner = Liberal Party (Philippines)

|loser =

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Incumbent Rexlon Gatchalian is running for the mayorship; his brother, Mayor Sherwin Gatchalian, is his party's nominee.

{{Election box begin no change| title=2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Valenzuela's 1st district}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Nationalist People's Coalition

|candidate = Sherwin Gatchalian

|votes = 67,992

|percentage = 70.05

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Lakas–CMD (2009)

|candidate = Ritche Cuadra

|votes = 23,805

|percentage = 24.53

|change =

}}

{{Election box invalid no change

|votes = 5,265

|percentage = 5.42

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{{Election box total no change

|votes = 97,062

|percentage = 100.00

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{{Election box hold with party link without swing

|winner = Nationalist People's Coalition

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{{Election box end}}

Magtanggol Gunigundo is the incumbent. He will be facing off against councilor Shalani Soledad-Romulo, if Soledad-Romulo elected she will join her husband Roman in the House separately.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Lakas–CMD (2009)

|candidate = Magtanggol Gunigundo

|votes = 56,542

|percentage = 48.73

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Liberal Party (Philippines)

|candidate = Shalani Soledad

|votes = 53,800

|percentage = 46.37

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Pablo Hernandez III

|votes = 650

|percentage = 0.56

|change =

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{{Election box invalid no change

|votes = 5,029

|percentage = 4.33

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{{Election box total no change

|votes = 116,021

|percentage = 100.00

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{{Election box hold with party link without swing

|winner = Lakas–CMD

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{{Election box end}}

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The voters in the city are set to elect six councillors on the district where they are living, hence registered. Candidates are voted separately so there are chances where winning candidates will have unequal number of votes and may come from different political parties.{{fact|date=July 2024}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=2013 Valenzuela congressional first district election{{cite news|last=Calalo|first=Arlie|title=Taking the challenge|url=http://www.remate.ph/2012/10/taking-the-challenge/|accessdate=26 January 2013|newspaper=Remate|date=6 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224104333/http://www.remate.ph/2012/10/taking-the-challenge/|archive-date=24 December 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last=Ramos-Araneta|first=Macon|title=Erap, other Metro candidates file candidacies|url=http://manilastandardtoday.com/2012/10/03/erap-other-metro-candidates-file-candidacies/|accessdate=26 January 2013|newspaper=Manila Standard Today|date=16 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125205544/http://manilastandardtoday.com/2012/10/03/erap-other-metro-candidates-file-candidacies/|archive-date=25 January 2013|url-status=dead}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Nationalist People's Coalition

|candidate = {{nowrap|Antonio "Tony" R. Espiritu}}^V

|votes = 60,264

|percentage = 12.30

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Lakas–CMD (2009)

|candidate = {{nowrap|Marcelino "Mar" G. Morelos}}^M

|votes = 57,890

|percentage = 11.82

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Liberal Party (Philippines)

|candidate = {{nowrap|Rovin Andrew "Rovin" M. Feliciano}}^V

|votes = 55,175

|percentage = 11.27

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Nationalist People's Coalition

|candidate = {{nowrap|Corazon "Cora" A. Cortez}}^V

|votes = 52,816

|percentage = 10.78

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Nationalist People's Coalition

|candidate = {{nowrap|Marlon Paulo "Idol" D. Alejandrino}}^V

|votes = 50,909

|percentage = 10.39

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Nationalist People's Coalition

|candidate = {{nowrap|Jennifer "Genny" P. Pingree-Esplana^V}}{{cite news|last=Carino|first=George|title=Shalani runs for congresswoman of Valenzuela|url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/10/02/12/shalani-runs-congresswoman-valenzuela|accessdate=30 December 2012|newspaper=ABS-CBN News|date=2 October 2012}}

|votes = 49,242

|percentage = 10.05

}}

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Nationalist People's Coalition

|candidate = {{nowrap|Ricardo Ricarr "Ricar" C. Enriquez}}^V

|votes = 43,108

|percentage = 8.80

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Lakas–CMD (2009)

|candidate = {{nowrap|Reynaldo "Rey" D. Cuadra}}^M

|votes = 35,059

|percentage = 7.16

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Lakas–CMD (2009)

|candidate = {{nowrap|Czarina Chlariza "Ina" M. Esplana^M}}

|votes = 25,470

|percentage = 5.20

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Lakas–CMD (2009)

|candidate = {{nowrap|Ernesto "Ernie" M. Tolentino}}^M

|votes = 23,207

|percentage = 4.74

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Lakas–CMD (2009)

|candidate = {{nowrap|Carolino "Carol" S. Pineda}}^M

|votes = 19,765

|percentage = 4.04

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Lakas–CMD (2009)

|candidate = {{nowrap|Ma. Cristina "Cristy" P. Mendoza}}^M

|votes = 15,265

|percentage = 3.12

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = {{nowrap|Jose "Danilo" I. Jurado III}}

|votes = 1,604

|percentage = 0.33

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 98888

|percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Nationalist People's Coalition

|candidate = {{nowrap|Lorena "Lorie" C. Natividad-Borja}}^T

|votes = 66,781

|percentage = 11.21

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Nationalist People's Coalition

|candidate = {{nowrap|Lailanie "Lai" P. Nolasco}}^T

|votes = 63,680

|percentage = 10.69

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Nationalist People's Coalition

|candidate = {{nowrap|Kimberly Ann "Kim" D. Galang}}^T

|votes = 61,627

|percentage = 10.35

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Nationalist People's Coalition

|candidate = {{nowrap|Crissha Charee "Charee" M. Pineda}}{{cite news|last=Martinez-Belen|first=Cristina|title='Batang Ama' Star To Run For Councilor|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/375142/batang-ama-star-to-run-for-councilor#.UN_Ie-QUX5w|accessdate=30 December 2012|newspaper=Manila Bulletin|date=28 September 2012}}^T

|votes = 58,399

|percentage = 9.80

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Lakas–CMD (2009)

|candidate = {{nowrap|Rosalie "Lotlot" D. Esteban}}^M

|votes = 56,044

|percentage = 9.41

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = United Nationalist Alliance

|candidate = {{nowrap|Kristian Rome "Tyson" T. Sy}}^M

|votes = 53,253

|percentage = 8.94

}}

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Lakas–CMD (2009)

|candidate = {{nowrap|Maria Cecilia "Cecil" V. Mayo}}^M

|votes = 49,791

|percentage = 8.36

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Nationalist People's Coalition

|candidate = {{nowrap|Adrian "Adrian" C. Dapat}}^T

|votes = 46,948

|percentage = 7.88

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Liberal Party (Philippines)

|candidate = {{nowrap|Martell Francisco "Martell" R. Soledad}}^T

|votes = 42,928

|percentage = 7.21

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Lakas–CMD (2009)

|candidate = {{nowrap|Manny "Manny" Hung So}}^M

|votes = 39,501

|percentage = 6.63

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Liberal Party (Philippines)

|candidate = {{nowrap|Carlitos "Sonny" B. Tiquia}}

|votes = 28,797

|percentage = 4.83

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Lakas–CMD (2009)

|candidate = {{nowrap|Arturo "Art" F. Morales}}^M

|votes = 14,034

|percentage = 2.36

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Lakas–CMD (2009)

|candidate = {{nowrap|Jefferson Davis "Jefferson Davis" L. Uy}}^M

|votes = 13,900

|percentage = 2.33

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 116,021

|percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box end}}

Notes

• ^M Part of the primary opposition coalition named Team Matulungin.
• ^V Part of the administration coalition named Team Valenzuela.
• [http://www.comelec.gov.ph/uploads/Elections/2013natloc/ListOfCandidates/CITY_OF_VALENZUELA/CITY_OF_VALENZUELA.pdf Official List of Candidates for the City of Valenzuela, 2013]

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