2010 Caloocan local elections

Local elections was held in Caloocan on May 10, 2010 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the two Congressmen, and the councilors, six in each of the city's two legislative districts.

2010 Caloocan mayoral elections

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Nominee Enrico Echiverri Luis Asistio Party Liberal NPC Running mate Edgar Erice Rey Malonzo Popular vote 240,144 141,709 Percentage 62.30% 36.76%

Mayor before election Enrico Echiverri Liberal Elected Mayor Enrico Echiverri Liberal

Mayoral and vice mayoral election

Incumbent Enrico Echiverri is now on his second term as the mayor of Caloocan. As prescribed by the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines, he is still eligible to run for the same office. On the other hand, another incumbent Tito Varela is now on his last term as the vice mayor of the city.

The incumbent mayor Enrico Echiverri is running again for mayoralty office under the Liberal Party (LP) with his running mate Edgar Erice. Echiverri, was the former representative of the city's first district to Philippine Congress from 1998 before his election in 2004. Erice was a former representative of the city's second district to Philippine Congress from 2001 until 2004.

Luis "Baby" Asistio, the former representative of the city's first district to Philippine Congress from 1992 until 2001 and from 2004 until 2007 also announced his bid in mayoralty race under the Nationalist People's Coalition. Another candidate for the office of the mayor is Robert "Popoy" Cordero, is running independent.

Other candidates for the vice mayor's office were Macario "Boy" Asistio, who became mayor of the city from 1980 until 1986 then from 1988 until 1995 and former actor Rey Malonzo who became vice-mayor of the city from 1992 until 1995 then mayor from 1995 until 2004. Malonzo and Asistio were formidable rivals in the city

Congressional elections

Main articles: Philippine House of Representatives elections in Metro Manila, 2010 and Legislative districts of Caloocan

There will be two candidates for the congressman or district representative post of each of the districts of Caloocan. The city is divided into two congressional districts: the first district and the second district.

The incumbent first district representative Oscar Malapitan is running under the Nacionalista Party. In 2004, he replaced Echiverri in the post. His opponents were Ernesto Ray Adalem, Gualberto Bacolod, broadcaster Bobby Guanzon, Jaime Regalario and three-term Vice Mayor Luis Tito Varela who is running under the Liberal Party

For the second district, the incumbent representative Mary Mitzi Cajayon is running under the Lakas-Kampi-CMD party. She was elected in 2007 replacing Luis Asistio.

Results

The winners of the congressional, mayor and vice mayor seats of Caloocan 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.

Mayoral election

Caloocan mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Enrico Echiverri	240,144	62.30
	NPC	Luis Asistio	141,709	36.76
	Independent	Roberto Cordero	3,641	0.94
Valid ballots			385,494	93.58
Invalid or blank votes			8,145	6.42
Total votes			411,952	100.00
	Liberal hold

Vice mayoral election

Caloocan vice mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Edgar Erice	180,379	49.50
	NPC	Rey Malonzo	100,089	27.46
	PMP	Macario Asistio, Jr.	68,228	18.72
	KBL	Cherry Vallega	12,986	3.56
	Independent	Mariano Yu	2,748	0.75
Valid ballots			364,430	88.46
Invalid or blank votes			47,522	11.54
Total votes			372,146	100.00
	Liberal hold

Philippine House of Representatives elections

1st District

Oscar Malapitan is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Caloocan's 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Oscar Malapitan	163,150	60.21
	Liberal	Luis Tito Varela	48,333	17.84
	Independent	Roberto Guanzon	12,112	4.47
	PMP	Ernesto Ray Adalem	10,444	3.85
	Independent	Gualberto Bacolod	8,026	2.96
	Bangon Pilipinas	Jaime Regalario	2,866	1.06
Valid ballots			244,931	90.39
Invalid or blank votes			26,045	9.61
Total votes			270,976	100.00
	Nacionalista hold

2nd District

Mitzi Cajayon is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Caloocan's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Mitzi Cajayon	77,364	48.97
	Nacionalista	Antonio Almeda	35,546	22.50
	Ang Kapatiran	Carlos Cabochan	16,943	10.72
	Independent	Ma. Milagros Mercado	13,306	8.42
	Liberal	John C. Santos	1,336	0.85
	Independent	Tany Catacutan	723	0.46
	PGRP	Adoracion Garcia	304	0.19
	Independent	Enrique Cube	217	0.14
Valid ballots			145,739	92.25
Invalid or blank votes			12,246	7.75
Total votes			157,985	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

City Council elections

The voters in the city are set to elect six councilors 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.

Summary

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Liberal Party	1,050,391	51.05	10
	Nacionalista Party	374,495	18.20	1
	Lakas Kampi CMD	176,187	8.56	0
	Nationalist People's Coalition	138,113	6.71	0
	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino	77,389	3.76	1
	Ang Kapatiran	18,681	0.91	0
	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	2,420	0.12	0
	Independent	219,748	10.68	0
Ex officio seats				2
Total		2,057,424	100.00	14
Total votes		432,895	–

1st District

Caloocan city council election at the 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Dale Gonzalo Malapitan	132,123	10.38
	Liberal	Susana Punzalan	130,461	10.24
	Liberal	Nora Nubla	130,284	10.23
	Liberal	Dante Prado	116,182	9.18
	Liberal	Ramon Te	109,139	8.57
	Liberal	Andres Mabagos	79,965	6.28
	Liberal	Roberto Cruz	79,676	6.26
	NPC	Henry Camayo	75,237	5.91
	Nacionalista	Andrew Asistio	73,914	5.18
	Nacionalista	Isaac Domingo	72,529	5.69
	NPC	Ireneo "Nonoy" Cayetano	62,876	4.94
	Independent	Juan Antonio Trillanes	47,044	3.69
	Lakas–Kampi	Cenon Mayor	42,031	3.30
	Nacionalista	Crispin Peña, Sr.	24,556	1.93
	Independent	Joseph Aquino	18,253	1.43
	Independent	Cristina Guino-o	16,951	1.33
	Independent	Rodolfo Gonzaga	9,097	0.71
	Independent	Leonardo Dela Cruz	8,745	0.69
	Independent	Emmanuel Cruz	6,910	0.54
	Independent	Oscar Benedict Vallejo	6,308	0.50
	Independent	Jimmy Sanchez	5,686	0.45
	Independent	Rasty Benson	4,426	0.35
	Independent	Fernando Vinoya	4,336	0.34
	Independent	Germel Perit	2,670	o.21
	Independent	Amy Rabas	2,621	0.21
	Independent	Jesus Budac, Jr.	2,614	0.21
	Independent	Virgilio Luzares	2,547	0.20
	Independent	Garth Gollayan	2,227	0.17
	Independent	Jamin Tulbo	1,971	0.15
	Independent	Loney Sapdin	1,535	0.12
Total votes			270,976	100.00

2nd District

Caloocan city council election at the 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Carolyn Cunanan	82,471	10.51
	PMP	Luis Macario "Maca" Asistio	77,389	9.86
	Liberal	Tolentino Bagus	76,359	9.73
	Liberal	Luis Chito Abel	74,933	9.55
	Liberal	Allen Alexander Aruelo	72,936	9.30
	Liberal	Marjorie Barretto	49,911	6.36
	Liberal	Arnold Divina	48,074	6.13
	Lakas–Kampi	Joseph Timbol	37,154	4.74
	Lakas–Kampi	Norlando Divina	34,226	4.36
	Lakas–Kampi	Roberto Samson	33,433	4.26
	Independent	Jerrboy Mauricio	26,690	3.40
	Nacionalista	Marc Merville Orozco	20,315	2.59
	Ang Kapatiran	Alvin Abelardo	18,681	2.38
	Lakas–Kampi	Ronald Romero	16,668	2.12
	Nacionalista	Nestor Samson	16,658	2.12
	Independent	Roehl Nadurata	14,925	1.90
	Nacionalista	Roseller Arcadio	14,594	1.86
	Independent	Jaime Mataragnon, Sr.	13,197	1.68
	Lakas–Kampi	Trinidad Repuno	12,675	1.62
	Nacionalista	Serafico Placer	11,196	1.43
	Nacionalista	Joseph Ariestotle Mapue	8,610	1.10
	Independent	Jose Isagani Gonzales	4,740	0.60
	Independent	Melvin Louie Manalaysay	4,698	0.60
	Independent	Tito Herminio Diño	4,520	0.58
	Independent	Robert Lee Vitug	4,401	0.56
	Independent	Arlan Gurnot	2,636	0.34
	KBL	Romeo Luz, Jr.	2,420	0.31
Total votes			161,919	100.00