LP dominates in five Metro Manila cities

The Liberal Party remained dominant in five cities in the National Capital Region following the results of the partial and unofficial count transmitted by the transparency server.

 

The LP lead in the top two positions in Quezon City, where incumbent Mayor Herbert Bautista and Vice-Mayor Joy Belmonte soundly defeated their rivals.

 

The party was also out on top in Pasay City, with bets Antonino Calixto and Boyet Del Rosario comfortably ahead in the mayor and vice mayor races.

 

Unopposed candidate Edwin Olivarez and his running mate Rico Golez also raised the LP's flag in Parañaque City's mayor and vice mayor positions.

 

Muntinlupa was also an LP stronghold with Jaime Fresnedi and Celso Dioko leading over their rivals.

 

In Malabon City, LP candidate Lenlen Oreta comfortably lead her opponent Jaye Lacon-Noel of National People's Coalition (NPC). But Oreta's running mate Jap Garcia was behind in the vice mayor race against the Nacionalista Party's Jeannie Sandoval.

 

Win some, lose some

 

The party is losing the mayor race in Marikina City with Del De Guzman trailing NPC's Marcy Teodoro by around 4,000 votes. In the vice mayor race, LP's Jose Fabian Cadiz, however, is comfortably ahead of NPC's Doc Marion Andres.

 

Makati City and Mandaluyong City voted for United Nationalist Alliance candidates. Abigail Binay and Monique Lagdameo are ahead of their LP rivals in the mayor and vice mayor races in Makati.

 

Mandaluyong, meanwhile, voted UNA's Menchie Abalos and Anthony Suva for mayor and vice mayor.

 

In Manila, incumbent mayor Joseph Estrada and former mayor Alfredo Lim are locked in a tight race for the top local position. As of press time,  Estrada lead by a small margin of 2,000 votes.

 

The NP lorded over Las Piñas City with Imelda Aguilar and Louie Bustamante leading by a wide margin over their independent rivals.

 

The Nacionalistas also took Taguig with Lani Cayetano and Richard Cruz Jr. unopposed in the mayor and vice mayor polls.

 

The NPC won in Valenzuela City with Rex Gatchalian and Lorie Natividad ahead in the mayor and vice mayor races.

 

In San Juan, independent candidate Guia Gomez won th tight mayor race against NP's Francis Zamora. Janella Ejercito, meanwhile, is won the race with a huge margin.

 

Oca Malapitan and Maca Asistio lead the mayor and vice mayor race in Caloocan City, while Ike Ponce and Gerald German lead in Pateros.

 

John Rey Tiangco and Clint Geronimo were unopposed mayor and vice mayor candidates in Navotas.

 

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Vote breakdown

 

Manila

 

Mayor

Estrada (PMP) 260

Lim (LP) 258

 

VM

Lacuna, Honey (AM) 249k

Atienza, Ali (UNA) 204k

 

Mandaluyong

 

Mayor

Abalos, Menchie (UNA) 105k

Antonio, Georgie (PMP) 22k

 

VM

Suva, Anthony (UNA) 58k

Bartolome, Edward (LP) 38k

 

Marikina

 

Mayor

Teodoro, Marcy (NPC) 85k

De Guzman, Del (LP) 81k

 

VM

Cadiz, Jose Fabian (LP) 93k

Andres, Doc Marion (NPC) 65k

 

Pasig City

 

Mayor

Eusebio, Bobby (NP) 264k

Ramos, Odylon Vincent (IND) 12k

 

VM

Bernardo, Iyo Caruncho (LP) 257k

Iglesias, Baltazar (IND) 12k

 

Quezon City

 

Mayor

Bautista, Herbert (LP) 653k

Peralta, Leon (BUKLOD) 31k

 

VM

Belmonte, Joy (LP) 660k

Samonte, Henry (IND) 24k

 

San Juan

 

Mayor

Gomez, Guia (IND) 28k - proclaimed

Zamora, Francis (NP) 27k

 

VM

Ejercito, Estrada Janella (PMP) 29k - proclaimed

Bernardo, Rolando (NP) 20k

 

Caloocan City

 

Mayor

Malapitan, Oca (NP) 281k

Echiverri, Recom (NPC) 160k

 

VM

 

Asistio, Maca (PMP) 309k

Oliva, Ato (NPC) 85k

 

Valenzuela City

 

Mayor

Gatchalian, Rex (NPC) 181k

Gunigundo, Magi (LP) 61k

 

VM

Natividad-Borja, Lorie (NPC) 152k

Morelos, Mar (LP) 76k

 

Malabon City

 

Mayor

Oreta, Lenlen (LP) 75k

Lacson-Noel, Jaye (NPC) 63k

 

VM

Sandoval, Jeannie (NP) 72k

Garcia, Jap (LP) 52k

 

Navotas

 

Mayor

Tiangco, John Rey (NVTENO) 78k

 

VM

Geronimo, Clint (NVTENO) 71k

 

Las Piñas

 

Mayor

Aguilar, Imelda (NP) 180k

Gonzales, Benjamin (IND) 6k

 

VM

Bustamante, Louie (NP) 153k

Casimiro, Louie (IND) 36k

 

Makati

 

Mayor

Binay, Abby (UNA) 142k

Pena, Kid (LP) 127k

 

VM

Lagdameo, Monique (UNA) 154k

Mercado, Karla (LP) 95k

 

Muntinlupa

 

Mayor

Fresnedi, Jaime (LP) 116k

San Pedro, Aldrin (UNA) 62k

 

VM

Dioko, Celso (LP) 95k

Corro, Raul (UNA) 88k

 

Parañaque

 

Mayor

Olivarez, Edwin (LP) 172k

 

VM

Golez, Rico (LP) 106k

Marquez, Jeremy (NP) 84k

 

Pasay

 

Calixto, Antonino (LP) 107k

Roxas, Dr Lito (UNA) 40k

 

VM

Del Rosario, Boyet (LP) - 89k

Pesebre, Marlon (NPC) 77k

 

Taguig

 

Mayor

Cayetano, Ate Lani (NP) 214k

 

VM

Cruz, Ricard Jr (NP) 192k

 

Pateros

 

Mayor

Ponce, Ike (IND) 9.6k

Reyes, Daisy (IND) 8k

 

VM

German, Gerald (IND) 12k

Cuerdo, Bebot (NP) 5.5k

 

— DVM, GMA News