# 2013 Tarlac City local elections

Tarlac City held local elections on May 13, 2013, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected candidates for mayor, vice mayor, and ten councilors. Incumbent mayor Gelacio Manalang won the elections, securing him to serve his second three-year term as the mayor of Tarlac City. Manalang defeated former mayor Genaro Mendoza, former city administrator and health officer Jerome Lapeña, and incumbent 2nd district provincial board member Danilo Asiaten.
Manalang's running mate, the incumbent vice mayor Mike Tañedo, topped the vice mayoral race, securing him to serve his second three-year term as the city's vice mayor. Tañedo defeated incumbent city councilor Ana Aguas by a wide margin. Affiliated with the Liberal Party during the previous election, Tañedo switched his party affiliation to Lakas-CMD during his second term.
In the city council elections, Mendoza's Team Magsikap (LP-NPC) coalition won seven seats while Manalang's Tuloy Sigla coalition got three seats.

## Candidates

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

## Mayoral and vice mayoral elections

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.

### Mayor

Tarlac City mayoral election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Lakas | Gelacio Manalang | 49,444 | 43.25 |
| | Liberal | Aro Mendoza | 34,413 | 30.19 |
| | Independent | Jerome Lapeña | 20,013 | 17.51 |
| | Independent | Danilo Asiaten | 10,111 | 8.84 |
| | Independent | Roger Tomaroy | 233 | 0.20 |
| Valid ballots | Valid ballots | Valid ballots | 114,214 | 95.43 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 5,468 | 4.57 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 119,682 | 100.00 |

### Vice Mayor

Tarlac City vice mayoral election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Lakas | Mike Tañedo | 68,279 | 66.52 |
| | Liberal | Ana Aguas | 34,371 | 33.48 |
| Valid ballots | Valid ballots | Valid ballots | 102,650 | 85.76 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 17,032 | 14,24 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 119,682 | 100.00 |

## City Council elections

Tarlac City elected Sangguniang Panlungsod or city council members. A voter votes for up to ten candidates, then the ten candidates with the highest number of votes are elected. Election is via plurality-at-large voting.

### Results per candidate

2013 Tarlac City Council election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | NPC | Anne Belmonte | 49,978 | 41.75 |
| | Lakas | Jojo Briones | 48,637 | 40.63 |
| | Liberal | Pepito Basangan | 44,980 | 37.58 |
| | Liberal | Noel Soliman | 42,190 | 35.25 |
| | Lakas | Kris Rigor | 41,546 | 34.71 |
| | Liberal | Topey delos Reyes | 41,057 | 34.30 |
| | Liberal | Jelo Honrado | 39,682 | 33.15 |
| | Lakas | Glenn Caritativo | 36,905 | 30.83 |
| | Liberal | Frank Dayao | 36,074 | 30.14 |
| | NPC | Emily Ladera-Facunla | 34,587 | 28.89 |
| | Liberal | Ricky Diolazo | 34,115 | 28.50 |
| | Lakas | Amado de Leon | 31,476 | 26.29 |
| | NPC | Weng Quiroz | 29,948 | 25.02 |
| | Lakas | Nikko Nisce | 29,676 | 24.79 |
| | Lakas | Jat Tabamo | 29,676 | 24.79 |
| | PDP–Laban | Delmar Baluyot | 26,089 | 21.79 |
| | Independent | Romeo Mallari | 25,223 | 21.07 |
| | Liberal | Ferdz Vlad Rodriguez | 24,235 | 20.24 |
| | Lakas | Menchu Bucad | 23,908 | 19.97 |
| | Independent | Ernie Galang | 14,119 | 11.79 |
| | Lakas | Tyrone Aganon | 13,705 | 11.45 |
| | Independent | Arturo Serrano | 13,571 | 11.33 |
| | Independent | Nap Ferrer | 12,316 | 10.29 |
| | PDP–Laban | Tom Dizon | 12,302 | 10.27 |
| | Lakas | Marsha Marti | 11,664 | 9.74 |
| | Independent | Jun Tanjuakio | 11,115 | 9.28 |
| | Independent | Michael Ocampo | 9,745 | 8.14 |
| | Lakas | Ben Santos | 9,608 | 8.14 |
| | Independent | Ed Aganon | 8,291 | 6.92 |
| | Independent | Roy Magbag | 8,254 | 6.89 |
| | Independent | Dexter Regala | 7,694 | 6.42 |
| | Independent | Pits David | 7,356 | 6.14 |
| | Independent | Lita Briones | 7,201 | 6.01 |
| | Independent | Paul Villafaña | 6,293 | 5.25 |
| | Independent | Mark Martinez | 5,509 | 4.60 |
| | Independent | Andres Tiru | 4,667 | 3.89 |
| | Independent | Gerardo Gomez | 3,911 | 3.26 |
| | Independent | Cesar Rivera | 3,169 | 2.64 |
| | Independent | Leslie Tamangan | 1,455 | 1.21 |
| | Independent | Ares Cortez | 1,332 | 1.12 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | |