# 2013 Manila local elections

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

### Vice Mayoral election

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.
Manila Mayoral election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | UNA | Isko Moreno | 395,156 | 62.78 |
| | Liberal | Lou Veloso | 234,256 | 37.22 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 629,412 | 100.00 |
| | UNA hold | UNA hold | UNA hold | 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 | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 129,815 | 100.00 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

#### 2nd District

Carlo Lopez is the incumbent.
2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Manila's 2nd district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Carlo Lopez | 55,468 | 68.82 |
| | UNA | Edward Tan | 25,128 | 31.18 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 80,596 | 100.00 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | 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 | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 81,163 | 100.00 |
| | NPC hold | NPC hold | NPC hold | 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 | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | NUP | Trisha Bonoan-David | 78,026 | 100.00 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 78,026 | 100.00 |
| | NUP hold | NUP hold | NUP hold | NUP hold |

#### 5th District

Amado Bagatsing is the incumbent.
2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Manila's 5th district :
| Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 106,639 | 100.00 |
| | KABAKA hold | KABAKA hold | KABAKA hold | 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 | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 84,870 | 100.00 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | 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 | 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 | Ex officio seats | | | 2 |
| Total | 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 | George Planas | 1,467 |
| Independent | Segundina Jamias | 1,233 |
Joel Par is a guest candidate of UNA.