# 2004 Zamboanga City local elections

Local elections were held in Zamboanga City on May 10, 2004, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, 12 councilors and one representative from its lone district.

## Mayoral and vice mayoral elections

Mayor Maria Clara Lobregat died of complications in January 2004, paving the mayoralty race for the ruling Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino wide open since she was the presumptive nominee running for a third term. Vice-Mayor Erbie Fabian took her place as acting mayor.
Lobregat's son, incumbent Congressman Celso Lobregat became the standard-bearer of the LDP, and incumbent Mayor Fabian will run for the post left by Celso. Celso picked Councilor Beng Climaco as his running-mate.

## Results

The candidate for district representative, 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.

### House of Representatives election
#### Lone District

Incumbent Vice-Mayor Erbie Fabian is running for the post against former Mayor Manuel Dalipe.
2004 Philippine House of Representatives election at Zamboanga City's Lone District :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | LDP | Erbie Fabian | 102,915 | |
| | Independent | Manuel Dalipe | 78,619 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | 100.0 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |

### Mayoral elections

Incumbent Congressman Celso Lobregat is running for mayor against prominent businessman Lepeng Wee and Councilor Charlie Mariano.
Zamboanga City mayoral election, 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | LDP | Celso Lobregat | 113,447 | 48.34 |
| | Independent | Lepeng Wee | 70,398 | 29.99 |
| | Independent | Charlie Mariano | 49,669 | 21.16 |
| | Independent | Alejandro Guardian | 789 | 0.34 |
| | Independent | Abdusalam Angkaya | 403 | 0.17 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 234,706 | 100.00 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |

### Vice-mayoral elections

The vice-mayorship is vacant since Vice-Mayor Erbie Fabian took office upon Mayor Lobregat's death. Incumbent Councilor Beng Climaco runs against veteran politician Jaime Cabato.
Zamboanga City vice-mayoral election, 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | LDP | Maria Isabelle Climaco | 140,225 | |
| | Independent | Jaime Cabato | 59,989 | |
| | Independent | Popoy Tumagidgid | 1,376 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |

### City council elections

Zamboanga City elects twelve councilors to the city council. The twelve candidates with the highest number of votes wins the seats.
| Coalition | Coalition | Mayoral/vice mayoral candidate | Total votes | Total votes | Total seats | Total seats |
| Coalition | Coalition | Mayoral/vice mayoral candidate | Total | % | Total | % |
| | LDP | Celso Lobregat | | | 12 | 86% |
| | Independent | Lepeng Wee | | | 0 | 0% |
| Total valid votes cast | Total valid votes cast | Total valid votes cast | | N/A | | |
| Total turnout | Total turnout | Total turnout | | | | |
| Total partisan seats | Total partisan seats | Total partisan seats | Total partisan seats | Total partisan seats | 16 | 88.9% |
| Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President | Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President | Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President | Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President | Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President | 1 | 5.6% |
| Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President | Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President | Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President | Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President | Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President | 1 | 5.6% |
| Total non-partisan seats | Total non-partisan seats | Total non-partisan seats | Total non-partisan seats | Total non-partisan seats | 2 | 11.1% |
| Total seats | Total seats | Total seats | Total seats | Total seats | 14 | 100.0% |
Zamboanga City Council election at Zamboanga City's Lone District, 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | LDP | Milabel Velasquez (incumbent) | 131,608 | |
| | LDP | Asbi Edding (incumbent) | 130,481 | |
| | LDP | Mannix Dalipe (incumbent) | 122,552 | |
| | LDP | Juan Climaco Elago II (incumbent) | 115,575 | |
| | LDP | Cesar Iturralde (incumbent) | 111,276 | |
| | LDP | Luis Climaco | 104,065 | |
| | LDP | Reyniero Candido | 103,172 | |
| | LDP | Roel Natividad (incumbent) | 98,267 | |
| | LDP | Cesar Jimenez, Sr. (incumbent) | 96,037 | |
| | LDP | Rodolfo Lim | 94,042 | |
| | LDP | Elias Enriquez (incumbent) | 85,946 | |
| | LDP | Benjamin Guingona III | 84,421 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |