Draft:2004 Laguna local elections

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2004 Laguna local elections

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Gubernatorial election

Nominee Teresita Lazaro Danilo Fernandez Rodolfo San Luis Party Lakas PDSP LDP Running mate Edwin Olivarez Emilio Tiongco Ramon de Roma Popular vote 317,116 302,204 278,108 Percentage 35.34 34.90 30.97

Results per city and municipality Lazaro:      30–40%      40–50% Fernandez:      40–50% San Luis:      30–40%      40–50%

Governor before election Teresita Lazaro PMP Elected Governor Teresita Lazaro Lakas

Vice gubernatorial election

Candidate Edwin Olivarez Ramon de Roma Emilio Tiongco Party Lakas LDP KAMPI Popular vote 432,554 171,756 115,342 Percentage 58.87 23.37 15.70

Vice Governor before election Danilo Fernandez NPC Elected Vice Governor Edwin Olivarez Lakas

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Local elections were held in the Province of Laguna on May 10, 2004, as part of the 2004 Philippine general election. Voters selected candidates for all local positions: a municipal/city mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and representatives for the four districts of Laguna.^[1]

Candidates

Administration coalition

Team Lazaro–Olivarez

Name	Party		Result
For Governor
Teresita Lazaro		Lakas	Won
For Vice Governor
Edwin Olivarez		Lakas	Won
1st District
For Representative
Melvin Matibag		Lakas	Lost
For Board Member
Edilberto Aguilar		Lakas	Lost
Ramon Carrillo		Lakas	Won
Raul Marco Sison		Lakas	Won
2nd District
For Representative
Severino Lajara		Lakas	Lost
For Board Member
Rolando Bagnes		Lakas	Won
Luis Tanyag		Lakas	Lost
Susano Tapia		Lakas	Won
3rd District
For Representative
Danton Bueser		Liberal	Won
For Board Member
Mirabo Bueser		Liberal	Lost
Arcadio Najie Gapangada		Lakas	Won
4th District
For Representative
Magdaleno Palacol Jr.		Lakas	Lost
For Board Member
Eufemio Lagumbay		Lakas	Won
Benedicto Mario Palacol		Lakas	Won

Opposition coalition

Team San Luis–de Roma

Name	Party		Result
For Governor
Rodolfo San Luis		LDP	Lost
For Vice Governor
Ramon de Roma		LDP	Lost
1st District
For Board Member
Gomer Carta		LDP	Lost
Victor Escueta		LDP	Lost
Ramon Lijauco		Lakas	Lost
2nd District
For Representative
Justine Marc Chipeco		LDP	Won
For Board Member
Alfonso Javier		LDP	Lost
Neil Andrew Nocon		LDP	Lost
Philip Rodriguez		Lakas	Lost
3rd District
For Representative
Conrado Manicad		KNP	Lost
For Board Member
Adoracion Alava		LDP	Won
Renato Tubigan		KNP	Lost
4th District
For Representative
Benjamin Agarao Jr.		LDP	Won
For Board Member
Ferdinand Ragaza		LDP	Lost
Marlon Mangahas		LDP	Lost

Provincial elections

Gubernatorial election

Incumbent Teresita Lazaro won her second term against Vice Governor Danilo Fernandez and 4th district representative Rodolfo San Luis.^[2]

Laguna Gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Teresita Lazaro (Incumbent)	317,116	35.32
	PDSP	Danilo Fernandez	302,654	33.71
	LDP	Rodolfo San Luis	278,108	30.97
Total votes			897,878	100.00
	Lakas hold
Reference:[1]

Vice gubernatorial election

Incumbent Danilo Fernandez is not seeking reelection, instead he is running for Governor. His seat will be contested by four candidates including 1st district board member Edwin Olivarez.

Olivarez would later win the elections.^[2]

Laguna Vice gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Edwin Olivarez	432,554	58.87
	LDP	Ramon de Roma	171,756	23.37
	KAMPI	Emilio Tiongco	115,342	15.70
	Independent	Alex Garcia	15,160	2.06
Total votes			734,812	100.00
	Lakas gain from NPC
Reference:[1]

Provincial Board

All 4 Districts of Laguna elected Sangguniang Panlalawigan or Provincial Board members.^[1]

Summary

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Lakas–CMD	1,011,514	62.72	9
	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	307,391	19.06	1
	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino	85,854	5.32	0
	Partido Dimasalang	61,694	3.83	0
	Liberal Party	54,579	3.38	0
	Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas	16,224	1.01	0
	Iisang Bansa, Iisang Diwa	5,432	0.34	0
	Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino	2,629	0.16	0
	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	1,404	0.09	0
	Independent	65,902	4.09	0
ex officio seats				3
Total		1,612,623	100.00	13

1st District

• Municipality: Biñan, San Pedro, Santa Rosa

2004 Laguna Provincial Board election in 1st District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Gabnulang Alatiit (Incumbent)	90,119	16.73
	Lakas	Raul Marco Sison	84,825	15.74
	Lakas	Ramon Carrillo	75,390	13.99
	Lakas	Edilberto Aguilar	61,201	11.36
	LDP	Gomer Carta	55,756	10.35
	Lakas	Ramon Lijauco	54,279	10.07
	LDP	Victor Escueta	34,457	6.40
	PMP	Victor Sanchez	33,548	6.23
	Dimasalang	Simplicio Carunungan	28,256	5.24
	Independent	Benjamin Lim	9,322	1.73
	Dimasalang	Leonardo Lazarte	6,206	1.15
	1 Bansa, 1 Diwa	Ma. Elvira Mance	3,319	0.62
	1 Bansa, 1 Diwa	Michael Mitz Velandres	1,247	0.23
	1 Bansa, 1 Diwa	Orlando Revilleza	866	0.16
Total votes			538,790	100.00
Reference:[1]

2nd District

• Cities: Calamba
• Municipality: Bay, Cabuyao, Los Baños

2004 Laguna Provincial Board election in 2nd District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Ramil Hernandez	121,672	22.61
	Lakas	Rolando Bagnes (Incumbent)	97,985	18.21
	Lakas	Susano Tapia (Incumbent)	78,406	14.57
	Lakas	Luis Tanyag	61,714	11.47
	LDP	Neil Andrew Nocon	59,655	11.08
	Lakas	Philip Rodriguez	47,536	8.65
	Lakas	Romeo Batacan	40,123	7.45
	LDP	Alfonso Javier	32,119	5.97
Total votes			538,210	100.00
Reference:[1]

3rd District

• Cities: San Pablo
• Municipality: Alaminos, Calauan, Liliw, Nagcarlan, Rizal, Victoria

2004 Laguna Provincial Board election in 3rd District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Arcadio Najie Gapangada (Incumbent)	72,925	27.18
	LDP	Adoracion Alava	62,676	23.36
	PDSP	Michael Potenciano	43,998	16.40
	Liberal	Mirabo Bueser	42,577	15.87
	Dimasalang	Reynaldo Paras	27,232	10.15
	PDSP	Emmanuel Loyola	16,224	6.05
	KNP	Renato Tubigan	2,629	0.98
Total votes			268,261	100.00
Reference:[1]

4th District

• Municipalities: Cavinti, Famy, Kalayaan, Luisiana, Lumban, Mabitac, Magdalena, Majayjay, Paete, Pagsanjan, Pakil, Pangil, Pila, Santa Cruz, Santa Maria, Siniloan

2004 Laguna Provincial Board election in 4th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Eufemio Lagumbay	72,992	23.52
	Lakas	Benedicto Mario Palacol	52,347	16.87
	PMP	Jeffrie Baldemor	52,306	16.85
	Independent	Roy Lopez	34,557	11.13
	LDP	Ferdinand Ragaza	32,824	10.58
	LDP	Marlon Mangahas	29,904	9.64
	Independent	Augusto Kamatoy	13,054	4.21
	Liberal	Ricardo Ramirez	12,002	3.87
	Independent	Ernesto Coria	5,268	1.70
	Independent	Eduardo Mababangloob	3,701	1.19
	KBL	Rizalino Cariaso	1,404	0.45
Total votes			310,359	100.00
Reference:[1]

Congressional elections

Each of Laguna's four legislative districts elected a representative to the House of Representatives. The candidate with the highest number of votes wins the seat.^[1]

1st District

Incumbent Uliran Joaquin is running for third and final term, her main rival is Melvin Matibag.

2004 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Laguna's 1st District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Uliran Joaquin (Incumbent)	166,558	70.46
	Lakas	Melvin Matibag	69,812	29.54
Total votes			236,370	100.00
	NPC hold
Reference:[1]

2nd District

Incumbent Joaquin Chipeco Jr. is term-limited and barred for seeking another term, his party din't name a nominee, but he supported his son Justine Marc Chipeco. His main rival is incumbent Calamba Mayor Severino Lajara.

2004 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Laguna's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Justine Marc Chipeco	155,760	63.35
	Lakas	Severino Lajara	87,476	35.58
	Independent	Leodegario Ilag	2,622	1.07
Total votes			245,858	100.00
	LDP hold
Reference:[1]

3rd District

Incumbent Danton Bueser is running for his third and final term.

2004 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Laguna's 3rd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Danton Bueser (Incumbent)	143,377	87.93
	KNP	Conrado Manicad	19,687	12.07
Total votes			163,064	100.00
	Liberal hold
Reference:[1]

4th District

Incumbent Rodolfo San Luis is term limited and barred for seeking another term, his party named incumbent Provincial Board Member Benjamin Agarao Jr., Agarao's main opponent are Magdaleno Palacol Jr., son of late Congressman Palacol Sr. and incumbent board member Vincent Soriano.

2004 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Laguna's 4th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Benjamin Agarao Jr.	64,685	35.08
	Liberal	Vincent Soriano	49,264	26.72
	PMP	Erwin Maceda	44,569	24.17
	Lakas	Magdaleno Palacol Jr.	25,178	13.66
	Independent	Louie Caballes	687	0.37
Total votes			184,383	100.00
	LDP hold
Reference:[1]

City and municipal elections

All municipalities of Laguna. Calamba City and San Pablo City will also elect mayor and vice-mayor this election. 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. Below is the list of mayoralty candidates of each cities and municipalities per district.^[1]

1st District

• Municipality: Biñan, San Pedro, Santa Rosa

Biñan

Incumbent Hermis Perez won his third term against Vice Mayor Jose Francisco Ruben Yatco.^[3]

Biñan mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Hermis Perez (Incumbent)	34,586	56.50
	LDP	Jose Francisco Ruben Yatco	26,527	43.33
	Dimasalang	Ben Arnold Pulmano	101	0.16
Total votes			61,214	100.00
	Lakas hold
Reference:[1]

San Pedro

San Pedro mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Felicisimo Vierneza (Incumbent)	47,811	50.27
	NPC	Celedonio Tayao	40,476	42.56
	KNP	Nicanor Gilbuena	6,813	7.16
Total votes			95,100	100.00
	Lakas hold
Reference:[1]

Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Leon Arcillas (Incumbent)	53,008	59.77
	KAMPI	Roberto Gonzales	35,454	39.97
	Independent	Bernardo Baniqued Sr.	143	0.16
	Dimasalang	Jelito Jamisola	86	0.10
Total votes			88,691	100.00
	Lakas hold
Reference:[1]

2nd District

• Cities: Calamba
• Municipality: Bay, Cabuyao, Los Baños

Calamba

Calamba mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Joaquin Chipeco Jr.	92,506	69.01
	Lakas	Saturnino Lajara	41,538	30.99
Total votes			134,044	100.00
	LDP gain from Lakas
Reference:[1]

Bay

Bay mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Bruno Ramos	17,498	76.95
	Lakas	Edwin Ramos (Incumbent)	5,240	23.05
Total votes			22,738	100.00
	Independent gain from Lakas
Reference:[1]

Cabuyao

Cabuyao mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Nila Aguillo	32,535	53.43
	PDP–Laban	Edgardo Alimagno	24,709	40.58
	Independent	Constancio Alimagno Jr.	3,653	6.00
Total votes			60,897	100.00
	Lakas hold
Reference:[1]

Los Baños

Los Baños mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Caesar Perez (Incumbent)	25,417	63.10
	LDP	Francisco Lapis	12,605	31.29
	LDP	Antonio Kalaw	2,258	5.61
Total votes			40,280	100.00
	Lakas hold
Reference:[1]

3rd District

• Cities: San Pablo
• Municipality: Alaminos, Calauan, Liliw, Nagcarlan, Rizal, Victoria

San Pablo

San Pablo mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP–PMP	Vicente Amante	45,618	45.10
	Lakas	Florante Aquino (Incumbent)	32,192	31.83
	Liberal	Arsenio Millares	22,355	22.10
	KNP	Alfredo Cosico	982	0.97
Total votes			101,147	100.00
	LDP gain from Lakas
Reference:[1]

Alaminos

Alaminos mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Liberal	Samuel Bueser (Incumbent)	8,516	48.81
	PDSP	Lorelei Pampolina	4,699	26.93
	Independent	Artemio Maiit	4,203	24.09
	Dimasalang	Alfredo Cosico	31	0.18
Total votes			17,449	100.00
	Lakas hold
Reference:[1]

Calauan

Calauan mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Buenafrindo Berris (Incumbent)	9,886	50.03
	LDP	Germenegildo Ilagan	9,873	49.97
Total votes			19,759	100.00
	Lakas hold
Reference:[1]

Liliw

Liliw mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Cesar Sulibit	8,446	57.75
	Lakas	Jonathan Polistico (Incumbent)	6,180	42.25
Total votes			14,626	100.00
	LDP gain from Lakas
Reference:[1]

Nagcarlan

Nagcarlan mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Rosendon Corales (Incumbent)	12,140	51.96
	Dimasalang	Eliseo Corcega	10,682	45.72
	KNP	Delfin Mojado	541	2.32
Total votes			23,363	100.00
	Lakas hold
Reference:[1]

Rizal

Rizal mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Rolen Urriquia	4,186	54.89
	Lakas	William Sombilla (Incumbent)	3,440	45.11
Total votes			7,626	100.00
	LDP gain from Lakas
Reference:[1]

Victoria

Victoria mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Dwight Kampitan	6,445	42.12
	Lakas	Renato Rebong (Incumbent)	5,888	38.48
	Independent	Saturnino Balagtas	2,969	19.40
Total votes			15,302	100.00
	LDP hold
Reference:[1]

4th District

• Municipalities: Cavinti, Famy, Kalayaan, Luisiana, Lumban, Mabitac, Magdalena, Majayjay, Paete, Pagsanjan, Pakil, Pangil, Pila, Santa Cruz, Santa Maria, Siniloan

Cavinti

Cavinti mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Floro Esguerra (Incumbent)	7,171	68.54
	LDP	Glicerio Pereña Jr.	3,292	31.46
Total votes			10,463	100.00
	Lakas hold
Reference:[1]

Famy

Famy mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	George Pangalinan (Incumbent)	2,594	39.85
	LDP	Emmanuel Acomular	2,458	37.76
	Dimasalang	Amadeo Puño	1,089	16.73
	KAMPI–Liberal	Conrado Jamolin	369	5.67
Total votes			6,510	100.00
	Lakas hold
Reference:[1]

Kalayaan

Kalayaan mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Emmanuel Magana (Incumbent)	5,769	63.86
	Lakas–Dimasalang	Antonio de la Paz	3,265	63.86
Total votes			9,034	100.00
	LDP hold
Reference:[1]

Luisiana

Luisiana mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Manuel Rondilla	5,158	55.43
	Independent	Noel Rondilla	2,125	22.83
	Lakas	Estrilleta Diwajon	2,023	21.74
Total votes			9,306	100.00
	LDP gain from KAMPI
Reference:[1]

Lumban

Lumban mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Wilfredo Paraiso	4,965	35.21
	Independent	Reynato Añonuevo	4,927	34.94
	Lakas	Manolo Elbo	2,133	15.13
	LDP	Mamerta Lagrosa	2,077	14.73
Total votes			14,102	100.00
	LDP gain from Lakas
Reference:[1]

Mabitac

Mabitac mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Gerardo Fader	4,216	50.20
	LDP	Apollo Aguilar	4,183	49.80
Total votes			8,399	100.00
	Lakas hold
Reference:[1]

Magdalena

Magdalena mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Teresa Nieva Reodica	3,388	35.68
	Dimasalang	David Aventurado Jr.	3,245	34.17
	LDP	Leovino Porcioncula	2,863	30.15
Total votes			9,496	100.00
	Lakas gain from KAMPI
Reference:[1]

Majayjay

Majayjay mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Victorino Rodillas (Incumbent)	7,471	67.09
	LDP	Avelino Merestela	2,797	25.12
	Akbayan	Rey Gregory Cube	867	7.79
Total votes			11,135	100.00
	Lakas hold
Reference:[1]

Paete

Paete mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Liberal	Emmanuel Cadayona	4,012	37.72
	LDP	Elmoise Afurong (Incumbent)	3,658	34.40
	Lakas–Dimasalang	Brigido Bagayan	2,415	22.71
	Independent	Charlie Baldemor	550	5.17
Total votes			10,635	100.00
	Lakas gain from LDP
Reference:[1]

Pagsanjan

Pagsanjan mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMP	Emillio Ramon Ejercito III (Incumbent)	13,092	81.22
	Lakas	Petronio Limlengco	2,501	15.51
	LDP	Abner Afuang	527	3.27
Total votes			16,120	100.00
	PMP hold
Reference:[1]

Pakil

Pakil mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Ignacio Martinez (Incumbent)	5,804	63.20
	LDP	Fernando Cabañero	3,380	36.80
Total votes			9,184	100.00
	Lakas hold
Reference:[1]

Pangil

Pangil mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Juanita Manzana	4,537	47.15
	Lakas–Dimasalang	Jovito Reyes	2,594	26.96
	LDP	Agapito Valera Jr.	2,455	25.51
	Independent	Alfredo Acaylar	37	0.38
Total votes			9,623	100.00
	Lakas hold
Reference:[1]

Pila

Pila mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Wilfredo Quiat (Incumbent)	7,306	38.12
	LDP	Edgardo Ramos	5,986	31.23
	PDSP	Rosauro Framil	5,873	30.64
Total votes			19,165	100.00
	Lakas hold
Reference:[1]

Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Domingo G. Panganiban (Incumbent)	17,881	43.74
	Lakas	Jaime Bautista Ching	16,440	40.22
	Lakas	Florencio Odejar	6,557	16.04
Total votes			40,878	100.00
	LDP hold
Reference:[1]

Santa Maria

Santa Maria mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Joel Cuento (Incumbent)	7,980	60.76
	Independent	Virginia Nipay	5,153	39.24
Total votes			13,133	100.00
	LDP hold
Reference:[1]

Siniloan

Siniloan mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Guillermo Acero (Incumbent)	10,837	73.01
	LDP–KNP	Cenon Realeza	4,007	26.99
Total votes			14,844	100.00
	Lakas hold
Reference:[1]