2007 Zamboanga City local elections

2007 Zamboanga City mayoralty election
May 14, 2007
 
Nominee Celso Lobregat Crisanto dela Cruz
Party LDP KAMPI Independent
Running mate Milabel Velasquez Victor Solis Mannix Dalipe
Popular vote 110,867 29,923
Percentage 58.15 39.82
Mayor before election

Celso Lobregat
LDP

Elected mayor

Celso Lobregat
LDP

Local elections was held in Zamboanga City on May 14, 2007, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, and eight councilors per district. Previously, the city voters elected 12 councilors and one representative from its lone district.

Political changes

See also: Legislative districts of Zamboanga City

Since 1984, Zamboanga City is represented in the national Congress by one representative. All things changed in 2004 when the lone district was divided into 2 districts by virtue of Republic Act No. 9269[1] on March 19, 2004. Veterans Avenue is the dividing line of the two districts.

Mayoral and vice mayoral elections

Monsignor Crisanto dela Cruz formed a coalition named Nuevo Zamboanga under the banner of Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to run against the incumbent administrator of Mayor Celso Lobregat of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino. Lobregat picked incumbent Councilor Milabel Velasquez as his running mate while dela Cruz picked activist Atty. Victor Solis as his running mate.

Results

The candidates for district representative, mayor, and vice mayor with the most votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.

District I City Election Officer Roel Bengua, also chairman of the City Board of Canvassers, proclaimed Mayor Celso Lobregat retaining his post, incumbent Councilor Mannix Dalipe as Vice-Mayor, incumbent Vice-Mayor Beng Climaco as District I Representative, Congressman Erbie Fabian as District II Representative, and the 16 City Councilors.[2]

House of Representatives election

1st District

Incumbent Vice-Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco is running for the post against neophyte politician Edilberto Gonzales.

2007 Philippine House of Representatives election at Zamboanga City's 1st district
Party Candidate Votes %
LDP Maria Isabelle Climaco 54,468
KAMPI Edilberto Gonzales 30,518
Total votes 100.0
LDP hold

2nd District

Incumbent Representative Erbie Fabian is running for a second term.

2007 Philippine House of Representatives election at Zamboanga City's 2nd district
Party Candidate Votes %
LDP Erbie Fabian (incumbent) 60,632
KAMPI Susan delos Reyes 19,419
Independent Samuel Enesando 4,400
Total votes 100.0
LDP hold

Mayoral elections

Incumbent Mayor Celso Lobregat is running for his second term. His main opponent is former Catholic priest Crisanto dela Cruz.[3]

Zamboanga City mayoral election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes %
LDP Celso Lobregat (incumbent) 110,867 58.15
KAMPI Crisanto dela Cruz 75,928 39.82
Independent Cleofe Carmelita Cajucom 2,960 1.55
Independent Sonny Sakilin 902 0.47
Total votes 190,657 100.00
LDP hold

Vice-mayoral elections

Incumbent Vice-Mayor Beng Climaco is running for District I Representative. Councilor Mila Velasquez was Mayor Lobregat's running-mate against Monsi dela Cruz' candidate, Atty. Vic Solis.

Zamboanga City vice-mayoral election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Mannix Dalipe 75,630 41.07
LDP Milabel Velasquez 50,970 27.68
Independent Rodolfo Bayot 39,794 21.61
KAMPI Vicente Solis 14,265 7.75
Independent Ismail Jaalam 3,482 1.89
Total votes 184,141 100.00
Independent gain from LDP

City Council elections

Each of Zamboanga City's two legislative districts elects eight councilors to the City Council. The eight candidates with the most votes wins the seats per district.

2007 Zamboanga City Council election
May 14, 2007
All 8 seats from each of Zamboanga City's two legislative districts
9 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Celso Lobregat Crisanto dela Cruz Charlie Mariano
Party LDP KAMPI Independent
Leader's seat 1st District 1st District 1st District
Seats before 12 0 0
Seats won 12 3 1
Seat change 3 1
Popular vote 117,939 47,456
Coalition Mayoral/vice
mayoral candidate		 Total votes Total seats
Total % Total %
LDP Celso Lobregat 12 66.7%
KAMPI Crisanto dela Cruz 3 16.7%
Independents Varies 1 5.6%
Total valid votes cast N/A
Total turnout
Total partisan seats 16 88.9%
Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President 1 5.6%
Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President 1 5.6%
Total non-partisan seats 2 11.1%
Total seats 18 100.0%

1st District

Zamboanga City Council election at Zamboanga City's 1st district, 2007
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Charlie Mariano 47,456
LDP Cesar Jimenez, Jr. 44,202
KAMPI Jaime Cabato 43,304
KAMPI Melchor Sadain 40,827
LDP Lynet Marcos-Abarro 39,101
LDP Rodolfo Lim (incumbent) 38,267
LDP Rogelio Valesco, Jr. 34,701
KAMPI Luis Biel III 33,808
LDP Antonio Orendain, Jr. 33,626
KAMPI Ricardo Baban, Jr. 30,426
LDP Victor Alvarez 29,404
LDP Mario Roca 28,072
Independent Roberto Ko 27,517
Independent Max Enriquez 25,595
LDP Manuelito Luna 25,523
KAMPI Venusto Anova 19,903
KAMPI Joaquin Diaz 16,608
KAMPI Edris Lim 15,780
KAMPI Giovanni Luistro 14,454
Independent Basilio Rusil 8,908
Independent Abdurrahman Tugayan 3,990
Total votes
LDP hold

2nd District

Zamboanga City Council election at Zamboanga City's 1st district, 2007
Party Candidate Votes %
LDP Asbi Edding (incumbent) 56,496
LDP Juan Climaco Elago II (incumbent) 50,297
LDP Cesar Iturralde (incumbent) 46,723
LDP Lilia Macrohon-Nuño 43,911
LDP Roel Natividad (incumbent) 42,389
LDP Benjamin Guingona III (incumbent) 40,195
LDP Eduardo Saavedra, Jr. 39,305
LDP Reyniero Candido (incumbent) 39,278
Independent Luis Climaco (incumbent) 37,144
KAMPI Gerasimo Acuña 23,210
KAMPI Jaime Villaflores 22,078
KAMPI Rene Natividad 19,991
KAMPI Reyniero Camins 18,769
Independent Susan Cabato 18,519
KAMPI Ernesto Perez 17,744
KAMPI Abelardo Dondoyano 14,059
KAMPI Mercy Arquiza-Fernandez 11,554
KAMPI Manuel Jose Fabian 9,453
Total votes
LDP hold

See also

References

  1. ^ "REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9269 AN ACT CREATING THE SECOND LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF ZAMBOANGA". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  2. ^ Hader Glang (May 25, 2007). "Winners in Zamboanga City elections". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  3. ^ "Priest versus Lobregat". The Philippine Star. March 30, 2007. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
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