2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Eastern Visayas

Philippine House of Representatives elections in Eastern Visayas, 2010
12 seats of Eastern Visayas in the House of Representatives
	Location of Eastern Visayas within the country.

Elections were held in Eastern Visayas for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 10, 2010.

The candidate with the most votes won that district's seat for the 15th Congress of the Philippines.

Summary

Party		Popular vote	%	Seats won
	Lakas–Kampi	833,850	48.96%	8
	Liberal	284,557	16.71%	2
	Nacionalista	133,001	7.81%	1
	PMP	114,427	6.72%	0
	NPC	58,699	3.45%	0
	PDSP	30,583	1.80%	0
	PDP–Laban	4,996	0.29%	0
	Bangon Pilipinas	1,998	0.12%	0
	PGRP	193	0.01%	0
	Independent	240,867	14.14%	1
Valid votes		1,703,161	87.59%	12
Invalid votes		241,391	12.41%
Turnout		1,944,552	79.67%
Registered voters		2,440,757	100.00%

Biliran

The result of the election is under protest in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal.^[1]

Philippine House of Representatives election at Biliran
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Rogelio Espina	40,010	50.10
	Lakas–Kampi	Glenn Chong	39,649	49.65
	Independent	Paul Diu	203	0.25
Valid ballots			79,862	97.24
Invalid or blank votes			2,265	2.76
Total votes			82,127	100.00
	Nacionalista gain from Lakas–Kampi

Eastern Samar

Teodulo Coquilla is the incumbent, but his party Lakas-Kampi-CMD did not nominate anybody in this district. He is running as an independent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Eastern Samar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ben P. Evardone	74,082	38.07
	Independent	Teodulo Coquilla	66,222	34.03
	NPC	Raymond Apita	25,932	13.33
	PMP	Mateo Biong, Jr.	17,682	9.09
	Nacionalista	Maximo Aljibe	9,108	4.68
	Independent	Conrado Macasa, Sr.	806	0.41
	Independent	Angelo Miguel	577	0.30
	PGRP	Febidal Padel	193	0.10
Valid ballots			194,602	91.05
Invalid or blank votes			19,137	8.95
Total votes			213,739	100.00
	Independent hold

Leyte

1st District

Ferdinand Martin Romualdez is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Leyte's 1st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Ferdinand Martin Romualdez	99,807	60.05
	Independent	Feliciano Clemencio	66,403	39.95
Valid ballots			166,210	86.01
Invalid or blank votes			27,031	13.99
Total votes			193,241	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

2nd District

Incumbent Trinidad Apostol is in her third consecutive term already and is ineligible for reelection. Her husband Sergio is her party's nominee for the district's seat.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Leyte's 2nd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Sergio Apostol	77,561	56.78
	PDSP	Rustico Balderian	30,583	22.39
	PMP	Ashley Alverio	13,095	9.59
	Liberal	Alberto Hidalgo	9,157	6.70
	Bangon Pilipinas	Pastro Trimor, Jr.	1,988	1.46
	Independent	Von Kaiser Soro	1,988	1.46
	Independent	Bartolome Lawsin	1,012	0.74
Valid ballots			136,596	75.19
Invalid or blank votes			45,069	24.81
Total votes			181,665	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

3rd District

Andres Salvacion, Jr. is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Leyte's 3rd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Andres Salvacion, Jr.	48,083	59.48
	Nacionalista	Eduardo Veloso	31,311	38.73
	Liberal	Edwin Pfleider	1,007	1.25
	Independent	Paquito Pelipel, Jr.	435	0.54
Valid ballots			80.836	92.44
Invalid or blank votes			6,615	7.56
Total votes			87,451	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

4th District

Eufrocino Codilla, Sr. is in his third consecutive term already and is ineligible for reelection. His son Eufrocino Jr. will run in his place. Actor Richard Gomez was disqualified when the Commission on Elections granted the petition of disqualification filed by Buenaventura Juntilla against Gomez.^[2]^[3] Gomez was replaced by his wife, TV host Lucy Torres-Gomez. The name of Richard Gomez will remain in the ballot and will go to Lucy Torres-Gomez.

Codilla placed the result of the election under protest in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal.^[1] The tribunal ruled on May 25, 2012 that Lucy Torrez-Gomez's substitution of her husband was legal, thereby acknowledging votes for her as valid and not stray.^[4] On March 19, 2013, or three months before Torres-Gomez's term was to end, the Supreme Court granted the petition of Silverio Tagolino, who argued that since Gomez was disqualified in the first place, his substitute cannot be allowed to run; the decision, which had 7 justices concurring, 4 dissenting and 4 abstaining, effectively removed Torres-Gomez from her post. Torres-Gomez is appealing the case.^[5]

Philippine House of Representatives election at Leyte's 4th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lucy Torres-Gomez	101,250	56.79
	Lakas–Kampi	Eufrocino Codilla, Jr.	76,549	42.93
	Independent	Silverio Tagolino	493	0.28
Valid ballots			178,292	94.01
Invalid or blank votes			11,352	5.99
Total votes			189,644	100.00
	Liberal gain from Lakas–Kampi

5th District

Incumbent Carmen Cari is in third consecutive term already and is ineligible for reelection. Her son Baybay mayor Jose Carlos is her party's nominee for the district's seat and is running unopposed.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Leyte's 5th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Jose Carlos Cari	118,113	100.00
Valid ballots			118,113	68.18
Invalid or blank votes			55,119	31.82
Total votes			173,232	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

Northern Samar

1st District

Incumbent Paul Daza is running as governor of Northern Samar; his father provincial governor Raul is his party's nominee for the district's seat.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Northern Samar's 1st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Raul Daza	79,880	59.85
	Lakas–Kampi	Francisco Rosales, Jr.	50,430	37.78
	Independent	Hildegardes Dineros	3,168	2.37
Valid ballots			133,478	90.68
Invalid or blank votes			13,722	9.32
Total votes			147,200	100.00
	Liberal hold

2nd District

Emil Ong is the incumbent.

The result of the election is under protest in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal.^[1]

Philippine House of Representatives election at Northern Samar's 2nd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Emil Ong	56,791	51.34
	Liberal	Antonio Lucero	53,833	48.66
Valid ballots			110,624	89.27
Invalid or blank votes			13,296	10.73
Total votes			123,920	100,00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

Samar (Western Samar)

1st District

Reynaldo Uy is in his third consecutive term already and is ineligible for reelection. His party nominated Calbayog mayor Mel Senen Sarmiento as their nominee for the district's seat.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Samar's 1st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Mel Senen Sarmiento	82,787	56.81
	Nacionalista	Rodolfo Tuazon	52,572	36.07
	Independent	Rodrigo Tuazon	5,731	3.93
	Independent	Alex Tuazon	2,766	1.90
	NPC	Mario Roño	1,879	1.29
Valid ballots			145,735	93.74
Invalid or blank votes			9,740	6.26
Total votes			155,475	100,00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

2nd District

Incumbent Sharee Ann Tan will run for governor of Samar. Her mother, governor Milagrosa is her party's nominee for the district's seat.

The result of the election is under protest in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal.^[1]

Philippine House of Representatives election at Samar's 2nd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Milagrosa Tan	58,168	36.99
	Liberal	Wilfredo Estorninos	39,430	25.08
	NPC	Manuel Torresvillas	30,888	19.64
	PMP	Catalino Figueroa	22,055	14.03
	PDP–Laban	Alvin Abejuela	4,996	3.18
	Independent	Urbano Alli, Jr.	1,708	1.09
Valid ballots			157,735	82.11
Invalid or blank votes			34,267	17.89
Total votes			191,512	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

Southern Leyte

Roger Mercado is the incumbent.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Southern Leyte
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Roger Mercado	125,912	66.60
	PMP	Aniceto Saludo	61,595	32.58
	Independent	Vicente Geraldo	961	0.51
	Independent	Jeffren Roden	590	0.31
Valid ballots			189,058	91.53
Invalid or blank votes			17,500	8.47
Total votes			206,558	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Romero, Paolo (2010-07-16). "56 electoral cases filed before House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal". Philippine Star. Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
^ "Richard Gomez disqualified from Leyte congressional race". ABS-CBNNews.com. 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
^ "Comelec bars Richard Gomez from joining Congress race; But Pasay City's Trinidad gets green light". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 2010-02-17. Archived from the original on 2010-02-20. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
^ "HRET affirms Lucy's Leyte poll win". Philippine Star. 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-12-11.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Pedrasa, Ira (2013-03-19). "SC ousts Lucy Torres as Leyte rep". ABS-CBNNews.com. Retrieved 2013-03-19.

External links

Official website of the Commission on Elections

[HRET-1] Romero, Paolo (2010-07-16). "56 electoral cases filed before House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal". Philippine Star. Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2010-07-17.

[2] "Richard Gomez disqualified from Leyte congressional race". ABS-CBNNews.com. 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2010-02-17.

[3] "Comelec bars Richard Gomez from joining Congress race; But Pasay City's Trinidad gets green light". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 2010-02-17. Archived from the original on 2010-02-20. Retrieved 2010-02-18.

[4] "HRET affirms Lucy's Leyte poll win". Philippine Star. 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-12-11.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[5] Pedrasa, Ira (2013-03-19). "SC ousts Lucy Torres as Leyte rep". ABS-CBNNews.com. Retrieved 2013-03-19.

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