2007 Antipolo local elections

Local elections was held in Antipolo on May 14, 2007, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected candidates for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the two district congressmen, two provincial board members of Rizal, one for each district, and the sixteen councilors, eight in each of the city's districts.

Background

Incumbent Mayor Angelito Gatlabayan was on his third and final term. He ran as representative of Second District. Incumbent Second District Representative Victor Sumulong ran for his place. Sumulong faced Gatlabayan's former opponent, Susana Garcia-Say.^[1]

Incumbent Vice Mayor Danilo Leyble ran for reelection.

Incumbent First District Representative Ronaldo Puno was elected in 2004. In 2006, he resigned in office and appointed as Secretary of Department of the Interior and Local Government by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. His seat left vacant until election. His brother, Roberto Puno ran for his place. Puno was challenged by Florante Quizon and Amarante Velasco Jr.

Incumbent Second District Representative Victor Sumulong did not run for re-election. Incumbent Mayor Angelito Gatlabayan ran for his place instead. Gatlabayan was challenged by Vice Governor Jestoni Alarcon.

Results

For Mayor

Second District Rep. Victor Sumulong won the elections.

Antipolo mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KAMPI	Victor Sumulong	75,088	51.59
	UNO	Susana Garcia-Say	70,458	48.41
Total votes			145,546	100.00
	KAMPI hold

For Vice Mayor

Vice Mayor Danilo "Nilo" Leyble was re-elected.

Antipolo vice mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	*Danilo "Nilo" Leyble*	62,295	100.00
Total votes			100.00	100.00
	NPC hold

For Representative

First District

Roberto Puno won the election.

Congressional election for Antipolo's First District
Party		Candidate
	KAMPI	Roberto Puno
Total votes
	KAMPI hold

Second District

Mayor Angelito Gatlabayan won the elections.

Congressional election for Antipolo City's Second District
Party		Candidate
	KAMPI	Angelito Gatlabayan
Total votes
	KAMPI hold

For City Councilors

First District

City Council election for Antipolo's First District
	Candidate	Votes
KAMPI	*Ronald Barcena*	29,771
KAMPI	*Marino Bacani*	29,145
NPC	*Bernard Leo "Boots" Zapanta*	22,646
KAMPI	*Alexander "Bobot" Marquez*	22,250
NPC	Juanito "Dudok" Lawis	21,223
KAMPI	Troadio "Adiong" Reyes	20,912
KAMPI	*Eufracio "Efren" Tapales*	20,574
KAMPI	Mario Garcia	20,550

Second District

City Council election for Antipolo's Second District
	Candidate	Votes
KAMPI	*Lorenzo "Enchong" Zapanta*	32,762
KAMPI	*Ronaldo "Puto" Leyva*	31,892
KAMPI	*Corazon "Cora" Braga*	29,443
KAMPI	*Nixon Aranas*	29,401
KAMPI	Edward O'Hara	28,500
NPC	*German "Gerry" Mata*	27,809
NPC	*Jesus Angelito "Joel" Huertas Jr.*	27,644
NPC	Celestino "Esting" Gatlabayan	20,891

Aftermath

Mayor Victor Sumulong died in office on January 6, 2009.^[2] Vice Mayor Danilo Leyble assumed office as acting mayor and Second District councilor Lorenzo Zapanta as acting vice mayor until 2010.

References

^ "AMA Quickcount Operation Center (as of 6 p.m.) - partial and unofficial" (PDF). Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2009. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
^ "Antipolo mayor dies of multiple organ failure". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2022-02-03.

External links

"City Ordinance No. 2007-278". yumpu.com. Retrieved 2022-02-06.

[1] "AMA Quickcount Operation Center (as of 6 p.m.) - partial and unofficial" (PDF). Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2009. Retrieved 2022-05-03.

[2] "Antipolo mayor dies of multiple organ failure". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2022-02-03.

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