2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections in the Zamboanga Peninsula

Philippine House of Representatives elections in the Zamboanga Peninsula, 2013

May 13, 2013
9 seats of Zamboanga Peninsula in the House of Representatives
First party Second party   Party Liberal Nacionalista Seats won 3 2   Third party Fourth party   Party NUP LDP Seats won 2 1
Location of the Zamboanga Peninsula within the country.

Elections were held in Zamboanga Peninsula for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 13, 2013.

The candidate with the most votes won that district's seat for the 16th Congress of the Philippines.

In Isabela, Basilan, although a part of this region, the voters elect their representative via Basilan's legislative district. Isabela is politically within Basilan despite being in a separate regions.

Summary

Party		Popular vote	%	Swing	Seats won	Change
	Liberal				4
	Nacionalista				2
	LDP				1
	NPC				1
	AZAP				0
	DPP				0
	NUP				0
	LM				0
	PMP				0
	UNA				0
	Independent				1
Valid votes					9
Invalid votes
Turnout
Registered voters

Zamboanga City

See also: 2013 Zamboanga City local elections

1st District

Incumbent Maria Isabelle Climaco Salazar did not run for re-election; she ran for the mayorship instead. Incumbent Mayor Celso Lobregat was her party's nominee under the coalition of LDP-LP-AZAP.

The UNA-ZTZ coalition fielded former Monsignor Crisanto dela Cruz for the post. Dela Cruz previously run for the mayorship in 2007 and for the vice-mayorship in 2010. This was the second time where Dela Cruz and Mayor Lobregat went against each other; the previous time was in the 2007 mayoral elections.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Zamboanga City's 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Celso Lobregat	42,826
	UNA	Crisanto Dela Cruz	32,234
	Independent	Cesar Climaco, Jr.
	PMP	Chrisler Cabarrubias
	Independent	Abdurahman Tagayan
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	LDP gain from Liberal		Swing

2nd District

Incumbent Erico Basilio Fabian was term limited and ran for the mayorship instead. He then formed a local coalition known as Fuerza Zamboanga, yielding District II Councilor Lilia Nuño to replace him.

The AZAP coalition nominated Mayor Lobregat's brother, Jose Lobregat.

The ZTZ coalition recruited former City Vice-Mayor Mannix Dalipe.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Zamboanga City's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lilia Nuño	33,475
	AZAP	Jose Lobregat	27,912
	UNA	Manuel Jose Dalipe	25,242
	Independent	Abelardo Climaco
	LM	Samuel Enesando
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	Independent gain from Nacionalista		Swing

Zamboanga del Norte

1st District

Seth Frederick Jalosjos was the incumbent.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Zamboanga del Norte's 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nacionalista	Seth Frederick Jalosjos
	Liberal	Vicente Edgar Balisado
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	Nacionalista hold		Swing

2nd District

Rosendo Labadlabad was the incumbent. He faced incumbent governor Rolando Yebes.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Zamboanga del Norte's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rosendo Labadlabad
	NUP	Rolando Yebes
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

3rd District

Incumbent Cesar Jalosjos was term-limited, and Johanna Jalosjos-Parreño was the party's nominee. Former Zamboanga del Norte Governor Isagani S. Amatong ran against Jalosjos-Parreño.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Zamboanga del Norte's 3rd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Isagani S. Amatong
	Nacionalista	Johanna J. Parreño
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Nacionalista		Swing

Zamboanga del Sur

1st District

Victor Yu was the incumbent.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Zamboanga del Sur's 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPC	Victor Yu	72,593
	Liberal	Samuel Co	50,026
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	NPC hold		Swing

2nd District

Aurora Cerilles was the incumbent.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Zamboanga del Sur's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPC	Aurora Cerilles	33,020
	Nacionalista	Marjorie "Cat" Jalosjos	19,374
	Independent	Rogelio Carbiera	370
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	NPC hold		Swing

Zamboanga Sibugay

1st District

Incumbent Jonathan Cabilao Yambao did not run; his mother, former representative Belma Cabilao was the party's nominee.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Zamboanga Sibugay's 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nacionalista	Belma Cabilao
	Liberal	Wilter Palma II
	DPP	Sarah Karim
	PMP	Reynaldo Tecechian
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	Nacionalista hold		Swing

2nd District

Romeo Jalosjos, Jr. was the incumbent.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Zamboanga Sibugay's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dulce Ann Hofer
	Nacionalista	Romeo Jalosjos, Jr.
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Nacionalista		Swing