Elections were held in
Central Visayas for seats in the
House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 13, 2013.
Summary
Bohol
Each of Bohol's
three legislative districts elected representative to the
House of Representatives. The candidates with the
highest number of votes won the seats.
1st District
Rene Relampagos was the incumbent. The last termer and incumbent
Tagbilaran
Tagbilaran, officially the City of Tagbilaran ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Tagbilaran), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 104,976 people.
Encompassing a la ...
city mayor Dan Neri Lim challenged him for the congressional seat.
2nd District
Incumbent
Erico Aumentado
Erico Boyles Aumentado (May 18, 1940 – December 25, 2012) was a former governor, vice governor, and senior provincial board member of Bohol, and congressman and deputy speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives. He is the first g ...
died while in office on December 25, 2012. The
Nationalist People's Coalition
The Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) is a conservative political party in the Philippines, founded in 1992 by then-presidential candidate Eduardo Cojuangco Jr.
History
The Party was founded in 1992 after some members of the Nacionalista ...
named his son Aris as their substitute. The younger Aumentado tangled with his father's perennial rival, former three-term congressman and the incumbent
Trinidad mayor
Roberto Cajes
Roberto C. Cajes (born October 8, 1950) is a Filipino politician. A member of the Lakas-CMD Party, he has been elected to three terms as a Member of the House of Representatives, representing the Second District of Bohol. He first won election t ...
.
3rd District
Incumbent
Arthur Yap
Arthur Yap Chioh Hiong (; 1943 – 19 June 2006) was a Singaporean poet, writer and painter.
Biography
Arthur Yap was born in Singapore, the sixth child of a carpenter and a housewife. Yap attended St Andrew's School and the University of Si ...
ran unopposed for the second consecutive election after his opponent,
Loboc
Loboc, officially the Municipality of Loboc ( ceb, Munisipalidad sa Loboc; tgl, Bayan ng Loboc), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,418 people.
Located ea ...
mayor, Leon Calipusan, backed out for personal reasons.
Cebu
Each of Cebu's
six and 3 others legislative districts elected representative to the
House of Representatives. The candidates with the
highest number of votes won the seats.
1st District
Incumbent
Eduardo Gullas
Eduardo "Eddie" Rivera Gullas Sr. (born October 13, 1930) is a Filipino politician from Cebu, Philippines. The son of Vicente Gullas and Pining Rivera, he has been elected to five terms as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines ...
was term limited; he ran for mayor of Talisay City. His party nominated his son, Gerard Anthony.
2nd District
Pablo P. Garcia
Pablo Paras Garcia (September 25, 1925 – August 18, 2021) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who have been the patriarch of the Garcia political clan of Province of Cebu. He was a longtime congressman and governor.
Early career
A topno ...
was the incumbent.
3rd District
Incumbent
Pablo John Garcia
Pablo John "PJ" Fiel Garcia (born May 19, 1967) is a Filipino lawyer and politician. He is a member of the National Unity Party and the One Cebu party
Early life and family
Pablo John is the youngest child of former Governor, Congressman and ...
ran for governor instead. His sister, incumbent Governor
Gwen Garcia was party's nominee.
4th District
Benhur Salimbangon was the incumbent.
5th District
Incumbent Ramon Durano ran for the Danao city vice mayoralty instead; his brother, former tourism secretary
Joseph Ace Durano ran under the
Liberal Party banner.
6th District
Gabriel Luis Quisimbing was the incumbent, his opponent was former congresswoman Nerissa Corazon Soon-Ruiz running under the
United Nationalist Alliance banner.
Cebu City
1st District
Incumbent
Rachel del Mar did not run; her party named
Raul del Mar
Raul Veloso del Mar (March 20, 1941 – November 16, 2020) was a Filipino politician who served as the Representative of Cebu City's 1st district three times: from 1987 to 1998, from 2001 to 2010, and from 2013 until his death in 2020.
He wa ...
as their nominee. Her primary opponent was actress
Annabelle Rama
Annabelle Rosales Rama-Gutierrez (born October 31, 1952), commonly known as Annabelle Rama, is a Filipino actress and talent manager with Spanish and Chinese descent. She is a native of Cebu and the wife of the 1960s Philippine cinema matinee id ...
. Rama announced her candidacy for Congress via
Twitter in May 2012, debunking rumors that she was running for the city council. Cebu City mayor
Michael Rama, her cousin, confirmed Rama's candidacy. The
PDP–Laban
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (), abbreviated as PDP–Laban, is a democratic socialist List of political parties in the Philippines, political party in the Philippines founded in 1982. It was part of the country's ruling party al ...
, one of the parties within the
United Nationalist Alliance, adopted Mayor Rama's ticket as their candidates in the elections, including Annabelle Rama.
The Commission on Elections disqualified Junan Arenasa, Pablo Dorinio and Eliseo Tumulak for being "nuisance candidates".
2nd District
Incumbent
Tomas Osmeña ran for mayor against incumbent Cebu City mayor
Mike Rama. His party nominated
Rodrigo Abellanosa
Rodrigo "Bebot" Abellana Abellanosa (born December 2, 1961) is a Filipino politician who served as the representative for the 2nd district (south district) of Cebu City from 2013 to 2022. He was a member of the Cebu City Council representing t ...
for the South District congressional post.
Lapu-Lapu City
Incumbent Arturo Radaza did not run; his daughter Aileen Radaza was the party's nominee.
Negros Oriental
Each of
Negros Oriental's three legislative districts elected representatives to the House of Representatives. The candidates with the highest number of votes won the seats.
1st District
Incumbent Jocelyn Sy-Limkaichong was on her second term but she decided to run for governor instead. The ruling
Liberal Party nominated her brother-in-law, former
Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board board member Manuel Iway, as its nominee.
2nd District
George P. Arnaiz was the incumbent. His primary opponent was
Bais mayor Karen Villanueva.
3rd District
Pryde Henry Teves was the incumbent.
Siquijor
Orlando B. Fua Sr. was the incumbent on his second term but decided not to run. Instead his party named his son Governor Orlando Fua Jr. as their nominee.
Winning candidate Jose Ray Pernes died May 12, one day before election, because of a heart attack. He was substituted by his wife Marie Anne Pernes.
References
External links
COMELEC- Official website of the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC)
NAMFREL- Official website of National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL)
PPCRV- Official website of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV)
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2013 Philippine general election
Lower house elections in Central Visayas