Elections were held in

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for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 13, 2013. The candidate with the most votes will win that district's seat for the

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Summary

Marinduque

Incumbent

Lord Allan Jay Velasco Lord Allan Jay Quinto Velasco (born November 9, 1977) is a Filipino politician and lawyer who served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives from October 12, 2020 to June 2022. He is concurrently serving as the Representative of Marind ...

, the son of

Presbitero Velasco, Jr. Presbitero Jose Velasco Jr. (born August 8, 1948) is the incumbent Governor of Marinduque and was a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on ...

, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, is going up against Regina Ongsiako Reyes, daughter of provincial governor Carmencita Reyes and sister of Toll Regulatory Board Executive Director Edmundo Reyes, Jr. Velasco won against Edmundo Reyes in 2010; however, Reyes filed an election protest but the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal dismissed Reyes' suit and even increase Velasco's lead an additional 39 votes after recounts. Reyes was disqualified by the Commission on Elections' First Division after it ruled that she is a naturalized American citizen, which also caused her residency to be forfeited as the commission said that "she has not abandoned her domicile of choice in the USA." Reyes is allowed to appeal the decision to the commission ''en banc''.

Occidental Mindoro

Incumbent Ma. Amelita Villarosa is term limited. Edgardo Urieta is her party's nominee, his opponent is governor Josephine Sato.

Oriental Mindoro

1st District

Incumbent Rodolfo Valencia is term limited; Calapan city mayor Paulino Leachon is his party's nominee.

2nd District

Incumbent

Reynaldo Umali Reynaldo Villar Umali (February 26, 1957 – January 7, 2021) was a Filipinos, Filipino politician who served in the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2010 to 2019 representing the Oriental Mindoro's 2nd congressional district, 2nd ...

is running unopposed.

Palawan

The second district of Palawan was redistricted into two districts:

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and

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is designated as the third district, while the rest of the old second district retained that nomenclature.

1st District

Incumbent Antonio C. Alvarez is term limited; his son Franz Joseph is his party's nominee.

2nd District

Incumbent Rep. Victorino Dennis Socrates is running for the vice governorship. While his

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did not name a nominee, his local party Partidong Pagbabago ng Palawan nominated Frederick Abueg.

3rd District

Romblon

Eduardo Jesus Madrona is the incumbent.

References

{{Mimaropa elections 2013 Philippine general election Lower house elections in Mimaropa