Elections
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative ...
were held in
Zamboanga Peninsula
Zamboanga Peninsula ( tl, Tangway ng Zamboanga; cbk, Peninsula de Zamboanga; ceb, Lawis sa Zamboanga) is an administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region IX. It consists of three provinces (Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga Sibu ...
for seats in the
House of Representatives of the Philippines
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on May 13, 2013.
The candidate with the
most votes won that district's seat for the
16th Congress of the Philippines
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.
In
Isabela,
Basilan
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, 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
Zamboanga City
1st District
Incumbent
Maria Isabelle Climaco Salazar
Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar (born September 7, 1966), also known as Beng Climaco, is a Filipina politician, and former mayor of Zamboanga City in Mindanao, Philippines. Prior to this she was councilor of the city's 1st district for two terms ...
did not run for re-election; she ran for the mayorship instead. Incumbent Mayor
Celso Lobregat
Celso L. Lobregat, III (born March 20, 1948), is a Filipino politician having served as Zamboanga City's mayor and congressman.
Early life and career
Lobregat comes from a long line of landlord-politicians from Mindanao. His grandfather Pablo ...
was her party's nominee under the coalition of
LDP-
LP-AZAP.
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-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.
2nd District
Incumbent
Erico Basilio Fabian
Erico Basilio Apolinario Fabian, locally known as Erbie Fabian, served in the Zamboanga City Council and served as vice mayor, mayor and a representative.
Birth and Education
Erbie, as he was fondly called, was born on September 12, 1957. His f ...
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.
Zamboanga del Norte
1st District
Seth Frederick Jalosjos was the incumbent.
2nd District
Rosendo Labadlabad was the incumbent. He faced incumbent governor Rolando Yebes.
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.
Zamboanga del Sur
1st District
Victor Yu was the incumbent.
2nd District
Aurora Cerilles was the incumbent.
Zamboanga Sibugay
1st District
Incumbent Jonathan Cabilao Yambao did not run; his mother, former representative Belma Cabilao was the party's nominee.
2nd District
Romeo Jalosjos, Jr. was the incumbent.
References
{{Zamboanga Peninsula elections
2013 Philippine general election
Lower house elections in the Zamboanga Peninsula