Tarlac City Tarlac City, officially the City of Tarlac ( pam, Lakanbalen ning Tarlac; pag, Siyudad na Tarlac; ilo, Siudad ti Tarlac; fil, Lungsod ng Tarlac ), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Tarlac, Philippines. According to ...

held local elections on May 13, 2013, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected candidates for mayor, vice mayor, and ten councilors. Incumbent mayor Gelacio Manalang won the elections, securing him to serve his second three-year term as the mayor of Tarlac City. Manalang defeated former mayor Genaro Mendoza, former city administrator and health officer Jerome Lapeña, and incumbent 2nd district provincial board member Danilo Asiaten. Manalang's running mate, the incumbent vice mayor Mike Tañedo, topped the vice mayoral race, securing him to serve his second three-year term as the city's vice mayor. Tañedo defeated incumbent city councilor Ana Aguas by a wide margin. Affiliated with the

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during the previous election, Tañedo switched his party affiliation to Lakas-CMD during his second term. In the city council elections, Mendoza's Team Magsikap ( LP- NPC) coalition won seven seats while Manalang's Tuloy Sigla coalition got three seats.

Candidates

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Team Tuloy Sigla

Team Magsikap

Others

Mayoral and vice mayoral elections

The candidates for mayor and vice mayor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.

Mayor

Vice Mayor

City Council elections

elected Sangguniang Panlungsod or city council members. A voter votes for up to ten candidates, then the ten candidates with the highest number of votes are elected. Election is via

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Results per candidate

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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) {{Philippine elections 2013 Philippine local elections Tarlac City