2013 Cebu City local elections

Local elections were held in Cebu City on May 13, 2013 within the Philippine general election. Registered voters of the city elected candidates for the following elective local posts: mayor, vice mayor, district representatives, and eight councilors for each district—there are two legislative districts in the city.

Mayoralty and vice mayoralty elections

Mayor

Michael Rama ran for his second term as the Mayor of Cebu City under his newly-formed group Team Rama facing off against his former partymate in Bando Osmeña – Pundok Kauswagan (BO–PK), Tomas Osmeña, whom he served with as vice mayor from 2001 to 2010. Rama went on to defeat Osmeña.^[1]^[2]

Cebu City mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Michael Rama (incumbent)	215,425	50.70
	Liberal	Tomas Osmeña	209,497	49.30
Total votes			424,922	100.00
Margin of victory			5,928	1.40
	UNA gain from Liberal

Vice mayor

Joy Augustus Young ran for his second term as the Vice Mayor of Cebu City and was defeated by a slim margin against incumbent Cebu City Councilor for the North District Edgardo Labella, who also left BO–PK to join Rama's group. It was Labella's first time to run for the said position.^[2]

Cebu City Vice mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Edgardo Labella	200,605	50.05
	Liberal	Joy Augustus Young (incumbent)	200,200	49.95
Total votes			400,805	100.00
Margin of victory			405	0.10
	UNA gain from Liberal

District representatives

1st District

Incumbent representative Rachel Marguerite del Mar, who was still eligible for a second term, decided against running for re-election to give way to her father Raul del Mar. The elder Del Mar defeated actress and talent manager Annabelle Rama.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election in the 1st District of Cebu City
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Raul del Mar	133,149	74.55
	UNA	Annabelle Rama	35,716	20.00
	Independent	Marlo Maamo	7,092	3.97
	Independent	Florencio Villarin	1,558	0.87
	Independent	Don Navarro	442	0.25
	Independent	Junex Doronio	353	0.20
	Independent	Vic Mañalac	287	0.16
Total votes			178,597	100.00
Margin of victory			97,433	54.55
	Liberal hold

2nd District

Incumbent representative Tomas Osmeña, who was still eligible for a second term, decided against running for re-election to reclaim his old post as Mayor of Cebu City. Incumbent Cebu City Councilor for the South District Rodrigo Abellanosa defeated lawyer Aristotle Batuhan.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election in the 2nd District of Cebu City
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rodrigo Abellanosa	123,757	55.54
	UNA	Aristotle Batuhan	99,073	44.46
Total votes			222,830	100.00
Margin of victory			24,684	11.08
	Liberal hold

City Council

Incumbents are expressed in italics.

By ticket

Liberal Party/Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan

Cebu City North District (1st District)
Name	Party

Nestor Archival		Liberal
Alvin Arcilla		Liberal
Sisinio Andales		Liberal
Ma. Nida Cabrera		Liberal
Alvin Dizon		Liberal
Lea Ouano-Japson		Liberal
Michael Ralota		Liberal
Noel Eleuterio Wenceslao		Liberal

Cebu City South District (2nd District)
Name	Party

Zenaida Amores		Liberal
Roberto Cabarrubias		Liberal
Gerardo Carillo		Liberal
Eugenio Gabuya Jr.		Liberal
Gabriel Leyson		Liberal
Margarita Osmeña		Liberal
Richard Osmeña		Liberal
Augustus "Jun" Pe Jr.		Liberal

United Nationalist Alliance/Team Rama

Cebu City North District (1st District)
Name	Party

Pastor "Jongjong" Alcover III		UNA
Mary Ann De Los Santos		UNA
Jerry Guardo		UNA
Sylvan "Jack" Jakosalem		UNA
Edwin Jagmoc Sr.		UNA
Bobby Vicente Kintanar		UNA
Felicisimo Rupinta		UNA
Eliodoro Sanchez		UNA

Cebu City South District (2nd District)
Name	Party

Nendell Hanz Abella		UNA
James Anthony Cuenco		UNA
Ronald "Raddy" Diola		UNA
Procopio Fernandez		UNA
Lutherlee "Lotlot" Ignacio-Soon		UNA
Altea Lim		UNA
David Tumulak		UNA
Tisha "Inday Tikay" Ylaya		UNA

Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka

Cebu City South District (2nd District)
Name	Party

Federico Peredo		LM

Independent

Independent Cebu City South District (2nd District)
Name	Party

Samuel Atupan		Independent

By district

1st District

Key: Italicized: incumbent

City Council election at Cebu City's 1st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Nestor Archival	106,135	8.35
	UNA	Mary Ann De Los Santos	101,134	7.96
	Liberal	*Alvin Arcilla*	95,901	7.54
	Liberal	*Sisinio Andales*	93,733	7.37
	Liberal	*Lea Ouano-Japson*	90,353	7.11
	Liberal	*Alvin Dizon*	85,011	6.69
	Liberal	*Ma. Nida Cabrera*	83,110	6.54
	Liberal	*Noel Eleuterio Wenceslao*	78,659	6.19

	UNA	Jerry Guardo	77,378	6.09
	UNA	Sylvan "Jack" Jakosalem	77,368	6.09
	UNA	Edwin Jagmoc Sr.	68,224	5.37
	Liberal	Michael Ralota	66,235	5.21
	UNA	Pastor "Jongjong" Alcover III	64,943	5.11
	UNA	Felicisimo Rupinta	62,496	4.92
	UNA	Eliodoro Sanchez	62,141	4.89
	UNA	Bobby Vicente Kintanar	58,479	4.60
Total votes			1,271,300	100.00

2nd District

Key: Italicized: incumbent

City Council election at Cebu City's 2nd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	*Margarita Osmeña*	123,107	6.62
	Liberal	Gerardo Carillo	116,530	6.26
	Liberal	Eugenio Gabuya Jr.	113,901	6.12
	UNA	David Tumulak	112,047	6.02
	Liberal	*Roberto Cabarrubias*	108,308	5.82
	UNA	James Anthony Cuenco	106,034	5.70
	UNA	Nendell Hanz Abella	99,100	5.33
	Liberal	*Richard Osmeña*	97,916	5.26

	Liberal	Augustus "Jun" Pe Jr.	97,462	5.24
	Liberal	Gabriel Leyson	97,257	5.23
	UNA	Procopio Fernandez	89,523	4.81
	UNA	Tisha "Inday Tikay" Ylaya	87,729	4.71
	Liberal	Zenaida Amores	85,260	4.58
	UNA	Altea Lim	82,534	4.44
	UNA	Lutherlee "Lotlot" Ignacio-Soon	78,669	4.23
	UNA	Ronald "Raddy" Diola	70,772	3.80
	Independent	Samuel Atupan	9,051	0.49
	LM	Federico Peredo	6,113	0.33
Total votes			1,860,827	100.00

References

^ "Rama defeats Osmeña in Cebu City | ABS-CBN". news.abs-cbn.com. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
^ ^a ^b "2013 ELECTION RESULTS: CEBU CITY, CEBU | Rappler". election-results.rappler.com. Retrieved 2019-07-07.

[CC1-1] "Rama defeats Osmeña in Cebu City | ABS-CBN". news.abs-cbn.com. Retrieved 2019-07-07.

[CC2-2] "2013 ELECTION RESULTS: CEBU CITY, CEBU | Rappler". election-results.rappler.com. Retrieved 2019-07-07.

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