by Lorie Ann A. Cascaro
Among the national candidates vying for the two highest national positions, vice presidential bet Jejomar C. Binay of the PDP-Laban got the most number of votes in Davao City. He is followed by running mate and Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino standard bearer former Pres. Joseph E. Estrada.
Based on the City Certificate of Canvass, Binay got 278,491 or 49.72% of the 580,236 total number of voters who actually voted for the vice president position. Estrada, on the other hand, got 253,623 or 44.91% of the same total number of voters who actually voted for the position of president.
In the third spot is Liberal Party vice presidential candidate Manuel A. Roxas who got 232,465 or 41.51% of the same total number of voters who actually voted for the vice president position. He is followed by Liberal Party standard bearer Noynoy Aquino who got 204,713 or 36.25% of the same total number of voters who actually voted for the position of president.
While Binay and other contenders for president and vice president failed to garner more than 50% of the total number of votes cast, results of the elections for the mayoralty and vice mayoralty posts showed landslide victories for Sara Duterte (mayor) and Rody Duterte (vice mauyor).
Among candidates for local positions, Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte got the most number of votes with 440,030 or 80.26% of the 577,602 total number of votes cast for the vice mayoralty post. He is followed by Vice Mayor Sara Z. Duterte who got 388,465 or 70.06% of the same total number of votes cast for the mayoralty position.
Their closest rivals scored poorly in the polls. Speaker Prospero N. Nograles, who ran for mayor, received only 160,225 or 28.90% of the total votes cast while his running mate, Benjamin C. De Guzman garnered a mere 105,962 or 19.33% of the total votes cast for the vice mayoralty position.
For the congressional positions, not one of the candidates garnered more than 50% of the total number of votes cast in their respective districts.
In the first district, lawyer Karlo Alexei B. Nograles got 99,586 or 47.64% of the total number of votes cast. His winning margin of winning is just 3.9 percentage points above over his closest rival, councilor Mabel S. Acosta who garnered 91,414 or 43.74% of the total number of votes for the congressional post.
In the second district, independent congressional candidate Mylene D. Garcia got the highest number of votes with 61,887 or 34.34% of the 191,853 total number of votes for the post. She is followed by councilor Diosdado A. Mahipus who got 42,652 or 23.65% of the votes.
In the third district, incumbent Rep. Isidro T. Ungab got 65,029 or 43.64% of the 163,229 votes for the congressional post. He is followed by former Rep. Ruy Elias C. Lopez who got 43,828 or 29.41%.
Among the candidates for city councilors, former city administrator Wendel E. Avisado who ran in the first district got the most votes with 118,094, followed by councilor Louie John J. Bonguyan in the second district with 101,198 and lawyer Leah A. Librado in the first district who garnered 97,501 votes.
In terms of total number of votes received, councilor Karlo S. Bello of the third district ranked 7th with 91,668. But by virtue of a provision in the Local Government Code, he is now considered as the highest ranking member of the city council.
Section 44 of the Code provides that rankings in the council shall be determined on the basis of the proportion of votes obtained by each winning candidate to the total number of registered voters in each district.
Davao City’s first district has the highest number of registered voters with 391,423 while the third district has the least with 239,128. The second district has 317,877 registered voters.
