Local elections were held in the province ofBulacan on May 10, 2010, as part of the2010 general election. Voters selected candidates for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of theSangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and representatives for thefour districts of Bulacan.
The candidates for governor and vice governor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.[1]
Legislative districts of Bulacan, including San Jose del Monte.
Malolos was given its own congressional seat fromBulacan's 1st district by virtue of Republic Act 9591. However, theSupreme Court ruled it unconstitutional, saying it violated Article VI Section 5 (3) of the Constitution and Section 3 of the Ordinance attached toconstitution; Malolos was ruled not to have exceeded the 250,000 population for a separate legislative district.[2]
InBulacan, members of the same families will run against each other. Former governorJosie dela Cruz established the Del Pilar party (named afterGregorio del Pilar) as the local affiliate of the Liberal Party.[3]
Malolos was supposed to have its own representation in the House of Representatives, but was ruled unconstitutional by theSupreme Court for the city did not have enough population to be given separate representation. Malolos residents will continue to be represented as a part of Bulacan's 1st district.
Philippine House of Representatives election at Bulacan's 1st district
The COMELEC ruled that candidates that contested the Bulacan-1st and Malolos will contest the seat. Aniag and Domingo withdrew prior to the election, while independents Cruz and Valencia did not campaign.[4]
Philippine House of Representatives special election at Bulacan's 1st district[4]
With the issue on Malolos' separate congressional district from Bulacan's 1st district resolved with finality,[5] an election will be scheduled to elect the representative for Bulacan's 1st district, including Malolos."[6][7]
Voting for Malolos' congressional district was continued. The results:
Philippine House of Representatives election at Malolos
All 4 Districts ofBulacan will electSangguniang Panlalawigan or provincial board members. The first (including Malolos) and fourth (including San Jose del Monte) districts sends three board members each, while the second and third districts sends two board members each. Election is viaplurality-at-large voting; a voter can vote up to the maximum number of board members his district is sending.[1]
TheLiberal Party won seven out of the ten partisan seats in the provincial council, withLakas Kampi CMD winning two, and theNacionalista Party winning one; only the Liberals and Lakas-Kampi parties fielded complete lineups in the provincial board elections. An additional three more members will be selected from the provincial chapter of thebarangay captains,Sangguniang Kabataan, and the sectoral representative.
All cities and municipalities ofBulacan will elect mayor and vice-mayor this election. 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. Below is the list of mayoralty and vice mayoralty candidates of each city and municipalities per district.[1][8]
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