2004 Manila local elections

2004 Manila mayoral election

May 10, 2004 (2004-05-10)

Nominee Lito Atienza Mel Lopez Party Liberal KNP Running mate Don Ramon Bagatsing Danny Lacuna (PDP–Laban) Popular vote 455,302 219,580 Percentage 67.46 32.54

Mayor before election Lito Atienza Liberal Elected mayor Lito Atienza Liberal

Vice mayoral election

Candidate Danny Lacuna Don Ramon Bagatsing Party PDP–Laban Liberal Popular vote 380,758 271,668 Percentage 57.90 41.31

Vice Mayor before election Danny Lacuna PDP–Laban Elected Vice Mayor Danny Lacuna PDP–Laban

Local elections were held in Manila on May 10, 2004, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the six Congressmen, and the councilors, six in each of the city's six legislative districts.

Incumbent Mayor Lito Atienza of Liberal forged an alliance with Don Ramon Bagatsing, who is the leader of Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) Manila chapter. The tandem faced former 1988 opponent Mel Lopez and incumbent Vice Mayor Danny Lacuna.

Results

For Mayor

Incumbent Mayor Lito Atienza won his third consecutive term against former Mayor Mel Lopez.

Manila Mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lito Atienza	455,302	67.46
	KNP	Mel Lopez	219,580	32.54
	Independent	Felix Cantal	2,671	0.39
	Independent	Onofre Abad	803	0.12
	Independent	Eduardo Fernandez	535	0.08
	Independent	Antonio Gamo	367	0.05
Total votes			679,258	100.00
	Liberal hold

For Vice Mayor

Incumbent Vice Mayor Danny Lacuna defeated his opponent, Councilor Don Ramon Bagatsing.

Manila vice mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Danny Lacuna	380,758	57.90
	Liberal	Don Ramon Bagatsing	271,668	41.31
	Independent	Manuel Andrada	3,180	0.48
	Independent	Jamboy Odiamar	1,456	0.22
	PIBID	Major Buleg	512	0.08
Total votes			657,574	100.00
	PDP–Laban hold

For Representatives

First District

2004 Philippine House of Representatives election at Manila's 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ernesto Nieva	120,570	92.70
	NPC	Rodolfo Quirante	8,856	6.81
	KBL	Abraham Liguidliguid	635	0.49
Total votes			130,061	100.00
	Liberal hold

Second District

2004 Philippine House of Representatives election at Manila's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Jaime Lopez	46,495	51.20
	Liberal	Marlon Lacson	43,980	48.43
	Independent	Robert Brent Mendoza	336	0.37
Total votes			90,811	100.00
	Lakas hold

Third District

Incumbent Harry Angping (NPC) initially sought re-election but later withdrew from the race on May 4, 2004. He was substituted by his wife Zenaida Angping, but was disallowed by virtue of a ruling dated April 30, 2004, due to his disqualification on citizenship issues. This left incumbent Councilor Miles Roces running unopposed.

2004 Philippine House of Representatives election at Manila's 3rd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Miles Roces	6,347	100.00
Total votes			6,347	100.00
	Liberal gain from NPC

Fourth District

2004 Philippine House of Representatives election at Manila's 4th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rodolfo Bacani	56,713	54.23
	NPC	Manuel Bagatsing	42,659	40.79
	Independent	Jose Icaonapo Jr.	5,042	4.82
	Independent	Joel Sarza	165	0.16
Total votes			104,579	100.00
	Liberal hold

Fifth District

2004 Philippine House of Representatives election at Manila's 5th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Joey Hizon	65,524	53.35
	Liberal	Kim Atienza	56,592	46.07
	Independent	Gloria Wilma Encarnacion	505	0.41
	Independent	Junel Alvarado	207	0.17
Total votes			122,828	100.00
	LDP hold

Sixth District

2004 Philippine House of Representatives election at Manila's 6th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Benny Abante	41,241	39.49
	NPC	Rosenda Ann Ocampo	33,146	31.74
	PDP–Laban	Lou Veloso	19,461	18.64
	Aksyon	Julio Logarta Jr.	10,261	9.83
	LDP	Caridad Lao	155	0.15
	Independent	Romeo Nuñez	80	0.08
	Independent	Emmanuel Sunga	59	0.06
	DGIPP	Oswaldo Galla	20	0.02
Total votes			104,423	100.00
	Lakas hold