2001 Quezon City local elections

2001 Quezon City mayoral election

May 14, 2001 (2001-05-14)

Nominee Feliciano Belmonte Jr. Rudy Fernandez Party Lakas LDP Alliance PPC PnM Running mate Connie Angeles Herbert Bautista Popular vote 343,107 228,773

Mayor before election Ismael Mathay Jr. Independent Elected mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr. Lakas

Local elections were held in Quezon City on May 14, 2001, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the four Congressmen, and the councilors, 6 in each of the city's four legislative districts.

Background

Mayor Mel Mathay was term limited, and he ran as representative for fourth district. His place was contested by Fourth District Rep. Feliciano Belmonte Jr., actor Rudy Fernandez[1] and 2nd district representative Dante Liban.

Vice Mayor Fe Consuelo "Connie" Angeles was on her first term, and ran for re-election for second term. She faced former Vice Mayor and defeated 1998 mayoral candidate Herbert Constantine "Bistek" Bautista, Fernandez's running-mate.[1]

Results

For Mayor

Fourth District Rep. Feliciano Belmonte Jr. won over actor Rudy Fernandez[2][1] and 2nd district representative Dante Liban.

Quezon City Mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Feliciano Belmonte Jr.	343,107
	LDP	Rudy Fernandez	228,773
	Independent	Dante Liban
	Liberal	Florian Alvarez
	Independent	Andres Co
	Independent	Crispin Narciso
	Independent	Benjamin Samson
Total votes
	Lakas hold

For Vice Mayor

Former Vice Mayor Herbert Bautista defeated incumbent Vice Mayor Fe Consuelo "Connie" Angeles.[2] Bautista successfully reclaimed his seat as vice mayor of the city after his defeat in 1998 mayoral race to Mayor Ismael "Mel" Mathay Jr.

Quezon City Vice Mayoralty Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Herbert Bautista
	Lakas	Connie Angeles
	LDP hold

For Councilors

First District

City Council Elections in Quezon City's First District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Wilma Sarino
	Lakas	Victor "Jun" Ferrer Jr.
	Lakas	Elizabeth "Beth" Delarmente
	Lakas	Bernadette Herrera-Dy
	LDP	Vincent "Bingbong" Crisologo
	LDP	Rommel "Abe" Abesamis

Second District

City Council Elections in Quezon City's Second District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Voltaire Godofredo "Bong" Liban III
	Lakas	Mary Aiko Melendez
	Lakas	Ramon "Toto" Medalla
	Lakas	Eric Medina
	Lakas	Mary Ann Susano
	Independent	Allan "Butch" Francisco

Third District

City Council Elections in Quezon City's Third District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Jorge "Bolet" Banal Jr.
	Lakas	Dante De Guzman
	LDP	Franz Pumaren
	LDP	Wencerom Benedict "Wency" Lagumbay
	LDP	Diorella Maria "Lala" Sotto
	NPC	Julian Coseteng

Fourth District

City Council Elections in Quezon City's Fourth District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Jesus Manuel "Bong" Suntay Jr.
	Lakas	Antonio "Ariel" Inton Jr.
	Lakas	Ricardo del Rosario
	Lakas	Restituto "Resty" Malangen
	LDP	Alma "Neneng" Montilla
	LDP	Janet "Babes" Malaya

References

1. Estabillo, Matthew; Felipe, Cecille Suerte. "Daboy concedes to SB". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
2. Sison Jr, Bebot; Felipe, Cecille Suerte. "Belmonte proclaimed QC mayor". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2023-12-10.