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Local elections were held in the province of Bulacan on May 13, 2013, as part of the 2013 general election. Voters will select candidates for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and representatives for the four districts of Bulacan.

Provincial Elections

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.

Incumbent Governor Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado of NUP is running for his reelection unopposed, his running mate is Incumbent Vice Governor and Actor Daniel Fernando.

Candidates for Governor

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Incumbent Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado is running unopposed

Bulacan gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado	766,729	100.00
Total votes			766,729	100.00
	NUP hold

Candidates for Vice-Governor

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Bulacan vice gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Daniel Fernando	785,923	91.52
	Independent	Josephine Lopez	50,137	5.84
	Independent	Manny Ocampo	22,654	2.64
Total votes			858,714	100.00
	NUP hold

Congressional Election

Each of Bulacan's four legislative districts will elect each representative to the House of Representatives. The candidate with the highest number of votes wins the seat.

1st District

Ma. Victoria Sy-Alvarado is the incumbent.

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2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Bulacan's 1st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Ma. Victoria Sy-Alvarado	155,783	95.13%
	Independent	Sahiron Salim	7,972	4.87%
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout			163,755	100.00%
	NUP hold		Swing

2nd District

Incumbent Pedro Pancho is term limited; his son Gavini is his party's nominee.

Independent candidate Pancho Ordanes withdrew his candidacy.

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2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Bulacan's 2nd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	*Gavini "Apol" Pancho*	*143,705*	*59.86%*
	Liberal	Pedrito Canisio Mendoza	88,285	36.77%
	Independent	Jimmy Villafuerte	5,092	2.12%
	Independent	Joseph Cristobal	2,274	0.95%
	PDP–Laban	Antonio Deborja	729	0.30%
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout			240,085	100%
	NUP hold		Swing

3rd District

Joselito Mendoza is the incumbent.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Bulacan's 3rd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	*Joselito Mendoza*	*102,624*	*56.17%*
	UNA	Jose Cabochan	46,955	25.70%
	Independent	Enrique Viudez	29,710	16.26%
	PMP	Ricardo Silverio, Jr.	3,422	1.87%
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout			182,711	100%

4th District

Linabelle Villarica is the incumbent.

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2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Bulacan's 4th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Linabelle Villarica	183,983	90.82%
	Independent	Jovel Lopez	18,598	9.18%
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout			202,581	100%

San Jose del Monte

Arthur Robes is the incumbent.

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at San Jose del Monte
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Robes	74,302	63.16%
	Lakas	Imelda Papin	37,526	31.90%
	Independent	Oscar Robes	2,571	2.19%
	Independent	Albert Rejante	1,605	1.36%
	Independent	Rogelio Montinola	925	0.79%
	Independent	Garret Ian Miso	711	0.60%	−
Total votes			381,029	100%

Sangguniang Panlalawigan Elections

All 4 Districts of Bulacan will elect Sangguniang 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 via plurality-at-large voting; a voter can vote up to the maximum number of board members his district is sending.

1st District

Bulacan 1st District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Michael Fermin	122,238	32.08%
	NUP	Toti Ople	110,244	28.93%
	NUP	Ayee Ople	109,849	28.83%

	UNA	Dax Uy	19,999	5.25%
	Independent	Jose Cundangan	18,699	4.91%
Total votes			381,029	100%

2nd District

Bulacan 2nd District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Enrique Dela Cruz	139,967	47.23%
	NUP	Monet Posadas	110,534	37.30%
	Independent	Rey Trinidad	45,829	15.47%
Total votes			296,330	100.00%

3rd District

Bulacan 3rd District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Kapitan Putol Bernabe	8,746	3.21%
	NUP	Nono Castro	92,959	34.13%
	Liberal	Ernesto Sulit	69,499	25.52%
	UNA	Emily Viceo	55,287	20.30%
	Independent	Peter Alvin Violago	45,875	16.84%
Total votes			272,366	100%

4th District

Bulacan 4th District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Dhey Alejo	29,112	4.32%
	Independent	Romeo Almario	26,469	3.93%
	Nacionalista	Allan Ray Baluyut	139,289	20.67%
	Independent	Hilario Dela Merced, Jr.	25,291	3.75%
	NUP	Enrique Delos Santos, Jr.	180,208	26.74%
	Liberal	Ryan Santos	114,934	17.05%
	NUP	Eulogio Sarmiento III	158,698	23.54%
Total votes			674,001	100%

City and Municipal Elections

All cities and municipalities of Bulacan 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 candidates of each city and municipalities per district.

1st District

City: Malolos
Municipalities: Bulacan, Calumpit, Hagonoy, Paombong, Pulilan

City of Malolos

Christian Natividad is the incumbent, his opponent is former mayor Danilo Domingo.

Malolos City mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Danilo Domingo	33,060	43.45%
	Liberal	Christian Natividad	43,036	56.55%
Total votes			76,096	100.00%

Bulakan

Patrick Meneses is the incumbent.

Bulakan, Bulacan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Patrick Meneses	*17,854*	*61.37%*
	LDP	Roberto Ramirez	10,802	37.13%
	Independent	Manny Meneses	435	1.50%
Total votes			29,091	100%

Calumpit

James P. De Jesus (The Brother of Jess P. De Jesus) is the incumbent mayor.

Calumpit mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Jess De Jesus	16,542	56.46
	UNA	Romeo Lopez, Jr.	12,755	43.54
Total votes			30,063	100

Hagonoy

Angel Cruz, Jr. is the incumbent.

Hagonoy mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lapiang K	Angel L. Cruz, Jr.	25,575	49.22%
	PMP	Raulito "Amboy" T. Manlapaz, Sr.	26,389	50.78%
Total votes			51,964	100%
	PMP gain from Lapiang K

Paombong

Incumbent Donato Marcos withdrew his candidacy, he was substitute by his wife Maryanne Marcos. Her opponent is councilor Gani Castro.

Paombong mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Gani Castro	7,610	54.28
	Liberal	Maryanne Marcos	6,409	45.72
Total votes			14,938	100
	Independent gain from Liberal

Pulilan

Incumbent Vicente Esguerra running for his third and final term unopposed and independent.

Pulilan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	*Vicente Esguerra, Sr.*	*28,374*	*100%*
Total votes			*28,374*	100%

2nd District

Municipalities: Balagtas, Baliuag, Bocaue, Bustos, Guiguinto, Pandi, Plaridel

Balagtas

Romeo Castro is the incumbent. his opponent is Gina Estrella of UNA.

Balagtas mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Romeo Castro	16,295	57.96%
	UNA	Gina Estrella	11,820	42.04%
Total votes			28,115	100%

Baliuag

Incumbent Romeo Estrella is term-limited, Provincial league of Barangays President Ferdie Estrella is his party's nominee.

Baliuag mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Carol Dellosa	22,453	38.32%
	NUP	Ferdie Estrella	21,759	37.14%
	Liberal	Rolando Salvador	14,382	24.54%
Total votes			58,594	100%
	Independent gain from NUP

Bocaue

Jon-Jon Villanueva is the incumbent, his main opponents are vice mayor Jose Santiago, Jr. and former mayor Serafin Dela Cruz.

Bocaue mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Pusod Dela Cruz	3,238	8.78%
	Lakas	Serafin Dela Cruz	1,994	5.41%
	Independent	Gregorio Dela Cruz	99	0.03%
	PMP	Jose Santiago, Jr.	14,080	38.17%
	Liberal	Eduardo "Jon Jon" Villanueva, Jr.	17,473	47.37%
Total votes			36,884	99.76%

Bustos

Arnel Mendoza is the incumbent, he will face again former mayor Carlito Reyes, on 2010 election Mendoza defeated Reyes with margin of 3442.

Bustos mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Arnel Mendoza	15,505	54.58%
	Liberal	Carlito Reyes	12,845	45.22%
	Independent	Rufino Santos	58	0.20%
Total votes			28,408	100%

Guiguinto

Isagani Pascual is the incumbent, his opponent is former mayor Ambrosio Cruz, Jr.

Guiguinto mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMP	Ambrosio Cruz, Jr.	21,800	54.04%
	Liberal	Isagani Pascual	18,540	45.96%
Total votes			40,340	100%

Pandi

Enrico Roque is the incumbent, his opponent is vice mayor Rachel Oca. Rachel is widow of former mayor Roberto Oca.

Pandi mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rachel Oca	11,637	37.83%
	NUP	Enrico Roque	19,125	62.17%
Total votes			30,762	100%

It was alleged that Dra. Rachel Santos Oca's Legal team have some proof of election vote-buying violations. Voters were allegedly required to wear yellow baller by the one who was the recipient of this vote-buying activity. Pandi is known for rampant vote-buying activities in the past elections but just like what the Honorable current COMELEC head said, not a single violator has been imprisoned yet in any of this democratic processes.

Plaridel

Incumbent Anastacia Vistan is term-limited, her daughter Jocell Vistan is her party's nominee. her main opponent is vice mayor Leo Yap.

Plaridel mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Pat Reyes	10,047	30.10%
	Liberal	Ernesto Santiago	2,265	6.79%
	NUP	Jocell Vistan	18,008	53.94%
	PDP–Laban	Leo Yap	3,061	9.17%
Total votes			33,381	100%

3rd District

Municipalities: Angat, Doña Remedios Trinidad, Norzagaray, San Ildefonso, San Miguel, San Rafael

Angat

Gilberto Santos is the incumbent, his opponent is former mayor Leonardo De Leon.

Angat mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Leonardo De Leon	10,512	50.90
	NUP	Gilberto Santos	10,142	49.10
Total votes			21,196	100

Doña Remedios Trinidad

Ronaldo Flores is the incumbent, his opponent is Pangko Sembrano.

Doña Remedios Trinidad mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Ronaldo Flores	8,287	64.84
	Independent	Pangko Sembrano	4,494	35.16
Total votes			13,305	100

Norzagaray

Fel Legaspi is the incumbent, his opponent is Alfredo "Fred" De Guzman Germar.

Norzagray mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Fred Germar	20,969	51.18
	NUP	Feliciano Legaspi	20,000	48.82
Total votes			40,969	100

San Ildefonso

Incumbent Carla Paula Galvez-Tan withdrew her candidacy to give way to her father former mayor Edgardo Galvez, former mayor Edgardo Galvez opponent is his nephew Gerald Galvez. Gerald is son of former mayor Gener Galvez, former mayor Gener is brother of Edgardo Galvez.

San Ildefonso mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Gerald Galvez	21,073	51.63
	Liberal	Edgardo Galvez	19,740	48.37
Total votes			42,174	100

San Miguel

Roderick Tiongson is the incumbent, his opponent is Brgy. Sta. Ines Captain John "Bong" Alvarez.

San Miguel mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	John "Bong" Alvarez	30,798	58.25%
	Liberal	Roderick Tiongson	22,071	41.75%
Total votes			52,869	100%

San Rafael

Lorna Silverio is the incumbent, her opponent is vice mayor Goto Viologo.

San Rafael mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Lorna Silverio	13,044	35.29
	Liberal	Goto Viologo	23,919	64.71
Total votes			38,361	100

4th District

Cities: Meycauayan,
Municipalities: Marilao, Obando, Santa Maria

Marilao

Incumbent Epifanio Guillermo is term-limited, his party nominate vice mayor Tito Santiago. his opponents is Henry Lutao and Ruperto Montaos, Jr.

Marilao mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Henry Lutao	23,701	45.52%
	Independent	Ruperto Montaos, Jr.	274	0.53%
	Liberal	Tito Santiago	28,091	53.95%
Total votes			52,066	100%

Meycauayan City

Joan Alarilla is the incumbent, his opponent is former vice mayor Salvador Violago, Sr. on 2010 election. Alarilla defeated Violago with a margin of 10493 votes.

Meycauayan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Joan Alarilla	44,979	58.90%
	PDP–Laban	Salvador Viologo, Sr.	31,388	41.10%
Total votes			76,367	100%

Obando

Orencio Gabriel is the incumbent, his opponents are vice mayor Danilo De Ocampo and Edwin Santos. on 2010 election Gabriel defeated Santos with a margin of 7857 votes.

Obando mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Danilo De Ocampo	4,176	17.69%
	NUP	Orencio Gabriel	8,529	36.15%
	UNA	Edwin Santos	10,891	46.16%
Total votes			23,596	100%

Santa Maria

Bartolome Ramos is the incumbent, his opponent is Rogelio Barcial.

Santa Maria mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rogelio Barcial	14,581	21.31%
	NUP	Bartolome Ramos	53,834	78.69%
Total votes			68,415	100.00%

San Jose del monte City

Reynaldo San Pedro is the incumbent, his main opponents are former mayor Angelito Sarmiento and Rida Robes, the wife of incumbent Congressman Arthur Robes.

San Jose del Monte mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AR	Rida Robes	39,323	31.86%
	Independent	Cesar Roca	561	0.46%
	NUP	Reynaldo San Pedro	54,611	44.25%
	Liberal	Angelito Sarmiento	28,919	23.43%
Total votes			123,414	100%