1959 Makati local elections

1959 Makati mayoral election

November 10, 1959 (1959-11-10)

Nominee Maximo Estrella Jose D. Villena Party Liberal Nacionalista Running mate Juan Patag Tomas A. Baluyut Popular vote 16,718 11,164

Mayor before election Maximo B. Estrella Liberal Elected mayor Maximo B. Estrella Liberal

Vice mayoral election

Candidate Juan Patag Tomas A. Baluyut Party Liberal Nacionalista Popular vote 15,847 12,035

Vice Mayor before election Juan Patag Liberal Elected Vice Mayor Juan Patag Liberal

Local elections was held in the Municipality of Makati on November 10, 1959, within the 1959 Philippine local elections, during the administration of President Carlos P. Garcia. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the town: the mayor, vice mayor, and the eight-member local municipal council. The municipality of Makati was then under the jurisdiction of the 1st congressional district of the Province of Rizal. The elections for the district representatives were held in 1957.

Background

Incumbent Makati mayor Maximo Estrella is running for his second term, having been first elected in 1955. Estrella is a staunch candidate of the Liberal Party. He selected incumbent vice-mayor Juan Patag as his running mate.

His challenger for mayor was former Makati mayor Jose D. Villena of the Nacionalista Party. The Makati Nacionalistas coalesced with the Makati Citizens League for Good Government (MCLGG) to field candidates against Estrella's Liberals. It is the second time that Estrella and Villena contended for the position, having battled in 1955, in which Estrella defeated then-incumbent Villena. At the time, Philippine politics was under the Two-party system, dominated by the Liberals and Nacionalistas.

Candidates

Liberal Party

Name	Party
For Mayor
Maximo B. Estrella		Liberal
For Vice Mayor
Juan Patag		Liberal
For Councilor
Jose Alarilla		Liberal
Ignacio C. Babasa		Liberal
Benjamin Bautista		Liberal
Florentino Dimaguila		Liberal
Teotimo Gealogo		Liberal
Pedro P. Ison		Liberal
Juan E. Tengco		Liberal
Justino Ventura		Liberal

Nacionalista Party (NP)-Makati Citizens' League for Good Government (MCLGG) Coalition

Name	Party
For Mayor
Jose Daniel S. Villena Sr.		Nacionalista
For Vice Mayor
Tomas A. Baluyut		Nacionalista
For Councilor
Jose Feria		Makati Citizens' League for Good Government
Dionisio S. Flores		Nacionalista
Benjamin Guerra		Nacionalista
Fortunato M. Gutierrez		Nacionalista
Jose Mayor		Makati Citizens' League for Good Government
Pedro Reyes		Nacionalista
Bernardo Umali		Makati Citizens' League for Good Government
Eliseo D. Viray		Nacionalista

Independent

For Councilor
Jose C. Luciano		Independent

Results

Mayor

Incumbent mayor Maximo Estrella defeated former mayor Jose D. Villena for the second straight election.

1959 Makati mayoral election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Maximo B. Estrella	Liberal	16,718	59.96
	Jose Daniel S. Villena Sr.	Nacionalista	11,164	40.04
Total			27,882	100.00
	Liberal Party hold
Source: Philippine Commission on Elections

Vice Mayor

Incumbent vice mayor Juan Patag won against former vice mayor Tomas Baluyut.

1959 Makati vice mayoral election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Juan Patag	Liberal	15,847	56.84
	Tomas A. Baluyut	Nacionalista	12,035	43.16
Total			27,882	100.00
	Liberal Party hold
Source: Philippine Commission on Elections

Rizal 1st District Representative

Benedicto Padilla won as 1st congressional district representative against five other contenders, among them incumbent representative Eulogio S. Rodriguez Jr. The election for this position was held on November 12, 1957. This district holds jurisdiction over the Municipality of Makati.

1957 Rizal's 1st congressional district representative election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Benedicto Padilla	Liberal Party	95,080	56.30
	Eulogio S. Rodriguez Jr.	Nacionalista Party	68,485	40.56
	Ernesto F. Ventura	Nationalist Citizens' Party	4,738	2.81
	Erlinda Jamero	Independent	335	0.20
	Ulpiano P. Massallo	Philippine Veterans Party	216	0.13
	Marcelo R. Peñaflor	Nacionalista Party	15	0.01
Total			168,869	100.00
	Liberal gain from Nacionalista
Source: Philippine Commission on Elections

Municipal Council

Six of eight winning candidates came from the Liberal Party. One won from the NP-MCLGG Coalition, and another is an independent.

Municipal Council election at Makati's lone district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Teotimo Gealogo	21,847
	Liberal	Jose Alarilla	20,936
	Liberal	Pedro P. Ison	19,584
	MCLGG	Jose Feria	18,763
	Liberal	Justino Ventura	17,429
	Independent	Jose C. Luciano	16,872
	Liberal	Ignacio C. Babasa	15,638
	Liberal	Juan E. Tengco	14,917
	MCLGG	Bernardo Umali	11,683
	Liberal	Florentino Dimaguila	10,927
	Nacionalista	Eliseo D. Viray	9,846
	MCLGG	Jose Mayor	8,731
	Liberal	Benjamin Bautista	7,594
	Nacionalista	Pedro Reyes	6,482
	Nacionalista	Dionisio S. Reyes	5,367
	Nacionalista	Benjamin Guerra	4,219
	MCLGG	Fortunato M. Gutierrez	3,158

Aftermath

Estrella and Villena will meet once again in the 1963 Makati local elections, which Estrella won again for his third term. The would meet again in 1967, in which Estrella again won.