1963 Makati local elections

1963 Makati mayoral election

November 12, 1963 (1963-11-12)

Nominee Maximo Estrella Jose D. Villena Party Liberal Nacionalista Running mate Juan Patag Tomas A. Baluyut Popular vote 28,186 8,047

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

Vice mayoral election

Candidate Juan Patag Tomas A. Baluyut Isidro Sequera Party Liberal Nacionalista Independent Popular vote 17,616 10,140 6,984

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

Local elections was held in the Municipality of Makati on November 12, 1963, within the 1963 Philippine local elections, during the administration of President Diosdado Macapagal. 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 1961.

Background

Incumbent Makati mayor Maximo Estrella is running for his third term, having been first elected in 1955 and reelected in 1959. 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 third time that Estrella and Villena contended for the position, having battled in 1955 and 1959. 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
Cesar C. Alzona		Liberal
Ignacio C. Babasa		Liberal
Teotimo Gealogo		Liberal
Pedro P. Ison		Liberal
Jose C. Luciano		Liberal
Bernardo P. Nonato		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
Maria Lourdes Cacho-Soriano		Makati Citizens' League for Good Government
Jose Feria		Makati Citizens' League for Good Government
Dionisio S. Flores		Nacionalista
Benjamin Guerra		Nacionalista
Fortunato Gutierrez		Makati Citizens' League for Good Government
Jose Mayor		Makati Citizens' League for Good Government
Pedro Reyes		Nacionalista
Eliseo D. Viray		Nacionalista

Independent

Name	Party
For Vice Mayor
Isidro Sequera		Independent
For Councilor
Fernando Suva		Independent

Results

Mayor

Incumbent mayor Maximo Estrella handily won for his third term, defeating former mayor Jose D. Villena by over 20,000 votes.

1963 Makati mayoral election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Maximo B. Estrella	Liberal Party	28,186	77.79
	Jose Daniel S. Villena Sr.	Nacionalista Party	8,047	22.21
Total			36,233	100.00
	Liberal Party hold
Source: Philippine Commission on Elections

Vice Mayor

Incumbent vice mayor Juan Patag won against former vice mayor Tomas Baluyut and independent candidate Isidro Sequera.

1963 Makati vice mayoral election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Juan Patag	Liberal Party	17,616	50.71
	Tomas A. Baluyut	Nacionalista Party	10,140	29.19
	Isidro Sequera	Independent	6,984	20.10
Total			34,740	100.00
	Liberal Party hold
Source: Philippine Commission on Elections

Rizal 1st District Representative

Rufino Antonio won as 1st congressional district representative against ten other contenders, among them incumbent representative Benedicto Padilla. The election for this position was held on November 14, 1961. This district holds jurisdiction over the Municipality of Makati.

1961 Rizal's 1st congressional district representative election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rufino D. Antonio	Liberal Party	81,888	32.45
	Jaime Ferrer	Nacionalista Party	75,027	29.73
	Benedicto Padilla	Liberal Party	74,365	29.47
	Juvencio Ortañez	Nacionalista Party Independent	9,325	3.70
	Florante Villegas	Liberal Party	3,812	1.51
	Baltazar G. Cuyugan	Nationalist Citizens' Party	2,992	1.19
	Apolinario E. Sogueco	Nacionalista Party	1,974	0.78
	Miguel Cornejo	Independent	1,102	0.44
	Jose L. Rodriguez	Nacionalista Party	861	0.34
	Melquiades G. Virata	Nacionalista Party	854	0.34
	George C. Gorostiza	Independent	162	0.06
Total			252,362	100.00
	Liberal hold
Source: Philippine Commission on Elections

Municipal Council

Seven of eight winning candidates came from the Liberal Party. Jose Feria is the lone winning candidate from the NP-MCLGG coalition.

1963 Makati Municipal Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Justino Ventura	18,534
	Liberal	Pedro P. Ison	18,458
	Liberal	Teotimo Gealogo	18,080
	Liberal	Jose C. Luciano	15,241
	Liberal	Juan E. Tengco	14,101
	Liberal	Ignacio C. Babasa	13,785
	Liberal	Bernardo P. Nonato	12,804
	MCLGG	Jose Feria	12,620
	MCLGG	Maria Lourdes "Marilou" Cacho-Soriano	12,099
	Independent	Fernando Suva	8,463
	Liberal	Cesar C. Alzona	7,914
	Nacionalista	Eliseo D. Viray	7,386
	MCLGG	Jose Mayor	6,927
	Nacionalista	Pedro Reyes	6,514
	Nacionalista	Dionisio S. Flores	5,873
	Nacionalista	Benjamin Guerra	5,216
	MCLGG	Fortunato M. Gutierrez	4,681

Aftermath

Estrella and Villena will meet once again in the 1967 Makati local elections, which Estrella won again for his fourth term. It would be Mayor Estrella's last term however, as he was suspended (and later resigned) from the post due to a case filed against him by councilor and future mayor Jose Luciano in 1969.