1967 Makati local elections

1967 Makati mayoral election

November 14, 1967 (1967-11-14)

Nominee Maximo Estrella Amelito R. Mutuc Jose D. Villena Party Liberal Nacionalista Independent Running mate Teotimo Gealogo Gines F. Soriano Popular vote 28,413 17,418 177   Nominee Manuel Fuentes Party Independent Popular vote 137

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

Vice mayoral election

Candidate Teotimo Gealogo Gines F. Soriano Benilo Jose Party Liberal Nacionalista Independent Popular vote 23,150 21,329 600

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

Local elections was held in the Municipality of Makati on November 14, 1967, within the 1967 Philippine local elections, during the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos.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 1965.

Background

Incumbent Makati mayor Maximo Estrella is running for his fourth term, having been first elected in 1955 and reelected in 1959 and 1963. Estrella is a staunch candidate of the Liberal Party. He selected incumbent councilor Teotimo Gealogo as his vice-mayoralty candidate.

His challengers for mayor were former ambassador Amelito Mutuc of the Nacionalista Party, former mayor Jose D. Villena, and independent candidate Manuel Fuentes. At the time, Philippine politics was under the Two-party system, dominated by the Liberals and Nacionalistas.

Actor Gines F. Soriano, popularly known as Nestor de Villa ran for vice mayor under Amelito Mutuc's Nacionalista Party lineup.

Candidates

Liberal Party

Name	Party
For Mayor
Maximo B. Estrella		Liberal
For Vice Mayor
Timoteo Gealogo		Liberal
For Councilor
Cesar C. Alzona		Liberal
Ignacio C. Babasa		Liberal
Pedro P. Ison		Liberal
Jose C. Luciano		Liberal
Bernardo P. Nonato		Liberal
Juan E. Tengco		Liberal
Justino Ventura		Liberal
Johnny S. Wilson		Liberal

Nacionalista Party

Name	Party
For Mayor
Amelito R. Mutuc		Nacionalista
For Vice Mayor
Gines "Nestor de Villa" F. Soriano		Nacionalista
For Councilor
Jose Alarilla		Nacionalista
Tomas A. Baluyut		Nacionalista
Benjamin Bautista		Nacionalista
Oscar Calvento		Nacionalista
Amado de Vera Jr.		Nacionalista
Rafael C. Gaite		Nacionalista
Michael M. Joseph		Nacionalista
Filomena Villamor		Nacionalista

Independent

Name	Party
For Mayor
Manuel Fuentes		Independent
Jose Daniel S. Villena Sr.		Independent
For Vice Mayor
Benilo Jose		Independent

Results

Mayor

Incumbent mayor Maximo Estrella handily won for his fourth term, defeating former ambassador Amelito Mutuc, former Makati mayor Jose Villena, and independent candidate Manuel Fuentes.

1967 Makati mayoral election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Maximo B. Estrella	Liberal Party	28,413	61.57
	Amelito R. Mutuc	Nacionalista Party	17,418	37.75
	Jose Daniel S. Villena Sr.	Independent	177	0.38
	Manuel Fuentes	Independent	137	0.30
Total			46,145	100.00
	Liberal Party hold
Source: Philippine Commission on Elections

Vice Mayor

Councilor Teotimo Gealogo won against actor Nestor de Villa and independent candidate Benilo Jose.

1967 Makati vice mayoral election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Teotimo Gealogo	Liberal Party	23,150	51.35
	Gines "Nestor de Villa" F. Soriano	Nacionalista Party	21,329	47.31
	Benilo Jose	Independent	600	1.33
Total			45,079	100.00
	Liberal Party hold
Source: Philippine Commission on Elections

Rizal 1st District Representative

Eddie Ilarde won as 1st congressional district representative against 4 other contenders, among them incumbent representative Rufino Antonio. The election for this position was held on November 9, 1965. This district holds jurisdiction over the Municipality of Makati.

1965 Rizal's 1st congressional district representative election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Edgar "Eddie" U. Ilarde	Independent	138,683	39.11
	Rufino D. Antonio	Liberal Party	116,811	32.94
	Damaso S. Flores	Nacionalista Party	91,517	25.81
	Amando B. Isip	Nacionalista Party Independent	7,394	2.09
	Eliseo T. de Guzman	Independent	187	0.05
Total			354,592	100.00
	Independent gain from Liberal
Source: Philippine Commission on Elections

Municipal Council

All eight winning candidates came from the Liberal Party.

Municipal Council election at Makati's lone district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jose C. Luciano	25,938
	Liberal	Justino Ventura	25,301
	Liberal	Johnny S. Wilson	24,609
	Liberal	Pedro P. Ison	24,328
	Liberal	Bernardo P. Nonato	21,993
	Liberal	Ignacio C. Babasa	20,156
	Liberal	Juan E. Tengco	19,912
	Liberal	Cesar C. Alzona	18,190
	Nacionalista	Michael M. Joseph	17,969
	Nacionalista	Tomas A. Baluyut	16,847
	Nacionalista	Jose Alarilla	15,932
	Nacionalista	Rafael C. Gaite	14,781
	Nacionalista	Amado C. de Vera Jr	13,694
	Nacionalista	Oscar Calvento	12,583
	Nacionalista	Benjamin Bautista	11,427
	Nacionalista	Filomena Villamor	9,865

Aftermath

Mayor Maximo Estrella was later suspended on June 20, 1969, after the Supreme Court granted Councilor Jose Luciano's petition to suspend Estrella, Vice Mayor Teotimo Gealogo, and councilors Justino Ventura, Pedro Ison, Ignacio Babasa and Bernardo Nonato. The case stemmed from the criminal information therefore substantially charged that, on or about July 26, 1967, Mayor Estrella and his co-accused, conspiring and confederating together, unlawfully entered into a contract with JEF Enterprises for delivery and installation of 59 traffic deflectors valued at ₱1,426.50 (equivalent to ₱126,085 in 2021) each, 34 units thereof having been delivered, installed and paid for in the total amount of ₱48,841.00 (equivalent to ₱4,316,955 in 2021), less 10% which was retained, such contract being manifestly and grossly disadvantageous to the municipal government of Makati and to the latter's prejudice. Estrella was succeeded as mayor by Luciano, who assumed the position for being the top-voted councilor in the 1967 elections because Vice Mayor Gealogo was also suspended.