Local elections was held in the Taguig City on May 10, 2010 within the Philippine general election. The voters will elect for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, two District representatives, and councilors, eight in each of the city's two legislative districts.
Mayoral and vice mayoral election
Incumbents Sigfrido Tiñga and George A. Elias are now on their third term as mayor and second term as vice mayor, respectively. Ineligible for reelection, Tinga ran for Congressman at Taguig’s Second District instead. Former Associate Justice Dante Tinga is running for Mayor as the nominee of both the Liberal Party and its Taguig affiliate, the local party Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig. Prior to the election, he was the Representative from Taguig-Pateros from 1987 to 1998 and Supreme Court Associate Justice. His running mate is incumbent Vice Mayor George Elias, who is currently in his second consecutive term. Taguig-Pateros Congresswoman Laarni Cayetano is on her first term as representative. Although eligible to run for a second term, she decided to run for mayor under Nacionalista Party instead. Energy secretaryAngelo Reyes reportedly backed out of race for Taguig City Mayor to become a 1-UTAK party-list nominee.
Results
The candidates for mayor and vice mayor with the most votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.
Mayoral election
Incumbent congresswoman Lani Cayetano defeated retired Associate JusticeDante Tinga but Justice Tinga file election protest vs Cayetano and accused "Lani" Massive vote-buying and pre-programmed CF cards altered results in Taguig.
is the incumbent but decided not to run in this election to support the outgoing mayor Sigfrido Tiñga is also nominated by local party Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig. On February 28, 2010, Angelito Reyes, son of Secretary of Energy Angelo Reyes, is declared the winner of the 2007 election by the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal, with the HRET ruling that Reyes defeated Henry Duenas, Jr. by a margin of 57 votes; the Board of Canvassers originally declared Duenas the winner with 28,564 votes over Reyes' 27,107 for a margin of 1,457.
Each of Taguig's two legislative districts elects eight councilors to the City Council. The eight candidates with the most votes wins the seats per district.
1st District
Incumbent Councilor Allan Paul Cruz and Delio Santos are in their third consecutive terms and is ineligible for reelection; Santos resigned as City Councilor and become Barangay Captain of Brgy.Bagumbayan. Notes:
NPC's Ronnette Franco and Baltazar Mariategue are guest candidates of Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig
TaPat Party of Ma.Laarni Cayetano is in coalition with Nacionalista Party
2nd District
Incumbent Councilors Marisse Balina-Eron and Arvin Ian Alit are in their third consecutive term and is ineligible for reelection; so Balina's Husband Jojo will run while Alit will run for Congressman. Incumbent councilor Rica Tinga is eligible to run for a second term but she decided not to run in this election.
