Philippine gubernatorial elections, 2010

Philippine gubernatorial elections, 2010

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All 80 provincial governorships
First party Second party Third party   Party Lakas-Kampi Liberal Nacionalista Seats before 50 (63%) 10 (13%) 8 (10%) Seats after 41 (52%) 13 (16%) 10 (13%) Seat change 9 3 2   Fourth party Fifth party       Party NPC PMP Seats before 8 (10%) 0 (0%) Seats after 9 (11%) 2 (2%) Seat change 1 2
Election results.

Gubernatorial elections was held in the Philippines on May 10, 2010. All provinces elected their provincial governors for three-year terms that will begin on June 30, 2010. Governors that are currently serving their third consecutive terms are prohibited from running as governors (they may run in any other position).

Highly urbanized cities and independent component cities such as Zamboanga City, Angeles and Cebu City, and including Metro Manila and the municipality of Pateros are outside the jurisdiction of any province and thus won't elect for governors of their mother provinces (Pampanga and Cebu, for Angeles and Cebu City). They, along with Metro Manila would elect mayors instead.

Lakas-Kampi-CMD, the merged party of Lakas-CMD and KAMPI of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, has a majority of the provincial governorships in the lead-up to the 2010 elections. The Liberal Party (Philippines) was a far second. However, with the resolution of pending disputed election results by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), the Liberals lost three more governorships. Attracting international attention is the election race for governor of Maguindanao where Esmael Mangudadatu will be competing after a rival clan kidnapped and murdered 57 people including his wife, sisters, aides, and lawyers, plus several journalists.