Local elections were held in

San Pablo, Laguna San Pablo, officially the City of San Pablo ( fil, Lungsod ng San Pablo), is a 1st class component city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 285,348 people. It is located in the southern ...

, on May 13, 2013, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, and ten councilors.

Mayoral and vice mayoral election

Incumbent Mayor

Vicente B. Amante Vicente Belen Amante, commonly known as Vic Amante, (born October 27, 1948) is a Filipino politician who serve as the mayor of City of San Pablo in the Philippines since 2022. He previously served from 1992 to 2001 and again from 2004 to 2013. ...

is term limited. his party

UNA Una and UNA may refer to: Places * 160 Una, the asteroid "Una", an asteroid named after the Faerie Queene character * Una River (disambiguation), numerous rivers * Una, Himachal Pradesh, a town in India ** Una, Himachal Pradesh Assembly constitue ...

nominate his son and city administrator Loreto Amante. his opponents are former congressman in 3rd district and mayor Florante Aquino from PDP-Laban, former city administrator and vice-mayor Hizon Arago, father of Congresswoman Maria Evita Arago from

Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a l ...

and Incumbent councilor Angelo Adriano as an

independent candidate An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views th ...

. Incumbent vice-mayor Angelita Yang will run as a reelectionist under UNA, her opponents are Restituto Mendoza, PDP-Laban's nominee, Former councilor and vice-mayor Frederick Martin Ilagan from Liberal Party, Incumbent councilor Alejandro Yu from

Nacionalista Party The Nacionalista Party ( Filipino and Spanish: ''Partido Nacionalista''; ) is the oldest political party in both the Philippines and in Southeast Asia in general. It is responsible for leading the country throughout the majority of the 20th ...

, Edwin Gapunay and Michael Anthony Potenciano both independent candidates.

Results

The candidates for mayor and vice mayor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.

Mayoral and vice mayoral elections

City Council

Election in the city council is at large at 10 seats will be on the line. , - , bgcolor=black colspan=5, {{Philippine local elections 2013 Philippine local elections San Pablo, Laguna 2013 elections in Calabarzon