Local elections was held in the Municipality of Makati on November 8, 1971, within the 1971 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. This was the last election before the imposition of Martial Law in 1972. 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 1969.
Background Incumbent Makati mayor Cesar Alzona, became acting mayor in October 1971 upon the resignation of then acting mayor Jose Luciano, who decided to run for reelection. Alzona decided to run as municipal councilor under the Liberal Party instead.
Nacionalista Party's candidate, Jose Luciano was the municipal mayor of Makati, from 1969 to October 1971, succeeding mayor Maximo Estrella, who was suspended following a corruption conviction involving overpriced traffic deflector mirrors. Luciano assumed the mayoralty in 1969 as the top-voted councilor in the 1967 elections, stepping up because Vice Mayor Teotimo Gealogo was also suspended. He later resigned in October 1971 to run for reelection as municipal mayor.
His challenger for mayor was businessman Nemesio Yabut of the Liberal Party. At the time, Philippine politics was under the two-party system, dominated by the Liberals and Nacionalistas.
Candidates
Nacionalista Party +Nacionalista PartyName Party For Mayor Jose C. Luciano For Vice MayorJose Alarilla For CouncilorTomas A. Baluyut Benjamin Bautista Roberto "Bobby" G. Brillante Sr. Oscar Calvento Amado de Vera Jr. Michael M. Joseph Dolores M. Rivera Filomena Villamor
Liberal Party +Liberal Party (Philippines)Name Party For Mayor Nemesio "Mesio" I. Yabut Sr. For Vice MayorJohnny S. Wilson For CouncilorCesar C. Alzona Ignacio C. Babasa Alberto Estrella Teotimo Gealogo Pedro P. Ison Elena B. Maccay Bernardo P. Nonato Justino Ventura
Independent +IndependentName Party For Mayor Ruperto C. Gaite For CouncilorRafael C. Gaite Augusto V. Pangan Sr. Joseph Leroy R. Salvador
Results Mayor Nemesio Yabut defeated incumbent mayor Jose C. Luciano and architect Ruperto Gaite.
Vice Mayor Actor Johnny Wilson won against Jose Alarilla.
Rizal 1st District Representative Neptali Gonzales won as 1st congressional district representative against 12 other contenders, among them former representative Rufino Antonio. The election for this position was held on November 11, 1969. This district holds jurisdiction over the Municipality of Makati.
Municipal Council
Three out of eight winning candidates came from the Liberal Party, three from the Nacionalista Party, while two were Independents (actors Chiquito and Leroy Salvador).
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