Local elections was held in the Municipality of Makati on November 11, 1947, within the 1947 Philippine local elections, during the administration of President Manuel Roxas. 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 1946. This was the first post-war local elections in Makati since 1940.
Background
Incumbent Makati mayor Pablo Cortes is running for his second (first elected) term, having been appointed as municipal mayor in 1944, before the end of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. He selected incumbent vice mayor Deogracias Luciano as his running mate. Both defected to the newly-formed Liberal Party.
His challenger for mayor was former mayor Jose D. Villena, the Nacionalista Party candidate. He was Makati mayor from 1934 to 1944. His vice-mayoral running mate was incumbent councilor Tomas A. Baluyut. This was the second time that Villena and Cortes have competed for the mayoral post, having met in 1940, which Villena won.
At the time, Philippine politics was under the Two-party system, dominated by the Liberals and Nacionalistas.
Candidates
Liberal Party Name Party For Mayor Pablo C. Cortes For Vice MayorDeogracias Luciano For CouncilorJose Alarilla Benjamin Bautista Isidro de Leon Florentino Dimaguila Jose Mayor Juan Patag Abundio G. Suck Justino Ventura
Nacionalista Party Name Party For Mayor Jose Daniel S. Villena Sr. For Vice MayorTomas A. Baluyut For CouncilorIgnacio C. Babasa Manuel Blas Amado E. Diaz Tomas B. Estacio Dionisio S. Flores Jose Gavia Fortunato M. Gutierrez Eliseo D. Viray
Results Mayor Former mayor Jose D. Villena defeated incumbent mayor Pablo Cortes once again.
Vice Mayor Former councilor Tomas Baluyut won against incumbent vice mayor Deogracias Luciano.
Rizal 1st District Representative Ignacio C. Santos-Diaz won as 1st congressional district representative against three other contenders, among them incumbent congressman Francisco Sevilla. The election for this position was held on April 23, 1946. This district holds jurisdiction over the Municipality of Makati.
Municipal Council
All eight winning candidates came from the Nacionalista Party.
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Aftermath Villena will be re-elected for the last time in 1951. In 1954, he was suspended by President Elpidio Quirino on June 19, 1953, due to alleged misconduct. He would run four more times: in 1955, 1959, 1963, and 1967, in which he lost all instances.
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