| Gov.
Panaligan wins a record setting landslide in Oriental Mindoro
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Atty. Arnan
C. Panaligan being proclaimed as governor-elect of the
province of Oriental Mindoro by Provincial Election
Supervisor, Atty. Leonardo Abeleda (left) and Clerk
of Court, Atty, Luningning Centron on May 18, 2007 at
the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Session Hall. Panaligan
garnered 168,127 votes against 74,100 of his opponent,
giving him an edge of 94,027, the biggest ever for the
position in the history of Oriental Mindoro. |
Oriental
Mindoro Gov. Arnan C. Panaligan was officially proclaimed
last Friday by the Provincial Board of Canvassers after winning
a record setting landslide victory in the gubernatorial elections
last May 14, 2007.
The final and official tally of the Commission on Elections
shows that Panaligan obtained 168,127 votes while his opponent,
Dr. Marpheo Marasigan, received only 74,100 votes or a winning
margin of 94,027 votes. Panaligan set a record for garnering
the largest winning margin ever obtained by a gubernatorial
candidate in Oriental Mindoro. Panaligan obtained 70% of the
votes cast for governor while Marasigan received only 30%.
Panaligan
also set another record when he won in the one city and fourteen
towns of Oriental Mindoro. This is the first time that a candidate
for governor won in all towns of the province of Oriental
Mindoro. Panaligan received huge winning margins in Calapan
City and in other vote rich towns in the province including
Naujan, Victoria, Pinamalayan, Bongabong and Roxas towns.
Residents of the province hailed Panaligan’s impressive
victory saying that it was a clear and unmistakable mandate
given to the governor. This will be Panaligan’s first
term as elected governor. He was elected vice governor in
2004 but assumed office as governor after only five months
in December 1, 2004 upon the death of the late Gov. Bartolome
Marasigan. With his landslide victory last May 14, Panaligan
will now occupy the governorship in his own right as duly
elected chief executive of the province.
Panaligan first entered politics in 1995 when he was elected
municipal mayor of Calapan, the capital of Oriental Mindoro.
It was during his term when Calapan was converted into a city.
He went on to serve for three consecutive terms as mayor.
Proclaimed
with Gov. Panaligan was his running mate, Vice Gov. Estee
Aceron, who received 153,506 votes as against 53,860 votes
for her opponent, Dr. Tony delos Reyes. Panaligan also carried
to victory nine out of ten board members belonging to his
ticket. Panaligan is a LAKAS-CMD stalwart.
Panaligan’s electoral victory not only broke previous
landslide victories in elections for governor but also set
a new record for being the largest ever electoral landslide
in the political history of Oriental Mindoro.
In his speech after his proclamation, Panaligan thanked his
supporters and the people of Oriental Mindoro for the clear
and convincing mandate that they accorded to him. Panaligan
vowed that he will do his best in serving the people of Oriental
Mindoro to justify the overwhelming confidence that they gave
to him as governor.
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