JORDAN, Giumaras – Joaquin Carlos Rahman Nava is returning as Guimaras governor. He defeated rival Jose Ramon Cacho on May 9.
Nava got 92,570 votes. Cacho only had 3,262 votes.
Nava is taking over from Gov. Samuel Gumarin who ran for mayor of Buenavista town and won on Monday.
On the other hand, reelectionist Vice Gov. John Edward Gando garnered 57,746 votes to defeat challenger Vicente De Asis who got 33,319 votes.
Meanwhile, reelectionist Guimaras congresswoman Lucille Nava collected 93,994 votes to defeat challenger Diosdado Veloso who got 2,684 votes.
Here are the other election results in Guimaras:
For Sangguniang Panlalawigan, 1st Provincial District
1. Cecile Gumarin – 35,927 votes
2. Aurelio Tionado – 28,951 votes
3. Perfecto Habaña – 22,295 votes
4. Raymond Gavileño – 19,250 votes
5. Roger Artajo – 12,118 votes
6. Pacifico Talabero – 5,389 votes
For Sangguniang Panlalawigan, 2nd Provincial District
1. Felipe Nava – 49,004 votes
2. Alejandro Araneta – 36,149 votes
3. Luben Vilches – 33,738 votes
4. Marilyn Edang – 32,383 votes
5. Alexceasar Callado – 3,736 votes
Here are the winners for mayor and vice mayor in five towns:
BUENAVISTA
* Mayor – Samuel Gumarin, 21,408 votes
* Vice Mayor – Cyril Beltran (unopposed), 25,013 votes
JORDAN
* Mayor – Cresente Chavez, 13,488 votes
* Vice Mayor – David Gano (unopposed), 13,574 votes
SIBUNAG
* Mayor – Annabelle Vilches, 10,725 votes
* Vice Mayor – Reynaldo Segovia, 8,233 votes
SAN LORENZO
* Mayor – Ninfa Gajo (unopposed), 10,942 votes
* Vice Mayor – Constantino Cordero, 6,935 votes
NUEVA VALENCIA
* Mayor – Atty. Paul Dela Cruz, 15,523 votes
* Vice Mayor – Ma. Luz Gambalan, 14,154 votes/PN
