Actress and Incumbent Gov Vilma Santos-Recto of the Liberal Party (LP) won her 3rd re-election bid as governor of Batangas over Marcos Mandanas Sr and Praxedes Bustamante in the electoral race.
Vilma has 659,809 votes, with a lead of 618,139 votes over Mandanas, Santos’ runningmate, Mark Leviste, is also leading the race for vice-governor, he has 593,812 votes, compared with rival Rommel Arguelles’ 72,138 votes.
The province of Batangas is divided into 4 districts, with over 1.4 million registered voters during the mid-term polls held Monday, May 13.
