21 Pangasinan bets unopposed

DAGUPAN CITY, Philippines – At least 21 candidates for Congress, board member, mayor, vice mayor and councilor in Pangasinan are running unopposed, records of the Commission on Elections showed.

Leading the list are reelectionist representatives Ma. Rachel Arenas of the Liberal Party and sixth district Rep. Marlyn Primicias of the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC). Primicias’ lone opponent withdrew his candidacy last Saturday. 

The lone opponent of fifth district board members Danilo Uy and Clemente Arboleda Jr., both from NPC/Biskeg na Pangasinan, withdrew from the race last Monday. 

Five mayoral, four vice mayoral and eight candidates for councilor are also running unopposed.

Pangasinan has six congressional districts, four cities and 44 towns. In the 2010 elections, the province had 1,623,761 registered voters, one of the biggest nationwide.