Joy Belmonte wins 3rd term as QC mayor with over 1M votes

Incumbent Mayor Joy Belmonte has been proclaimed winner of the Quezon City mayoral race for her third and final term with 1,030,730 votes, making history as the first mayoralty candidate to receive over one million votes.

Vice Mayor Gian Sotto was also proclaimed winner for his third and final term with 938,686 votes.

Belmonte pledged to "give everything I've got - my energy, my passion, my dedication" during her third and final term to fulfill the dreams of the people for a better, more inclusive, and more progressive Quezon City.

She vowed to increase the city's funding to provide necessary social services, including doubling the number of city scholars and increasing social pensions.

Belmonte also plans to modernize the Amoranto Sports Complex and improve the Quezon City Memorial Circle, with ongoing infrastructure projects including the construction of a government center in Novaliches and the Tandang Sora Hospital.

Sotto promised to work with the city council to strengthen legislation and public service delivery.

Quezon City, with over 1.45 million registered voters, had a voter turnout of 79.11 percent in the midterm polls.