2007 Makati local elections

Nominee	Jejomar Binay	Lito Lapid
Party	PDP–Laban	Lakas
Running mate	Ernesto Mercado	Nemesio Yabut Jr.
Popular vote	198,814	22,461
Percentage	89.35	10.09

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16 of 18 seats in the Makati City Council
10 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
Party	PDP–Laban	Independent	LDP
Last election	15	1	0
Seats won	11	1	1
Seat change	Decrease4	Steady 1	Increase 1
Popular vote	716,655	73,738	67,799

Local elections were held in the Makati on May 14, 2007, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, two district representatives, and councilors, eight in each of the city's two legislative districts.

Incumbents Jejomar Binay and Ernesto Mercado were running for their third consecutive term as mayor and vice mayor of Makati, respectively.^[1] Their main opponent, Senator Lito Lapid announced his candidacy for mayoral bid, with second district councilor Nemesio Yabut Jr. as his running mate.^{[2] [3]} Should Lapid lose, he would return to the Senate to finish his unexpired term that would last until 2010. The other candidate is businessman Elias Dulalia.

Teodoro Locsin Jr. is the incumbent.

2007 Philippine House of Representatives election at Makati's 1st District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
PDP–Laban	Teodoro Locsin Jr.	85,598	83.03
Lakas	Oscar Ibay	17,489	16.97
Total votes			103,087	100.00
PDP–Laban hold

Incumbent Butz Aquino is term-limited.

2007 Philippine House of Representatives election at Makati's 2nd District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
PDP–Laban	Abigail Binay	70,904	63.25
Lakas	Erwin Genuino	41,191	36.75
Total votes			112,095	100.00
PDP–Laban gain from LDP

Makati mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
PDP–Laban	Jejomar Binay	198,814	89.35
Lakas	Lito Lapid	22,461	10.09
Independent	Elias Dulalia	1,243	0.56
Total votes			222,518	100.00
PDP–Laban hold

Makati vice mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
PDP–Laban	Ernesto Mercado	151,431	75.76
Lakas	Nemesio Yabut Jr.	48,456	24.24
Total votes			199,887	100.00
PDP–Laban hold

City Council election at Makati's 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
PDP–Laban	Jejomar Binay Jr.	78,372
PDP–Laban	Monique Lagdameo	68,606
PDP–Laban	Tosca Camille Puno	61,828
PDP–Laban	Virgilio Hilario Sr.	60,974
PDP–Laban	Armando Padilla	55,573
Liberal	Erlinda Gonzales	53,235
Nacionalista	Arnold Magpantay	51,813
Independent	Luis Javier	49,467
KAMPI	Antonio Genuino	40,106
Lakas	Monsour del Rosario	35,790
Independent	John Mark Santiago	24,795
Lakas	Frederick Ibay	21,994
Lakas	Jessielin Trinidad	18,010
Lakas	Nilo Lopez Jr.	13,345
KAMPI	Dick Javier	10,989
Lakas	Ronaldo Cahanding	9,940
Independent	Racquel Manalili	6,460
Independent	Pedro Dadula	6,453
Independent	Eliseo Punzalan	6,071
Independent	Peter John Gonzalez	5,370
Lakas	Feliciano Bascon Jr.	3,261
Independent	Eddie Tagalog	3,144
Independent	Maximo Dilla	2,929
Total votes

City Council election at Makati's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Independent	Israel Cruzado	73,738
PDP–Laban	Ernesto Aspillaga	72,291
PDP–Laban	Vincent Sese	68,233
LDP	Elias Tolentino	67,799
PDP–Laban	Salvador Pangilinan	66,751
PDP–Laban	Henry Jacome	65,427
PDP–Laban	Ma. Theresa Nilo de Lara	61,472
PDP–Laban	Angelito Gatchalian	57,128
Lakas	Aristotle Viray	37,227
Lakas	Elena Maccay	29,110
KAMPI	Benedict Baniqued	23,592
LDP	John Christian Montes	22,583
KAMPI	Artemio Contreras II	22,575
Independent	Analuz Cristal	21,913
Lakas	Pedro Yabut Jr.	21,792
Lakas	Napoleon Malimas	16,552
KAMPI	Ceferino Peralta Jr.	15,027
KAMPI	Catalina Balaoing	14,533
Lakas	Antonio Manalili	10,357
Independent	Alfredo Lapasaran	4,862
Independent	Tony Villegas	4,052
Total votes