VICE Mayor Josefina “Joy” Belmonte was elected mayor of Quezon City, defeating Jose "Bingbong" Crisologo in one of the hotly contested local elections in Metro Manila.

Belmonte, daughter of former Quezon City mayor Fernando Feliciano “Sonny” Belmonte , was proclaimed on Tuesday after garnering 469, 480 votes ahead of Crisologo’s 366,215 in the midterm polls.

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