Voters elected candidates for all local positions: a city or town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, three to four members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor, and representatives for the three district of Bohol.
Bohol had posted an approximate total of 736,468 eligible voters based on the latest count after the deadline set on October 31, 2009, compared to a total of 695,445 voters in the 2007 election.
The administration Lakas-Kampi-CMD bets for the top provincial posts made a sweeping victory in all the three congressional districts as the first automated elections drew the final results.
[2] Edgardo Chatto and his running mate, former provincial board member Concepcion Lim, won with a remarkable margins over rivals.
The three congressional seats in the province were also won by Lakas-Kampi-CMD candidates, namely former Gov.
Each of Bohol's three legislative districts had elections for the House of Representatives.
The candidate with the highest number of votes wins the seat.
Edgar M. Chatto (Lakas-Kampi-CMD) was the incumbent, but ineligible for re-election because he was already in his third consecutive term.
Former governor Rene Relampagos ran in his place under the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino, and Lakas-Kampi-CMD also supported his candidacy.
[5] Roberto Cajes was the incumbent, but ineligible for re-election since he was already in his third consecutive term.
Lakas-Kampi-CMD initially nominated Erico B. Aumentado as their candidate, but Aumentado was expelled from the party because of his alleged association with Manny Villar, the presidential nominee of the rival Nacionalista Party.
Lakas-Kampi-CMD then sent a certificate of nomination to incumbent congressman Cajes' wife Judith.
[6] Adam Relson Jala (Lakas-Kampi-CMD) was the incumbent but decided not to run for a second term.
Instead, he ran for provincial vice governorship but then dropped his candidacy to support his uncle, Elpidio Jala, who was also running for vice governor.
Secretary of Agriculture Arthur Yap ran unopposed, the only cabinet official not facing opposition.
[7] Both the 1st and 2nd District of Bohol elected three Sangguniang Panlalawigan, or provincial board members.
The 3rd District, with the highest population, elected four board members.
The candidates with the highest number of votes win the seats allocated for each district, with the number of winning candidates per district equal to the number of seats that district sends to the provincial legislature.
Below is the list of mayoralty candidates of each city and municipalities for each district.
There were 37 male and 11 females elected as city or town executive.
On the other hand, 34 were elected as new vice mayors and 14 incumbents were reelected.
Defeated vice mayor Jose Antonio Veloso filed a protest at the Commission on Elections in Manila against re-elected Mayor Dan Lim after claiming that there were irregularities in the May 10 polls.
Jet Jose Ugdoracion was also reelected as vice mayor.
Incumbent mayor Sulpicio Yu Jr. was reelected as town mayor together with his brother Nelson Yu, who also won as vice-mayor over their rivals.
Incumbent mayor Luna Piezas lost to William Jao by 16.9% of votes.
However, Piezas said he will file a formal complaint before the local courts for alleged election fraud last May 10 polls.
Piezas claimed he was a victim of a "pre-programmed compact flash card" which manipulated the results of the local elections in his hometown.
While, his brother Rey Amora, an Independent also won as vice mayor.