BUTUAN City, Philippines - The Plazas reign over Butuan City is over after the local election office proclaimed late Tuesday night a doctor as the city's new mayor.

Doctor Ferdinand Amante Jr. was proclaimed before midnight after winning by a landslide against former mayor Leonides Plaza, wife of incumbent Mayor Democrito Plaza II.

Amante got 65,663 votes while Plaza lost with onlhy 56,763 votes.

Local observers said Amante's victory was phenomenal because it puts an end to the Plazas decades-old hold on Butuan City.

Meanwhile, reelectionist Agusan del Norte 1st District Rep. Jose Aquino III will remain in his seat after winning for the 2nd time against congressional candidate Angelo Jimenez.

Aquino won by a landslide with 78,902 votes against Jimenez's 38,517. -- Report from Rodge Cultura, ABS-CBN Caraga