2019 Tacloban local elections

2019 Tacloban City mayoral election
Turnout	75.82% ( 9.52 pp)
Mayor before election; Cristina Romualdez; Nacionalista	Elected Mayor ; Alfred Romualdez; Nacionalista

Local elections in Tacloban City, Leyte were held on May 13, 2019 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected candidates for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, and ten councilors.

There were 139,423 eligible voters in the city for this election, and there were 105,704 votes cast, giving a voter turnout of 75.82%.^[1]

Background[]

Incumbent Mayor Cristina Romualdez of the Nacionalista Party decided not to run for a second consecutive term in this election.^[2] Her husband, former Mayor Alfred Romualdez, was her party's nominee for the mayoralty post. No one filed their Certificate of Candidacy to oppose Romualdez. As such, he ran unopposed.^[3]

Incumbent Vice-Mayor Jerry Yaokasin ran as an independent for his third and final term as Vice-Mayor. He also ran unopposed.

Results[]

The candidates for mayor and vice mayor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.

Mayoral Election[]

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Tacloban City Mayoralty Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Alfred Romualdez	73,930	69.94%
Invalid or blank votes			31,774	30.06%
Total votes			105,704	100.00%
	Nacionalista hold

Vice Mayoral Election[]

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies. Jerry Yaokasin is the incumbent.

Tacloban City Vice Mayoralty Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jerry Yaokasin	74,854	70.81%
Invalid or blank votes			30,850	29.19%
Total votes			105,704	100.00%
	Independent hold

City Council Election[]

Voters elected ten councilors to comprise the City Council or the Sangguniang Panlungsod. Candidates are voted for separately so winning candidates may come from different political parties. The ten candidates with the highest number of votes win the seats. For the tickets, names that are italicized were incumbents seeking reelection.

Team Romualdez[]

Team Romualdez^[4]
Name	Party

Leo Bahin		Independent
Maria Elvira Casal		Nacionalista
Dalisay Erpe		Nacionalista
Evangeline Esperas		Nacionalista
Aurora Aimee Grafil		Nacionalista
Brian Steve Granados		Independent
Elizabeth Lesiguez		Independent
Marvin Modelo		Lakas
Rodolfo Padillo		Lakas
Elwina Pfleider		Nacionalista

Tacloban City Council Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Maria Elvira Casal	60,448	57.19%
	Lakas	Edmund Edward Chua	51,787	48.99%
	Lakas	Nikki Chua	48,359	45.75%
	Independent	Leo Bahin	47,599	45.03%
	Nacionalista	Evangeline Esperas	46,813	44.29%
	Nacionalista	Aurora Aimee Grafil	43,794	41.43%
	Nacionalista	Dalisay Erpe	41,690	39.44%
	Independent	Brian Steve Granados	40,467	38.28%
	Lakas	Rachelle Erica Pineda	38,699	36.61%
	Liberal	Jose Mario Bagulaya	33,882	32.05%

	Lakas	Marvin Modelo	31,050	29.37%
	Lakas	Rodolfo Padillo	30,231	28.60%
	Nacionalista	Melchor Cañete III	29,771	28.16%
	Liberal	Neil Glova	29,177	27.60%
	Nacionalista	Elwina Pfleider	27,170	25.70%
	Independent	Rolando Hidalgo	25,139	23.78%
	Independent	Elizabeth Lesiguez	9,400	8.89%
	Independent	Ryan Allawan	5,691	5.38%
	Independent	Ervin Camenting	3,382	3.20%
	Nacionalista	Dexter Brillo	3,146	2.98%
	Independent	Cristine Tinapan	2,245	2.12%
Total votes			105,704	100.00%

References[]

^ "2019 NLE". 2019-05-17.
^ Marticio, Marie Tonette Grace (2018-09-27). "Cristina Romualdez not seeking reelection; Alfred's comeback likely". Manila Bulletin News. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
^ Meniano, Sarwell (2018-10-18). "Imelda Marcos' nephews to run unopposed in Leyte". PTV News. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
^ Gaspay, Gay (2019-04-01). "Imee woos EV voters as she seeks Senate seat". Leyte Samar Daily News. Retrieved 2019-05-17.

External links[]

[1] "2019 NLE". 2019-05-17.

[2] Marticio, Marie Tonette Grace (2018-09-27). "Cristina Romualdez not seeking reelection; Alfred's comeback likely". Manila Bulletin News. Retrieved 2019-05-17.

[3] Meniano, Sarwell (2018-10-18). "Imelda Marcos' nephews to run unopposed in Leyte". PTV News. Retrieved 2019-05-17.

[4] Gaspay, Gay (2019-04-01). "Imee woos EV voters as she seeks Senate seat". Leyte Samar Daily News. Retrieved 2019-05-17.

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