1998 Pasay local elections

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1998 Pasay Mayoral Elections
  1995 May 11, 1998 2000  
 
Nominee Jovito Claudio Wenceslao Trinidad Ricardo "Ding" Santos
Party Lakas LAMMP PROMDI
Running mateEmmanuel "Lito" IbayGregorio "Greg" Alcera
Popular vote55,32555,09748,464
Percentage33.86%33.72%29.66%

Mayor before election

Pablo Cuneta
Nacionalista

Elected mayor

Jovito Claudio
Lakas

Local elections were held in Pasay on May 11, 1998 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the representative for the lone district, and the councilors, six of them in the two districts of the city.

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Background

Mayor Pablo Cuneta did not run for re-election. Representative and former Mayor Jovito Claudio ran for mayor. He was challenged by Vice Mayor Wenceslao "Peewee" Trinidad and Ricardo "Ding" Santos, former security aide of Mayor Pablo Cuneta.

Second District Councilor Greg Alcera ran for Vice Mayor. He was challenged by Second District Councilor Emmanuel "Lito" Ibay, Edgardo "Arding" Cuneta, son of former Mayor Pablo Cuneta, and other candidates.

Rep. Jovito Claudio was on second term and ran as Mayor. Elinor "Elaine" Gamboa-Cuneta, wife of outgoing Mayor Pablo Cuneta ran for his place. Cuneta was challenged by Rolando "Ding" Briones, Edita "Edith" Vergel de Dios, former Councilor Rey Bagatsing, former OIC-Mayor Norman Urbina, Cesar "Sipag" Ochoa, Roland Ledesma, and independent Chris Cornejo.

Candidates

Team Claudio-Ibay-Cuneta

LAKAS-NUCD-UMDP
NamePartyResult
For House Of Representative
Elaine Gamboa-Cuneta Lakas Lost
For Mayor
Jovito Claudio Lakas Won
For Vice Mayor
Lito Ibay Lakas Lost
For Councilor 1st District
Ed Advincula Lakas Won
Bebot Bunye Lakas Lost
Chet Cuneta Lakas Lost
Encio Mateo Lakas Lost
Mar Matic Lakas Lost
Bing Petallo Lakas Lost
For Councilor 2nd District
Moti Arceo Lakas Lost
Linda Hilario Lakas Lost
Willy Lim Lakas Lost
Allan Panaligan Lakas Won
Tony Protacio Lakas Lost
Bong Tolentino Lakas Won

Team Trinidad-Alcera-Vergel De Dios

LAMMP
NamePartyResult
For House Of Representative
Edith Vergel De Dios LAMMP Lost
For Mayor
Peewee Trinidad LAMMP Lost
For Vice Mayor
Greg Alcera LAMMP Won
For Councilor (1st District)
Ric Arabia LAMMP Lost
Romy Cabrera LAMMP Won
Tony Calixto LAMMP Won
Justo "JJ" Justo LAMMP Won
Teddy Lorca LAMMP Lost
Marlon Pesebre LAMMP Lost
For Councilor (2nd District)
Obet Alvarez LAMMP Lost
Emi Calixto-Rubiano LAMMP Won
Ruben Cura LAMMP Lost
Albert Paredes LAMMP Lost
Eddie San Jose LAMMP Lost
Pete Tianzon LAMMP Won

Team Kaibigan

PROMDI-NPC
NamePartyResult
For House Of Representative
Rolando Briones NPC Won
For Mayor
Ricardo "Ding" Santos PROMDI Lost
For Vice Mayor
Cesar Santiago NPC Lost
For Councilor (1st District)
Rico Cordora NPC Lost
Oscar De Guia NPC Lost
Rey Mateo NPC Won
Abet Reyes NPC Lost
Jose Antonio Roxas NPC Won
Cesar Tibajia NPC Lost
For Councilor (2nd District)
Federico Medina-Cue NPC Lost
Ding Morales NPC Lost
Inday Rose Laguim NPC Lost
Pepe Lapira NPC Lost
Rofina Lovina NPC Lost
Ian Vendivel NPC Lost

Results

Names written in bold-Italic are the re-elected incumbents while in italic are incumbents lost in elections.

For District Representative

Rolando "Ding" Briones defeated former City's First Lady Elinor "Elaine" Gamboa-Cuneta, Second District Councilor Edita "Edith" Vergel de Dios, and former Councilor Rey Bagatsing.

Representatives, Lone District of Pasay
PartyCandidateVotes%
NPC Rolando "Ding" Briones 47,292 31.33%
LAMMP Edita Vergel De Dios38,92025.79%
Lakas Elinor "Elaine" Gamboa-Cuneta21,85914.48%
Liberal Rey Bagatsing18,89212.52%
Aksyon Cesar "Sipag" Ochoa14,9379.90%
Reporma Norman Urbina8,1895.43%
Independent Chris Cornejo4850.32%
KBL Roland Ledesma3640.24%
Total votes150,938 100.00%
NPC hold

For Mayor

Representative and former Mayor Dr. Jovito Claudio won [1] in a tight election to Vice Mayor Wenceslao Trinidad with margin of 228 votes. [2]

Pasay Mayoralty Election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas Jovito Claudio 55,325 33.86%
LAMMP Wenceslao Trinidad 55,09733.72%
PROMDI Ricardo "Ding" Santos48,46429.66%
KAMPI Rene Saraza3,9092.39%
Independent Ben Perez2670.16%
KBL Romulo "Rome" Marcelo1360.08%
Independent Sunji Peñaflor-Noel1280.08%
Independent Florencio Muga580.04%
Total votes163,384 100.00%
Lakas hold

For Vice Mayor

Second District Councilor Gregorio "Greg" Alcera was elected.

Pasay Vice-Mayoralty Election
PartyCandidateVotes%
LAMMP Gregorio "Greg" Alcera 71,930 49.68%
Lakas Emmanuel "Lito" Ibay35,01724.19%
NPC Cesar Santiago22,93815.84%
Reporma Edgardo Cuneta13,3429.22%
Liberal Angel Valloyas8610.59%
Independent Leony Legaspi6880.48%
Total votes144,776 100.00%
LAMMP hold

For Councilor

First District

Four of the six incumbents were re-elected. Uldarico Arabia and Teodulo Lorca Jr. were lost in the elections. Newly-elected councilors were Jose Antonio Roxas and Reynaldo Mateo, brother of former Councilor Florencio Mateo.

Member, City Council of Pasay's First District
PartyCandidateVotes%
LAMMP Antonino "Tony" Calixto 33,400
LAMMP Panfilo "Justo" Justo 27,441
LAMMP Romulo "Romy" Cabrera22,997
Lakas Eduardo "Ed" Advincula21,866
NPC Jose Antonio "Lito" Roxas 21,560
NPC Reynaldo "Rey" Mateo 20,517
LAMMP Uldarico "Ric" Arabia19,803
LAMMP Marlon Pesebre19,244
Lakas Cesar Joseph "Chet" Cuneta16,311
LAMMP Teodulo "Teddy" Lorca Jr.14,407
Lakas Ma. Luisa "Bing" Petallo13,722
NPC Rico Cordora12,885
Independent Leonides Cuneta12,619
Independent Sonny Lim12,199
NPC Oscar De Guia10,660
PDP–Laban Jovi Angel10,282
NPC Abet Reyes10,149
Independent Bobi Austria9,082
Lakas Florencio "Encio" Mateo9,047
NPC Cesar Tibajia8,580
Lakas Bebot Bunye7,745
Reporma Bogs Abelarde6,083
Reporma Nonoy Hilvano5,721
Lakas Mar Matic5,441
Reporma Abe Rogacion4,737
KAMPI Felipe Tauro4,433
KAMPI John Jatico3,856
Independent Pat Cuneta3,633
Reporma Irma Lovina3,416
KAMPI Ramon Viana1,579
KAMPI Prince Kahulugan1,359
KAMPI Ben Tejero1,336
Independent Mina Cuneta1,307
Independent Rafael Ungria842
KAMPI Sim Celo646
Total votes

Second District

One of the six incumbents was re-elected. Gregorio Alcera ran and won as Vice Mayor. Emmanuel Ibay ran for vice mayor but lost. Alberto Alvarez did not run for re-election. Edita Vergel de Dios ran for representative but lost to Rolando Briones. Roberto Alvarez ran but lost. Nelwy-elected councilors were Allan Panaligan, Ma. Consuelo Dy, Imelda Calixto-Rubiano, Arvin "Bong" Tolentino and Pedro Tiamzon.

Member, City Council of Pasay's Second District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas Allan Panaligan 38,808
Independent Ma. Consuelo "Connie" Dy 33,027
Reporma Reynaldo "Rey" Padua32,534
LAMMP Emi Calixto-Rubiano 29,288
Lakas Arvin "Bong" Tolentino 28,286
LAMMP Pedro "Pete" Tianzon 25,857
LAMMP Albert Paredes24,882
LAMMP Roberto "Obet" Alvarez24,646
Lakas Arnel Regino "Moti" Arceo21,546
LAMMP Ruben Cura18,650
NPC Ian Vendivel17,481
Lakas Tony Protacio15,061
Lakas Erlinda "Linda" Hilario14,784
LAMMP Eddie San Jose12,524
NPC Pepe Lapira9,151
NPC Federico Medina-Cue8,146
NPC Ding Morales8,125
Lakas Willy Lim6,913
NPC Rofina Lovina6,755
NPC Inday Rose Laguim6,345
Reporma Tony Ramirez5,471
Reporma Dante San Jose5,256
Aksyon Rupert Bautista4,422
KAMPI Ed Hidalgo1,756
PDP–Laban Pete Ordiales1,674
KAMPI Lou Madraso912
KAMPI Ernesto Legaspi905
Independent Elmer Lopez718
KAMPI Boy Santos688
KBL Nida Gomez637
KAMPI Nestor Rapi530
KAMPI Joey Ramos469
KBL Mel Vicente418
Independent Jojie Claudio4
KBL Mario Conui2
Total votes

Aftermath

On May 1998, Trinidad filed an electoral protest before the COMELEC due to alleged irregularities found in the election returns and canvass, [2] but the COMELEC upholded Claudio's proclamation in June 1998. The protest was later dismissed by the Supreme Court in December 15, 1999. [2]

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