2019 Lipa local elections

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2019 Lipa mayoral election
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NomineeEric AfricaBernadette SabiliMario Panganiban
Party Nacionalista NPC Independent
Running mateMark Aries LuancingRuben UmaliRicardo Leyesa
Popular vote78,10976,5112,575
Percentage49.6848.671.63
Mayor before election

Meynardo Sabili
NPC

Elected Mayor

Eric Africa
Nacionalista

Lipa City held its local elections on Monday, May 13, 2019, as a part of the 2019 Philippine general election. The voters will elect candidates for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the congressman (which will represent Batangas' sixth district which is composed of just the city), two provincial board members, and the 12 members of its city council.

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There are a total of 162,042 people who voted out of the 200,706 registered voters. [1] Incumbent Vice Mayor Eric Africa won in the mayoralty race garnering 78,109 votes. Africa had 1,598 votes over his closest rival Bernadette Sabili, wife of incumbent Mayor Meynardo Sabili. Incumbent councilor Mark Aries Luancing won as Vice Mayor.

Background

Mayoral and Vice Mayoral elections

Incumbent Mayor Meynardo Sabili is now on his third and final term as Mayor of the City of Lipa. He assumed the mayorship in 2010, defeating then-incumbent and former 4th District Representative Oscar Gozos. This is despite Sabili's disqualification to run because of residency dispute. Sabili, a former Provincial Board Member used to be a registered voter Barangay Sico 1, San Juan, Batangas and transferred to Barangay Pinagtong-Ulan, Lipa City. However, the Supreme Court annulled and dismissed the Commission on Elections' ruling on Sabili's cancellation of his Certificate of Candidacy. He is running for representative of the 6th District of Batangas, which comprises only the city itself, under the Nationalist People's Coalition. His wife, Bernadette Sabili is his party's nominee. This will be Sabili's third time that she will run in the elections. She first ran for Representative of the 4th District of Batangas, when Lipa is still part of that district, but was defeated by then-incumbent Mark Llandro Mendoza. She then ran again for representative of the newly-created 6th District, but was defeated again by former Mayor and then-incumbent Batangas Governor Vilma Santos-Recto. If elected, she will be the city's second female mayor next to Santos-Recto. Her running mate is former City Mayor Ruben Umali. Umali served as city mayor from 1986 to 1998. Sabili's platform is to continue the programs of her husband.

Her opponents are incumbent Vice Mayor Eric Africa who is running under the Nacionalista Party, the party of incumbent Representative and former City Mayor and Governor Vilma Santos-Recto. Africa served as city councilor from 1998 to 2007 and from 2010 to 2013 before being elected as Vice Mayor in 2013 and reelected in 2016. His running mate is incumbent councilor Mark Aries Luancing. Their platform is to resolve the problems that the city is enduring such as the worsening traffic in the city and garbage problems in the city. Another mayoralty candidate is lawyer Mario Panganiban with Ricardo Leyesa as his running mate. Incumbent councilor Merlo Silva is running as Vice Mayor.

Congressional election

Incumbent Representative Vilma Santos-Recto, is running for reelection. Recto became its first female City Mayor from 1998 until she was elected first female Governor of Batangas in 2007 and became the first representative of the newly-created 6th District of Batangas, that comprises only the city itself. Her main opponent is incumbent Mayor Meynard Sabili who is running under the Nationalist People's Coalition. This is Sabili's third congressional attempt. He ran in 2001 and 2007 as Representative of the 4th District of Batangas (where Lipa is still part of it), but was defeated by his erstwhile predecessor Oscar Gozos and Mark Llandro Mendoza, respectively. However, NPC withdrew his nomination two hours before the deadline of filing of Certificates of Candidacies. [2] However, in the certified list of candidates and in the official ballot, Sabili is still running under NPC.

Congressional election

6th District (Lipa City)

Incumbent Vilma Santos-Recto is running for reelection. Her main opponent is incumbent Lipa Mayor Meynardo Sabili.

2019 Philippine House of Representatives election in Batangas's 6th District (Lone District of Lipa City)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Vilma Santos-Recto 96,743 61.01
NPC Meynardo Sabili61,82138.98
Total votes158,570 100.00
Nacionalista hold

Provincial Board Elections

6th District

Incumbent Lydio Lopez, Jr. is running for reelection. Incumbent Rowena Africa is term-limited.

2019 Provincial Board Election in 6th District of Batangas
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Lydio Lopez, Jr.95,128 41.37
Nacionalista Aries Emmanuel Mendoza 73,647 32.03
NPC Federico Caisip61,13026.58
Total votes229,905 100.00

Mayoralty and Vice Mayoralty Elections

Mayor

Incumbent Mayor Meynardo Sabili is now on third and final term as Mayor of the City of Lipa and he is ineligible to run for another term. He assumed the mayorship in 2010, defeating then-incumbent and former 4th District Representative Oscar Gozos. This is despite Sabili's disqualification to run because of residency dispute. Sabili, a former Provincial Board Member used to be a registered voter Barangay Sico 1, San Juan, Batangas and transferred to Barangay Pinagtong-Ulan, Lipa City. However, the Supreme Court annulled and dismissed the Commission on Elections' ruling on Sabili's cancellation of his Certificate of Candidacy. He is now running for Representative of the 6th District of Batangas, which only comprises the City of Lipa.

His wife, Bernadette Sabili is running in his place as Mayor. Her opponents is incumbent Vice Mayor Eric Africa and Mario Panganiban.

Lipa City mayoralty elections
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Eric Africa 78,109 49.68
NPC Bernadette Sabili76,51148.67
Independent Mario Panganiban2,5751.63
Margin of victory1,5980.99%
Valid ballots157,19597.01%
Invalid or blank votes4,87430.08%
Total votes162,042 100.00
Nacionalista gain from NPC

Vice Mayor

Incumbent Vice Mayor Eric Africa is running for Mayor. His party nominated incumbent councilor Mark Aries Luancing. His main opponents are Ricardo Leyesa, incumbent councilor Merlo Silva and former Mayor Ruben Umali.

Lipa City vice mayoralty elections
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Mark Aries Luancing 63,848 42.31
NPC Ruben Umali47,79531.67
Independent Merlo Silva36,73924.35
Independent Ricardo Leyesa2,4881.64
Margin of victory16,0535.32%
Valid ballots150,87099.07%
Invalid or blank votes11,17268.94%
Total votes162,042 100.00
Nacionalista hold

City Council

Eight incumbent councilors are running for reelections, upon which both Team Bangon Lipa and Team Sabili-Umali had four reelectionists for each team. Team Bangon Lipa had incumbent councilors Leonilo Catipon, Oscar Gozos II, Camille Angeline Lopez and Avior Rocafort. Both Lopez and Rocafort are former allies of Mayor Meynard Sabili. While Team Sabili-Umali had incumbent councilors Emmanuel De Castro, Nonato Monfero, Joel Pua and Ralph Peter Umali. Incumbents Mark Aries Luancing, Gwendolyn Wong, Merlo Silva, and Aries Emmanuel Mendoza are retiring. Both Luancing and Silva are challengers for City Vice Mayor, Wong is retiring from politics and Mendoza is running for provincial board member.

Incumbents are expressed in italics.

By ticket

Team Bangon Lipa

Nacionalista/Team Bangon Lipa
NamePartyResult
Gerardo America Nacionalista Lost
Atty. Gally Angeles Nacionalista Won
Nilo Catipon Nacionalista Won
Oscar "Junjun" Gozos II Nacionalista Won
George Katigbak Nacionalista Lost
Mike Lina Nacionalista Lost
Camile Lopez Nacionalista Won
Aries Macala Nacionalista Lost
Mikee Morada Nacionalista Won
Avior Rocafort Nacionalista Won
Nicole Ronquillo Nacionalista Won
Spye Toledo Nacionalista Won

Team Sabili-Umali

NPC/Team Sabili-Umali
NamePartyResult
Jonas Anciano NPC Lost
Emmanuel "Oweng" De Castro NPC Lost
Beverly Luancing Luna NPC Won
Virgilio Macasaet, Jr. NPC Lost
Venice Manalo NPC Won
Marcus Dominic Mendoza NPC Lost
Nonato "Patmon" Monfero NPC Lost
Raul Montealto NPC Lost
Joel Pua NPC Won
Reman Eric "Emer" Recio NPC Lost
Paolo Santino Soriano NPC Lost
Ralph Peter "King" Umali NPC Won

Independent

Independent/Team Panganiban
NameParty
Ramir Bathan Independent
Rodel Macasael Independent

Councilors

As per results of the elections, 8 out of 12 seats were occupied by Team Bangon Lipa. 6 of them are reelectionists (4 from Team Bangon Lipa and 2 from Team Sabili-Umali) while other 6 are newly-elected councilors (4 from Team Bangon Lipa and 2 from Team Sabili-Umali).

2019 Lipa City Council Elections
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Camille Lopez91,782 6.23
Nacionalista Mikee Morada 80,568 5.47
NPC Joel Pua77,715 5.27
Nacionalista Nilo Catipon75,301 5.11
Nacionalista Atty. Gally Angeles 73,383 4.98
Nacionalista Oscar "Junjun" Gozos II72,609 4.93
NPC King Umali71,102 4.82
Nacionalista Spye Toledo 70,994 4.82
NPC Beverly Luancing Luna 67,909 4.61
NPC Venice Manalo 67,138 4.55
Nacionalista Avior Rocafort66,095 4.48
Nacionalista Nicole Ronquillo 63,239 4.29
Nacionalista Mike Lina56,377
NPC Virgilio Macasaet, Jr.55,515
NPC Nonato Monfero53,746
Nacionalista Aries Macala53,413
NPC Raul Montealto52,428
NPC Marcus Dominic Mendoza50,996
NPC Emmanuel De Castro50,882
Nacionalista Gerardo America35,590
Nacionalista George Katigbak35,526
NPC Reman Eric Recio35,252
NPC Jonas Anciano32,613
NPC Paolo Soriano29,974
Independent Rodel Macasaet17,307
Independent Florencio Fonte, Jr.13,136
Independent Ramir Bathan7,530
Independent Sonia Milan-Crisostomo7,309
Independent Ireneo Aguilera3,837
Independent Carlos Barde3,242
Total votes1,472,508 100.00%

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References

  1. ↑ "Local Results: Region IV-A - Lipa City, Batangas". GMA News Online. May 14, 2019. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  2. ↑ "NPC drops congressional bet running vs Vilma Santos Recto". Rappler . Retrieved 2019-05-27.
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