2019 Pangasinan local elections

2019 Pangasinan local elections

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Registered	1,946,692
Turnout	79.57% ( 3.82 pp)
Nominee Amado Espino III Arthur Celeste Party PDP–Laban Nacionalista Running mate Angel Baniquel Sr. Mark Lambino Popular vote 781,307 582,380 Percentage 57.3% 42.7%
Per city/municipality Per congressional district Espino   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Celeste   50–60%   60–70%   80–90% N/A
Governor before election Amado Espino III Aksyon Elected Governor Amado Espino III PDP–Laban
Vice gubernatorial elections
PDP Nominee Mark Lambino Angel Baniqued Sr. Party NPC PDP–Laban Popular vote 716,010 499,330 Percentage 58.7% 41.3%
Per city/municipality Per congressional district Lambino   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Baniqued   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% N/A
Vice Governor before election Ferdie Calimlim Aksyon Elected Vice Governor Mark Lambino NPC

Local elections were held in the province of Pangasinan on May 13, 2019 as part of the 2019 Philippine general election. Pangasinan voters will elect a governor, a vice governor, 6 members of the House of Representatives that will represent the 6 congressional districts of the province, and 12 out of 15 members of the Pangasinan Provincial Board. The officials elected will assume their respective offices on June 30, 2019, for a three-year-long term.

Electoral system

Local elections in the Philippines are held every second Monday of May starting in 1992 and every three years thereafter. Single-seat positions (governor, vice governor, and House representative) are elected via first-past-the-post-voting. The governor and vice governor are elected by the province at-large, while the House representative and provincial board members are elected per district.

provincial board elections are done via plurality block voting; Pangsinan is divided into six districts, with each district sending two board members. There are three other ex officio seats, the president of the Philippine Councilors’ League, the president of the Association of Barangay Captains, and the president of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Provincial Federation; these will be determined later in the year at the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections.

Campaign

Vote buying

During the 2019 Philippine general elections, several incidents of vote-buying were reported in Pangasinan. In Barangay Buer, Aguilar, four individuals were arrested after authorities confiscated around ₱443,300 in cash, along with sample ballots and flyers bearing the names of local candidates. The suspects were turned over to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Dagupan City for case filing, while barangay officials were invited for questioning. Incumbent Governor Amado Espino III and Representative Amado Espino Jr. denied any involvement, calling the incident a smear tactic against their campaign. ^[1]

Nationwide, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported that around 147 individuals were arrested for allegedly buying or selling votes, with several cases traced to Pangasinan and other regions. The PNP said the arrests formed part of its intensified operations to maintain election integrity. ^[2]

Governor

Candidates listed according to COMELEC.

Espino defeated incumbent Alaminos City Mayor Arthur Celeste with 782,073 votes. Celeste only got 582,872 votes. ^[3]

Candidates

• Amado Espino III (PDP-Laban), governor of Pangasinan (2016–2019)
• Arthur Celeste (NP), Mayor of Alaminos City (2013–2019)

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Amado Espino III (incumbent)	PDP-Laban	781,307	57.29
	Arthur Celeste	Nacionalista	582,380	42.71
Total			1,363,687	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,705,260	–
	PDP-Laban hold

Per City/Municipality

City/Municipality	Amado Espino III		Arthur Celeste
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Agno	7,066	51.55	6,641	48.45
Aguilar	11,556	54.34	9,709	45.66
Alaminos	15,359	36.19	27,083	63.81
Alcala	16,689	76.51	5,125	23.49
Anda	8,273	43.57	10,716	56.43
Asingan	19,428	67.2	9,483	32.8
Balungao	9,877	65.21	5,269	34.79
Bani	11,046	47.88	12,025	52.12
Basista	12,899	74.15	4,497	25.85
Bautista	13,726	85.24	2,377	14.76
Bayambang	25,916	45.23	31,386	54.77
Binalonan	13,612	52.15	12,491	47.85
Binmaley	28,412	60.64	18,443	39.36
Bolinao	5,823	18.15	26,258	81.85
Bugallon	21,223	60.81	13,675	39.19
Burgos	5,787	59.47	3,944	40.53
Calasiao	27,884	57.55	20,564	42.45
Dasol	8,808	52.03	8,120	47.97
Infanta	5,735	47.81	6,260	52.19
Labrador	8,372	58.53	5,931	41.47
Laoac	11,021	69.46	4,845	30.54
Lingayen	31,845	63.33	18,442	36.67
Mabini	7,368	58.21	5,289	41.79
Malasiqui	34,090	58.98	23,705	41.02
Manaoag	17,671	52.75	15,830	47.25
Mangaldan	25,485	51.46	24,041	48.54
Mangatarem	22,732	56.76	17,319	43.24
Mapandan	12,642	69.28	5,607	30.72
Natividad	8,118	61.50	5,082	38.50
Pozorrubio	18,969	54.23	16,007	45.77
Rosales	18,099	55.44	14,546	44.56
San Carlos	51,958	64.68	28,372	35.32
San Fabian	19,873	52.24	18,168	47.76
San Jacinto	10,930	53.56	9,477	46.44
San Manuel	17,259	80.55	4,168	19.45
San Nicolas	13,960	71.07	5,682	28.93
San Quintin	10,350	60.33	6,806	39.67
Santa Barbara	23,218	58.43	16,518	41.57
Santa Maria	8,499	51.53	7,995	48.47
Santo Tomas	3,858	60.02	2,570	39.98
Tayug	11,491	57.47	8,504	42.53
Sison	12,191	53.64	10,537	46.36
Sual	10,507	48.77	11,038	51.23
Umingan	24,099	62.74	14,313	37.26
Urbiztondo	18,521	67.48	8,924	32.52
Urdaneta	35,811	54.52	29,876	45.48
Villasis	23,251	72.72	8,722	27.28
TOTAL	781,307	57.29	582,380	42.71

Per Legislative District

District	Amado Espino III		Arthur Celeste
	Votes	%	Votes	%
1st	85,772	42.22	117,374	57.78
2nd	155,560	61.61	96,940	38.39
3rd	175,708	58.21	126,152	41.79
4th	73,959	52.28	67,516	47.72
5th	149,128	61.71	92,550	38.29
6th	141,180	63.30	81,848	36.70

Vice Governor

Mark Lambino defeated Angel Baniqued Sr. with 716,010 votes to 499,330. ^[4]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mark Lambino	NPC	716,010	58.91
	Angel Baniqued Sr.	PDP-Laban	499,330	41.09
Total			1,215,340	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,705,260	–
	NPC gain from Aksyon

Per City/Municipality

City/Municipality	Mark Lambino		Angel Baniqued Sr.
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Agno	6,560	59.36	4,491	40.64
Aguilar	12,942	68.65	5,909	31.35
Alaminos	28,180	73.72	10,046	26.28
Alcala	10,816	57.71	7,927	42.29
Anda	11,191	70.03	4,790	29.97
Asingan	13,805	57.43	10,234	42.57
Balungao	6,763	52.52	6,115	47.48
Bani	13,006	64.84	7,052	35.16
Basista	6,280	41.71	8,777	58.29
Bautista	4,903	34.41	9,346	65.59
Bayambang	29,088	53.92	24,856	46.08
Binalonan	17,088	76.81	5,160	23.19
Binmaley	23,715	56.35	18,368	43.65
Bolinao	23,829	86.98	3,567	13.02
Bugallon	17,576	57.22	13,139	42.78
Burgos	4,753	57.99	3,443	42.01
Calasiao	18,535	40.96	26,716	59.04
Dasol	8,646	61.06	5,514	38.94
Infanta	6,513	65.36	3,452	34.64
Labrador	7,577	62.79	4,491	37.21
Laoac	7,234	50.46	7,101	49.54
Lingayen	27,695	62.21	16,823	37.79
Mabini	6,708	60.36	4,405	39.64
Malasiqui	23,852	44.66	29,559	55.34
Manaoag	21,288	71.36	8,544	28.64
Mangaldan	40,861	83.53	8,056	16.47
Mangatarem	23,185	65.01	12,478	34.99
Mapandan	8,309	47.76	9,087	52.24
Natividad	5,579	47.55	6,153	52.45
Pozorrubio	25,904	78.62	7,044	21.38
Rosales	19,088	68.64	8,721	31.36
San Carlos	21,960	29.61	52,211	70.39
San Fabian	22,268	64.85	12,072	35.15
San Jacinto	13,222	71.35	5,308	28.65
San Manuel	9,209	51.25	8,760	48.75
San Nicolas	7,244	41.06	10,399	58.94
San Quintin	8,729	57.88	6,351	42.12
Santa Barbara	17,203	46.80	19,557	53.20
Santa Maria	9,816	66.42	4,962	33.58
Santo Tomas	3,588	63.48	2,064	36.52
Sison	14,921	74.80	5,027	25.20
Sual	11,265	60.42	7,381	39.58
Tayug	8,686	51.40	8,214	48.60
Umingan	16,181	48.30	17,321	51.70
Urbiztondo	12,973	54.94	10,642	45.06
Urdaneta	43,485	77.00	12,990	23.00
Villasis	13,791	48.39	14,707	51.61
TOTAL	880,348	61.5	552,212	38.5

Per Legislative District

District	Mark Lambino		Angel Baniqued Sr.
	Votes	%	Votes	%
1st	120,651	69.03	54,141	30.97
2nd	131,943	59.28	90,627	40.72
3rd	118,947	42.34	161,986	57.66
4th	97,639	74.18	33,980	25.82
5th	141,730	66.51	71,366	33.49
6th	105,100	54.65	87,230	45.35

Provincial Board

The Pangasinan Provincial Board is composed of 15 board members, 12 of whom are elected.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	PDP-Laban	1,062,393	56.82	8
	Nationalist People's Coalition	371,034	19.84	2
	Nacionalista Party	261,220	13.97	1
	Lakas-CMD	168,987	9.04	1
	Independent	47,563	2.54	0
Ex officio seats				3
Total		1,911,197	100.00	15

First district

Pangasinan's 1st provincial district consists of the same area as Pangasinan's 1st legislative district. Two board members are elected from this provincial district.

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Donabel Fontelera	Nacionalista Party	107,150	41.63
	Orange Humilde-Verzosa	PDP-Laban	73,836	28.69
	Antonio Sison (incumbent)	Nacionalista Party	67,705	26.31
	Ricky Camba	PDP-Laban	49,040	19.05
Total			297,731	100.00

2nd provincial district

Pangasinan's 2nd provincial district consists of the same area as Pangasinan's 2nd legislative district. Two board members are elected from this provincial district.

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nikiboy Reyes (incumbent)	PDP-Laban	145,131	45.50
	Von Mark Mendoza	Nationalist People's Coalition	101,605	31.85
	Haidee Soriano	PDP-Laban	85,015	26.65
	Maan Verzosa	Independent	40,342	12.65
	Arsenio Merrera	Nationalist People's Coalition	37,231	11.67
Total			409,324	100.00

3rd provincial district

Pangasinan's 3rd provincial district consists of the same area as Pangasinan's 3rd legislative district. Two board members are elected from this provincial district.

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vici Ventanilla	Nationalist People's Coalition	172,646	44.48
	Angel Baniqued Jr. (incumbent)	PDP-Laban	139,303	35.89
	Generoso Tulagan Jr. (incumbent)	Nationalist People's Coalition	94,982	24.47
	Darwina Sampang	Nacionalista Party	86,365	22.25
	Eduardo Gonzales	Independent	7,221	1.86
Total			500,517	100.00

4th provincial district

Pangasinan's 4th provincial district consists of the same area as Pangasinan's 4th legislative district, excluding the city of Dagupan. Two board members are elected from this provincial district.

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jeremy Rosario (incumbent)	PDP-Laban	68,680	22.73
	Liberato Villegas	PDP-Laban	67,967	22.50
	Kap Richie Abalos	Nationalist People's Coalition	59,552	19.71
Total			196,199	100.00

5th provincial district

Pangasinan's 5th provincial district consists of the same area as Pangasinan's 5th legislative district. Two board members are elected from this provincial district.

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Chinky Perez (incumbent)	PDP-Laban	150,726	48.28
	Nicholi Jan Louie Sison	Lakas	108,653	34.80
	Onofre Gorospre	Lakas	60,334	19.33
	Atty. Francis Tinio	PDP-Laban	56,555	18.11
Total			376,268	100.00

6th provincial district

Pangasinan's 6th provincial district consists of the same area as Pangasinan's 6th legislative district. Two board members are elected from this provincial district.

House of Representatives Elections

First District

Noli Celeste runs to replace Jesus Celeste, his sibling. Noli is challenged by Thomas Orbos.

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Noli Celeste	Nacionalista	101,024	51.57
	Thomas Orbos	PDP-Laban	93,476	47.72
	Ernesto Regaspi	Independent	1,394	0.71
Total			195,894	100.00
	Nacionalista gain from NPC

References

1. "4 arrested for alleged vote-buying in Pangasinan". Philippine News Agency. May 11, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
2. "PNP: 147 arrested for vote buying". The Philippine Star. May 13, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
3. "Espino elected as Pangasinan governor anew". www.pna.gov.ph. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
4. "Espino, Lambino proclaimed Gov and V-Gov in Pangasinan" . Retrieved October 12, 2025.

External links

• Halalan 2019: PANGASINAN REGION I