2019 Tacloban local elections

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2019 Tacloban City mayoral election
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Turnout75.82% (Decrease2.svg 9.52 pp)
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NomineeAlfred Romualdez
Party Nacionalista
Running mateJerry Yaokasin
Popular vote73,930
Percentage100.00
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.

Contents

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
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Alfred Romualdez 73,930 69.94%
Invalid or blank votes31,77430.06%
Total votes105,704 100.00%
Nacionalista hold

Vice Mayoral Election

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

Tacloban City Vice Mayoralty Election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Jerry Yaokasin 74,854 70.81%
Invalid or blank votes30,85029.19%
Total votes105,704 100.00%
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]
NameParty
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
PartyCandidateVotes%
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 Modelo31,05029.37%
Lakas Rodolfo Padillo30,23128.60%
Nacionalista Melchor Cañete III29,77128.16%
Liberal Neil Glova29,17727.60%
Nacionalista Elwina Pfleider27,17025.70%
Independent Rolando Hidalgo25,13923.78%
Independent Elizabeth Lesiguez9,4008.89%
Independent Ryan Allawan5,6915.38%
Independent Ervin Camenting3,3823.20%
Nacionalista Dexter Brillo3,1462.98%
Independent Cristine Tinapan2,2452.12%
Total votes105,704 100.00%

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