2022 Mandaue local elections

Last updated March 10, 2025

Local elections were held in Mandaue City on May 9, 2022 within the Philippine general election. Registered voters of the city will be electing candidates for the following elective local posts: mayor, vice mayor, district representative, and twelve councilors. The city has its own congressional district.

Mayoralty and vice mayoralty elections

Mayor

Incumbent mayor Jonas Cortes is vying for a second term. He is running against former city councilor Nilo Seno.^[1]^[2]

Mandaue City mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Jonas Cortes (incumbent)	102,786	55.57
	NPC	Nilo Seno	82,182	44.43
Total votes			184,968	100.00
Margin of victory

Vice mayor

Incumbent vice mayor Glenn Bercede is vying for a second term. He is running against former city councilor Elmer Cabahug.^[1]^[2] Also running is Gepind Requierme.^[3]

Mandaue City Vice mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Glenn Bercede (incumbent)	110,301	64.42
	NPC	Elmer Cabahug	58,535	34.19
	Independent	Gepind Requierme	2,387	1.39
Total votes			171,223	100.00
Margin of victory

District representative

Incumbent representative of 6th congressional district Emmarie Ouano-Dizon is vying to become the first representative of the newly created lone district of Mandaue City and is running unopposed.^[4]

2022 Philippine House of Representatives election in Mandaue City's Lone District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Emmarie Ouano-Dizon	153,004	100.00
Total votes			153,004	100.00

City Council


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan	980,569	63.38	11
	Nationalist People's Coalition	460,461	29.76	1
	Independent	106,177	6.86	–
Ex officio seats				2
Total		1,547,207	100.00	14

Incumbents are expressed in italics.

By ticket

Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/Team Mandaue

#	Name

5.	Jesus Arcilla Jr.	PDP–Laban
7.	Mario Bihag	PDP–Laban
11.	Cesar Cabahug Jr.	PDP–Laban
13.	Marie Immaline Cortes-Zafra	PDP–Laban
15.	Oscar Del Castillo Jr.	PDP–Laban
16.	Jennifer Del Mar	PDP–Laban
21.	Andreo Icalina	PDP–Laban
22.	Jimmy Lumapas	PDP–Laban
26.	Cynthia Remedio	PDP–Laban
28.	Malcolm Sanchez	PDP–Laban
29.	Joel Seno	PDP–Laban
31.	Nerissa Corazon Soon-Ruiz	PDP–Laban

Nationalist People's Coalition/Bag-ong Mandaue

#	Name

3.	Glenn Antigua	NPC
4.	Emery Ciprianne Antigua	NPC
8.	Benwilson Bodo	NPC
9.	Emily Borbon	NPC
10.	Editha Cabahug	NPC
12.	Jose Jefferson Ceniza	NPC
14.	Elstone Dabon	NPC
18.	Dalton Roy Echavez	NPC
24.	Francisco Ouano	NPC
25.	Arthur Remedio	NPC
27.	Leo Saberon	NPC
30.	Paolo Seno	NPC
32.	Fritz Villamor	NPC

Independent

#	Name

1.	Melchor Alejandro	Independent
2.	Leonardo Alidani	Independent
6.	Benjamin Basiga	Independent
17.	Richard Duaman	Independent
19.	Edsel Ian Fuentes	Independent
20.	Estrella Gesta	Independent
23.	Cirilo Oplado	Independent

By district

Key: Italicized: incumbent

City Council election at Mandaue City's lone district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	*Nerissa Corazon Soon-Ruiz*	103,067	52.07
	PDP–Laban	*Malcolm Sanchez*	95,273	48.14
	PDP–Laban	*Jimmy Lumapas*	90,817	45.88
	PDP–Laban	*Jesus Arcilla Jr.*	87,637	44.28
	PDP–Laban	*Marie Immaline Cortes-Zafra*	83,561	42.22
	PDP–Laban	*Cynthia Remedio*	82,361	41.61
	PDP–Laban	Jennifer Del Mar	77,761	39.29
	PDP–Laban	*Joel Seno*	77,237	39.02
	PDP–Laban	*Cesar Cabahug Jr.*	75,506	38.15
	PDP–Laban	*Andreo Icalina*	71,160	35.95
	NPC	Editha Cabahug	69,849	35.29
	PDP–Laban	Oscar Del Castillo Jr.	68,880	34.80
	PDP–Laban	Mario Bihag	67,309	34.01
	NPC	Jose Jefferson Ceniza	63,023	31.84
	NPC	Fritz Villamor	62,312	31.48
	NPC	Francisco Ouano	56,965	28.78
	Independent	Benjamin Basiga	42,070	21.26
	NPC	Elstone Dabon	37,314	18.85
	NPC	Arthur Remedio	27,788	14.04
	NPC	Dalton Roy Echavez	24,760	12.51
	NPC	Leo Saberon	24,556	12.41
	NPC	Benwilson Bodo	23,629	11.94
	NPC	Glenn Antigua	22,915	11.58
	NPC	Paolo Seno	19,790	10.00
	Independent	Melchor Alejandro	18,569	9.38
	Independent	Edsel Ian Fuentes	14,945	7.55
	NPC	Emily Borbon	13,956	7.05
	NPC	Emery Ciprianne Antigua	13,604	6.87
	Independent	Richard Duaman	8,596	4.34
	Independent	Leonardo Alidani	7,863	3.97
	Independent	Estrella Gesta	7,396	3.74
	Independent	Cirilo Oplado	6,738	3.40
Total votes			1,547,207	100.00

References

1 2 "TEAM Mandaue seeks reelection in 2022 polls". CDN Digital. October 8, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
1 2 "Electoral aspirants of Team Mandaue file COCs; Cortes seeks re-election". SunStar Cebu . October 8, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
↑ "IT specialist files COC as Mandaue City vice mayor". SunStar Cebu . October 3, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
↑ "Lolypop running unopposed". The Freeman . October 9, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2021.

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[:0-1] 1 2 "TEAM Mandaue seeks reelection in 2022 polls". CDN Digital. October 8, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2021.

[:1-2] 1 2 "Electoral aspirants of Team Mandaue file COCs; Cortes seeks re-election". SunStar Cebu . October 8, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2021.

[3] "IT specialist files COC as Mandaue City vice mayor". SunStar Cebu . October 3, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2021.

[4] "Lolypop running unopposed". The Freeman . October 9, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2021.

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