2022 Pasay local elections

Local elections took place in Pasay on May 9, 2022 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the congressman, and the councilors, six of them in the two districts of the city.

Background[edit]

Mayor Imelda "Emi" Calixto-Rubiano ran for her second term.^[1] Her running mate was Waldetrudes "Ding" Del Rosario, the daughter of Vice Mayor Noel "Boyet" Del Rosario.

Former First District Councilor and defeated 2019 vice mayoral candidate Richard Advincula also ran. His running mate was Former City Administrator Ernestina "Tina" Bernabe-Carbajal.^[2]

Former Manila Chief Prosecutor Edward Togonon ran for mayoralty for the second time. His running mate was Hector Bongat, who previously ran as councilor of Second District.

Rep. Antonino "Tony" Calixto ran for a second term. His opponents were Efren Alas (Team ABA), Ramon Yabut (Team Leni) and Jocelyn Sato (Tropang Togonon).

Candidates[edit]

Administration coalition[edit]

Team Calixto Forever
Name		Result
For Member, House of Representatives
Tony Calixto	PDP–Laban	Won
For Mayor
Emi Calixto-Rubiano	PDP–Laban	Won
For Vice Mayor
Ding Del Rosario	LDP	Won
For Councilor (1st District)
Ambet Alvina	PDP–Laban	Won
Mark Calixto	PDP–Laban	Won
Tonya Cuneta	PDP–Laban	Won
Marlon Pesebre	PDP–Laban	Won
Ding Santos	PDP–Laban	Won
Grace Santos	PDP–Laban	Won
For Councilor (2nd District)
Allo Arceo	PDP–Laban	Won
Joey Calixto Isidro	PDP–Laban	Won
Zeng Padua La Torre	PDP–Laban	Lost
Edith Wowee Manguerra	PDP–Laban	Won
Allan Jen Panaligan	PDP–Laban	Won
Donna Vendivel	PDP–Laban	Won

Opposition coalitions[edit]

Team One Pasay/ABA (Advincula, Bernabe, Alas)
Name		Result
For House Of Representative
Choy Alas	PRP	Lost
For Mayor
Richard Advincula	PRP	Lost
For Vice Mayor
Tina Bernabe Carbajal	PRP	Lost
For Councilor (1st District)
Jhaz Advincula	PDDS	Lost
Bossing Morallos	PDDS	Lost
Boni Santillana	PDDS	Lost
Froilan Tancinco	PDDS	Lost
Miki Trinidad	PDDS	Lost
For Councilor (2nd District)
Botchock Batobato	PRP	Lost
Loida Bernas	PDDS	Lost
Vencio Carbajal	PRP	Lost
Ellan Marie Cipriano	WPP	Lost
Ferdie Espiritu	PRP	Lost
Danilo Pantia	Independent	Lost

Tropang Togonon
Name		Result
For Member, House of Representatives
Jocelyn Sato	Reporma	Lost
For Mayor
Edward Togonon	Reporma	Lost
For Vice Mayor
Hector Bongat	WPP	Lost
For Councilor (1st District)
Jao Bajao	WPP	Lost
Tiger Gabriel	PRP	Lost
Eleazar Garpa	WPP	Lost
For Councilor (2nd District)
Crio Chris Campo	WPP	Lost
Ellan Marie Cipriano	WPP	Lost

Other coalitions/candidates[edit]

UniTeam Coalition
Name		Result
For Councilor (1st District)
Marvin Nolasco	Independent	Lost
Ramon Sta Maria	Independent	Lost
For Councilor (2nd District)
Dok Jovi Baliao	Independent	Lost
Khen Magat	PFP	Won
Manuel Taytayon	Independent	Lost
Maui "Okidocbong" Tolentino	WPP	Lost

Independent Candidates
Name		Result
For Councilor (1st District)
Kap. Ronjay Advincula	PROMDI	Lost
Kap. Richard Gerald Anderson	Independent	Lost

Team Onie Bayona
Name		Result
Tony Calixto	PDP–Laban	Won
For Mayor
Emi Calixto-Rubiano	PDP–Laban	Won
For Vice Mayor
Ding Del Rosario	LDP	Won
For Councilor (2nd District)
Onie Bayona	PROMDI	Lost
Joey Calixto Isidro	PDP–Laban	Won

Team Leni Robredo
Name	Party		Result
For Member, House of Representatives
Ramon Yabut		Independent	Lost

Opinion polling[edit]

For mayor[edit]

Richard Advincula	Emi Calixto-Rubiano	AJ Romero	Edward Togonon
PRP	PDP-Laban	Independent	Reporma

SWS^[3]	February 19-22, 2022	7%	83%	0.2%	8%

For vice mayor[edit]

Source of poll aggregation	Dates administered	Tina Bernabe-Carbajal	Hector Bongat	Jessie Cruz	Boyet Ding Del Rosario
SWS^[3]	February 19-22, 2022	13%	3%	2%	77%

For congressional lone district[edit]

Source of poll aggregation	Dates administered	Choy Alas	Tony Calixto	Jocelyn Sato	Ramon Yabut
SWS^[3]	February 19-22, 2022	5%	87%	2%	3%

Results[edit]

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

For Representative[edit]

Rep. Antonino "Tony" Calixto defeated his closest rivals Efren Alas and Ramon Yabut.

Congressional Elections in Pasay's Lone District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	*Antonino "Tony" Calixto*	154,422	78.09%
	PRP	Efren “Choy” Alas	19,106	9.66%
	Independent	Ramon Yabut	14,926	7.55%
	Reporma	Jocelyn Sato	9,285	4.70%
Total votes			197,739	100.00
	PDP–Laban hold

Popular vote percentage

Calixto			78.09%
Alas			9.66%
Yabut			7.55%
Sato			4.70%

For Mayor[edit]

Mayor Imelda "Emi" Calixto-Rubiano defeated former Councilor Richard Advincula and retired Chief Prosecutor Edward Togonon.

Pasay Mayoral Elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	*Imelda "Emi" Calixto-Rubiano*	147,661	70.88%
	PRP	Richard Advincula	30,661	14.72%
	Reporma	Edward Togonon	27,530	13.22%
	Independent	AJ Romero	2,467	1.18%
Total votes			208,319	100.00
	PDP–Laban hold

Popular vote percentage

Calixto-Rubiano			70.88%
Advincula			14.72%
Togonon			13.22%
Romero			1.18%

For Vice Mayor[edit]

Waldetrudes "Ding" Del Rosario, daughter of Vice Mayor Noel "Boyet" Del Rosario, defeated her closest rival, former Councilor and City Administrator Ernestina "Tina" Bernabe-Carbajal in a huge margin.

Pasay Vice Mayoral Elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Waldetrudes "Ding" Del Rosario	130,138	69.35%
	PRP	Ernestina "Tina" Bernabe-Carbajal	38,479	20.51%
	WPP	Hector Bongat	12,336	6.57%
	Independent	Jessie Cruz	6,703	3.57%
Total votes			187,656	100.00
	LDP hold

Popular vote percentage

Del Rosario			69.35%
Bernabe-Carbajal			20.51%
Bongat			6.57%
Cruz			3.57%

For Councilors[edit]


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	PDP–Laban/Team Calixto	712,494	72.88	11
	PROMDI	67,521	6.91	–
	PDDS/PRP/Team ABA	61,933	6.34	–
	PFP	47,963	4.91	1
	WPP/PRP/Tropang Togonon	28,172	2.88	–
	Independent	59,491	6.09	–
Ex officio seats				2
Total		977,574	100.00	14

First District[edit]

The entire slate of Team Calixto were re-elected.

City Council Elections in Pasay's First District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	*Mark Anthony Calixto*	71,738
	PDP–Laban	*Mary Grace Santos*	67,976
	PDP–Laban	*Marlon Pesebre*	65,233
	PDP–Laban	*Ma. Antonia "Tonya" Cuneta*	64,953
	PDP–Laban	*Abraham Albert "Ambet" Alvina*	55,367
	PDP–Laban	*Ricardo "Ding" Santos*	52,197

	PROMDI	Ronjay Advincula	40,895
	PDDS	Justine Jane "Jhaz" Advincula	27,125
	Independent	Richard Anderson	20,025
	PDDS	Bonifacio "Miki" Trinidad	11,002
	WPP	Eleazar "Boyet" Garpa	10,089
	Independent	Melvin Nolasco	6,139
	Independent	Ramon Sta. Maria	5,803
	PDDS	Bonifacio "Boni" Santillana	5,660
	PDDS	Jovino "Bossing" Morallos	5,162
	PDDS	Froilan "Allan" Tancinco	4,864
	PRP	Michael Angelo "Tiger" Gabriel	4,847
	WPP	Jaomar Leslee "Jao" Bajao	4,105
Total votes			523,180	100.00


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
	PDP-Laban Team Calixto			377,464	72.15	6
	Independent Coalition		Progressive Movement for the Devolution of Initiatives	40,895	7.82	0
			Independent	20,025	3.83	0
		Total		60,920	11.64	0
	PDDS Team ABA			53,813	10.29	0
	Tropang Togonon		Labor Party Philippines	14,194	2.71	0
			People's Reform Party	4,847	0.93	0
		Total		19,041	3.64	0
	Independent under UniTeam Coalition			11,942	2.28	0
Total				523,180	100.00	6

Second District[edit]

Three of the six re-elected incumbents were:

Jose "Joey" Isidro Jr.
Editha "Wowee" Manguerra
Donnabel Vendivel

Other incumbents were:

Allan Panaligan, replaced by his wife, Jennifer "Jen"
Arnel Regino Arceo, replaced by his son, Brgy. 60 Councilman Angelo Nicol "Allo" Arceo.
Aileen Padua-La Torre, replaced by his husband, Brgy. 59 Chairman Zengelbert "Zeng" La Torre but lost, placing 7th.

Newly-elected councilors were:

King Marlon "Khen" Magat, 2019 candidate for councilor Allan Panaligan.
Jennifer Panaligan, wife of term-limited Allan.
Brgy. 60 Councilman Angelo Nicol "Allo" Arceo, son of term-limited Councilor Arnel Regino "Moti" who later won as chairman of Brgy. 60 last 2023 elections.

Former Councilor Noel "Onie" Bayona failed again to return in city council, placing 9th.

Ma. Czarina Lou Tolentino, wife of former Acting Vice Mayor and Second District Councilor Arvin "Bong" Tolentino lost, placing 8th.

City Council Elections in Pasay's Second District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	*Jose "Joey" Isidro Jr.*	70,656	31.99
	PDP–Laban	*Edith "Wowee" Manguerra*	67,678	30.64
	PDP–Laban	*Donnabel Vendivel*	58,414	26.45
	PDP–Laban	Jennifer "Jen" Panaligan	53,783	24.35
	PFP	King Marlon "Khen" Magat	47,963	21.72
	PDP–Laban	Angelo Nicol "Allo" Arceo	45,819	20.74

	PDP–Laban	Zengelbert "Zeng Padua" La Torre	38,680	17.51
	WPP	Ma. Czarina Lou "Mr. Okidocbong" Tolentino	32,429	14.68
	PROMDI	Noel "Onie" Bayona	26,626	12.06
	Independent	Jovita Baliao	18,986	8.60
	WPP	Crio Chris Campo	9,077	4.11
	PRP	Eduardo "Botchock" Batobato	5,930	2.68
	PRP	Ferdinand "Ferdie" Espiritu	5,612	2.54
	PDDS	Sherwin Santos	5,204	2.36
	WPP	Ellan Marie Cipriano	4,901	2.22
	PRP	Vivencio "Vince" Carbajal	4,723	2.14
	Independent	Manuel Taytayon	4,539	2.06
	Independent	Danilo Pantia	3,999	1.81
	PDDS	Loida Bernas	2,916	1.32
Total votes			507,935	100.00


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
	PDP-Laban Team Calixto			335,030	65.96	5
	Independent under UniTeam Coalition		Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	47,963	9.44	1
			Progressive Movement for the Devolution of Initiatives	32,429	6.38	0
			Independent	18,986	3.74	0
		Total		99,378	19.57	1
	Independent Coalition		Progressive Movement for the Devolution of Initiatives	26,626	5.24	0
			Independent	4,539	0.89	0
		Total		31,165	6.14	0
	Team ABA		People's Reform Party	16,265	3.20	0
			Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan	8,120	1.60	0
			Independent	3,999	0.79	0
		Total		28,384	5.59	0
	Tropang Togonon			13,978	2.75	0
Total				507,935	100.00	6

References[edit]

^ Depasupil, William (September 4, 2021). "Incumbent Metro Manila mayors to win if elections held today – survey". The Manila Times. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
^ Dela Peña, Kurt (October 13, 2021). "It's them again: As COC filing ends, Metro Manila sees old, big names". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "SWS Confirms February 19-22, 2022 Pasay City Survey on Electoral Preferences". Social Weather Stations. Retrieved 4 April 2022.

[1] Depasupil, William (September 4, 2021). "Incumbent Metro Manila mayors to win if elections held today – survey". The Manila Times. Retrieved October 11, 2021.

[MM2022-2] Dela Peña, Kurt (October 13, 2021). "It's them again: As COC filing ends, Metro Manila sees old, big names". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved October 31, 2021.

[feb2022-sws-survey-3] "SWS Confirms February 19-22, 2022 Pasay City Survey on Electoral Preferences". Social Weather Stations. Retrieved 4 April 2022.

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