2019 Baguio local elections

2019 Baguio mayoral election
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Registered164,125[1]
Turnout113,899 (69.39%) Decrease9.04p.p.[1]
 
Nominee Benjamin Magalong Edison Bilog Edgar Avila
Party NPC PDP–Laban UNA
Running mate N/A Faustino Olowan Elmer Datuin
Popular vote 41,482 22,670 17,360
Percentage 37.29 20.38 15.61
 
Nominee Jose Molintas Leandro Yangot Jr. Tony Boy Tabora
Party Liberal PFP Lakas
Running mate Rene Cortes Michael Lawana N/A
Popular vote 13,562 12,635 2,805
Percentage 12.19 11.36 2.52
Mayor before election

Mauricio Domogan
UNA

Elected mayor

Benjamin Magalong
Nationalist People's Coalition

Local elections were held in Baguio on Monday, May 13, 2019, as a part of the 2019 Philippine general election. Voters elected candidates for the local elective posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the congressman, and the twelve councilors

Retired police general Benjamin Magalong won the mayoralty race,[2] beating outgoing vice mayor Edison Bilog, while outgoing mayor Mauricio Domogan lost to incumbent representative Mark Go, marking the first defeat in his political career.[3][4]

There are a total of 113,899 people who voted out of the 164,125 registered voters.[1][5]

Mayoral and Vice Mayoral elections

Mayor

Incumbent mayor Mauricio Domogan is ineligible to run for a fourth term. He ran for the lone congressional seat.

Baguio mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Benjamin Magalong 41,482 37.29
PDP–Laban Edison Bilog 22,670 20.38
UNA Edgar Avila 17,360 15.61
Liberal Jose Molintas 13,562 12.19
PFP Leandro Yangot Jr. 12,635 11.36
Lakas Tony Boy Tabora 2,805 2.52
Independent Benny Alhambra 378 0.34
Independent Labio Calingayan 281 0.25
Independent Jeffrey Pinic 65 0.06
Valid ballots 111,238 97.66
Invalid or blank votes 2,661 2.34
Total votes 113,899 100.00
NPC gain from UNA

Vice Mayor

Incumbent vice mayor Edison Bilog is not term-limited but is running for City Mayor.

Baguio vice mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP–Laban Faustino Olowan 40,224 37.28
PFP Michael Lawana 24,142 22.37
Independent Peter Fianza 19,585 18.15
UNA Elmer Datuin 18,617 17.25
Liberal Rene Cortes 4,549 4.22
Independent Felizardo Garcia 785 0.73
Valid ballots 107,902 94.73
Invalid or blank votes 5,997 5.27
Total votes 113,899 100.00
PDP–Laban hold

District representative

Incumbent Representative Mark Go is running for a second term.

2019 Philippine House of Representatives election in Lone District of Baguio
Party Candidate Votes %
Nacionalista Mark Go 58,603 52.65
UNA Mauricio Domogan 30,443 27.35
Liberal Nicasio Aliping Jr. 17,134 15.39
Lakas Peter Rey Bautista 4,447 3.99
PDDS Rafael Wasan 689 0.62
Valid ballots 111,316 97.73
Invalid or blank votes 2,583 2.27
Total votes 111,316 100.00
Nacionalista hold

City Council

The 12 of 14 members of the Baguio City Council are elected at-large via multiple non-transferable vote, where each voter has 12 votes, and can vote up to 12 candidates. The 12 candidates with the highest number of votes are elected.

The other 2 members are elected in indirect elections from the results of barangay elections.

PartySeats
Liberal Party3
Nacionalista Party1
National Unity Party1
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan2
United Nationalist Alliance5
Ex officio seats2
Total14

Here is a list of candidates.

Baguio City Council Election
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP–Laban Joel Alangsab 51,323 45.06
UNA Benny Bomogao 50,577 44.41
UNA Betty Lourdes Tabanda 48,826 42.87
PDP–Laban Elaine Sembrano 47,150 41.40
Liberal Maria Mylen Victoria Yaranon 47,054 41.31
Liberal Isabelo Cosalan Jr. 47,050 41.31
UNA Francisco Roberto Ortega 44,018 38.65
Liberal Arthur Allad-iw 42,022 36.89
UNA Vladimir Cayabas 41,291 36.25
NUP Fred Bagbagen 38,048 33.41
UNA Lilia Fariñas 37,013 32.50
Nacionalista Philian Louise Allan Weygan 32,368 28.42
UNA Villamor Bumanglag 31,193 27.39
NPC Jonathan Vergara 30,672 26.93
UNA Ryan Dale Mangusan 30,033 26.37
Nacionalista Grace Mayos 28,753 25.24
Liberal Richard Cariño 27,967 24.55
Liberal Ronald Perez 24,273 21.31
UNA Esteban Somngi 20,964 18.41
UNA Marvin Yang-Ed 20,286 17.81
PDP–Laban John Glenn Gaerlan 19,671 17.27
PFP Gueliro Sugano 17,546 15.40
UNA Christian Villareal 17,270 15.16
PDP–Laban Zosimo Abratique 17,266 15.16
PDP–Laban Thomas Dumalti 16,130 14.16
Nacionalista Ricardo Bagalawis 14,967 13.14
PDP–Laban Angeline Pamela Cariño 14,925 13.10
UNA Basilio Binay-An 12,376 10.87
Nacionalista Edgar Allan Beltran 11,578 10.17
Independent Marvin Herrera 11,226 9.86
PDP–Laban Erickson Ferrer 10,938 9.60
UNA Connie Tongawan 10,043 8.82
NPC Teodorico Tan 9,346 8.21
Liberal Victor Jimenez 9,277 8.14
PFP Nicanor Nialla 8,856 7.54
PFP Mario De Los Reyes 8,486 7.45
PFP Florentino Fariñas 8,352 7.33
PFP Caesar Malicdan 7,764 6.82
Liberal Antolen Mascariñas 6,983 6.13
PFP Gitwa Carpio 6,647 5.84
PFP Robin Coteng 6,490 5.70
PDP–Laban Gerry Uy 6,338 5.56
Lakas Aurora Alambra 6,179 5.42
PFP Freneil Reyes 5,695 5.00
CDP Guillermo Hernandez 4,458 3.91
Independent Lalaine Estolas 3,747 3.29
Independent Philip Canuto 3,499 3.07
Independent Edilberto Gapuz 3,159 2.77
PFP Bernardo Romulo Ellamil 3,095 2.72
Independent Jan Henric Liquete 2,903 2.55
Independent Gordon Monserrate 2,219 1.95
PFP Amy Mondero 1,991 1.75
Total votes 113,899 100.00

References

  1. ^ a b c "NUMBER AND TURNOUT OF REGISTERED VOTERS AND VOTERS WHO ACTUALLY VOTED BY CITY/MUNICIPALITY" (PDF). COMELEC. November 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-02-12. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  2. ^ "Magalong wins as Baguio City mayor". www.pna.gov.ph. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  3. ^ Quitasol, Kimberlie (2019-05-13). "Domogan faces defeat in Baguio City's congressional race". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  4. ^ "Halalan Results". May 22, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-05-14. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  5. ^ "Comelec-Baguio confident to reach 10K voter sign-up". www.pna.gov.ph. Retrieved 2021-09-27.