1998 Pasay local elections

November 2024 12th City elections in Pasay 1998 Pasay mayoral election presidential no May 11, 1998 1995 1995 Pasay local elections 2000 Pasay mayoral recall election 2000 Jovito Claudio Emmanuel Ibay Lakas-CMD (1991) 55,325 33.86 Team Claudio-Ibay-Cuneta Wenceslao Trinidad Greg Alcera Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino 55,097 33.72 Team Trinidad-Alcera-Vergel De Dios Ricardo Santos Cesar Santiago (NPC) PROMDI 48,464 29.66 Team Kaibigan Mayor Pablo Cuneta Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino Jovito Claudio Lakas–CMD (1991) yes Vice mayoral election presidential Greg Alcera Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino 71,930 49.68 Team Trinidad-Alcera-Vergel De Dios Emmanuel Ibay Lakas-NUCD 35,017 24.19 Team Claudio-Ibay-Cuneta Cesar Santiago Nationalist People's Coalition 22,938 15.84 Team Kaibigan Vice Mayor Wenceslao Trinidad Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Greg Alcera Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Local elections were held in Pasay on May 11, 1998 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the representative for the lone district, and the councilors, six of them in the two districts of the city. Background Mayor Pablo Cuneta did not run for re-election. Representative and former Mayor Jovito Claudio ran for mayor. He was challenged by Vice Mayor Wenceslao "Peewee" Trinidad and Ricardo "Ding" Santos, former security aide of Mayor Pablo Cuneta. Second District Councilor Greg Alcera ran for Vice Mayor. He was challenged by Second District Councilor Emmanuel "Lito" Ibay, Edgardo "Arding" Cuneta, son of former Mayor Pablo Cuneta, and other candidates. Rep. Jovito Claudio was on second term and ran as Mayor. Elinor "Elaine" Gamboa-Cuneta, wife of outgoing Mayor Pablo Cuneta ran for his place. Cuneta was challenged by Rolando "Ding" Briones, Edita "Edith" Vergel de Dios, former Councilor Rey Bagatsing, former OIC-Mayor Norman Urbina, Cesar "Sipag" Ochoa, Roland Ledesma, and independent Chris Cornejo. Candidates Team Claudio-Ibay-Cuneta +LAKAS-NUCD-UMDPNamePartyResultFor House Of RepresentativeElaine Gamboa-Cuneta Lakas-CMD (1991) For MayorJovito Claudio Lakas-CMD (1991) For Vice MayorLito Ibay Lakas-CMD (1991) For Councilor 1st DistrictEd Advincula Lakas-CMD (1991) Bebot Bunye Lakas-CMD (1991) Chet Cuneta Lakas-CMD (1991) Encio Mateo Lakas-CMD (1991) Mar Matic Lakas-CMD (1991) Bing Petallo Lakas-CMD (1991) For Councilor 2nd DistrictMoti Arceo Lakas-CMD (1991) Linda Hilario Lakas-CMD (1991) Willy Lim Lakas-CMD (1991) Allan Panaligan Lakas-CMD (1991) Tony Protacio Lakas-CMD (1991) Bong Tolentino Lakas-CMD (1991) Team Trinidad-Alcera-Vergel De Dios +LAMMPNamePartyResult For House Of Representative Edith Vergel De Dios Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino For Mayor Peewee Trinidad Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino For Vice Mayor Greg Alcera Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino For Councilor (1st District) Ric Arabia Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Romy Cabrera Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Tony Calixto Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Justo "JJ" Justo Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Teddy Lorca Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Marlon Pesebre Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino For Councilor (2nd District) Obet Alvarez Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Emi Calixto-Rubiano Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Ruben Cura Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Albert Paredes Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Eddie San Jose Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Pete Tianzon Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Team Kaibigan +PROMDI-NPCNamePartyResult For House Of Representative Rolando Briones Nationalist People's Coalition For Mayor Ricardo "Ding" Santos PROMDI For Vice Mayor Cesar Santiago Nationalist People's Coalition For Councilor (1st District) Rico Cordora Nationalist People's Coalition Oscar De Guia Nationalist People's Coalition Rey Mateo Nationalist People's Coalition Abet Reyes Nationalist People's Coalition Jose Antonio Roxas Nationalist People's Coalition Cesar Tibajia Nationalist People's Coalition For Councilor (2nd District) Federico Medina-Cue Nationalist People's Coalition Ding Morales Nationalist People's Coalition Inday Rose Laguim Nationalist People's Coalition Pepe Lapira Nationalist People's Coalition Rofina Lovina Nationalist People's Coalition Ian Vendivel Nationalist People's Coalition Results Names written in bold-Italic are the re-elected incumbents while in italic are incumbents lost in elections. For District Representative Incumbent Jovito Claudio of Lakas–NUCD–UMDP retired to run for Mayor of Pasay. Lakas–NUCD–UMDP nominated Elaine Cuneta, who was defeated by Rolando Briones of the Nationalist People's Coalition. Rolando Briones Nationalist People's Coalition 47292 Edita Vergel de Dios Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino 38920 Elaine Cuneta Lakas–NUCD–UMDP 21859 Reynaldo Bagatsing Liberal Party 18892 Cesar Ochoa Aksyon Demokratiko 14937 Norma Urbina Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma 8189 Crisanto Cornejo Independent 485 Rolando Ledesma Kilusang Bagong Lipunan 364 Nationalist People's Coalition gain from Lakas–NUCD–UMDP Commission on ElectionsCommission on Elections. Certified List of Provincial Candidates, May 11, 1998 National and Local Elections, NCR. Manila. 2006. For Mayor Representative and former Mayor Jovito Claudio wonAraneta Sandy March 10, 2000 Comelec sets Pasay recall polls: April 15 https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2000/03/10/87015/comelec-sets-pasay-recall-polls-april-15 live https://web.archive.org/web/20220711223339/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2000/03/10/87015/comelec-sets-pasay-recall-polls-april-15 July 11, 2022 November 26, 2024 The Philippine Star in a tight election to Vice Mayor Wenceslao Trinidad with a margin of 228 votes.https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/37075 G.R. No. 134657 Supreme Court E-Library Philippines December 15, 1999 November 26, 2024 1998 Pasay mayoral election Jovito Claudio Lakas–NUCD–UMDP 55325 Wenceslao Trinidad Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino 55097 Ricardo Santos PROMDI 48464 Rene Saraza Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino 3909 Benjamin Perez Independent 267 Romulo Marcelo Sr. Kilusang Bagong Lipunan 136 Francisco Peñaflor-Noel Independent 128 Florencio Muga Independent 58 Lakas–NUCD–UMDP gain from Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino Commission on Elections For Vice Mayor Second District Councilor Gregorio "Greg" Alcera was elected. 1998 Pasay vice mayoral election Greg Alcera Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino 71930 Emmanuel Ibay Lakas–NUCD–UMDP 35017 Cesar Santiago Nationalist People's Coalition 22938 Edgardo Cuneta Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma 13342 Angel Valloyas Liberal Party 861 Leony Legaspi Independent 688 Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino hold Commission on Elections For Councilor First District Four of the six incumbents were re-elected. Uldarico Arabia and Teodulo Lorca Jr. were lost in the elections. Newly-elected councilors were Jose Antonio Roxas and Reynaldo Mateo, brother of former Councilor Florencio Mateo.Member, City Council of Pasay's First District Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Antonino "Tony" Calixto 33400 Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Panfilo "Justo" Justo 27441 Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Romulo "Romy" Cabrera 22997 Lakas-CMD (1991) Eduardo "Ed" Advincula 21866 Nationalist People's Coalition Jose Antonio "Lito" Roxas 21560 Nationalist People's Coalition Reynaldo "Rey" Mateo 20517 |-bgcolor=black |colspan=5| Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Uldarico "Ric" Arabia 19803 Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Marlon Pesebre 19244 Lakas-NUCD Cesar Joseph "Chet" Cuneta 16311 Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Teodulo "Teddy" Lorca Jr. 14407 Lakas-NUCD Ma. Luisa "Bing" Petallo 13722 Nationalist People's Coalition Rico Cordora 12885 Independent (politician) Leonides Cuneta 12619 Independent (politician) Sonny Lim 12199 Nationalist People's Coalition Oscar De Guia 10660 Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan Jovi Angel 10282 Nationalist People's Coalition Abet Reyes 10149 Independent (politician) Bobi Austria 9082 Lakas-NUCD Florencio "Encio" Mateo 9047 Nationalist People's Coalition Cesar Tibajia 8580 Lakas-NUCD Bebot Bunye 7745 Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma Bogs Abelarde 6083 Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma Nonoy Hilvano 5721 Lakas-NUCD Mar Matic 5441 Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma Abe Rogacion 4737 Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino Felipe Tauro 4433 Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino John Jatico 3856 Independent (politician) Pat Cuneta 3633 Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma Irma Lovina 3416 Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino Ramon Viana 1579 Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino Prince Kahulugan 1359 Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino Ben Tejero 1336 Independent (politician) Mina Cuneta 1307 Independent (politician) Rafael Ungria 842 Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino Sim Celo 646 Second District One of the six incumbents was re-elected. Gregorio Alcera ran and won as Vice Mayor. Emmanuel Ibay ran for vice mayor but lost. Alberto Alvarez did not run for re-election. Edita Vergel de Dios ran for representative but lost to Rolando Briones. Roberto Alvarez ran but lost. Nelwy-elected councilors were Allan Panaligan, Ma. Consuelo Dy, Imelda Calixto-Rubiano, Arvin "Bong" Tolentino and Pedro Tianzon. Member, City Council of Pasay's Second District Lakas-CMD (1991) Allan Panaligan 38808 Independent (politician) Ma. Consuelo "Connie" Dy 33027 Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma Reynaldo "Rey" Padua 32534 Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Emi Calixto-Rubiano 29288 Lakas-CMD (1991) Arvin "Bong" Tolentino 28286 Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Pedro "Pete" Tianzon 25857 |-bgcolor=black |colspan=5| Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Albert Paredes 24882 Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Roberto "Obet" Alvarez 24646 Lakas-NUCD Arnel Regino "Moti" Arceo 21546 Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Ruben Cura 18650 Nationalist People's Coalition Ian Vendivel 17481 Lakas-NUCD Tony Protacio 15061 Lakas-NUCD Erlinda "Linda" Hilario 14784 Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Eddie San Jose 12524 Nationalist People's Coalition Pepe Lapira 9151 Nationalist People's Coalition Federico Medina-Cue 8146 Nationalist People's Coalition Ding Morales 8125 Lakas-NUCD Willy Lim 6913 Nationalist People's Coalition Rofina Lovina 6755 Nationalist People's Coalition Inday Rose Laguim 6345 Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma Tony Ramirez 5471 Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma Dante San Jose 5256 Aksyon Demokratiko Rupert Bautista 4422 Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino Ed Hidalgo 1756 Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan Pete Ordiales 1674 Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino Lou Madraso 912 Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino Ernesto Legaspi 905 Independent (politician) Elmer Lopez 718 Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino Boy Santos 688 Kilusang Bagong Lipunan Nida Gomez 637 Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino Nestor Rapi 530 Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino Joey Ramos 469 Kilusang Bagong Lipunan Mel Vicente 418 Independent (politician) Jojie Claudio 4 Kilusang Bagong Lipunan Mario Conui 2 Aftermath In May 1998, Trinidad filed an electoral protest before the COMELEC due to alleged irregularities found in the election returns and canvass, but the COMELEC upheld Claudio's proclamation in June 1998. The protest was later dismissed by the Supreme Court on December 15, 1999. References External links Category:1998 Philippine local elections Category:1998 elections in Metro Manila Category:Elections in Pasay