2022 Parañaque local elections

2022 Parañaque mayoral elections
Mayor before election; Edwin Olivarez; PDP–Laban	Elected mayor ; Eric Olivarez; PDP–Laban
	Vice mayoral election
Vice Mayor before election; Jose Enrico "Rico" Golez; LDP	Elected Vice Mayor ; Joan Villafuerte-Densing; Liberal

Local elections took place in Parañaque on May 9, 2022 within the 2022 Philippine general election. Voters will elect for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, two congressmen, and the 16 councilors, eight each in the two local legislative districts of Parañaque.

Background

Mayor Edwin Olivarez was on third and final term. He ran as representative of city's first district, switched places with his brother, First District Representative Eric Olivarez, was also on third and final term.^[1] Olivarez was challenged by Baclaran Barangay Captain Julius Anthony "Jun" Zaide, who broke the long time rule of the Cailles family (Olivarez's allies) in Barangay Baclaran, as well as Kainos Breed Fellowship International founder Gerardo "Bishop Jherie" Mores and independents Rolando Aguilar and John Andrew Uy.

Vice Mayor Jose Enrico "Rico" Golez was on third and final term. He ran as councilor of the second district. His party nominated Second District Councilor Vincent Kenneth "Binky" Favis to run in his place. Favis faced his fellow councilors, Joan Villafuerte-Densing and Maritess "Tess" de Asis from first and second district respectively.

First District Representative Eric Olivarez was term-limited, and ran as mayor. He was replaced by Mayor Edwin Olivarez. Olivarez was challenged by Jayson Moral and Pedro Montano.

Second District Representative Myra Joy Tambunting won't ran for re-election. Her husband, former Representative Gustavo "Gus" Tambunting ran in her place. Tambunting was challenged by Josef Maganduga.

Candidates

Administration coalition

Team Bagong Parañaque
#	Name		Result

For Mayor
3.	Eric Olivarez	PDP–Laban	Won
For Vice Mayor
2.	Binky Favis	PDP–Laban	Lost
For House Of Representatives (1st District)
3.	Edwin Olivarez	PDP–Laban	Won
For House Of Representatives (2nd District)
3.	Gustavo Tambunting	NUP	Won
For Councilor (1st District)
1.	Daniel Eric Baes	PDP–Laban	Won
5.	Pablo Gabriel Jr.	PDP–Laban	Won
11.	Paolo Olivarez	PDP–Laban	Won
12.	Vandolph Quizon	PDP–Laban	Won
15.	Marvin Santos	Lakas	Won
16.	Allen Ford Tan	PDP–Laban	Won
17.	Rene Velarde	PDP–Laban	Lost
18.	Jomari Yllana	PDP–Laban	Won
For Councilor (2nd District)
1.	Florencia Amurao	PDP–Laban	Won
9.	Edwin Benzon	PDP–Laban	Won
17.	Maria Kristine Esplana	PDP–Laban	Won
18.	Jerome Bart Frias	PDP–Laban	Won
20.	Rico Golez	LDP	Won
22.	Rolando Joaquin Mendoza	PDP–Laban	Lost
24.	Nina Celine Sotto	NPC	Won
27.	John Ryan Yllana	PDP–Laban	Won

Other coalitions

Team Blessed Parañaque
#	Name		Result

For Mayor
2.	Gherardo Mores	PDDS	Lost
For Vice Mayor
1.	Maritess De Asis	PDDS	Lost
For Councilor (1st District)
7.	Edelyn Ison	PDDS	Lost
For Councilor (2nd District)
12.	Jerome De Asis	PDDS	Lost
23.	Menandro Molina	PDDS	Lost

Team Bagong Pag-asa
#	Name		Result

For Vice Mayor
3.	Joan Villafuerte-Densing	Liberal	Won
For House Of Representatives (2nd District)
1.	Josef Maganduga	Samahang Kaagapay ng Agilang Pilipino	Lost
For Councilor (1st District)
6.	Bok Inciong	Aksyon	Won
For Councilor (2nd District)
6.	Rudy Avila	Independent	Lost
7.	JB Balicanta	PRP	Lost
15.	Jaymee Dela Rosa	Aksyon	Lost
16.	Bai Elorde	PROMDI	Lost

Kilusang Bagong Lipunan coalition
#	Name		Result

For Mayor
5.	Jun Zaide	KBL	Lost
For Councilor (2nd District)
11.	Reynaldo Casanova	KBL	Lost
13.	Steve Jon Dela Cruz	KBL	Lost

Lakas-CMD coalition
#	Name		Result

For Councilor (2nd District)
2.	Carlito Antipuesto Jr.	Lakas	Lost
4.	Ireneo Aquino	Lakas	Lost

Other parties

Aksyon Demokratiko
#	Name		Result

For House Of Representatives (1st District)
2.	Jayson Moral	Aksyon	Lost

Progressive Movement for the Devolution of Initiatives
#	Name		Result

For Councilor (1st District)
3.	Ramon Clint Calinisan Jr.	PROMDI	Lost

Bigkis Pinoy
#	Name		Result

For Councilor (2nd District)
5.	Yolanda Arandia	Bigkis	Lost

Independents

Independent
#	Name		Result

For Mayor
1.	Rolando Aguilar	Independent	Lost
4.	John Andrew Uy	Independent	Lost
For Councilor (1st District)
2.	Arlene Besa	Independent	Lost
4.	Francisco Dela Cruz	Independent	Lost
8.	Razel Lagman	Independent	Lost
9.	Felix Lazaro Jr.	Independent	Lost
10.	Jaime Nery Jr.	Independent	Lost
14.	Manuel Narciso Raymundo	Independent	Lost
15.	Sean Anthony Sanciego	Independent	Lost
For Councilor (2nd District)
3.	Lucresio Apostol	Independent	Lost
10.	Maria Severina Cadano	Independent	Lost
14.	Rafael Lito Dela Peña	Independent	Won
19.	Anthony Gabriel	Independent	Lost
21.	Gaspar Hachuela	Independent	Lost
25.	Maria Eliza Sumaribus	Independent	Lost
26.	Anthony Viviero	Independent	Lost

Results

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

For Mayor

First District Rep. Eric Olivarez defeated his closest rival, Barangay Baclaran Chairman Julius Anthony "Jun" Zaide.

Parañaque Mayoralty Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Eric Olivarez	174,816	64.30
	KBL	Julius Anthony "Jun" Zaide	64,263	23.64
	Independent	John Andrew Uy	27,055	9.95
	Independent	Rolando Aguilar	4,448	1.64
	PDDS	Gherardo "Bishop Jherie" Mores	1,300	0.48
Total votes			271,882	100.00
	PDP–Laban hold

For Vice Mayor

First District Councilor Joan Villafuerte-Densing defeated her fellow councilors Vincent Kenneth "Coach Binky" Favis and Maritess "Tess" De Asis.

Parañaque Vice Mayoralty Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joan Villafuerte-Densing	102,760	39.14
	PDP–Laban	Vincent Kenneth "Coach Binky" Favis	89,131	33.95
	PDDS	Maritess "Tess" De Asis	70,661	26.91
Total votes			262,552	100.00
	Liberal gain from LDP

For Representative

First District

Mayor Edwin Olivarez defeated his opponents Jayson Moral and Pedro Montaño.

Congressional Elections in Parañaque's First District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Edwin Olivarez	91,241	90.16
	Aksyon	Jayson Moral	5,662	5.60
	Independent	Pedro Montaño	4,292	4.24
Total votes			101,195	100.00
	PDP–Laban hold

Second District

Former Representative Gustavo "Gus" Tambunting, defeated his closest rival Atty. Josef Maganduga by a thin margin.

Congressional Elections in Parañaque's Second District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Gustavo "Gus" Tambunting	82,357	52.89
	Samahang Kaagapay ng Agilang Pilipino	Josef Maganduga	73,346	47.11
Total votes			155,703	100.00
	NUP gain from PDP–Laban

City Council Elections


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan	809,558	46.80	11
	Lakas–CMD	139,881	8.09	1
	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	104,798	6.06	1
	Aksyon Demokratiko	94,796	5.48	1
	Nationalist People's Coalition	84,019	4.86	1
	Progressive Movement for the Devolution of Initiatives	67,654	3.91	–
	Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan	53,626	3.10	–
	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	34,410	1.99	–
	People's Reform Party	18,363	1.06	–
	Bigkis Pinoy	17,383	1.00	–
	Independent	305,361	17.65	1
Ex officio seats				2
Total		1,729,849	100.00	18

First District

City Council Elections in Parañaque's First District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Pablo "Paolo" Olivarez II	76,138	26.67
	PDP–Laban	*Allen Ford Tan*	68,286	23.92
	PDP–Laban	*Pablo Gabriel Jr.*	67,511	23.65
	PDP–Laban	*Daniel Eric Baes*	65,748	23.03
	Lakas	*Marvin Santos*	64,048	22.44
	PDP–Laban	*Vandolph Quizon*	62,437	21.87
	Aksyon	Brillante "Bok" Inciong	54,137	18.97
	PDP–Laban	*Jose Maria "Jomari" Yllana*	52,265	18.31
colspan=12	- class="vcard"		Independent	Francisco Dela Cruz	31,732	11.12
	PDP–Laban	Rene Velarde	29,744	10.42
	Independent	Jaime Nery Jr.	23,131	8.10
	PROMDI	Ramon Clint Calinisan Jr.	20,880	7.32
	Independent	Arlene Besa	16,881	5.91
	Independent	Sean Anthony Sanciego	15,917	5.58
	Independent	Manuel Narciso Raymundo	10,976	3.85
	Independent	Razel Lagman	10,534	3.69
	PDDS	Edelyn Ison	10,387	3.64
	Independent	Felix Lazaro Jr.	10,309	3.61
Total votes			691,061	100.00


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
	Team Bagong Paranaque		Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan	422,129	61.08	6
			Lakas-CMD	64,048	9.27	1
		Total		486,177	70.35	7
	Aksyon Demokratiko			54,137	7.83	1
	Progressive Movement for the Devolution of Initiatives			20,880	3.02	–
	Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan			10,387	1.50	–
	Independent			119,480	17.29	–
Total				691,061	100.00	8

2nd District

City Council Elections in Parañaque's Second District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Jose Enrico "Rico" Golez	104,798	36.71
	NPC	Nina Celine Sotto	84,019	29.44
	PDP–Laban	Maria Kristine Esplana	75,739	26.53
	PDP–Laban	*Edwin "Bong" Benzon*	75,387	26.41
	PDP–Laban	John Ryan Yllana	69,530	24.36
	PDP–Laban	Jerome Bart Frias	62,429	21.87
	PDP–Laban	Florencia "Beng" Amurao	61,329	21.49
	Independent	Rafael Lito Dela Peña	60,817	21.31

	Lakas	Carlito Antipuesto Jr.	54,907	19.24
	PROMDI	Bai Elorde	46,774	16.39
	PDP–Laban	Rolando Joaquin Mendoza	43,015	15.07
	Aksyon	Jaymee Dela Rosa	40,659	14.24
	Independent	Rudy Avila	39,322	13.78
	PDDS	Jerome De Asis	36,077	12.64
	Independent	Maria Severina Cadano	32,145	11.26
	KBL	Reynaldo Casanova	29,836	10.45
	Lakas	Ireneo Aquino	20,926	7.33
	PRP	Jose Mari Balicanta	18,363	6.43
	Bigkis	Yolanda Arandia	17,383	6.09
	Independent	Marlon Batoon	13,346	4.68
	Independent	Anthony Viviero	12,342	4.32
	Independent	Lucresio Apostol	8,668	3.04
	Independent	Anthony Gabriel	7,565	2.65
	PDDS	Menandro Molina	7,162	2.51
	Independent	Gaspar Hachuela	6,473	2.27
	Independent	Maria Eliza Sumaribus	5,203	1.82
	KBL	Steve Jon Dela Cruz	4,574	1.60
Total votes			1,038,788	100.00


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
	Team Bagong Paranaque		Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan	387,429	37.30	5
			Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	104,798	10.09	1
			Nationalist People's Coalition	84,019	8.09	1
		Total		576,246	55.47	7
	Team Bagong Pag-asa		Progressive Movement for the Devolution of Initiatives	46,774	4.50	–
			Aksyon Demokratiko	40,659	3.91	–
			People's Reform Party	18,363	1.77	–
			Independent	39,322	3.79	–
		Total		145,118	13.97	–
	Lakas–CMD			75,833	7.30	–
	Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan			43,239	4.16	–
	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan			34,410	3.31	–
	Bigkis Pinoy			17,383	1.67	–
	Independent			146,559	14.11	1
Total				1,038,788	100.00	8

References

^ Fernando, Jean (September 16, 2021). "Parañaque Rep. Eric Olivarez eyeing mayoral seat in 2022 polls". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved December 4, 2021.

[1] Fernando, Jean (September 16, 2021). "Parañaque Rep. Eric Olivarez eyeing mayoral seat in 2022 polls". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved December 4, 2021.

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