2019 Pasig local elections

2019 Pasig mayoral election

May 13, 2019 (2019-05-13)
Turnout	76.39%
Nominee Vico Sotto Robert Eusebio Party Aksyon Nacionalista Running mate Iyo Christian Bernardo Popular vote 209,370 121,556 Percentage 63.27 36.73
Mayor before election Robert Eusebio Nacionalista Elected mayor Vico Sotto Aksyon

Local elections took place in Pasig on Monday, May 13, 2019, as part of the 2019 Philippine general election.

Voters elected a mayor, a vice mayor, and a total of 12 councilors - six from each of the city's two districts. The election for the member from the lone legislative district of Pasig to the Philippine House of Representatives was also held concurrently.

The election saw Vico Sotto of the Aksyon Demokratiko party winning the mayoral election against the incumbent Robert Eusebio of the Nacionalista Party which ended the 27-year rule of the Eusebio family in Pasig. Incumbent vice mayor and Eusebio's running mate Iyo Christian Bernardo was re-elected to a third term as vice mayor unopposed. Candidates for councilor running under Eusebio's ticket called Team Bobby won all of the seats in the City Council.

Background

Robert Eusebio was elected mayor of Pasig in 2016, and was previously mayor for two consecutive terms from 2007 until 2013. He was seeking to be re-elected to a second consecutive term since his election in 2016, which would have been his fourth total term as mayor.

Robert Eusebio is part of the Eusebio family who have dominated Pasig politics since 1992. His father Vicente was mayor of Pasig for three consecutive terms from 1992 until 2001 and for another term from 2004 until 2007. His mother Soledad was mayor for from 2001 to 2004, while his wife Maribel was mayor from 2013 to 2016. His brother Ricky was the member from Pasig to the House of Representatives from 2016 until 2019.

Vico Sotto was a first-term councilor for Pasig's first district who was elected in his first run for a public office in 2016, which saw him ranking first among 13 candidates in his district. In his term as councilor, Sotto authored City Ordinance No. 37 also known as The Pasig Transparency Mechanism Ordinance, which was signed in September 13, 2018. He also served as the chairman of Pasig City’s public relations and information committee during his term as city councilor.

Candidates

Team Bobby

Mayor
Name	Political party		Prior office
Robert Eusebio	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color" |	Nacionalista	Mayor (2007-2013, 2016-2019)
Vice Mayor
Name	Political party		Prior office
Iyo Christian Bernardo	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/meta/color" |	PDP–Laban	Vice Mayor (since 2013)
Councilors - First District
Name	Political party		Prior office
Ferdinand Avis	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/meta/color" |	PDP–Laban	Councilor (since 2013)
Reggie Balderrama	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color" |	Nacionalista	Councilor (2004-2013, since 2016)
Rhichie Brown	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color" |	Nacionalista	Councilor (since 2013)
Ory Rupisan	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/meta/color" |	PDP–Laban	Councilor (2001-2010, since 2013)
Joy San Buenaventura	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color" |	Nacionalista	Councilor (1995-2004, 2007-2016)
Andy Santiago	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color" |	Nacionalista	Councilor (2001-2010, 2013-2019)
Councilors - Second District
Name	Political party		Prior office
Rodrigo Asilo	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color" |	Nacionalista	Councilor (2007-2010, since 2016)
Olly Benito	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color" |	Nacionalista	Councilor (since 2013)
Junjun Concepcion	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color" |	Nacionalista	Councilor (since 2016)
Yoyong Martirez	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color" |	Nacionalista	Vice Mayor (2004-2013) Councilor (1995-2004, since 2013)
Corie Raymundo	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color" |	Nacionalista	Councilor (2007-2010, since 2016)
Wilfredo Sityar	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color" |	Nacionalista	Councilor (since 2013)

Team Pagbabago

Mayor
Name	Political Party		Prior office
Vico Sotto	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Aksyon Demokratiko/meta/color|	Aksyon	Councilor (2016-2019)
Councilors - First District
Name	Political Party		Prior office
Kiko Rustia	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Independent/meta/color" |	Independent	TV host Unsuccessful bid for councilor in 2016
Councilors - Second District
Name	Political Party		Prior office
Bobby Hapin	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Independent/meta/color" |	Independent	Barangay Manggahan councilor Unsuccessful bid for councilor in 2016

No ticket

• Andy Cheng, PDP–Laban president in Pasig and candidate for councilor in Pasig's first district. He unsuccessfully ran for councilor in Pasig's first district in 2016 under the Liberal Party.

Opinion polls

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Vico Sotto (Aksyon)	Robert Eusebio (Nacionalista)	Undecided	None
The Philippine Press	November 4–9, 2018	-	-	21%	48%	-	-
Publicus	November 16–20, 2018	-	-	8%	76%	-	-
RP-Mission and Development Foundation, Inc.	February 1–10, 2019	-	-	21%	75%	-	-
RP-Mission and Development Foundation, Inc.	March 1–10, 2019	-	-	27%	65%	-	-
Publicus	March 16–17, 2019	-	±9.56%	15.09%	71.70%	5.66%	6.60%
The Philippine Press	March 24–29, 2019	-	-	45%	44%	-	-
The Philippine Press	April 7–12, 2019	-	-	45%	45%	-	-
RP-Mission and Development Foundation, Inc.	April 27-May 1, 2019	-	-	33%	66%	-	-
RP-Mission and Development Foundation, Inc.	May 4–8, 2019	-	-	38%	61%	-	-

Results

Mayor

Pasig mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Aksyon	Vico Sotto	209,370	63.27
	Nacionalista	Bobby Eusebio	121,556	36.73
Total votes			330,926	100.00
	Aksyon gain from Nacionalista

Vice Mayor

Pasig vice mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Iyo Christian Bernardo	270,789	100.00
Total votes			270,789	100.00
	PDP–Laban hold

District representative

2019 Philippine House of Representatives election in Pasig's Lone District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Aksyon	Roman Romulo	225,217	69.56
	Nacionalista	Ricky Eusebio	98,547	30.44
Total votes			323,764	100.00
	Aksyon gain from Nacionalista

City Council

By district

1st District

Pasig Council Election – 1st District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Ferdinand Avis	78,892	13.92
	PDP–Laban	Gregorio "Ory" Rupisan Jr.	77,712	13.71
	Nacionalista	Rhichie Gerard Brown	76,664	13.53
	Nacionalista	Reynaldo "Joy" San Buenaventura III	76,075	13.42
	Nacionalista	Regino Balderrama	73,767	13.02
	Nacionalista	Alejandro "Andy" Santiago[A]	72,422	12.78
	Independent	Raymund "Kiko" Rustia	69,741	12.30
	PDP–Laban	Albino "Andy" Cheng	41,506	7.32
Total votes			566,779	100.00

Notes

• A^ Incumbent Andy Santiago died on June 14, 2019. His wife, Edith, was named as his substitute, later she took her office on October 16, 2019.

2nd District

Pasig Council Election – 2nd District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Mario "JunJun" Concepcion Jr.	133,372	16.18
	Nacionalista	Orlando "Olly" Benito	129,075	15.66
	Nacionalista	Rodrigo Asilo	127,935	15.52
	Nacionalista	Corazon Raymundo	122,883	14.90
	Nacionalista	Wilfredo Sityar	119,983	14.55
	Nacionalista	Rosalio "Yoyong" Martirez	117,296	14.23
	Independent	Salvador Haping	73,919	8.97
Total votes			824,463	100.00