2022 Cebu City local elections

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2022 Cebu City mayoral election
← 2019
May 9, 2022
2025 →
 
IND
Nominee Michael Rama Margarita Osmeña David Tumulak
Party PDP–Laban LDP Independent
Running mate Raymond Alvin Garcia Franklyn Ong
Popular vote 239,656 202,446 141,225
Percentage 40.85 34.50 24.07
Mayor before election

Michael Rama
Barug
PDP–Laban

 Elected Mayor

Michael Rama
Barug
PDP–Laban

Vice mayoral election
 
Candidate Raymond Alvin Garcia Franklyn Ong Bimbo Fernandez
Party PDP–Laban LDP Liberal
Popular vote 283,235 222,722 36,444
Percentage 52.21% 41.06% 6.71%
Vice Mayor before election

Dondon Hontiveros
Barug
PDP–Laban

 Elected Vice Mayor

Raymond Alvin Garcia
Barug
PDP–Laban

Local elections were held in Cebu City on May 9, 2022 within the Philippine general election. Registered voters of the city elected their mayor, vice mayor, district representatives, and city council members. The mayor and vice mayor were elected in separate first-past-the-post votes. While for the legislative branch, Cebu City is divided into two districts wherein the constituents of each district elected a congressional representative (through first-past-the-post voting) and eight regular city council members (through multi-member plurality voting).

Incumbent mayor Mike Rama (Barug-PDP–Laban) won a full term by defeating former acting mayor Margot Osmeña (BO–PK-LDP) and four other independent candidates. Rama, who was elected vice mayor in 2019, ascended to the mayorship upon the death of Mayor Edgardo Labella in 2021. Rama also previously served two consecutive terms as mayor from 2010 to 2016. Rama's running mate, councilor Raymond Alvin Garcia (KUSUG/PDP–Laban), was elected vice mayor by defeating Osmeña's running mate, councilor Franklyn Ong.

In the Cebu City Council, Rama's ticket composed of Barug-PDP–Laban, KUSUG, and three independents won twelve seats (five seats in the 1st district and seven in the 2nd district). Meanwhile, Osmeña's BO–PK-LDP ticket garnered the remaining four seats (three seats in the 1st district and one in the 2nd district) down from the eight they held in the outgoing term.

For Cebu City's House of Representatives seats: in the 1st district, Rachel del Mar (NPC) was elected for a second non-consecutive term to the seat vacated by her father, Raul del Mar, who died in office back in 2020. Meanwhile, in the 2nd district, councilor Eduardo "Edu" Rama Jr. (PDP–Laban), Mike Rama's nephew, defeated LDP's nominee BG Rodrigo Abellanosa, son of the term-limited incumbent Rodrigo Abellanosa.

The elected officials assumed their respective offices on June 30, 2022 and are expected to each serve a three-year term until June 30, 2025.

Prior to his death on November 19, 2021, then mayor Edgardo Labella chose not to seek re-election in 2022, paving the way for then vice mayor Michael Rama to seek a return to his old post as mayor. Rama, who previously served as mayor from 2010 to 2016, teamed up with incumbent city councilor Raymond Alvin Garcia as his candidate for vice mayor[1] whom he competed against for the position of vice mayor in 2007 but has since become allies when the latter's political party KUSUG endorsed Rama's re-election in 2013.[2]

Margarita Osmeña, a former city councilor and wife of former mayor Tomas Osmeña, has also decided to throw her hat into the mayoral race together with incumbent city councilor Franklyn Ong as her candidate for vice mayor. Ong is currently serving as Kasambagan barangay captain and as ex officio member of the Cebu City Council representing the Liga ng mga Barangay - Cebu City Chapter.[3] Osmeña has previously served as acting mayor from May 17, 2016 to June 30, 2016 with the suspension of then mayor Rama.[4] If elected, Osmeña will be the first woman mayor of the city.[5]

Several personalities have also filed their candidacies such as incumbent city councilor David Tumulak as mayor,[6] former city administrator Bimbo Fernandez as vice mayor,[7] actor and businessman Richard Yap as representative of Cebu City's 1st congressional district,[8] and former mayor Tomas Osmeña as representative of Cebu City's 2nd congressional district.[9] However, Osmeña withdrew his candidacy days before the substitution deadline and was replaced by BG Rodrigo Abellanosa, son of Rodrigo Abellanosa.[10]

Term-limited and retiring incumbents

The following are "third-termers", who are term limited.

Congressional representative

Councilors

Candidates

Official candidates

The Commission on Elections is expected to publish a final list of accepted candidates by early 2022.

Filed certificates of candidacies

The following have filed certificates of candidacies, formally notifying the commission that they are running.

Mayor

October 4
October 7
October 8

Vice Mayor

October 4
  • Bimbo Fernandez (Liberal Party), former undersecretary of interior and local government and former city administrator[7]
    • Fernandez was initially endorsed by a group of non-government organizations to run for mayor but opted to run for vice mayor.[19][20]
October 5
  • Franklyn Ong (BOPK/LDP), incumbent city councilor and president of Liga ng mga Barangay - Cebu City Chapter[3][21]
October 8

1st District Representative

October 3
October 5
October 8

2nd District Representative

October 8

1st District Representative

October 1
October 5
October 7
October 8

2nd District Councilor

October 5
October 6
October 7
  • Josephine Abella-Maglasang (BOPK/LDP), sister of the late Atty. Amay Abella[32][9]
  • Gremar Barete (BOPK/LDP), incumbent Buhisan barangay captain[9]
  • Roberto Cabarrubias (BOPK/LDP), former city councilor[32][9]
  • Cornelio Jaca (BOPK/LDP), retired Municipal Trial Courts in Cities judge[9]
  • Omar Kintanar (BOPK/LDP), incumbent Cogon Pardo barangay councilor[32][9]
  • Ana Gabriela Beatriz Osmeña (BOPK/LDP), daughter-in-law of former mayor Tomas Osmeña[9]
October 8

Candidates who withdrew

These are the candidates who have filed candidacies, but later withdrew:

Declined to be candidates

For mayor

For 1st District representative

  • Mary Ann de los Santos (BOPK/LDP), former city councilor[42][3]
    • De los Santos, who unsuccessfully ran for vice mayor in 2019, opted to run for city councilor.
  • Mariano Osmeña (PROMDI), businessman[43]

For 2nd District representative

For 1st District councilor

  • Garry Lao, former Cebu City Office for Substance Abuse Prevention head and incumbent City of Lapu-Lapu Office for Substance Abuse Prevention head[29]

For 2nd District councilor

Non-candidates

Opinion polling

Mayoralty elections
Fieldwork
date(s)		 Pollster Sample
size		 MoE Concha
Ind.		 Luna
Ind.		 Osmeña
LDP		 Rama
PDP–Laban		 Saavedra
Ind.		 Tumulak
Ind.		 Others Und./
Ref.		 None
Feb 14–21 RP-MDF[49]1,200±3.0% ——2530—38———
Apr 1–5 RP-MDF[50]1,200±3.0% ——3722—34—7—

Mayoralty and vice mayoralty elections

Mayor

Margarita Osmeña, a former city councilor and wife of former mayor Tomas Osmeña, is challenging incumbent mayor Michael Rama for the position of mayor. Outgoing city councilor David Tumulak has also joined the race as an independent candidate.

Cebu City mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP–Laban Michael Rama (incumbent) 239,656 40.85%
LDP Margarita Osmeña 202,446 34.50%
Independent David Tumulak 141,225 24.07%
Independent Crisologo Saavedra Jr. 1,418 0.24%
Independent Edgar Concha Jr. 1,133 0.19%
Independent Juanito Luna 760 0.12%
Total votes 552,811 100%
Margin of victory 35,492 6.42%

Vice mayor

Incumbent city councilors Raymond Alvin Garcia and Franklyn Ong are competing for the position of vice mayor along with former city administrator Bimbo Fernandez.

Cebu City Vice mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP–Laban Raymond Alvin Garcia 283,235 52.21%
LDP Franklyn Ong 222,722 41.06%
Liberal Bimbo Fernandez 36,444 6.71%
Total votes 511,029 100%
Margin of victory 57,250 11.20%

District representatives

1st District

2022 Cebu City's 1st congressional district election
← 2019
May 9, 2022 (2022-05-09)
2025 →
 
Candidate Rachel del Mar Prisca Niña Mabatid Richard Yap
Party NPC PDP–Laban NUP
Alliance
Alliances
Alliances
 UniTeam (national)
Popular vote 117,512 64,447 52,982
Percentage 45.99% 25.22% 20.73%
 
Candidate Avenescio Piramide
Party Lakas
Alliance UniTeam (national)
Popular vote 18,627
Percentage 7.29%
Philippine Representative before election

Vacant

 Elected Philippine Representative

Rachel del Mar
NPC

Actor Richard Yap is running again as 1st district representative after losing to the late Raul del Mar in the 2019 elections. Yap will face off with former party mate and incumbent city councilor Prisca Niña Mabatid and del Mar's daughter Rachel, who previously served as the district's representative from 2010 to 2013.

2022 Philippine House of Representatives election in the 1st District of Cebu City
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Rachel del Mar 117,512 45.99%
PDP–Laban Prisca Niña Mabatid 64,447 25.22%
NUP Richard Yap 52,982 20.73%
Lakas Avenescio Piramide 18,627 7.29%
Independent Manuel Momongan 1,929 0.75%
Total votes 243,785 100%
Margin of victory 50,350 20.65%

2nd District

BG Rodrigo Abellanosa attempted to succeed his father, incumbent district representative Rodrigo Abellanosa. He lost to Eduardo Rama Jr., an incumbent city councilor and nephew of incumbent mayor Michael Rama.

2022 Philippine House of Representatives election in the 2nd District of Cebu City
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP–Laban Eduardo Rama Jr. 168,476 54.42%
LDP BG Rodrigo Abellanosa 141,076 45.57%
Total votes 288,715 100%
Margin of victory 25,615 8.78%

City Council elections

Notes

References

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