2022 Tacloban local elections
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May 9, 2022
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| Registered | 143,562[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 123,120(85.76%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2022 Tacloban mayoral election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
May 9, 2022
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2022 Tacloban vice mayoral election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
May 9, 2022
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Local elections in Tacloban City, Leyte were held on May 9, 2022, within the Philippine general election. Registered voters of the city elected candidates for the following elective local posts: mayor, vice mayor, and ten councilors. As part of Leyte's 1st congressional district, Tacloban City voters also elected a district representative.
There are 143,562 eligible voters in the city for this election,[3] and according to partial and unofficial results, there were 123,120 votes cast, giving a voter turnout of 85.76%.[4]
Incumbent mayor Alfred Romualdez of the Nacionalista Party filed his candidacy for a second consecutive term in this election.[5] He was challenged by term-limited incumbent vice mayor Jerry Yaokasin, who ran as an independent.[6] They were both unopposed in their respective races in the 2019 elections.
Mayor Romualdez was joined by his son, Raymund, as his running mate. Vice mayor Yaokasin chose former vice mayor and councilor Edwin Chua as his running mate. Romualdez and Chua were nominated by Nacionalista Party and Aksyon Demokratiko, respectively.
