Candidates in the 2022 Philippine presidential election

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This is a list of candidates in the 2022 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections.

For President For Vice President

/ Running Mate

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Ernesto Abella N/A Bongbong Marcos Sara Duterte Candidates in the 2016 Philippine presidential election Candidates in the 2028 Philippine presidential election
Leody de Guzman Walden Bello
Isko Moreno Willie Ong
Norberto Gonzales N/A
Panfilo Lacson Tito Sotto
Faisal Mangondato Carlos Serapio
Bongbong Marcos Sara Duterte
Jose Montemayor Jr. Rizalito David
Manny Pacquiao Lito Atienza
Leni Robredo Kiko Pangilinan
N/A Manny SD Lopez
  • Ernesto Abella (Independent), former undersecretary of Foreign Affairs and presidential spokesperson
  • Leody de Guzman (PLM), current chairman of Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino and founding member of Partido ng Manggagawa[1]
  • Norberto Gonzales (PDSP), former Secretary of National Defense
    • On September 30, 2021, the Philippine Democratic Socialist Party announced the candidacy of their party chairman, Gonzales in the 2022 elections.[2]
  • Panfilo Lacson (Independent), incumbent senator
    • In July 2021, Senate President Tito Sotto confirmed that Lacson will run for president in a tandem with him.[3][4] On September 8, the duo announced their candidacies for the upcoming election.[5]
  • Faisal Mangondato (Katipunan ng Kamalayang Kayumanggi)
  • Bongbong Marcos (PFP), former senator
    • By January 2020, Marcos confirmed that he is running "for a national position" in 2022, although he did not specify which position.[6] By September 2020, Marcos's sister Imee said that her brother was still noncommittal to which position he'd run for.[7] A year later, Marcos himself confirmed that "The presidency is not taken off the table."[8] On September 21, the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP; transl. Federal Party of the Philippines) nominated Marcos to run for president. If Marcos accepts, he will be inducted as a member of the party and be made its chairman.[9] During the national convention of the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL; transl. New Society Movement) in Binangonan, the party founded by his father, he was nominated as the party's candidate for president. Marcos, who remained a member of the Nacionalista Party, thanked KBL for the nomination, but said that he will announce his plans "when the time comes."[10] On October 5, Marcos announced his presidential candidacy.[11] Marcos then resigned from the Nacionalistas and was sworn in at the PFP chairman.[12] Marcos ultimately filed his presidential candidacy under the PFP.[13]
  • Jose Montemayor Jr. (DPP)
  • Isko Moreno (Aksyon), incumbent mayor of Manila[14][15]
    • At the start of 2021, pollster Pulse Asia published an opinion poll showing Moreno in second place for president, and statistically tied for first with President Duterte in the vice presidential race.[16] The 1Sambayan convenors group then included Moreno as one of the people they are choosing to run for president.[17] Moreno begged off, as he was concentrating on his mayoral duties.[18] By June, Moreno informed them that they are declining their offer.[19] On September, Moreno was named president of Aksyon Demokratiko, the party founded by the late Raul Roco.[20] Moreno announced his candidacy on September 22; his running mate will be Dr. Willie Ong.[21]
  • Manny Pacquiao (PROMDI), incumbent senator
    • Boxing promoter Bob Arum said in June 2020 that Pacquiao told him that he'd run for president instead of defending his Senate seat in 2022.[22] A few days later, Pacquiao denied talking to Arum about politics.[23] A year after that, sports official and former Bacolod mayor and representative Monico Puentebella said that Pacquiao is running for president, and that he was authorized by the latter to talk about politics.[24] In September 2021, Pacquiao said that he only have three options in politics: run for president, run for reelection in the Senate, or retire from politics altogether.[25] On September 19, he accepted the nomination of the PDP-Laban faction led by senator Koko Pimentel.[26] On October 1, 2021, Pacquiao filed his certificate of candidacy for the presidency under PROMDI, the party founded by the late Cebu governor Lito Osmeña.[27]
  • Leni Robredo (Independent), the current Vice President of the Philippines
    • On September 30, 2021, 1Sambayan coalition (the coalition of the opposition), nominated Robredo for as their standard bearer.[28] According to Armin Luistro, one of the conveyor of 1Sambayan, Robredo accepted the nomination and will file her candidacy on October 5.[29] Robredo's spokesman clarified that she hasn't accepted a decision yet, but will make a decision on this before October 8.[30] On October 7, Robredo accepted the nomination and announced she will run for president.[31] She later filed her certificate of candidacy on the same day as an independent.[32] Robredo explained that she is running as an independent to show that she is open to making alliances.[33]

Candidates for vice president

  • Lito Atienza (PROMDI), incumbent House representative for Buhay and House deputy speaker[34]
  • Walden Bello (PLM)[35]
    • The Laban ng Masa (transl. Struggle of the Masses) coalition launched a campaign to collect 300,000 signatures to urge activist and former party-list lawmaker Walden Bello to run for president in the 2022 elections. In a statement, Laban ng Masa said it wants to "push for an ambitious platform that focuses on the poor, prioritizes the neglected, and fights for the rights of ordinary Filipinos."[36] Bello's group sought talks with Vice President Robredo's backers for three months but were ignored. This caused them to support Leody de Guzman's presidential candidacy, instead.[37] On October 20, Bello decided to run for the vice-presidency, replacing Raquel Castillo, who had been Guzman's running mate.[38]
  • Rizalito David (DPP)
  • Sara Duterte (Lakas), incumbent mayor of Davao City
    • On July 9, 2021, Duterte said that she is open to run for president. However, there was no final decision yet.[39] On September 9, 2021, she said that she is not running for president since her father, President Duterte was running for vice president, and they agreed that only one of them will run on a national position.[40] On November 11, she resigned from Hugpong ng Pagbabago and later joined Lakas–CMD on the same day.[41] She filed her candidacy on November 13, 2021, substituting Lyle Fernando Uy.[42]
  • Manny SD Lopez (WPP)
  • Willie Ong (Aksyon), public health advocate and former Department of Health consultant
    • Ong will be the running-mate of Moreno; their ticket was officially announced on September 22, 2021.[43]
  • Francis Pangilinan (Liberal), incumbent senator
    • In June 2021, Pangilinan announced that he was seeking reelection to the Senate.[44] After Vice President Robredo announced her presidential candidacy, several sources from the Liberal Party indicated that the senator would be her running mate for her presidential bid.[45][46] Pangilinan did file his candidacy for vice president a day after Robredo.[47]
  • Carlos Serapio (Katipunan ng Kamalayang Kayumanggi)
  • Tito Sotto (NPC), incumbent president of the Senate of the Philippines[48]
    • In July 2021, Sotto announced that he will be Lacson's eventual running mate in the presidential race;[3][4] this was followed by an official campaign announcement on September 8, 2021.[5]

Disallowed candidacies

A total of 97 individuals manifested their intention to run for president, while 29 did so for vice president.[49]

The following have filed certificates of candidacies, formally notifying the commission that they are running, did not withdraw, and were not included in the tentative list of candidates released on December 24. These were either declared as nuisance candidates, were disqualified, or their candidacies cancelled.

For president

The following were in the list of tentative candidates on December 24,[59] but did not make it to the official ballot:[60]

  • Hilario Andes (Independent)
  • Gerald Arcega (Independent)
  • Danilo Lihaylihay (Independent)
  • Maria Aurora Marcos (Independent)
  • Edgar Niez (Independent)

For vice president

Candidates who withdrew

Declined to be candidates

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