# 2022 Baguio local elections

Local elections were held in Baguio on Monday, May 9, 2022, as a part of the 2022 Philippine general election. Voters will elect candidates for the local elective posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the congressman, and the twelve councilors.
Incumbent Mayor Benjamin Magalong won his re-election bid for the mayoralty race, beating former mayor Mauricio Domogan and former vice mayor Edison Bilog. Incumbent representative Mark Go, also won his bid for a third term. In the vice mayoral race, incumbent Vice Mayor Faustino Olowan also won his re-election bid, defeating incumbent Councilor and ABC President Michael Lawana, Councilor Joel Alangsab and Councilor Elaine Sembrano.
There were a total of 139,461 people who voted out of the 168,218 registered voters in the city.

## Background

Retired police general Benjamin Magalong won the mayoralty race in 2019, and is seeking re-election for a second term in office. Former mayor Mauricio Domogan, who ran for representative and lost to incumbent representative Mark Go, is seeking a political comeback and is running again for mayor.
During the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, Magalong's government was highly praised for its efforts to contain the virus, and was even cited as a model city by the national government. Cities and municipalities around the country invited Magalong where he would share his government's best practices and case analysis approach towards combating the pandemic. In July 2020, President Duterte appointed Magalong as the country's contract tracing czar, tasked with training and intensifying the skillset of contact tracers as well as improve contract tracing systems in the county.

### Electoral System

Local elections are held every three years, on the second Monday of May coinciding with the elections for the national positions. An individual may only be elected to an office for a maximum of three consecutive terms.

#### Mayoral and Vice Mayoral Elections

The first-past-the-post voting system is used to determine the mayor wherein the candidate with the most votes, whether or not one has a majority, wins the mayoralty.
The vice mayoral election is held separately but does observe the same rules. Voters are given the option to vote for candidates from different parties.

#### House of Representatives Elections

The city is a lone district and elects a representative through the first-past-the-post voting system wherein the candidate with the most votes, whether or not one has a majority, wins the seat.

#### City Council Elections

In the City Council, the city is represented by 12 councilors elected every three years. The twelve candidates with the most votes will be elected.

## Retiring and term-limited incumbents
### City Councilors

* Joel Alangsab - running for Vice Mayor
* Elaine Sembrano - running for Vice Mayor
* Francisco Roberto Ortega VI - not term limited but not running for re-election

## Tickets

As the mayor, vice mayor and the members of the city council are elected on the same ballot, mayoral candidates may present or endorse a slate of city council candidates. These slates usually run with their respective mayoral and vice mayoral candidates along with the other members of their slate. A group of candidates independent of any mayoral or vice mayoral candidate may also form a slate consisting of themselves.

## Mayoral election

Incumbent mayor Benjamin Magalong was elected in 2019 and is running for a second term.

### Candidates

* Edison Bilog, Vice Mayor of Baguio (2014-2019), Councilor (2010-2014)
* Mauricio Domogan, Representative of Baguio (2001-2010), Mayor of Baguio (1992-2001;2010-2019), Vice Mayor of Baguio (1992), Councilor (1988-1992)
* Benjamin Magalong, Mayor of Baguio (2019–present)
* Jeffrey Pinic

### Results

Baguio mayoral election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | NPC | Benjamin Magalong | 70,342 | 51.75 |
| | Lakas | Mauricio Domogan | 53,198 | 39.14 |
| | PFP | Edison Bilog | 12,061 | 8.87 |
| | Independent | Jeffrey Pinic | 333 | 0.24 |
| Valid ballots | Valid ballots | Valid ballots | 135,934 | 97.47 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 3,527 | 2.53 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 139,461 | 100 |
| | NPC hold | NPC hold | NPC hold | NPC hold |

## Vice mayoral election

Incumbent vice mayor Faustino Olowan is running for re-election.

### Candidates

* Joel Alangsab, Councilor (2013–present), ABC President (ex officio Councilor) (2008-2013)
* Michael Lawana, ABC President (ex officio Councilor) (2016–present)
* Faustino Olowan, Vice Mayor of Baguio (2019–present), Councilor (2013-2019)
* Elaine Sembrano, Councilor (2001-2010; 2013–present)

### Results

Baguio vice mayoral election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nacionalista | Faustino Olowan | 65,897 | 52.34 |
| | Independent | Michael Lawana | 27,177 | 21.58 |
| | Independent | Joel Alangsab | 19,465 | 15.46 |
| | Independent | Elaine Sembrano | 13,368 | 10.62 |
| Valid ballots | Valid ballots | Valid ballots | 125,907 | 90.28 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 13,554 | 9.72 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 139,461 | 100 |
| | Nacionalista hold | Nacionalista hold | Nacionalista hold | Nacionalista hold |

## Congressional election

Incumbent Representative Mark Go is running for a third term.

### Candidates

* Alexis Abano
* Nicasio Aliping Jr., Representative of Baguio (2013-2016)
* Reynaldo Diaz Jr.
* Edgardo Duque
* Mark Go, Representative of Baguio (2016–present)
* Rafael Wasan

### Results

2022 Philippine House of Representatives election in Lone District of Baguio :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nacionalista | Mark Go | 99,372 | 75.11 |
| | Independent | Nicasio Aliping Jr. | 30,156 | 22.79 |
| | Independent | Edgardo Duque | 982 | 0.74 |
| | PDDS | Rafael Wasan | 729 | 0.55 |
| | Independent | Reynaldo Diaz Jr. | 689 | 0.52 |
| | Independent | Alexis Abano | 375 | 0.28 |
| Valid ballots | Valid ballots | Valid ballots | 132,303 | 94.87 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 7,158 | 5.13 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 139,461 | 100 |
| | Nacionalista hold | Nacionalista hold | Nacionalista hold | Nacionalista hold |

## City Council election

The 12 of 14 members of the Baguio City Council are elected at-large via multiple non-transferable vote, where each voter has 12 votes, and can vote up to 12 candidates. The 12 candidates with the highest number of votes are elected.
The other 2 members are elected in indirect elections from the results of barangay elections.
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Liberal Party | 285,599 | 23.04 | 4 |
| | Nacionalista Party | 217,642 | 17.56 | 2 |
| | Lakas-CMD | 173,889 | 14.03 | 1 |
| | Nationalist People's Coalition | 139,057 | 11.22 | 1 |
| | Partido Federal ng Pilipinas | 138,688 | 11.19 | 1 |
| | People's Reform Party | 29,473 | 2.38 | 0 |
| | Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas | 5,086 | 0.41 | 0 |
| | Independent | 250,277 | 20.19 | 3 |
| Ex officio seats | Ex officio seats | | | 2 |
| Total | Total | 1,239,711 | 100.00 | 14 |

### Results

Baguio City Council Election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Lakas | Benny Bomogao | 71,441 | 51.23 |
| | Liberal | Jose Molintas | 69,862 | 50.09 |
| | Liberal | Arthur Allad-iw | 68,923 | 49.42 |
| | Nacionalista | Betty Lourdes Tabanda | 67,108 | 48.12 |
| | Nacionalista | Leandro Yangot Jr. | 66,130 | 47.42 |
| | Liberal | Isabelo Cosalan Jr. | 65,398 | 46.89 |
| | Liberal | Maria Mylen Victoria Yaranon | 62,408 | 44.75 |
| | PFP | Elmer Datuin | 60,844 | 43.63 |
| | Independent | Peter Fianza | 60,283 | 43.23 |
| | Independent | Vladimir Cayabas | 58,783 | 42.15 |
| | Independent | Fred Bagbagen | 58,300 | 41.80 |
| | NPC | Lilia Fariñas | 58,145 | 41.69 |
| | Lakas | Emelyn Ortega | 54,223 | 38.88 |
| | Lakas | Ryan Mangusan | 48,225 | 34.58 |
| | Nacionalista | Philian Louise Weygan Allan | 45,275 | 32.46 |
| | Nacionalista | John Glenn Gaerlan | 35,234 | 25.26 |
| | NPC | Angeline Pamela Cariño | 34,860 | 25.00 |
| | PRP | Levy Lloyd Orcales | 29,473 | 21.13 |
| | PFP | Michael Humiding | 24,485 | 17.56 |
| | NPC | Marlene de Castro | 23,959 | 17.18 |
| | NPC | Chrisitan Villareal | 22,093 | 15.84 |
| | Liberal | Vic Jimenez | 19,008 | 13.63 |
| | Independent | Murphy Maspil Sr. | 17,865 | 12.81 |
| | PFP | Marica Carantes | 17,667 | 12.67 |
| | Independent | Mario Delos Reyes | 14,797 | 10.61 |
| | PFP | Rico John Ferrer | 12,946 | 8.96 |
| | PFP | Noel Mabutas | 10,911 | 7.82 |
| | Independent | Gary Paul Abela | 9,497 | 6.81 |
| | Independent | Mariano Perez III | 9,063 | 6.50 |
| | Independent | Edilberto Gapuz | 8,632 | 6.19 |
| | Independent | Pablo Batnag | 7,720 | 5.54 |
| | PFP | Richard Dollente | 5,981 | 4.29 |
| | PFP | Raymund Ruaro | 5,854 | 4.20 |
| | Independent | Alfonso Aviles | 5,337 | 3.83 |
| | PDSP | Regino Alambra | 5,086 | 3.65 |
| | Independent | Gordon Monserrate | 3,895 | 2.79 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,239,711 | 100 |