# 1998 Pasay local elections

Local elections were held in Pasay on May 11, 1998 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the representative for the lone district, and the councilors, six of them in the two districts of the city.

## Background

Mayor Pablo Cuneta did not run for re-election. Representative and former Mayor Jovito Claudio ran for mayor. He was challenged by Vice Mayor Wenceslao "Peewee" Trinidad and Ricardo "Ding" Santos, former security aide of Mayor Pablo Cuneta.
Second District Councilor Greg Alcera ran for Vice Mayor. He was challenged by Second District Councilor Emmanuel "Lito" Ibay, Edgardo "Arding" Cuneta, son of former Mayor Pablo Cuneta, and other candidates.
Rep. Jovito Claudio was on second term and ran as Mayor. Elinor "Elaine" Gamboa-Cuneta, wife of outgoing Mayor Pablo Cuneta ran for his place. Cuneta was challenged by Rolando "Ding" Briones, Edita "Edith" Vergel de Dios, former Councilor Rey Bagatsing, former OIC-Mayor Norman Urbina, Cesar "Sipag" Ochoa, Roland Ledesma, and independent Chris Cornejo.

## Candidates
### Team Claudio-Ibay-Cuneta

LAKAS-NUCD-UMDP :
| Name | Party | Result |
| For House Of Representative ||||
| Elaine Gamboa-Cuneta | Lakas | Lost |
| For Mayor ||||
| Jovito Claudio | Lakas | Won |
| For Vice Mayor ||||
| Lito Ibay | Lakas | Lost |
| For Councilor 1st District ||||
| Ed Advincula | Lakas | Won |
| Bebot Bunye | Lakas | Lost |
| Chet Cuneta | Lakas | Lost |
| Encio Mateo | Lakas | Lost |
| Mar Matic | Lakas | Lost |
| Bing Petallo | Lakas | Lost |
| For Councilor 2nd District ||||
| Moti Arceo | Lakas | Lost |
| Linda Hilario | Lakas | Lost |
| Willy Lim | Lakas | Lost |
| Allan Panaligan | Lakas | Won |
| Tony Protacio | Lakas | Lost |
| Bong Tolentino | Lakas | Won |

### Team Trinidad-Alcera-Vergel De Dios

LAMMP :
| Name | Party | Result |
| For House Of Representative |||||
| Edith Vergel De Dios | LAMMP | Lost |
| For Mayor |||||
| Peewee Trinidad | LAMMP | Lost |
| For Vice Mayor |||||
| Greg Alcera | LAMMP | Won |
| For Councilor (1st District) |||||
| Ric Arabia | LAMMP | Lost |
| Romy Cabrera | LAMMP | Won |
| Tony Calixto | LAMMP | Won |
| Justo "JJ" Justo | LAMMP | Won |
| Teddy Lorca | LAMMP | Lost |
| Marlon Pesebre | LAMMP | Lost |
| For Councilor (2nd District) |||||
| Obet Alvarez | LAMMP | Lost |
| Emi Calixto-Rubiano | LAMMP | Won |
| Ruben Cura | LAMMP | Lost |
| Albert Paredes | LAMMP | Lost |
| Eddie San Jose | LAMMP | Lost |
| Pete Tianzon | LAMMP | Won |

### Team Kaibigan

PROMDI-NPC :
| Name | Party | Result |
| For House Of Representative |||||
| Rolando Briones | NPC | Won |
| For Mayor |||||
| Ricardo "Ding" Santos | PROMDI | Lost |
| For Vice Mayor |||||
| Cesar Santiago | NPC | Lost |
| For Councilor (1st District) |||||
| Rico Cordora | NPC | Lost |
| Oscar De Guia | NPC | Lost |
| Rey Mateo | NPC | Won |
| Abet Reyes | NPC | Lost |
| Jose Antonio Roxas | NPC | Won |
| Cesar Tibajia | NPC | Lost |
| For Councilor (2nd District) |||||
| Federico Medina-Cue | NPC | Lost |
| Ding Morales | NPC | Lost |
| Inday Rose Laguim | NPC | Lost |
| Pepe Lapira | NPC | Lost |
| Rofina Lovina | NPC | Lost |
| Ian Vendivel | NPC | Lost |

## Results

Names written in bold-Italic are the re-elected incumbents while in italic are incumbents lost in elections.

### For District Representative

Rolando "Ding" Briones defeated former City's First Lady Elinor "Elaine" Gamboa-Cuneta, Second District Councilor Edita "Edith" Vergel de Dios, and former Councilor Rey Bagatsing.
Representatives, Lone District of Pasay :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | NPC | Rolando "Ding" Briones | 47,292 | 31.33% |
| | LAMMP | Edita Vergel De Dios | 38,920 | 25.79% |
| | Lakas | Elinor "Elaine" Gamboa-Cuneta | 21,859 | 14.48% |
| | Liberal | Rey Bagatsing | 18,892 | 12.52% |
| | Aksyon | Cesar "Sipag" Ochoa | 14,937 | 9.90% |
| | Reporma | Norman Urbina | 8,189 | 5.43% |
| | Independent | Chris Cornejo | 485 | 0.32% |
| | KBL | Roland Ledesma | 364 | 0.24% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 150,938 | 100.00% |
| | NPC hold | NPC hold | NPC hold | NPC hold |

### For Mayor

Representative and former Mayor Dr. Jovito Claudio won in a tight election to Vice Mayor Wenceslao Trinidad with margin of 228 votes.
Pasay Mayoralty Election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Lakas | Jovito Claudio | 55,325 | 33.86% |
| | LAMMP | Wenceslao Trinidad | 55,097 | 33.72% |
| | PROMDI | Ricardo "Ding" Santos | 48,464 | 29.66% |
| | KAMPI | Rene Saraza | 3,909 | 2.39% |
| | Independent | Ben Perez | 267 | 0.16% |
| | KBL | Romulo "Rome" Marcelo | 136 | 0.08% |
| | Independent | Sunji Peñaflor-Noel | 128 | 0.08% |
| | Independent | Florencio Muga | 58 | 0.04% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 163,384 | 100.00% |
| | Lakas hold | Lakas hold | Lakas hold | Lakas hold |

### For Vice Mayor

Second District Councilor Gregorio "Greg" Alcera was elected.
Pasay Vice-Mayoralty Election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | LAMMP | Gregorio "Greg" Alcera | 71,930 | 49.68% |
| | Lakas | Emmanuel "Lito" Ibay | 35,017 | 24.19% |
| | NPC | Cesar Santiago | 22,938 | 15.84% |
| | Reporma | Edgardo Cuneta | 13,342 | 9.22% |
| | Liberal | Angel Valloyas | 861 | 0.59% |
| | Independent | Leony Legaspi | 688 | 0.48% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 144,776 | 100.00% |
| | LAMMP hold | LAMMP hold | LAMMP hold | LAMMP hold |

### For Councilor
#### First District

Four of the six incumbents were re-elected. Uldarico Arabia and Teodulo Lorca Jr. were lost in the elections. Newly-elected councilors were Jose Antonio Roxas and Reynaldo Mateo, brother of former Councilor Florencio Mateo.
Member, City Council of Pasay's First District :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | LAMMP | Antonino "Tony" Calixto | 33,400 |
| | LAMMP | Panfilo "Justo" Justo | 27,441 |
| | LAMMP | Romulo "Romy" Cabrera | 22,997 |
| | Lakas | Eduardo "Ed" Advincula | 21,866 |
| | NPC | Jose Antonio "Lito" Roxas | 21,560 |
| | NPC | Reynaldo "Rey" Mateo | 20,517 |
| | LAMMP | Uldarico "Ric" Arabia | 19,803 |
| | LAMMP | Marlon Pesebre | 19,244 |
| | Lakas | Cesar Joseph "Chet" Cuneta | 16,311 |
| | LAMMP | Teodulo "Teddy" Lorca Jr. | 14,407 |
| | Lakas | Ma. Luisa "Bing" Petallo | 13,722 |
| | NPC | Rico Cordora | 12,885 |
| | Independent | Leonides Cuneta | 12,619 |
| | Independent | Sonny Lim | 12,199 |
| | NPC | Oscar De Guia | 10,660 |
| | PDP–Laban | Jovi Angel | 10,282 |
| | NPC | Abet Reyes | 10,149 |
| | Independent | Bobi Austria | 9,082 |
| | Lakas | Florencio "Encio" Mateo | 9,047 |
| | NPC | Cesar Tibajia | 8,580 |
| | Lakas | Bebot Bunye | 7,745 |
| | Reporma | Bogs Abelarde | 6,083 |
| | Reporma | Nonoy Hilvano | 5,721 |
| | Lakas | Mar Matic | 5,441 |
| | Reporma | Abe Rogacion | 4,737 |
| | KAMPI | Felipe Tauro | 4,433 |
| | KAMPI | John Jatico | 3,856 |
| | Independent | Pat Cuneta | 3,633 |
| | Reporma | Irma Lovina | 3,416 |
| | KAMPI | Ramon Viana | 1,579 |
| | KAMPI | Prince Kahulugan | 1,359 |
| | KAMPI | Ben Tejero | 1,336 |
| | Independent | Mina Cuneta | 1,307 |
| | Independent | Rafael Ungria | 842 |
| | KAMPI | Sim Celo | 646 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | |

#### Second District

One of the six incumbents was re-elected. Gregorio Alcera ran and won as Vice Mayor. Emmanuel Ibay ran for vice mayor but lost. Alberto Alvarez did not run for re-election. Edita Vergel de Dios ran for representative but lost to Rolando Briones. Roberto Alvarez ran but lost. Nelwy-elected councilors were Allan Panaligan, Ma. Consuelo Dy, Imelda Calixto-Rubiano, Arvin "Bong" Tolentino and Pedro Tianzon.
Member, City Council of Pasay's Second District :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Lakas | Allan Panaligan | 38,808 |
| | Independent | Ma. Consuelo "Connie" Dy | 33,027 |
| | Reporma | Reynaldo "Rey" Padua | 32,534 |
| | LAMMP | Emi Calixto-Rubiano | 29,288 |
| | Lakas | Arvin "Bong" Tolentino | 28,286 |
| | LAMMP | Pedro "Pete" Tianzon | 25,857 |
| | LAMMP | Albert Paredes | 24,882 |
| | LAMMP | Roberto "Obet" Alvarez | 24,646 |
| | Lakas | Arnel Regino "Moti" Arceo | 21,546 |
| | LAMMP | Ruben Cura | 18,650 |
| | NPC | Ian Vendivel | 17,481 |
| | Lakas | Tony Protacio | 15,061 |
| | Lakas | Erlinda "Linda" Hilario | 14,784 |
| | LAMMP | Eddie San Jose | 12,524 |
| | NPC | Pepe Lapira | 9,151 |
| | NPC | Federico Medina-Cue | 8,146 |
| | NPC | Ding Morales | 8,125 |
| | Lakas | Willy Lim | 6,913 |
| | NPC | Rofina Lovina | 6,755 |
| | NPC | Inday Rose Laguim | 6,345 |
| | Reporma | Tony Ramirez | 5,471 |
| | Reporma | Dante San Jose | 5,256 |
| | Aksyon | Rupert Bautista | 4,422 |
| | KAMPI | Ed Hidalgo | 1,756 |
| | PDP–Laban | Pete Ordiales | 1,674 |
| | KAMPI | Lou Madraso | 912 |
| | KAMPI | Ernesto Legaspi | 905 |
| | Independent | Elmer Lopez | 718 |
| | KAMPI | Boy Santos | 688 |
| | KBL | Nida Gomez | 637 |
| | KAMPI | Nestor Rapi | 530 |
| | KAMPI | Joey Ramos | 469 |
| | KBL | Mel Vicente | 418 |
| | Independent | Jojie Claudio | 4 |
| | KBL | Mario Conui | 2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | |

## Aftermath

In May 1998, Trinidad filed an electoral protest before the COMELEC due to alleged irregularities found in the election returns and canvass, but the COMELEC upheld Claudio's proclamation in June 1998. The protest was later dismissed by the Supreme Court on December 15, 1999.