# 2022 Pasay local elections

Local elections took place in Pasay on May 9, 2022 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the congressman, and the councilors, six of them in the two districts of the city.

## Background

Mayor Imelda "Emi" Calixto-Rubiano ran for her second term. Her running mate was Waldetrudes "Ding" Del Rosario, the daughter of Vice Mayor Noel "Boyet" Del Rosario.
Former First District Councilor and defeated 2019 vice mayoral candidate Richard Advincula also ran. His running mate was Former City Administrator Ernestina "Tina" Bernabe-Carbajal.
Former Manila Chief Prosecutor Edward Togonon ran for mayoralty for the second time. His running mate was Hector Bongat, who previously ran as councilor of Second District.
Rep. Antonino "Tony" Calixto ran for a second term. His opponents were Efren Alas (Team ABA), Ramon Yabut (Team Leni) and Jocelyn Sato (Tropang Togonon).

## Candidates
### Administration coalition

Team Calixto Forever :
| Name | Party |
| For Member, House of Representatives |||
| Tony Calixto | PDP–Laban |
| For Mayor |||
| Emi Calixto-Rubiano | PDP–Laban |
| For Vice Mayor |||
| Ding Del Rosario | LDP |
| For Councilor (1st District) |||
| Ambet Alvina | PDP–Laban |
| Mark Calixto | PDP–Laban |
| Tonya Cuneta | PDP–Laban |
| Marlon Pesebre | PDP–Laban |
| Ding Santos | PDP–Laban |
| Grace Santos | PDP–Laban |
| For Councilor (2nd District) |||
| Allo Arceo | PDP–Laban |
| Joey Calixto Isidro | PDP–Laban |
| Zeng Padua La Torre | PDP–Laban |
| Edith Wowee Manguerra | PDP–Laban |
| Allan Jen Panaligan | PDP–Laban |
| Donna Vendivel | PDP–Laban |

### Opposition coalitions

Team One Pasay/ABA (Advincula, Bernabe, Alas) :
| Name | Party |
| For House Of Representative |||
| Choy Alas | PRP |
| For Mayor |||
| Richard Advincula | PRP |
| For Vice Mayor |||
| Tina Bernabe Carbajal | PRP |
| For Councilor (1st District) |||
| Jhaz Advincula | PDDS |
| Bossing Morallos | PDDS |
| Boni Santillana | PDDS |
| Froilan Tancinco | PDDS |
| Miki Trinidad | PDDS |
| For Councilor (2nd District) |||
| Botchock Batobato | PRP |
| Loida Bernas | PDDS |
| Vencio Carbajal | PRP |
| Ellan Marie Cipriano | WPP |
| Ferdie Espiritu | PRP |
| Danilo Pantia | Independent |
Tropang Togonon :
| Name | Party |
| For Member, House of Representatives |||
| Jocelyn Sato | Reporma |
| For Mayor |||
| Edward Togonon | Reporma |
| For Vice Mayor |||
| Hector Bongat | WPP |
| For Councilor (1st District) |||
| Jao Bajao | WPP |
| Tiger Gabriel | PRP |
| Eleazar Garpa | WPP |
| For Councilor (2nd District) |||
| Crio Chris Campo | WPP |
| Ellan Marie Cipriano | WPP |

### Other coalitions/candidates

UniTeam Coalition :
| Name | Party |
| For Councilor (1st District) |||
| Marvin Nolasco | Independent |
| Ramon Sta Maria | Independent |
| For Councilor (2nd District) |||
| Dok Jovi Baliao | Independent |
| Khen Magat | PFP |
| Manuel Taytayon | Independent |
| Maui "Okidocbong" Tolentino | WPP |
Independent Candidates :
| Name | Party |
| For Councilor (1st District) |||
| Ronjay Advincula | PROMDI |
| Richard Gerald Anderson | Independent |
Team Onie Bayona :
| Name | Party |
| Tony Calixto | PDP–Laban |
| For Mayor |||
| Emi Calixto-Rubiano | PDP–Laban |
| For Vice Mayor |||
| Ding Del Rosario | LDP |
| For Councilor (2nd District) |||
| Onie Bayona | PROMDI |
| Joey Calixto Isidro | PDP–Laban |
Team Leni Robredo :
| Name | Party | Party |
| For Member, House of Representatives |||
| Ramon Yabut | | Independent |

## Opinion polling
### For mayor

| Source of poll aggregation | Dates administered | Richard Advincula | Emi Calixto-Rubiano | AJ Romero | Edward Togonon |
| Source of poll aggregation | Dates administered | PRP | PDP-Laban | Independent | Reporma |
| Source of poll aggregation | Dates administered | SWS | February 19-22, 2022 | 7% | 83% | 0.2% | 8% |

### For vice mayor

| Source of poll aggregation | Dates administered | Tina Bernabe-Carbajal | Hector Bongat | Jessie Cruz | Boyet Ding Del Rosario |
| SWS | February 19-22, 2022 | 13% | 3% | 2% | 77% |

### For congressional lone district

| Source of poll aggregation | Dates administered | Choy Alas | Tony Calixto | Jocelyn Sato | Ramon Yabut |
| SWS | February 19-22, 2022 | 5% | 87% | 2% | 3% |

## Results

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

### For Representative

Rep. Antonino "Tony" Calixto defeated his closest rivals Efren Alas and Ramon Yabut.
Congressional Elections in Pasay's Lone District :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PDP–Laban | Antonino "Tony" Calixto | 154,422 | 78.09% |
| | PRP | Efren “Choy” Alas | 19,106 | 9.66% |
| | Independent | Ramon Yabut | 14,926 | 7.55% |
| | Reporma | Jocelyn Sato | 9,285 | 4.70% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 197,739 | 100.00 |
| | PDP–Laban hold | PDP–Laban hold | PDP–Laban hold | PDP–Laban hold |
Popular vote percentage
Calixto
78.09%
Alas
9.66%
Yabut
7.55%
Sato
4.70% :

### For Mayor

Mayor Imelda "Emi" Calixto-Rubiano defeated former Councilor Richard Advincula and retired Chief Prosecutor Edward Togonon.
Pasay Mayoral Elections :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PDP–Laban | Imelda "Emi" Calixto-Rubiano | 147,661 | 70.88% |
| | PRP | Richard Advincula | 30,661 | 14.72% |
| | Reporma | Edward Togonon | 27,530 | 13.22% |
| | Independent | AJ Romero | 2,467 | 1.18% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 208,319 | 100.00 |
| | PDP–Laban hold | PDP–Laban hold | PDP–Laban hold | PDP–Laban hold |
Popular vote percentage
Calixto-Rubiano
70.88%
Advincula
14.72%
Togonon
13.22%
Romero
1.18% :

### For Vice Mayor

Waldetrudes "Ding" Del Rosario, daughter of Vice Mayor Noel "Boyet" Del Rosario, defeated her closest rival, former Councilor and City Administrator Ernestina "Tina" Bernabe-Carbajal in a huge margin.
Pasay Vice Mayoral Elections :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | LDP | Waldetrudes "Ding" Del Rosario | 130,138 | 69.35% |
| | PRP | Ernestina "Tina" Bernabe-Carbajal | 38,479 | 20.51% |
| | WPP | Hector Bongat | 12,336 | 6.57% |
| | Independent | Jessie Cruz | 6,703 | 3.57% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 187,656 | 100.00 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |
Popular vote percentage
Del Rosario
69.35%
Bernabe-Carbajal
20.51%
Bongat
6.57%
Cruz
3.57% :

### For Councilors

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | PDP–Laban/Team Calixto | 712,494 | 72.88 | 11 |
| | PROMDI | 67,521 | 6.91 | – |
| | PDDS/PRP/Team ABA | 61,933 | 6.34 | – |
| | PFP | 47,963 | 4.91 | 1 |
| | WPP/PRP/Tropang Togonon | 28,172 | 2.88 | – |
| | Independent | 59,491 | 6.09 | – |
| Ex officio seats | Ex officio seats | | | 2 |
| Total | Total | 977,574 | 100.00 | 14 |

#### First District

The entire slate of Team Calixto were re-elected.
City Council Elections in Pasay's First District :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PDP–Laban | Mark Anthony Calixto | 71,738 | |
| | PDP–Laban | Mary Grace Santos | 67,976 | |
| | PDP–Laban | Marlon Pesebre | 65,233 | |
| | PDP–Laban | Ma. Antonia "Tonya" Cuneta | 64,953 | |
| | PDP–Laban | Abraham Albert "Ambet" Alvina | 55,367 | |
| | PDP–Laban | Ricardo "Ding" Santos | 52,197 | |
| | PROMDI | Ronjay Advincula | 40,895 | |
| | PDDS | Justine Jane "Jhaz" Advincula | 27,125 | |
| | Independent | Richard Anderson | 20,025 | |
| | PDDS | Bonifacio "Miki" Trinidad | 11,002 | |
| | WPP | Eleazar "Boyet" Garpa | 10,089 | |
| | Independent | Melvin Nolasco | 6,139 | |
| | Independent | Ramon Sta. Maria | 5,803 | |
| | PDDS | Bonifacio "Boni" Santillana | 5,660 | |
| | PDDS | Jovino "Bossing" Morallos | 5,162 | |
| | PDDS | Froilan "Allan" Tancinco | 4,864 | |
| | PRP | Michael Angelo "Tiger" Gabriel | 4,847 | |
| | WPP | Jaomar Leslee "Jao" Bajao | 4,105 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 523,180 | 100.00 |
| Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats |
| | PDP-Laban Team Calixto | PDP-Laban Team Calixto | PDP-Laban Team Calixto | 377,464 | 72.15 | 6 |
| | Independent Coalition | | Progressive Movement for the Devolution of Initiatives | 40,895 | 7.82 | 0 |
| | Independent Coalition | | Independent | 20,025 | 3.83 | 0 |
| | Independent Coalition | Total | Total | 60,920 | 11.64 | 0 |
| | PDDS Team ABA | PDDS Team ABA | PDDS Team ABA | 53,813 | 10.29 | 0 |
| | Tropang Togonon | | Labor Party Philippines | 14,194 | 2.71 | 0 |
| | Tropang Togonon | | People's Reform Party | 4,847 | 0.93 | 0 |
| | Tropang Togonon | Total | Total | 19,041 | 3.64 | 0 |
| | Independent under UniTeam Coalition | Independent under UniTeam Coalition | Independent under UniTeam Coalition | 11,942 | 2.28 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 523,180 | 100.00 | 6 |

#### Second District

Three of the six re-elected incumbents were:
* Jose "Joey" Isidro Jr.
* Editha "Wowee" Manguerra
* Donnabel Vendivel
Other incumbents were:
* Allan Panaligan, replaced by his wife, Jennifer "Jen"
* Arnel Regino Arceo, replaced by his son, Brgy. 60 Councilman Angelo Nicol "Allo" Arceo.
* Aileen Padua-La Torre, replaced by his husband, Brgy. 59 Chairman Zengelbert "Zeng" La Torre but lost, placing 7th.
Newly-elected councilors were:
* King Marlon "Khen" Magat, 2019 candidate for councilor.
* Jennifer Panaligan, wife of term-limited Allan.
* Brgy. 60 Councilman Angelo Nicol "Allo" Arceo, son of term-limited Councilor Arnel Regino "Moti" who later won as chairman of Brgy. 60 last 2023 elections.
Former Councilor Noel "Onie" Bayona failed again to return in city council, placing 9th.
Ma. Czarina Lou Tolentino, daughter of former Acting Vice Mayor and Second District Councilor Arvin "Bong" Tolentino lost, placing 8th.
City Council Elections in Pasay's Second District :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PDP–Laban | Jose "Joey" Isidro Jr. | 70,656 | 31.99 |
| | PDP–Laban | Edith "Wowee" Manguerra | 67,678 | 30.64 |
| | PDP–Laban | Donnabel Vendivel | 58,414 | 26.45 |
| | PDP–Laban | Jennifer "Jen" Panaligan | 53,783 | 24.35 |
| | PFP | King Marlon "Khen" Magat | 47,963 | 21.72 |
| | PDP–Laban | Angelo Nicol "Allo" Arceo | 45,819 | 20.74 |
| | PDP–Laban | Zengelbert "Zeng Padua" La Torre | 38,680 | 17.51 |
| | WPP | Ma. Czarina Lou "Mr. Okidocbong" Tolentino | 32,429 | 14.68 |
| | PROMDI | Noel "Onie" Bayona | 26,626 | 12.06 |
| | Independent | Jovita Baliao | 18,986 | 8.60 |
| | WPP | Crio Chris Campo | 9,077 | 4.11 |
| | PRP | Eduardo "Botchock" Batobato | 5,930 | 2.68 |
| | PRP | Ferdinand "Ferdie" Espiritu | 5,612 | 2.54 |
| | PDDS | Sherwin Santos | 5,204 | 2.36 |
| | WPP | Ellan Marie Cipriano | 4,901 | 2.22 |
| | PRP | Vivencio "Vince" Carbajal | 4,723 | 2.14 |
| | Independent | Manuel Taytayon | 4,539 | 2.06 |
| | Independent | Danilo Pantia | 3,999 | 1.81 |
| | PDDS | Loida Bernas | 2,916 | 1.32 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 507,935 | 100.00 |
| Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats |
| | PDP-Laban Team Calixto | PDP-Laban Team Calixto | PDP-Laban Team Calixto | 335,030 | 65.96 | 5 |
| | Independent under UniTeam Coalition | | Partido Federal ng Pilipinas | 47,963 | 9.44 | 1 |
| | Independent under UniTeam Coalition | | Progressive Movement for the Devolution of Initiatives | 32,429 | 6.38 | 0 |
| | Independent under UniTeam Coalition | | Independent | 18,986 | 3.74 | 0 |
| | Independent under UniTeam Coalition | Total | Total | 99,378 | 19.57 | 1 |
| | Independent Coalition | | Progressive Movement for the Devolution of Initiatives | 26,626 | 5.24 | 0 |
| | Independent Coalition | | Independent | 4,539 | 0.89 | 0 |
| | Independent Coalition | Total | Total | 31,165 | 6.14 | 0 |
| | Team ABA | | People's Reform Party | 16,265 | 3.20 | 0 |
| | Team ABA | | Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan | 8,120 | 1.60 | 0 |
| | Team ABA | | Independent | 3,999 | 0.79 | 0 |
| | Team ABA | Total | Total | 28,384 | 5.59 | 0 |
| | Tropang Togonon | Tropang Togonon | Tropang Togonon | 13,978 | 2.75 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 507,935 | 100.00 | 6 |