2019 Valenzuela local elections

Local elections was held in Valenzuela on May 13, 2019 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the two Congressmen (or district representatives), and the councilors, six in each of the city's two legislative districts.

Valenzuela mayoral elections, 2019
May 13, 2019 (2019-05-13)
Mayoral, vice mayoral, congressional representatives
and all 12 city council seats
 
Nominee Rexlon Gatchalian Antonio Go Bien Español
Party NPC Lakas Independent
Running mate Lorena C. Natividad-Borja
Popular vote 248,911 6,226 2,284
Percentage 96.7 2.4 0.9
Mayor before election

Rexlon Gatchalian
NPC

 Elected Mayor

Rexlon Gatchalian
NPC

Elections in Valenzuela
Mayoral elections

Mayoral and vice mayoral election

Incumbent mayor Rexlon "Rex" Gatchalian is on his second term as the mayor of Valenzuela. Prior to his election as mayor in 2013, he represented the first district of Valenzuela from 2007 to 2013. It is initially speculated that Rodrigo Duterte's common-law wife Honeylet Avanceña will run for mayor; however, the rumor is debunked by a COMELEC local officer.[1]

Incumbent vice mayor Lorena "Lorie" Natividad-Borja is on her first term as the vice mayor. Prior to her election as vice mayor in 2016, she was a member of the city council representing the second district from 2001–2007 and from 2010–2016.

Congressional election

The incumbent first district representative is Weslie T. Gatchalian, younger brother to both senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian and incumbent mayor Rexlon T. Gatchalian, is on his first term.

For the second district, incumbent representative Eric Martinez is also on his first term.

Election results

The winners of the congressional, mayor and vice mayor seats of Valenzuela City is determined with the highest number of votes received. These positions are voted separately, so there is a possibility that the winning officials came from the same or different political parties.

Mayoral election

Incumbent mayor is Rexlon "Rex" T. Gatchalian.

Valenzuela City mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Rexlon "Rex" T. Gatchalian[2] 248,911 96.7
Lakas Antonio "Bong" M. Go 6,226 2.4
Independent Bienvenido "Bien" A. Español 2,284 0.9
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Vice Mayoral election

Incumbent vice mayor is Lorena "Lorie" Natividad-Borja.

Valenzuela City mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Lorena C. Natividad-Borja[2] 225,559 100.0
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

First district

Incumbent representative is Weslie Gatchalian.

2019 Philippine House of Representatives election in the 1st District of Valenzuela
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Weslie "Wes" T. Gatchalian 119,372 100.0
Valid ballots 144,783 96.8
Invalid or blank votes 4,820 3.2
Total votes 149,603 100.0
NPC hold

Second district

Incumbent representative is Eric Martinez.

2019 Philippine House of Representatives election in the 2nd District of Valenzuela
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP–Laban Eric M. Martinez 106,848 73.8
Lakas Magtanggol "Magi" T. Gunigundo 37,935 26.2
Valid ballots 119,991 90.9
Invalid or blank votes 11,980 9.1
Total votes 131,971 100.0
PDP–Laban hold

City council elections
First district
First (left) and second (right) legislative districts of Valenzuela.

The voters in the city are set to elect six councilors on the district where they are registered. Candidates are voted separately so there are chances where winning candidates will have unequal number of votes and may come from different political parties.

First district
2019 Valenzuela City First District council election
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP–Laban Rovin Andrew "Rovin" M. Feliciano 101,054
NPC Ricardo Ricarr "Ricar" C. Enriquez 93,643
NPC Ramon L. Encarnacion 92,505
NPC Jennifer "Jenny" P. Pingree 83,302
NPC Joseph William D. Lee 78,905
NPC Walter "Bimbo" D. Dela Cruz 77,950

Second district
2019 Valenzuela City Second District council election
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Crissha "Charee" M. Pineda 118,702
NPC Kimberly Ann "Kim" D. Galang 115,663
NPC Kristian Rome "Tyson" T. Sy 108,874
NPC Niña Shiela "Niña" B. Lopez 106,519
NPC Louie P. Nolasco 104,885
NPC Chiqui Marie "Chiqui" N. Carreon 100,079

References
  1. "Honeylet Avenceña not running for mayor in Valenzuela – Comelec". Manila Bulletin News. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  2. "Gatchalian slate drops by church before Comelec filing". Politiko Metro Manila. 2018-10-16. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
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