2019 Valenzuela local elections

Valenzuela mayoral elections, 2019
Mayoral, vice mayoral, congressional representatives; and all 12 city council seats
Mayor before election; Rexlon Gatchalian; NPC	Elected mayor ; Rexlon Gatchalian; NPC

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.

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 to 2007 and from 2010 to 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

Congressional elections

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 (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
	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
	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

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

External links

[1] "Honeylet Avenceña not running for mayor in Valenzuela – Comelec". Manila Bulletin News. Retrieved 2018-10-29.

[gatchalian2018files-2] "Gatchalian slate drops by church before Comelec filing". Politiko Metro Manila. 2018-10-16. Retrieved 2018-10-29.

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