2022 Bacoor local elections

Local elections were held in Bacoor on May 9, 2022, within the Philippine general election. Registered voters of the city will be electing candidates for the following elective local posts: the mayor, the vice mayor, the lone district representative, the two provincial board members for Cavite's second district, and the twelve councilors, six in each of the city's two local legislative districts[nb 1].

2022 Bacoor mayoral election
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IND
Nominee Strike Revilla Jose Francisco
Party Nacionalista Independent
Running mate Rowena Bautista-Mendiola (NPC) Meliza Cubinar
Popular vote 178,388 22,767
Percentage 88.68 11.32

Mayor before election

Lani Mercado-Revilla
Lakas

Elected mayor

Strike Revilla
Nacionalista

Electoral System

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Just like in any election in the Philippines, the electoral system is based on first-past-the-post voting.

Elections for mayor, vice mayor, lone district representative and the two board members are done at an at-large basis. Elections for members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Bacoor are via the electoral districts as defined by the city charter. It will be done via multiple non-transferable vote, with the candidates with six highest votes winning.

There are an additional two ex officio seats in the city council, for the city federation presidents of the Liga ng mga Barangay (village chairpersons' league) and the Sangguniang Kabataan (youth council league). These were originally elected in 2018, and whose terms were extended until 2022. Separate elections for these bodies will be in December 2022.

Background

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Incumbent city mayor and former Cavite second district representative (2010-2016) Lani Mercado-Revilla, the winner of Bacoor's last hotly-contested elections in 2016, is not running for another term despite her being qualified to do so as she is only on her second term as city mayor, opting to vie for the open position of representative. She is swapping with her brother-in-law, incumbent district representative Edwin "Strike" Revilla, who is also on his second term in the said position. Strike's opponent will be Jose Francisco, who competed for the same position in 2019 but lost to Lani.

On the other hand, incumbent vice mayor Catherine Sariño-Evaristo is already on her third term as vice mayor (she was Strike Revilla's vice mayor on his last term in 2013) and is disqualified from re-election. She will be running instead city councilor for Bacoor West. Strike's older sister, incumbent West councilor and one-time Imus City, Cavite councilor in the 1990s Rowena Bautista-Mendiola, will be his running mate. Rowena will be opposed by Meliza Sison-Cubinar, who unsuccessfully ran for Bacoor West councilor in 2019.[2]

Candidates

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Team Revilla

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Nacionalista/Team Revilla
# Name Party
For House Of Representatives
3. Lani Mercado-Revilla Lakas
For Mayor
2. Strike Revilla Nacionalista
For Vice Mayor
1. Rowena Bautista-Mendiola NPC
For Councilor (Bacoor West)
1. Adrielito Gawaran Lakas
2. Victorio Guerrero Jr. Lakas
3. Alejandro Gutierrez NPC
4. Catherine "Karen" Sariño-Evaristo Nacionalista
5. Michael Solis Nacionalista
6. Levy Tela Lakas
For Councilor (Bacoor East)
1. Roberto Advincula Nacionalista
2. Simplicio Dominguez Nacionalista
3. Reynaldo Fabian NPC
6. Rogelio "Bok" Nolasco Nacionalista
8. Alde Joselito Pagulayan Lakas
9. Reynaldo Palabrica Lakas

Mayoralty and vice mayoralty elections

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Bacoor Mayoralty Election
Party Candidate Votes %
Nacionalista Strike Revilla 178,388 88.68
Independent Jose Francisco 22,767 11.32
Total votes 201,155 100.00
Nacionalista hold
Bacoor Vice Mayoralty Election
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Rowena Bautista-Mendiola 154,179 82.70
Independent Meliza Cubinar 32,263 17.30
Total votes 186,442 100.00
NPC hold

Congressional elections

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2022 Philippine House of Representatives election in Cavite's 2nd congressional district
Party Candidate Votes %
Lakas Lani Mercado-Revilla 168,385 86.05
Independent Jose Herminio Japson 18,142 9.27
Independent George Abraham Ber Ado 9,158 4.68
Total votes 195,685 100.00

Sangguniang Panlalawigan elections

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2022 Provincial Board Election in 2nd Sangguniang Panlalawigan District of Cavite
Party Candidate Votes %
Lakas Ramon Vicente "Ramboy" Revilla 143,097 7.65
Lakas Edwin Malvar 126,923 6.78
Total votes 270,020 100.00

Sangguniang Panlungsod elections

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PartyVotes%Seats
Nacionalista Party332,33238.315
Lakas-CMD323,20337.255
Nationalist People's Coalition123,39514.222
Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan46,4505.35
Independent42,1824.86
Ex officio seats2
Total867,562100.0014

Bacoor West District

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Bacoor City Council election - Bacoor West
Party Candidate Votes %
Nacionalista Catherine "Karen" Sariño-Evaristo 78,162 33.48
Nacionalista Michael Solis 74,058 31.73
Lakas Adrielito Gawaran 70,759 30.31
Lakas Victorio Guerrero Jr. 65,825 28.20
NPC Alejandro Gutierrez 63,294 27.11
Lakas Levy Tela 61,828 26.49
Total votes 413,926 100.00
Party or allianceVotes%Seats
Team RevillaLakas-CMD198,41247.933
Nacionalista Party152,22036.772
Nationalist People's Coalition63,29415.291
Total413,926100.006
Total413,926100.006

Bacoor East District

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Bacoor City Council election - Bacoor East
Party Candidate Votes %
Nacionalista Roberto Advincula 68,996 29.56
Lakas Reynaldo Palabrica 66,593 28.53
NPC Reynaldo Fabian 60,101 25.75
Nacionalista Rogelio "Bok" Nolasco 59,274 25.39
Lakas Alde Joselito Pagulayan 58,198 24.93
Nacionalista Simplicio Dominguez 51,842 22.21
PDDS Rose Nolasco 46,450 19.90
Independent Denis Lopez 24,943 10.69
Independent Mark Dale Fernandez 17,239 7.39
Total votes 453,636 100.00
Party or allianceVotes%Seats
Team RevillaNacionalista Party180,11239.703
Lakas-CMD124,79127.512
Nationalist People's Coalition60,10113.251
Total365,00480.466
Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan46,45010.240
Independent42,1829.300
Total453,636100.006

Notes

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  1. ^ As per Article 4 Section 10 of Republic Act 10160 or the City Charter of Bacoor, Bacoor's Sangguniang Panglungsod districts should be officially referred to as Bacoor West and Bacoor East. They are currently referred to on orders of the city government as Districts 1 and 2, respectively.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Republic Act No. 10160".
  2. ^ "Certified List of Candidates" (PDF). comelec.gov.ph. Retrieved March 22, 2023.