2019 Siquijor local elections

Local elections in Siquijor were held on May 13, 2019 as part of the 2019 Philippine general election. Voters elected all local posts in the province: town mayors, vice mayors, town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan - three in each of the province's two administrative districts, the governor, vice governor, and one representative for lone district of Siquijor.

A total of 188 hopefuls ran for all local positions in the province and in six municipalities of province.^[1]

The total number of registered voters in the province is 76,225 which had an increase 10.49% from 68,988 in 2016. Siquijor has 450 precinct venues and 147 clustered precincts.^[2]

Congressional Election Result

Lone District, Congressman

Municipality: Enrique Villanueva, Larena, Lazi, Maria, San Juan, Siquijor
Population (2019): 95,984^[3]
Electorate (2019): 76,225^[2]

Ramon Vicente Antonio Rocamora is the incumbent.^[4]

Philippine House of Representatives election at Siquijor's Lone district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Jake Vincent Villa	26,840	45.46%
	PDP–Laban	Ramon Vicente Antonio Rocamora	18,775	31.80%
	Independent	Orlando Fua Jr.	10,348	17.53%
	PFP	Marie Anne Pernes	2,849	4.83%
	Independent	Demosthenes Fernandez	223	0.38%
Total votes			59,035	100.00%
	NPC gain from PDP–Laban

Provincial Election Results

Governor

Zaldy Villa is the incumbent. Parties are stated in their certificates of candidacy.

Siquijor gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Zaldy Villa	41,155	674.61%
	PFP	Joecel Jumawan-Luy	14,004	25.39%
Total votes			55,159	100.00%
	PDP–Laban gain from PFP

Vice-Governor

Mei Ling Minor-Quezon is the incumbent.

Siquijor vice-gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Mei Ling Minor-Quezon	29,230	55.24%
	Independent	Edwin Fua Yu	12,879	24.34%
	PFP	Arthur Chan	10,808	20.42%
Total votes			52,917	100.00%
	NPC gain from Independent

Sangguniang Panlalawigan

1st District

Municipalities: Enrique Villanueva, Larena, Siquijor

Parties are as stated in their certificates of candidacy.^[2]

Siquijor 1st District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Cyrus Olpoc	15,042	23.54%
	PDP–Laban	Leonardo Lingcay	14,659	22.94%
	PDP–Laban	Dar Lynn Ates-Honrubia	12,298	19.25%

	Independent	Evelyn Tumarong	10,132	15.86%
	PFP	Gilda Gica	5,408	8.46%
	Independent	Hedda Baroro	2,775	4.34%
	PFP	Daladier Jose Eric Samson	1,834	2.87%
	PFP	Felix Suamen	1,747	2.73%
Total votes			63,895	100.00%
	PDP–Laban gain from Independent

2nd District

Municipalities: Maria, Lazi, San Juan

Parties are as stated in their certificates of candidacy.

Siquijor 2nd District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Dindo Tumala	14,636	23.59%
	PDP–Laban	Noel Monte	11,309	18.23%
	Independent	Orville Fua	10,348	16.68%

	PDP–Laban	Jaime Valesco	9,784	15.77%
	Independent	Lyndon Jo	6,934	11.18%
	Independent	Leonido Bonachita	3,625	5.84%
	PFP	Bryan Bruce Aljas	3,125	5.04%
	PFP	Meredith Ariel Tambuyat	1,210	1.95%
	PFP	Rolando Albia	1,063	1.71%
Total votes			62,034	100.00%
	PDP–Laban gain from Independent

Municipal Election Results

The mayor and vice mayor with the highest number of votes win the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected. Below is results of mayoral and vice-mayoral elections of each municipalities of the province.^[5]

Enrique Villanueva

Electorate (2019): 5,329

Gerold Pal-ing is the incumbent.

Enrique Villanueva Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Gerold Pal-ing	2,286	62.42%
	PFP	Francis Michael Tong	1,376	37.58%
Total votes			3,662	100.00%
	PDP–Laban gain from PFP

Leonardo Paculba is the incumbent.

Enrique Villanueva Vice Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Leonardo Paculba	2,036	56.98%
	PFP	Belinda Banglos-Inao	1,537	43.02%
	PDP–Laban gain from PFP
Total votes			3,573	100.00%

Larena

Electorate (2019): 15,827

Dean Villa is the incumbent.

Larena Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Dean Villa	6,495	81.65%
	PFP	Honey Grace Samson	1,516	18.35%
Total votes			8,262	100.00%
	PDP–Laban gain from PFP

Cyrus Vincent Marchan Calibo is the incumbent.

Larena Vice Mayoral Election
	Candidate	Votes	%
PDP–Laban	Cyrus Vincent Marchan Calibo	7,001	90.50%
PFP	Luke Francis Johann Pernes	1,736	9.50%
PDP–Laban gain from PFP

Lazi

Electorate (2019): 15,827

James Monte is the incumbent.

Lazi Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	James Monte	5,346	46.12%
	PDP–Laban	Johnney Ensong	4,253	36.69%
	Independent	Harold Mark Dalaygon	1,262	9.60%
	PFP	Rommel Dimagnaong	880	7.59%
Total votes			11,592	100.00%
	Independent gain from PDP–Laban

Earl Aljas is the incumbent.

Lazi Vice Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Earl Aljas	4,999	50.65%
	PDP–Laban	Myrna Bandigas-Ondo	4,871	49.35%
Total votes			9,870	100.00%
	Independent gain from PDP–Laban

Maria

Electorate (2019): 11,157

Meynard Asok is the incumbent.

Maria Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Meynard Asok	5,889	72.15%
	PFP	Rebecca Padayhag	2,273	27.85%
Total votes			8,162	100.00%
	PDP–Laban gain from PFP

Ivy Dan Samson is the incumbent.

Maria Vice Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Ivy Dan Samson	5,889	60.33%
	PFP	Candelaria Abuhan-Aninipo	2,816	39.67%
Total votes			7,098	100.00%
	PDP–Laban gain from PFP

San Juan

Electorate (2019): 11,325

Alberto Ocay is the incumbent.

San Juan Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PFP	Wilfredo 'James' Capundag Jr.	3,959	48.20%
	PDP–Laban	Alberto Ocay	3,332	40.56%
	Independent	Edgar Maghanoy	752	9.16%
	Independent	Dexter Angot	132	1.61%
	Independent	Raymund Balongkit	39	0.47%
Total votes			8,214	100.00%
	PFP gain from PDP–Laban

Gemma Magtagad-Cenas is the incumbent.

San Juan Vice Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Gemma Magtagad-Cenas	4,262	57.19%
	PFP	Dioscoro 'Bulaw' Maata	1,745	23.41%
	Independent	Jimmy Jumawan	1,446	19.40%
Total votes			7,453	100.00%
	PDP–Laban gain from PFP

Siquijor

Electorate (2019): 21,097

Richard Quezon is the incumbent.

Siquijor Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Richard Quezon	7,830	50.10%
	Independent	Adam Duhaylungsod	7,278	46.57%
	PFP	Lywilyn Emeterio	520	3.33%
Total votes			15,628	100.00%
	PDP–Laban gain from Independent

Joy Abe Lopes de Andrade is the incumbent.

Siquijor Vice Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Teodro 'Junnie' Jumawan Jr.	8,425	58.14%
	Independent	Joy Abe Lopes de Andrade	5,403	37.28%
	PFP	Precious Samson-Gahob	664	4.58%
Total votes			14,492	100.00%
	PDP–Laban gain from Independent

References

^ "Siquijor Certified List of Candidates". COMELEC. November 17, 2018. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rizalie Anding Calibo (July 1, 2019). "Siquijor elected officials take oath". Philippine Information Agency. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
^ "Census of Population (2015). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay". Philippine Statistics Authority. June 20, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
^ "List of Local Candidates for Verification". COMELEC. January 7, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
^ "List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates" (PDF). COMELEC. December 11, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2020.

External links

COMELEC - Official website of the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC)
NAMFREL - Official website of National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL)
PPCRV - Official website of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV)

[comelec-1] "Siquijor Certified List of Candidates". COMELEC. November 17, 2018. Retrieved November 17, 2018.

[pia-2] Rizalie Anding Calibo (July 1, 2019). "Siquijor elected officials take oath". Philippine Information Agency. Retrieved July 1, 2019.

[3] "Census of Population (2015). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay". Philippine Statistics Authority. June 20, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2019.

[4th-4] "List of Local Candidates for Verification". COMELEC. January 7, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.

[5] "List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates" (PDF). COMELEC. December 11, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2020.

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