Manila Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the Capital of the Philippines, capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City, with a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on ...

held its local elections on Monday, May 13, 2019, as a part of the

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. Voters elected candidates for

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, vice mayor, 6 congressmen, and the 36 councilors that would be members of the

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. There are a total of 736,156 people who voted out of the 1,065,149 city's registered voters. Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso won the elections, enabling him to serve a three-year term as the

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. His running mate, the incumbent vice mayor Maria Sheilah "Honey" Lacuna-Pangan, once again topped the vice mayoral race, securing her to serve her second three-year term as the city's vice mayor.

Electoral system

For mayor, vice mayor and House district representatives

The winner is elected via the first-past-the-post system. The mayor and vice mayor are elected separately, and are elected at-large. Representatives are elected from each of Manila's six congressional districts.

For councilors

The winners are elected via

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in each of Manila's six city council districts (coextensive with the congressional districts). A voter has six votes, and can vote up to six people. The six candidates with the highest number of votes in each district wins.

Candidates

Team Legacy: Sulong Maynila

Batang Maynila

Team Lim

Team Ninong Lacsamana

Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan

Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka

Independents

Mayoralty and vice mayoral elections

Mayor

Joseph Estrada Joseph Ejercito Estrada (; born Jose Marcelo Ejercito; April 19, 1937), also known by the nickname Erap, is a Filipino politician and former actor, who served as the 13th president of the Philippines from 1998 until his resignation in 2001. ...

is running for his third term as the

Mayor of Manila The City Mayor of Manila (, sometimes referred to as, ''Alkalde ng Maynila'') is the head of the executive branch of Manila's city government. The mayor holds office at Manila City Hall. Like all local government heads in the Philippines, the m ...

. Meanwhile,

Alfredo Lim Alfredo "Fred" Siojo Lim (; December 21, 1929 – August 8, 2020) was a Filipino politician, police officer and lawyer who served as a Senate of the Philippines, Senator of the Philippines from 2004 to 2007, He also served as the 20th Mayor of ...

is seeking to make his comeback as the mayor after being defeated by Estrada twice in the

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and

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elections. Meanwhile, Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso, the youngest mayoralty candidate and who served as Vice Mayor for both Estrada and Lim, is running for the first time as the mayor. Lim is the only mayoral candidate without a running mate.

Opinion polling

Vice Mayor

Ma. Sheilah "Honey" Lacuna-Pangan is running for her second term.

House of Representatives elections

1st District

Manuel Luis "Manny" Lopez ( NPC, supported by

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and KKK) is the incumbent, and he will face former representative Benjamin "Atong" Asilo to contest a second term. Lopez is the son of former Manila Mayor Mel Lopez. Asenso Manileño did not nominate any candidate in this district.

2nd District

Carlo Lopez is the incumbent, and is term-limited. His cousin

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is running under the

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, with support from PMP and KABAKA; Carlo is a member of

. Also running are incumbent councilors Rolan Valeriano (Asenso Manileño) and Rodolfo "Ninong" Lacsamana ( NUP). The coalition of

and KKK did not nominate any candidate in this district.

3rd District

John Marvin "

Yul Servo John Marvin "Yul Servo" Cruz Nieto (born February 22, 1977) is a Filipino actor and politician who has served as the 28th Vice Mayor of Manila since 2022. Early life Nieto, nicknamed "Jon-Jon" as a child, was born in Calumpit, Bulacan, and ...

" Nieto is the incumbent, and was running under the

banner with support from Asenso Manileño. He faced former representative Zenaida "Naida" Angping, who was running under

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and supported by PMP and KABAKA.

4th District

Edward Maceda Edward Michael Vera Perez Maceda (born October 3, 1970) is a Filipino lawyer and politician serving as the representative of Manila's 4th district since 2016. Prior to his election as congressman, he was councilor of the same district from ...

is the incumbent and ran against former representative Maria Theresa "Trisha" Bonoan-David ( NUP, supported by Asenso Manileño) and independent candidate ''barangay kagawad'' Christopher "Chris" Gabriel. This is the second time that the

- KKK coalition chose not to nominate any candidate.

5th District

Amanda Cristina "Cristal" Bagatsing is the incumbent, and will face former councilor Arnold "Ali" Atienza. Bagatsing supported Estrada's re-election bid. Both Asenso Manileño and

- KKK did not have a candidate.

6th District

Rosenda Ann "Sandy" Ocampo is the incumbent but she is now term-limited. She has endorsed her younger sister Patricia Yvette Ocampo, to run for her seat in the House of Representatives. Yvette registered as a candidate under Bagumbayan-VNP (supported by

and

's KKK Party) and prior to her candidacy had been appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as chair of the Nayong Pilipino Foundation. However, even after Lim's endorsement, the Ocampos chose to campaign for Estrada's re-election. Ocampo's arch-rival, former representative Bienvenido "Benny" Abante, is also running under Asenso Manileño, as well as incumbent City Councilor and fiscal Casimiro Sison under

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's Team Legacy.

City Council elections