Local elections were held in
Zamboanga City
Zamboanga City, officially the City of Zamboanga (; ; Subanen languages, Subanen: ''Bagbenwa Sembwangan''; Sama–Bajaw languages, Sama: ''Lungsud Samboangan''; ; ; ) is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city i ...
on May 13, 2019, within the
Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, and eight councilors per district.
Retiring and term-limited elective officials
* Cesar Iturralde, incumbent Vice-Mayor, term-limited in 2019
* Rodolfo Bayot, incumbent District I councilor, term-limited in 2019
* Rommel Agan, incumbent District II councilor, term-limited in 2019
Candidates
Notes:
* bold means the candidate is incumbent and running for reelection on the same post;
* ''italic'' means the candidate previously run last
2016
2016 was designated as:
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election either on the same post or other posts;
* ''bold and italic'' means the candidate is an incumbent and is running for another position.
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Adelante Zamboanga Party
Dela Cruz is also a guest candidate of Team Climaco Coalition.
Partido Prosperidad y Amor para na Zamboanga
Aggrupation of Parties for Progress
Results
The candidates for district representative, mayor, and vice mayor, with the highest number of votes, wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore they may be of different parties when elected.
House of Representatives election
1st District
Incumbent Congressman
Celso Lobregat
Celso Lorenzo Lobregat, III (born March 20, 1948), is a Filipino politician who was Zamboanga City's mayor and congressman.
Political family
Lobregat comes from a long line of landlord-politicians from Mindanao. His grandfather Pablo Lorenzo ...
ran for Mayor against former ally, Beng Climaco.
2nd District
District II Representative Manuel Jose Dalipe ran for reelection against former Congresswoman Lilia Macrohon-Nuño, former Congressman
Erbie Fabian, and outgoing Vice-Mayor Cesar Iturralde.
Mayoral elections
Incumbent Mayor
Beng Climaco ran for reelection for her third and final term.
Vice-mayoral elections
Incumbent and outgoing Vice-Mayor Cesar Iturralde ran for the congressional seat in District II. All candidates for vice-mayor were either incumbent or former city councilors.
City Council elections
Each of Zamboanga City's
two legislative districts elects eight councilors to the
City Council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough counc ...
. The eight candidates with the highest number of votes wins the seats per district.
1st District
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2nd District
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See also
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Philippine House of Representatives elections in the Zamboanga Peninsula, 2019
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2019 Philippine general election
The 2019 Philippine general election was conducted on May 13, 2019. A midterm election, those elected therein took office on June 30, 2019, midway through the term of President Rodrigo Duterte.
The following positions were contested:
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2022 Zamboanga City local elections
References
External links
Official website of the Commission on Elections Official website of National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL)Official website of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV)Rappler #PHVOTE 2019: Local Races
{{Zamboanga Peninsula elections
2019 Philippine local elections
Elections in Zamboanga City
May 2019 in the Philippines
21st century in Zamboanga City