Gubernatorial elections were held in the

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

on May 13, 2019. All

provinces A province is an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outside Italy. The term ''provi ...

elected their provincial governors for three-year terms, who will be inaugurated on June 30, 2019 after their proclamation. Governors that are currently serving their third consecutive terms are prohibited from running as governors (they may run for any other posts however).

Metro Manila Metropolitan Manila ( ), commonly shortened to Metro Manila and formally the National Capital Region (NCR; ), is the capital region and largest List of metropolitan areas in the Philippines, metropolitan area of the Philippines. Located ...

and Highly urbanized cities and independent component cities such as

Angeles City Angeles (), officially the City of Angeles (; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 462,928 people. A ...

Cebu City Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu, is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 964,169 people, making ...

and

Davao City Davao City, officially the City of Davao, is a City of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Davao Region, Philippines. The city has a total land area of , making it the List of Philippine cities and municipalities ...

are outside the jurisdiction of any province and thus do not run elections for governors of their mother provinces (

Pampanga Pampanga, officially the Province of Pampanga (; ; ), is a province in Central Luzon in the Philippines. Lying on the northern shore of Manila Bay, Pampanga is bordered by Tarlac to the north, Nueva Ecija to the northeast, Bulacan to the east, ...

Cebu Cebu ( ; ), officially the Province of Cebu (; ), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 167 surrounding islands and islets. The coastal zone of Cebu is identified as a ...

and

Davao del Sur Davao del Sur (; ), officially the Province of Davao del Sur (; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital is Digos. Davao City is the largest city in terms of area an ...

respectively). These shall elect mayors instead.

Summary

Luzon

Here are the election results as provided by the

Commission on Elections An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of electioneering process of any country. The formal names of election commissions vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and may be styled an electoral commission, a c ...

(COMELEC) for the provinces in

Luzon Luzon ( , ) is the largest and most populous List of islands in the Philippines, island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the List of islands of the Philippines, Philippine archipelago, it is the economic and political ce ...

Ilocos Region The Ilocos Region (; ; ), designated as Region I, is an Region of the Philippines, administrative region of the Philippines. Located in the northwestern section of Luzon, it is bordered by the Cordillera Administrative Region to the east, the Ca ...

Ilocos Norte

Incumbent Governor

Imee Marcos Maria Imelda Josefa Remedios "Imee" Romualdez Marcos-Manotoc (; born November 12, 1955) is a Filipino politician and film producer serving as a Senate of the Philippines, senator since 2019. She previously served as governor of Ilocos Norte ...

is term-limited and is running for Senator. Her mother, former First Lady and incumbent congresswoman

Imelda Marcos Imelda Romualdez Marcos (; born Imelda Remedios Visitación Trinidad Romuáldez; July 2, 1929) is a Filipino politician who was First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, wielding significant political power after her husband Ferdinand ...

, is running in her place. On November 29, she withdrew her bid and was replaced by her grandson, Matthew Joseph Manotoc. His opponent is former governor and incumbent congressman

Rodolfo Fariñas Rodolfo "Rudy" Castro Fariñas, Sr. (born September 5, 1951) is a Filipino lawyer, politician and the former Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the ...

. On May 2, Fariñas withdrew from the race, leaving Manotoc running unopposed.

Ilocos Sur

Incumbent Governor Ryan Luis Singson is running for reelection.

La Union

Pangasinan

Incumbent Governor Amado Espino III is running for reelection.

Cagayan Valley Cagayan Valley (; ), designated as Region II, is an Regions of the Philippines, administrative region in the Philippines. Located in the northeastern section of Luzon, it is composed of five Provinces of the Philippines, Philippine provinces: ...

Batanes

Incumbent Governor Marilou Cayco is running for reelection.

Cagayan

Incumbent Governor

Manuel Mamba Manuel Noveno Mamba Sr. (born August 19, 1958) is a Filipino physician and politician who is serving as provincial governor of Cagayan since 2016. He was elected to the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the 3rd District ...

is running for reelection.

Isabela

Incumbent Governor Faustino Dy III is term-limited.

Nueva Vizcaya

Incumbent Governor Carlos Padilla is running for reelection.

Quirino

Incumbent governor Junie Cua is term limited.

Cordillera Administrative Region The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR; ; ), also known as the Cordillera Region and Cordillera (), is an Regions of the Philippines, administrative region in the Philippines, situated within the island of Luzon. It is the only Landlocked co ...

Abra

Incumbent Governor Ma. Jocelyn Bernos is running for reelection.

Apayao

Incumbent governor Elias Bulut Jr. is term limited and is running for congressman. His sister, incumbent congresswoman Eleonor Bulut Begtang is running in his place unopposed.

Benguet

Incumbent Cresencio Pacalso is running for reelection.

Ifugao

Incumbent Pedro Mayam-O is not running.

Kalinga

Incumbent Jocel Baac is term-limited and is running for congressman.

Mountain Province

Incumbent Bonifacio Lacwasan assumed as Governor after the Commission on Elections nullifies the proclamation of Kathy Jill Mayaen. The COMELEC disqualifies Mayaen as substitute candidate of Leonardo Mayaen who died on March 31, 2016. According to COMELEC rules, any independent candidate cannot be substituted in case of death, withdrawal or disqualification.

Central Luzon Central Luzon (; ; ; ; ), designated as Region III, is an administrative region in the Philippines. The region comprises seven provinces: Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga (with its capital, San Fernando City serving as the re ...

Aurora

Incumbent Gerardo Noveras is running for reelection.

Bataan

Incumbent Albert Garcia is running for reelection.

Bulacan

Nueva Ecija

Incumbent governor Czarina Umali is not running. Her brother-in-law, Gil Raymond is running in her place. On November 23, he withdrew his bid and replaced by his brother, former Governor Aurelio Umali.

Pampanga

Incumbent governor Lilia Pineda is term-limited and is running for Vice Governor. Her son, incumbent Vice Governor Dennis Pineda is running in her place.

Tarlac

Incumbent Susan Yap is running for reelection unopposed.

Zambales

Incumbent Amor Deloso is running for reelection against former governor

Hermogenes Ebdane Hermogenes "Jun" Edejer Ebdane, Jr. (born December 30, 1948) is a Filipino politician and retired police officer with the rank of Director General. He is the Governor of Zambales since 2019, previously held this position from 2010 until 2016. H ...

Calabarzon Calabarzon (officially stylized in all caps; ; ), sometimes referred to as Southern Tagalog () and designated as Region IVA, is an administrative region in the Philippines. It is situated southeast of Metro Manila and is bordered by Manila Bay ...

Batangas

Incumbent Governor Hermilando Mandanas is running for reelection.

Cavite

Incumbent Governor Jesus Crispin Remulla will not run for reelection.

Laguna

Incumbent Ramil Hernandez is running for reelection, while his predecessor ER Ejercito, was formally disqualified owing to the decision on his corruption case.

Quezon

Rizal

Incumbent Governor Rebecca A. Ynares is running for reelection.

Mimaropa Mimaropa (officially stylized in all caps), officially the Southwestern Tagalog Region (), is an administrative region in the Philippines. The name is an acronym combination of its constituent provinces: Mindoro (divided into Occidental Mindo ...

Marinduque

Occidental Mindoro

Oriental Mindoro

Palawan

Romblon

Bicol Region The Bicol Region, designated as Region V, is an administrative region of the Philippines. It comprises six Provinces of the Philippines, provinces, four on the Bicol Peninsula (the luzon#Southeastern Luzon, southeastern end of Luzon): Albay, Ca ...

Albay

Camarines Norte

Camarines Sur

Catanduanes

Masbate

Sorsogon

Visayas

Here are the election results as provided by the (COMELEC) for the provinces in

Visayas The Visayas ( ), or the Visayan Islands (Bisayan languages, Visayan: ''Kabisay-an'', ; Filipino language, Filipino: ''Kabisayaan'' ), are one of the three Island groups of the Philippines, principal geographical divisions of the Philippines, a ...

Western Visayas Western Visayas (; ; ) is an Regions of the Philippines, administrative region in the Philippines, numerically designated as Region VI. The region comprises the islands of Panay and Guimaras Island, Guimaras. It consists of five Provinces of the ...

Aklan

Antique

Capiz

Guimaras

Iloilo

Incumbent Governor Arthur Defensor Sr. is term-limited and he is set to retire from politics. His son, incumbent congressman Arthur Defensor, Jr. is running in his place.

Negros Occidental

Central Visayas Central Visayas (; or ) is an Regions of the Philippines, administrative region in the Philippines, numerically designated as Region VII. With only two Provinces of the Philippines, provinces: Cebu and Bohol, as well as three Cities of the Phi ...

Bohol

Incumbent governor

Edgar Chatto Edgardo Migriño Chatto (born February 21, 1960), more commonly known as Edgar Chatto, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who is currently the Representative of the 1st Legislative District of Bohol since 2019. He previously served in that po ...

is term-limited and he is running for Congressman.

Cebu

Negros Oriental

Siquijor

Eastern Visayas Eastern Visayas (; ; ; ) is an administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region VIII. It consists of three main islands: Samar, Leyte, and Biliran. The region has six provinces: Biliran, Leyte, Northern Samar, Samar, Easte ...

Biliran

Eastern Samar

Leyte

Northern Samar

Samar

Southern Leyte

Mindanao

Here are the election results as provided by the (COMELEC) for the provinces in

Mindanao Mindanao ( ) is the List of islands of the Philippines, second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and List of islands by population, seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the ...

Zamboanga Peninsula Zamboanga Peninsula (; ; ) is an administrative region in Mindanao, Philippines, designated as Region IX. It consists of the provinces of Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga Sibugay and Zamboanga del Sur, and the cities of Isabela and Zamboang ...

Zamboanga del Norte

Roberto Escobido Uy was declared nuisance by the COMELEC after carrying the name similar to incumbent Governor Roberto Y. Uy, bringing confusion to voters of the locality.

Zamboanga del Sur

Zamboanga Sibugay

Northern Mindanao Northern Mindanao (; Maranao language, Maranao: ''Pangotaraan Mindanao''; ) is an Regions of the Philippines, administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region X. It comprises five Provinces of the Philippines, provinces: Bukidnon, ...

Bukidnon

Camiguin

Lanao del Norte

Misamis Occidental

Misamis Oriental

Incumbent Governor Yevgeny Vincente Emano is running for reelection.

Davao Region Davao Region, formerly called Southern Mindanao (; ), is an Regions of the Philippines, administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region XI. Situated at the southeastern portion of Mindanao, enclosing Davao Gulf, it comprises fiv ...

Compostela Valley

Incumbent Governor Jayvee Tyron Uy is running for reelection unopposed.

Davao del Norte

Davao del Sur

Davao Occidental

Davao Oriental

Soccksargen

Cotabato

Sarangani

South Cotabato

Sultan Kudarat

Caraga Caraga, officially the Caraga Administrative Region (or simply known as Caraga region) and designated as Region XIII, is an Regions of the Philippines, administrative region in the Philippines occupying the northeastern section of Mindanao. Th ...

Agusan del Norte

Agusan del Sur

Dinagat Islands

Incumbent governor Glenda Ecleo is not running for she is term-limited. Her son, incumbent Vice Governor Benglen Ecleo is running in her place.

Surigao del Norte

Surigao del Sur

Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Bangsamoro, officially the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM; ; ), is an Autonomous regions of the Philippines, autonomous region in the Philippines, located in the southwestern portion of the island of Mindanao. Replacin ...

This year's elections are the first time people of the five provinces of the Bangsamoro region will elect their respective provincial governors.

Basilan

Lanao del Sur

Maguindanao

Sulu

Tawi-Tawi

Notes

References

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