Local elections were held in

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on May 9, 2022, as part of the Philippine general election. Held concurrently with the national elections, the electorate voted to elect a mayor, a vice mayor, twelve city council members, and two district representatives to congress. Those elected took their respective offices on June 30, 2022, for a three-year-long term. 350,676 out of 443,611 registered voters voted in this election. Representative

Wes Gatchalian Weslie "Wes" Ting Gatchalian (born August 11, 1980) is a Filipino politician who has served as the 27th mayor of Valenzuela since 2022. A member of the Nationalist People's Coalition, Gatchalian was first elected to public office in 2013, as t ...

and Vice Mayor

Lorena Natividad-Borja Lorena C. Natividad-Borja (born 10 August 1974), also known as Lorie Natividad, Lorie Natividad-Borja or Lorie Borja, is the incumbent Vice Mayor of Valenzuela since June 30, 2016. She previously served as Member of the Valenzuela Valenzuela may ...

were elected to the city's mayoralty and vice mayoralty respectively, with Gatchalian being elected to his first term and Natividad-Borja being re-elected for her second. The NPC-affiliated Team Tuloy ang Progreso, Valenzuela won all twelve seats in the city council, securing the coalition complete control of the legislative body. Outgoing Mayor

Rex Gatchalian Rexlon Ting Gatchalian (born January 21, 1979) is a Filipino politician, first district representative of Valenzuela City, and was the 26th Mayor of the Valenzuela, Philippines. He already served as the representative of the first district o ...

and Representative

Eric Martinez Eric Morales Martinez (; born May 3, 1972) is a Filipino politician who is currently a member of House of Representatives from Valenzuela's 2nd district since 2016 and he was the House Deputy Speaker for 18th Congress from 2020 to 2022. P ...

were elected to represent the

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and second districts respectively in the 19th Congress. The former was elected for his first term while the latter was elected for his third.

Mayoral and vice mayoral election

Incumbent mayor Rexlon "Rex" Gatchalian was elected to a third term as

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in the 2019 elections. Due to term limits, he is ineligible to run for re-election; his party, the Nationalist People's Coalition nominated his brother, two-term representative Wes Gatchalian in his place. His main opponent was Engineer Bombit Bernardo, the standard bearer of Lingkod ng Mamamayan ng Valenzuela City (LINKOD). Incumbent vice mayor Lorena "Lorie" Natividad-Borja was elected to a second term as vice mayor in the 2019 elections after having served as a councilor representing the second district from 2001 to 2007 and from 2010 to 2016. Her main opponent was

Karuhatan Karuhatan is one of the constituent barangays in the city of Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Philippines. Karuhatan is derived from the word "kaduhatan" meaning the " duhat" fruit tree or black plum. Around 40,000 residents live in this 190.6 hectare b ...

Barangay Captain Ricardo "Boy" De Gula.

Congressional election

The incumbent first district representative was Weslie T. Gatchalian, younger brother to both senator

Sherwin T. Gatchalian Sherwin Ting Gatchalian (born April 6, 1974), known as Win Gatchalian, is a Filipino politician and businessman serving as a Senator since 2016. A member of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), he previously served as the Representative of ...

and incumbent mayor

Rexlon T. Gatchalian Rexlon Ting Gatchalian (born January 21, 1979) is a Filipino politician, first district representative of Valenzuela City, and was the 26th Mayor of the Valenzuela, Philippines. He already served as the representative of the first district ...

. Weslie was on his second term as representative. For the second district, incumbent representative

was also on his second term. He faced against former Valenzuela lone district and former Representative Magtanggol "Magi" Gunigundo in the election.

Candidates

Administration coalition

Primary opposition coalition

Independent

Election results

The winners of the congressional, mayor and vice mayor seats of Valenzuela City is determined with the highest number of votes received. These positions are voted separately, so there is a possibility that the winning officials came from the same or different political parties.

Mayoral election

Incumbent mayor was Rexlon "Rex" T. Gatchalian. 2022_Valenzuela_Mayoral_Election_Result

Vice Mayoral election

Incumbent vice mayor was Lorena "Lorie" Natividad-Borja. 2022 Valenzuela VM Results

Congressional elections

First district

Incumbent representative was Weslie Gatchalian.

Second district

Incumbent representative was

City council elections

The voters in the city elected six councilors on the district where they are registered. Each district elects its own set of councilors via

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First district

Second district

References

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