Local elections for governors, vice governors, mayors and vice mayors in the nation's first elections for provincial and municipal officials since the declaration of martial law were held on January 30, 1980. As usual, President
Ferdinand Marcos's party the
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan dominated the elections. The
Lakas ng Bayan and the
Liberal Party-backed National Union for Liberation did participate but most of them lost except for some like
Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. who won the mayoral election in
Cagayan de Oro by a landslide.