Manila held its local elections on Monday, May 13, 2019, as a part of the
2019 Philippine general election. Voters elected candidates for
mayor, vice mayor,
6 congressmen, and the 36 councilors that would be members of the
City Council. 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
mayor of Manila. 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 winners are elected via
multiple non-transferable vote 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.
Joseph Estrada is running for his third term as the
Mayor of Manila. Meanwhile,
Alfredo Lim is seeking to make his comeback as the mayor after being defeated by Estrada twice in the
2013 and
2016 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.
Manuel Luis "Manny" Lopez (
NPC, supported by
PDP-Laban 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.
Carlo Lopez is the incumbent, and is term-limited. His cousin Alex is running under the
Nacionalista Party, with support from
PMP and KABAKA; Carlo is a member of
PDP-Laban. Also running are incumbent councilors Rolan Valeriano (Asenso Manileño) and Rodolfo "Ninong" Lacsamana (
NUP). The coalition of
PDP-Laban and
KKK did not nominate any candidate in this district.
John Marvin "
Yul Servo" Nieto is the incumbent, and was running under the
PDP-Laban banner with support from
Asenso Manileño. He faced former representative Zenaida "Naida" Angping, who was running under
Lakas–CMD and supported by
PMP and KABAKA.
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
PDP-Laban-
KKK did not have a candidate.
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
PDP-Laban and
Alfredo Lim'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
Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino's Team Legacy.