2019 Valenzuela local elections

Local elections will be held in Valenzuela on May 13, 2019 within the Philippine general election. The voters will elect for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the two Congressmen (or district representatives), and the councilors, six in each of the city's two legislative districts.

Valenzuela mayoral elections, 2019
May 13, 2019 (2019-05-13)
Mayoral, vice mayoral, congressional representatives
and all 12 city council seats
 
Nominee Bien Español Rex Gatchalian Bong Go
Party Independent NPC Lakas
Running mate Lorena C. Natividad-Borja
Elections in Valenzuela
Mayoral elections

Mayoral and vice mayoral election

Incumbent mayor Rexlon "Rex" Gatchalian is on his second term as the mayor of Valenzuela. Prior to his election as mayor in 2013, he represented the first district of Valenzuela from 2007 to 2013. It is initially speculated that Rodrigo Duterte's common-law wife Honeylet Avanceña will run for mayor; however, the rumor is debunked by a COMELEC local officer.[1]

Incumbent vice mayor Lorena "Lorie" Natividad-Borja is on her first term as the vice mayor. Prior to her election as vice mayor in 2016, she was a member of the city council representing the second district from 2001-2007 and 2010-2016.

Congressional election

The incumbent first district representative is Weslie T. Gatchalian, younger brother to both senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian and incumbent mayor Rexlon T. Gatchalian, is on his first term.

For the second district, incumbent representative Eric Martinez is also on his first term.

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 is Rexlon "Rex" T. Gatchalian.

Valenzuela City mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Bienvenido "Bien" A. Español
NPC Rexlon "Rex" T. Gatchalian[2]
Lakas Antonio "Bong" M. Go
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Vice Mayoral election

Incumbent vice mayor is Lorena "Lorie" Natividad-Borja.

Valenzuela City mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Lorena C. Natividad-Borja[2]
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

First district

Incumbent representative is Weslie Gatchalian.

2019 Philippine House of Representatives election in the 1st District of Valenzuela
Party Candidate Votes %
Lakas Roberto "Obet" D. Bartolome
NPC Weslie "Wes" T. Gatchalian
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes

Second district

Incumbent representative is Eric Martinez.

2019 Philippine House of Representatives election in the 2nd District of Valenzuela
Party Candidate Votes %
Lakas Magtanggol "Magi" T. Gunigundo
PDP–Laban Eric M. Martinez
Total votes

City council elections
First (left) and second (right) legislative districts of Valenzuela.

The voters in the city are set to elect six councilors on the district where they are registered. Candidates are voted separately so there are chances where winning candidates will have unequal number of votes and may come from different political parties.

First district
2019 Valenzuela City First District council election
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Walter "Bimbo" D. Dela Cruz
NPC Ramon L. Encarnacion
NPC Ricardo Ricarr "Ricar" C. Enriquez
PDP–Laban Rovin Andrew "Rovin" M. Feliciano
Lakas Agripina "Agring" S. Lapu-Lapu
NPC Joseph William D. Lee
NPC Jennifer "Jenny" P. Pingree
Lakas Ernesto "Nico" M. Trinidad

Second district
2019 Valenzuela City Second District council election
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Chiqui Marie "Chiqui" N. Carreon
NPC Kimberly Ann "Kim" D. Galang
NPC Niña Shiela "Niña" B. Lopez
Lakas Jenny Rose "Jenny" Y. Nacario
NPC Louie P. Nolasco
Lakas Jenna N. Pangan
NPC Crissha "Charee" M. Pineda
NPC Kristian Rome "Tyson" T. Sy

References
  1. "Honeylet Avenceña not running for mayor in Valenzuela – Comelec". Manila Bulletin News. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  2. "Gatchalian slate drops by church before Comelec filing". Politiko Metro Manila. 2018-10-16. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
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