1998 Manila local elections

Local elections was held in the City of Manila on May 11, 1998, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the six congressmen, and the councilors, six in each of the city's six legislative districts.

1998 Manila mayoral election

May 11, 1998 (1998-05-11)

Candidate Lito Atienza Amado Bagatsing Ernesto Maceda Party Liberal LDP NPC Running mate Butch Belgica Danny Lacuna Popular vote 197,476 161,728 160,004 Percentage 29.67 24.30 24.04

Mayor before election Lito Atienza Liberal Elected mayor Lito Atienza Liberal

Vice mayoral election

Candidate Danny Lacuna Butch Belgica Party PDP–Laban Liberal

Vice Mayor before election Larry Silva Independent Elected Vice Mayor Danny Lacuna PDP–Laban

With the resignation of Alfredo Lim to run for president, Vice Mayor Lito Atienza was seated as mayor, with former boxer-comedian and first councilor Larry Silva as the vice mayor. Atienza won the election after facing Third district congressman Jaime C. Lopez, senator Ernesto Maceda, and congressman Amado Bagatsing. Bagatsing's running-mate, and 1992 mayoral candidate Danny Lacuna won the vice mayorship.

In this election also won the first term of actor and future mayor Isko Moreno.

Results

For Mayor

Incumbent Mayor Lito Atienza won his first term against ten candidates, including 5th district representative Amado Bagatsing, senator Ernesto Maceda and 3rd district representative Jaime Lopez.

Manila Mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lito Atienza	197,476	29.67
	LDP	Amado Bagatsing	161,728	24.30
	NPC	Ernesto Maceda	160,004	24.04
	Lakas	Jaime Lopez	144,754	21.75
	Independent	Onofre Abad	350	0.05
	Independent	Benjamin Rivera	331	0.05
	Independent	Benigno Perez	289	0.04
	Independent	Reynaldo Navarez	239	0.04
	Independent	Johnny Regalado	221	0.03
	Independent	Antonio Gamo	203	0.03
	Independent	Gervacio Benegas	47	0.01
Total votes			665,642	100.00
	Liberal hold

For Vice Mayor

Former vice mayor Danny Lacuna won against 6th district councilor Butch Belgica.

Manila vice mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Danny Lacuna
	Liberal	Butch Belgica
Total votes				100.00
	PDP–Laban gain from Liberal