1998 Pasay local elections

Local elections were held in Pasay 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 representative for the lone district, and the councilors, six of them in the two districts of the city.

1998 Pasay Mayoral Elections

May 11, 1998

Nominee Jovito Claudio Wenceslao Trinidad Ricardo "Ding" Santos Party Lakas LAMMP PROMDI Running mate Emmanuel "Lito" Ibay Gregorio "Greg" Alcera Popular vote 55,325 55,097 48,464 Percentage 33.86% 33.72% 29.66%

Mayor before election Pablo Cuneta Nacionalista Elected mayor Jovito Claudio Lakas

Background

Mayor Pablo Cuneta did not run for re-election. Representative and former Mayor Jovito Claudio ran for mayor. He was challenged by Vice Mayor Wenceslao "Peewee" Trinidad and Ricardo "Ding" Santos, former security aide of Mayor Pablo Cuneta.

Second District Councilor Greg Alcera ran for Vice Mayor. He was challenged by Second District Councilor Emmanuel "Lito" Ibay, Edgardo "Arding" Cuneta, son of former Mayor Pablo Cuneta, and other candidates.

Rep. Jovito Claudio was on second term and ran as Mayor. Elinor "Elaine" Gamboa-Cuneta, wife of outgoing Mayor Pablo Cuneta ran for his place. Cuneta was challenged by Rolando "Ding" Briones, Edita "Edith" Vergel de Dios, former Councilor Rey Bagatsing, former OIC-Mayor Norman Urbina, Cesar "Sipag" Ochoa, Roland Ledesma, and independent Chris Cornejo.

Candidates

Team Claudio-Ibay-Cuneta

LAKAS-NUCD-UMDP

Name	Party		Result
For House Of Representative
Elaine Gamboa-Cuneta		Lakas	Lost
For Mayor
Jovito Claudio		Lakas	Won
For Vice Mayor
Lito Ibay		Lakas	Lost
For Councilor 1st District
Ed Advincula		Lakas	Won
Bebot Bunye		Lakas	Lost
Chet Cuneta		Lakas	Lost
Encio Mateo		Lakas	Lost
Mar Matic		Lakas	Lost
Bing Petallo		Lakas	Lost
For Councilor 2nd District
Moti Arceo		Lakas	Lost
Linda Hilario		Lakas	Lost
Willy Lim		Lakas	Lost
Allan Panaligan		Lakas	Won
Tony Protacio		Lakas	Lost
Bong Tolentino		Lakas	Won

Team Trinidad-Alcera-Vergel De Dios

LAMMP

Name	Party		Result
For House Of Representative
Edith Vergel De Dios		LAMMP	Lost
For Mayor
Peewee Trinidad		LAMMP	Lost
For Vice Mayor
Greg Alcera		LAMMP	Won
For Councilor (1st District)
Ric Arabia		LAMMP	Lost
Romy Cabrera		LAMMP	Won
Tony Calixto		LAMMP	Won
Justo "JJ" Justo		LAMMP	Won
Teddy Lorca		LAMMP	Lost
Marlon Pesebre		LAMMP	Lost
For Councilor (2nd District)
Obet Alvarez		LAMMP	Lost
Emi Calixto-Rubiano		LAMMP	Won
Ruben Cura		LAMMP	Lost
Albert Paredes		LAMMP	Lost
Eddie San Jose		LAMMP	Lost
Pete Tianzon		LAMMP	Won

Team Kaibigan

PROMDI-NPC

Name	Party		Result
For House Of Representative
Rolando Briones		NPC	Won
For Mayor
Ricardo "Ding" Santos		PROMDI	Lost
For Vice Mayor
Cesar Santiago		NPC	Lost
For Councilor (1st District)
Rico Cordora		NPC	Lost
Oscar De Guia		NPC	Lost
Rey Mateo		NPC	Won
Abet Reyes		NPC	Lost
Jose Antonio Roxas		NPC	Won
Cesar Tibajia		NPC	Lost
For Councilor (2nd District)
Federico Medina-Cue		NPC	Lost
Ding Morales		NPC	Lost
Inday Rose Laguim		NPC	Lost
Pepe Lapira		NPC	Lost
Rofina Lovina		NPC	Lost
Ian Vendivel		NPC	Lost

Results

Names written in bold-Italic are the re-elected incumbents while in italic are incumbents lost in elections.

For District Representative

Rolando "Ding" Briones defeated former City's First Lady Elinor "Elaine" Gamboa-Cuneta, Second District Councilor Edita "Edith" Vergel de Dios, and former Councilor Rey Bagatsing.

Representatives, Lone District of Pasay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Rolando "Ding" Briones	47,292	31.33%
	LAMMP	Edita Vergel De Dios	38,920	25.79%
	Lakas	Elinor "Elaine" Gamboa-Cuneta	21,859	14.48%
	Liberal	Rey Bagatsing	18,892	12.52%
	Aksyon	Cesar "Sipag" Ochoa	14,937	9.90%
	Reporma	Norman Urbina	8,189	5.43%
	Independent	Chris Cornejo	485	0.32%
	KBL	Roland Ledesma	364	0.24%
Total votes			150,938	100.00%
	NPC hold

For Mayor

Representative and former Mayor Dr. Jovito Claudio won in a tight election to Vice Mayor Wenceslao Trinidad with margin of 228 votes.

Pasay Mayoralty Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Jovito Claudio	55,325	33.86%
	LAMMP	Wenceslao Trinidad	55,097	33.72%
	PROMDI	Ricardo "Ding" Santos	48,464	29.66%
	KAMPI	Rene Saraza	3,909	2.39%
	Independent	Ben Perez	267	0.16%
	KBL	Romulo "Rome" Marcelo	136	0.08%
	Independent	Sunji Peñaflor-Noel	128	0.08%
	Independent	Florencio Muga	58	0.04%
Total votes			163,384	100.00%
	Lakas hold

For Vice Mayor

Second District Councilor Gregorio "Greg" Alcera was elected.

Pasay Vice-Mayoralty Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LAMMP	Gregorio "Greg" Alcera	71,930	49.68%
	Lakas	Emmanuel "Lito" Ibay	35,017	24.19%
	NPC	Cesar Santiago	22,938	15.84%
	Reporma	Edgardo Cuneta	13,342	9.22%
	Liberal	Angel Valloyas	861	0.59%
	Independent	Leony Legaspi	688	0.48%
Total votes			144,776	100.00%
	LAMMP hold

For Councilor

First District

Four of the six incumbents were re-elected. Uldarico Arabia and Teodulo Lorca Jr. were lost in the elections. Newly-elected councilors were Jose Antonio Roxas and Reynaldo Mateo, brother of former Councilor Florencio Mateo.

Member, City Council of Pasay's First District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LAMMP	Antonino "Tony" Calixto	33,400
	LAMMP	Panfilo "Justo" Justo	27,441
	LAMMP	Romulo "Romy" Cabrera	22,997
	Lakas	Eduardo "Ed" Advincula	21,866
	NPC	Jose Antonio "Lito" Roxas	21,560
	NPC	Reynaldo "Rey" Mateo	20,517
	LAMMP	Uldarico "Ric" Arabia	19,803
	LAMMP	Marlon Pesebre	19,244
	Lakas	Cesar Joseph "Chet" Cuneta	16,311
	LAMMP	Teodulo "Teddy" Lorca Jr.	14,407
	Lakas	Ma. Luisa "Bing" Petallo	13,722
	NPC	Rico Cordora	12,885
	Independent	Leonides Cuneta	12,619
	Independent	Sonny Lim	12,199
	NPC	Oscar De Guia	10,660
	PDP–Laban	Jovi Angel	10,282
	NPC	Abet Reyes	10,149
	Independent	Bobi Austria	9,082
	Lakas	Florencio "Encio" Mateo	9,047
	NPC	Cesar Tibajia	8,580
	Lakas	Bebot Bunye	7,745
	Reporma	Bogs Abelarde	6,083
	Reporma	Nonoy Hilvano	5,721
	Lakas	Mar Matic	5,441
	Reporma	Abe Rogacion	4,737
	KAMPI	Felipe Tauro	4,433
	KAMPI	John Jatico	3,856
	Independent	Pat Cuneta	3,633
	Reporma	Irma Lovina	3,416
	KAMPI	Ramon Viana	1,579
	KAMPI	Prince Kahulugan	1,359
	KAMPI	Ben Tejero	1,336
	Independent	Mina Cuneta	1,307
	Independent	Rafael Ungria	842
	KAMPI	Sim Celo	646
Total votes

Second District

One of the six incumbents was re-elected. Gregorio Alcera ran and won as Vice Mayor. Emmanuel Ibay ran for vice mayor but lost. Alberto Alvarez did not run for re-election. Edita Vergel de Dios ran for representative but lost to Rolando Briones. Roberto Alvarez ran but lost. Nelwy-elected councilors were Allan Panaligan, Ma. Consuelo Dy, Imelda Calixto-Rubiano, Arvin "Bong" Tolentino and Pedro Tiamzon.

Member, City Council of Pasay's Second District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Allan Panaligan	38,808
	Independent	Ma. Consuelo "Connie" Dy	33,027
	Reporma	Reynaldo "Rey" Padua	32,534
	LAMMP	Emi Calixto-Rubiano	29,288
	Lakas	Arvin "Bong" Tolentino	28,286
	LAMMP	Pedro "Pete" Tiamzon	25,857
	LAMMP	Albert Paredes	24,882
	LAMMP	Roberto "Obet" Alvarez	24,646
	Lakas	Arnel Regino "Moti" Arceo	21,546
	LAMMP	Ruben Cura	18,650
	NPC	Ian Vendivel	17,481
	Lakas	Tony Protacio	15,061
	Lakas	Erlinda "Linda" Hilario	14,784
	LAMMP	Eddie San Jose	12,524
	NPC	Pepe Lapira	9,151
	NPC	Federico Medina-Cue	8,146
	NPC	Ding Morales	8,125
	Lakas	Willy Lim	6,913
	NPC	Rofina Lovina	6,755
	NPC	Inday Rose Laguim	6,345
	Reporma	Tony Ramirez	5,471
	Reporma	Dante San Jose	5,256
	Aksyon	Rupert Bautista	4,422
	KAMPI	Ed Hidalgo	1,756
	PDP–Laban	Pete Ordiales	1,674
	KAMPI	Lou Madraso	912
	KAMPI	Ernesto Legaspi	905
	Independent	Elmer Lopez	718
	KAMPI	Boy Santos	688
	KBL	Nida Gomez	637
	KAMPI	Nestor Rapi	530
	KAMPI	Joey Ramos	469
	KBL	Mel Vicente	418
	Independent	Jojie Claudio	4
	KBL	Mario Conui	2
Total votes

Aftermath

On May 1998, Trinidad filed an electoral protest before the COMELEC due to alleged irregularities found in the election returns and canvass, but the COMELEC upholded Claudio's proclamation in June 1998. The protest was later dismissed by the Supreme Court in December 15, 1999.