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.
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Background
Mayor Pablo Cuneta won't ran for re-election. Representative and former Mayor Jovito Claudio ran for mayor. He was challenged by Vice Mayor Wenceslao "Peewee" Trinidad.
Second District Councilor Greg Alcera ran for Vice Mayor.
Representative 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 and Edita "Edith" Vergel de Dios.
Candidates
Team Trinidad-Alcera
Name | Party | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
For House Of Representative | |||
Edith Vergel de Dios | LAMMP | Lost | |
For Mayor | |||
Wenceslao "Peewee" Trinidad | LAMMP | Lost | |
For Vice Mayor | |||
Greg Alcera | LAMMP | Won | |
For Councilor 1st District | |||
Uldarico "Ric" Arabia | LAMMP | Lost | |
Romulo "Rome" Cabrera | LAMMP | Won | |
Tony Calixto | LAMMP | Won | |
Justo Justo | LAMMP | Won | |
Teodulo "Teddy" Lorca | LAMMP | Lost | |
Marlon Pesebre | LAMMP | Lost | |
For Councilor 2nd District | |||
Roberto "Obet" Alvarez | LAMMP | Lost | |
Rolando "Rolly" Bacar | LAMMP | Lost | |
Imelda Calixto-Rubiano | LAMMP | Won | |
Connie Dy | LAMMP | Won | |
Allan Panaligan | LAMMP | Won | |
Pedro "Pete" Tiamzon | LAMMP | Won |
Results
For District Representative
Rolando "Ding" Briones won. Briones defeated former City's First Lady Elaine Gamboa-Cuneta and Edith Vergel de Dios.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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PROMDI | Rolando Briones | |||
Lakas | Elaine Cuneta | |||
LAMMP | Edith Vergel De Dios | |||
PROMDI hold | ||||
For Mayor
Incumbent Representative and former Mayor Dr. Jovito Claudio won. Claudio won in a tight election to incumbent Vice Mayor Wenceslao Trinidad with margin of 228 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Lakas | Jovito Claudio | 55,325 | ||
LAMMP | Wenceslao Trinidad | 55,097 | ||
PROMDI | Ricardo "Ding" Santos | |||
Independent | Romulo "Rome" Marcelo | |||
Lakas hold | ||||
For Vice Mayor
Incumbent Second District Councilor Greg Alcera will run as Vice Mayor.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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LAMMP | Gregorio "Greg" Alcera | |||
LAMMP hold | ||||
First District
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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LAMMP | Antonino Calixto | |||
LAMMP | Justo Justo | |||
LAMMP | Romulo "Rome" Cabrera | |||
Lakas | Eduardo Advincula | |||
PROMDI | Jose Antonio "Lito" Roxas | |||
Lakas | Reynaldo "Rey" Mateo | |||
Total votes |
Second District
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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LAMMP | Allan Panaligan | |||
LAMMP | Connie Dy | |||
Lakas | Reynaldo "Rey" Padua | |||
LAMMP | Imelda Calixto-Rubiano | |||
Lakas | Arvin "Bong" Tolentino | |||
LAMMP | Pedro "Pete" Tiamzon | |||
Total votes |
Note
Due to limited or no source for this election online, no citations has made.
The main sources are the old election results that may be kept by the local election precinct of the city.