2022 Marilao local elections

Local elections were held in Marilao, Bulacan on May 9, 2022 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected the elective local posts in the municipality: the mayor, vice mayor, and eight councilors.

2022 Marilao local elections

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Nominee Ricky Silvestre Atty. Jem Sy Party PDP–Laban Aksyon Running mate Henry Lutao Irma Celones (NUP) Popular vote 43,124 42,853 Percentage 50.15% 49.84%

Mayor before election Ricky Silvestre PDP–Laban Elected mayor Ricky Silvestre PDP–Laban

Background

Incumbent Mayor Ricky Silvestre is running for reelection. His main opponent is Atty. Jem Sy, an actress and president of the Jemina Sy Foundation, who previously ran for mayor in the 2019 elections.^[1]

Results

The candidates for mayor and vice mayor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.^[2]

Mayor

Marilao mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Ricky Silvestre	43,124	50.15
	Aksyon	Atty. Jem Sy	42,853	49.84
Total votes			85,977	100
	PDP–Laban hold

Electoral protest

On May 24, 2022, the Regional Trial Court approved Atty. Jem Sy's electoral protest against incumbent mayor Ricky Silvestre.^[3] This will be the second protest the former has filed against the latter, the first being dismissed in 2019.^[4]

Vice Mayor

Marilao vice mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Henry Lutao	37,015	44.64
	PFP	Jessa Mahilac	25,236	30.43
	NUP	Irma Celones	20,666	24.92
Total votes			82,917	100
	PDP–Laban hold

Sangguniang Bayan election

Election is via plurality-at-large voting: A voter votes for up to eight candidates, then the eight candidates with the highest number of votes are elected.^[2]

Incumbent Councilors Deby Espiritu-Reyes and Arnold Papa are term-limited; Deby's daughter, Gizelle, and Arnold's brother, Arnel, will run for their seats. Councilor Irma Celones is also term-limited, and ran for vice mayor. Councilor Mark Guillermo is also term-limited but opted not to run for other positions. Councilor Ariel Amador will be running for his third and final term, while Allane Sayo, Marlon Villamar and William Villarica will run for their second terms.

Returning politicians are former councilor Bob dela Cruz and former mayor Tito Santiago.

Marilao Sangguniang Bayan election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Bob dela Cruz	38,962	6.92
	PDP–Laban	Tito Santiago	38,469	6.84
	Aksyon	Madel Jasa	36,209	6.43
	PDP–Laban	William Villarica	35,781	6.36
	PDP–Laban	Vanessa Valdez	34,569	6.14
	PDP–Laban	Allane Sayo	32,551	5.78
	PDP–Laban	Ariel Amador	32,207	5.72
	Independent	Andre Santos	31,302	5.56
	PDP–Laban	Ronnie RM Mendoza	29,580	5.26
	Nacionalista	Arnel Papa	28,673	5.09
	NUP	Renz Silvestre	27,805	4.94
	PDP–Laban	Marlon Villamar	24,943	4.43
	KBL	Harvey Mediante	21,706	3.85
	Nacionalista	Gizelle Reyes-Tuazon	20,377	3.62
	PDP–Laban	Jojo Gabriel	18,959	3.37
	Aksyon	Jomar Aguirre	17,774	3.16
	Independent	Joel Ventura	17,453	3.10
	NUP	Teen Fabian	16,383	2.91
	Aksyon	Demy Bautista	15,326	2.72
	Aksyon	Untoy dela Cruz	15,150	2.69
	NUP	Aaron Peña	12,493	2.22
	KANP	Guam Partosa	4,583	0.81
	Independent	Allain Lei Moronia	4,538	0.80
	Independent	Totie Victoriano	3,987	0.70
	Independent	Alternatiba Unlayao	2,563	0.45
Total votes			562,343	100

References

1. "LIST: Who is running in Bulacan in the 2022 Philippine elections?". Rappler. September 16, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
2. "2022 NLE". COMELEC, DICT, Smartmatic. May 9, 2022. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
3. "Atty Jem Sy - Today, i received the first order from the court.. 🙏🙏 It's official.. tuloy ang laban 👊👊👊". Atty. Jem Sy - via Facebook. May 24, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
4. Mercado, Neil Arwin (July 30, 2019). "Court dismisses election protest vs Marilao mayor". Inquirer.net. Retrieved June 12, 2022.

External links

• https://comelec.gov.ph/php-tpls-attachments/2022NLE/BallotTemplates/REGION_III/BULACAN/MARILAO.pdf