2019 Sarangani local elections

2019 Sarangani gubernatorial election

May 13, 2019

Nominee Steve Solon Mohamad Bong Aquia Party PDP-Laban Independent Running mate Elmer de Peralta Willie Dangane Popular vote 175,010 27,742

Governor before election Steve Solon PCM Elected Governor Steve Solon PCM/PDP-Laban

Local elections were held in the Province of Sarangani on May 13, 2019, within the Philippine general election. Voters will select candidates for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor, and a representative for the lone district of Sarangani.

Provincial Elections

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

Candidates for Governor

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Sarangani gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Steve Solon	175,010
	Independent	Mohamad Bong Aquia	27,742
Total votes				100.00
	PDP–Laban hold

Candidates for Vice Governor

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Sarangani vice gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PCM	Elmer de Peralta	146,750
	Independent	Willie Dangane	26,825
Total votes				100.00
	PCM hold

Candidates for Congressman

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Sarangani congressional election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Rogelio Ruel Pacquiao	182,491
	Independent	Jacob Arroyo	9,729
Total votes				100.00
	PDP–Laban hold

Sangguniang Panlalawigan Elections

All 2 Districts of Sarangani will elect Sangguniang Panlalawigan or provincial board members.

1st District (West Coast)

• Municipalities: Kiamba, Maitum, Maasim

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Sarangani 1st District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PCM	Russell Jamora	38,877
	PCM	George Falgui	37,648
	PCM	Jess Bascuña	28,188
	PCM	Rosemarie Sayo	27,805
	Independent	Jeanne Ablog	25,454
	PFP	Rizalina Zamorro-Lucero	15,820
	Independent	Kubli Kuso	14,658
Total votes				100.00

2nd District (East Coast)

• Municipalities: Alabel, Glan, Malapatan, Malungon

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Sarangani 2nd District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PCM	Ephraim Tata Galzote	76,394
	PCM	Irish Arnado	76,302
	PCM	Joseph Calanao	68,483
	PCM	Corazon Grafilo	62,409
	PCM	Arman Guili	60,878
	PCM	Jose Tranquilino Ruiz	55,644
	Independent	Roy Yap	25,894
	Independent	Jorge Liansing Jr.	23,963
	Independent	Toto Beldad	19,174
	Independent	Menandro Dambong	18,320
	Independent	Ferdinand Belimac	15,346
	Independent	Elson Formoso	13,709
Total votes				100.00

Mayoralty Elections

All municipalities of Sarangani will elect mayor and vice-mayor this election. 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. Below is the list of mayoralty candidates of each city and municipalities per district.

1st District (West Coast)

• Municipalities: Kiamba, Maasim, Maitum

Kiamba

Kiamba mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PCM	Danny Martinez	20,489
	Independent	Arnulfo Flores	5,021
Total votes

Kiamba vice mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PCM	Marie Jess Ancheta	18,109
	Independent	Dexter Rojas	5,801
Total votes

Maasim

Maasim mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PCM	Zyrex Pacquiao	14,107
	NPC	Uttoh Salem Cutan	11,365
	PFP	Jocelyn Zamorro-Espina	2,644
	Independent	Jun Lopez	445
Total votes

Maasim vice mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PCM	Visitation Nambatac	10,575
	PFP	Geofray Carnalna	7,545
	Independent	Jerum Lawa Sr.	4,816
	Independent	Asumpta Fernandez	1,942
	Independent	Ruperto Legaspina	1,473
Total votes

Maitum

Maitum mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PCM	Alexander Bryan Reganit	14,596
	NPC	Samson Estabillo	5,919
Total votes

Maitum vice mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Tito Balazon	13,217
	Independent	Pepito Catimbang	4,399
	Independent	Leodivico Ramos	2,081
Total votes

2nd District (East Coast)

• Municipalities: Alabel, Glan, Malapatan, Malungon

Alabel

Alabel mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PCM	Vic Paul Salarda	25,184
	PFP	Elenito Senit	11,885
	Independent	Emilio Cababat	826
Total votes

Alabel vice mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PCM	Ronnel Español	21,564
Total votes

Glan

Glan mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Vivien Yap	23,958
	Independent	Cyril Yap	11,130
	PFP	Enrique Yap, Jr.	9,083
Total votes

Glan vice mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Victor James Yap, Sr.	26,877
	Independent	Arsenio Corsame Jr.	7,432
	PFP	Victor Tan	6,162
	Independent	Benjie Dad	1,374
Total votes

Malapatan

Malapatan mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Salway Sumbo	13,518
	PCM	Abdulracman Pangolima	9,212
	NPC	Gwynn Singcoy	4,450
	Independent	Andy Cepe	2,745
Total votes

Malapatan vice mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jean Delos Santos	13,877
	PCM	Jimmy Bagit	13,061
Total votes

Malungon

Malungon mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PCM	Tessa Constantino	40,202
	Independent	Julian Niñeza	4,430
Total votes

Malungon vice mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PCM	Jun Escalada	26,431
	Independent	Modesto Aban	15,702
Total votes