2019 Makati local elections

Local elections were held in Makati on May 13, 2019, within the Philippine general election. The voters will elect for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the two Congressmen, and the eight councilors, eight in each of the city's two legislative districts.

2019 Makati mayoral election

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Nominee Abigail Binay Junjun Binay Ricardo Yabut Party UNA UNA ang Makati Bigkis Running mate Monique Lagdameo Monsour Del Rosario Popular vote 179,522 98,653 23,721 Percentage 58.26% 32.01% 7.69%

Mayor before election Abigail Binay UNA Elected mayor Abigail Binay UNA

Background

Incumbent mayor Abigail Binay assumed as Mayor after winning in the 2016 elections. Binay ran after the Office of the Ombudsman dismissed her brother former Mayor Junjun Binay due to the alleged overpricing of Makati City Hall Building II. She is running for reelection under the United Nationalist Alliance. Her main opponent is her brother, Junjun.^[1] The former mayor claims that she has a deal with her sister, that she will serve for one term as Mayor. The Ombudsman dismissed Binay due to the Makati City Hall Building II parking lot fiasco and was perpetually disqualified from holding any public office. However, the Commission on Elections reiterates that Binay can still run for Mayor, because the ruling is not yet final and executory.^[2] The former mayor has the support of majority of councilors and Barangay Captains in Makati. In an interview on 24 Oras, he will withdraw his candidacy for Mayor if his father, former Vice President Jejomar Binay will run for Mayor.

Campaign

On April 27, 2019, siblings and mayoral rivals Abigail Binay and Junjun Binay had a heated public exchange during a pre-election forum hosted by the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) at the San Ildefonso Parish in Barangay Pio del Pilar, gaining widespread attention. The conflict began when Junjun accused the police and security of a local official of "escorting the number one drug lord of Makati," leading to a confrontation with Abigail. Their father, former Vice President and 1st district congressional candidate Jejomar Binay, and Makati City Police Station chief Pablo Simon had to intervene to ease the tension.^[3] The PPCRV criticized the incident, with its vice chairman Johnny Cardenas stating that the confrontation was a "scene" that lacked respect for the church. He added that the siblings were asked beforehand to refrain from personal attacks and to focus on their platforms.^[4] The Binay siblings and their sister, Senator Nancy Binay, later apologized for the incident.^[5]

The family feud also became a public matter when Senator Nancy Binay claimed her siblings' rift was due to Abigail's husband, 2nd district Representative Luis Campos. She claimed that the Campos couple stopped talking to the Binay family and had been skipping weekly family lunches since 2016. Furthermore, she backed her brother's mayoral bid, stating that Abigail had failed to deliver the services that made their father famous as mayor.^[6] In a direct response, Abby called Nancy and Junjun "mean" for attacking her husband Luis.^[7]

Candidates

Representative

1st District

Incumbent Monsour del Rosario is running for Vice Mayor. His slate named former Vice President Jejomar Binay, who is running against, among others, former acting city mayor Romulo “Kid” Peña.

2019 Philippine House of Representatives election in Makati's 1st District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Romulo “Kid” Peña, Jr.	71,035	48.27
	UNA	Jejomar Binay	65,229	44.32
	Independent	Brigido Mesina, Jr.	1,213	0.82
	Independent	Ferdinand Sevilla	728	0.50
Valid ballots			138,205	93.91
Invalid or blank votes			8,959	6.09
Total votes			147,164	100.00
	Liberal gain from PDP–Laban

2nd District

Incumbent Luis Campos is running for reelection. His opponents are city councilor Nemesio "King" Yabut Jr., Rodolfo Flores and Ricardo Opoc.

2019 Philippine House of Representatives election in Makati's 2nd District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Luis Campos (Incumbent)	90,736	57.44
	PDP–Laban	Nemesio "King" Yabut Jr.	63,245	40.04
	Independent	Rodolfo Flores	2,293	1.45
	Independent	Ricardo Opoc	1,687	1.07
Valid ballots			157,961	91.00
Invalid or blank votes			15,702	9.00
Total votes			173,663	100.00
	NPC hold

Mayor

Makati Mayoralty Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Abigail Binay (Incumbent)	179,522	58.26
	UNA Ang Makati	Jejomar Binay Jr.	98,653	32.01
	Bigkis	Ricardo Yabut	23,721	7.69
	Independent	Renato Bondal	3,565	1.15
	Independent	Wilfredo Talag	1,541	0.50
	Independent	Carmelle Ainne Alanzalon	1,101	0.35
Total votes			308,103	100.00
	UNA hold

Vice Mayor

Makati Vice Mayoralty Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Monique Lagdameo (Incumbent)	182,655	60.82
	PDP–Laban	Monsour del Rosario	105,153	35.01
	Independent	Virgilio Batalla	7,522	2.50
	Independent	Roberto Lantin	3,439	1.14
	Independent	Rodolfo Biolena	1,538	0.51
Total votes			300,307	100.00
	UNA hold

Councilors

1st District

Makati City Council Election – 1st District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Virgilio "Jhong" Hilario, Jr. (Incumbent)	90,525	9.77
	UNA	Alcine "Ichi" Yabut	78,590	8.49
	UNA	Luis "Jojo" Javier (Incumbent)	60,572	6.54
	UNA	Jose Villena IV	56,704	6.12
	UNA	Martin John Pio Arenas	53,590	5.78
	UNA	Armando Padilla	52,724	5.69
	UNA	Rene Andrei Saguisag	48,738	5.26
	UNA Ang Makati	Tosca Camille Puno-Ramos (Incumbent)[A]	47,568	5.13
	UNA	Carmina Ortega	46,338	5.01
	UNA Ang Makati	Ma. Arlene M. Ortega	45,011	4.86
	UNA Ang Makati	Rochelle Eusebio	44,848	4.84
	UNA Ang Makati	Dim Ralyn Medina	42,035	4.54
	UNA Ang Makati	Benhur Cruz	40,148	4.34
	UNA Ang Makati	Kristine Mae Casal-Reyes	36,978	3.99
	UNA Ang Makati	Evangeline Manotok	35,301	3.81
	UNA Ang Makati	Michael Infante	32,831	3.55
	Independent	Michael Anthony Abcede	16,667	1.80
	Independent	Star Uy	14,590	1.58
	Independent	Jessielin Trinidad	12,262	1.32
	Independent	Ricardo Nepomuceno	9,879	1.07
	Independent	Arlen Delos Angeles	7,757	0.84
	Independent	Ruben Enciso	7,112	0.77
	Independent	Ross Ives Vincens Valentin	5,985	0.65
	Independent	Giovanni Manalo	5,834	0.63
	Independent	Luther Lapira	5,540	0.60
	Independent	Reynaldo Alzona	4,808	0.52
	Independent	Orlando Stephen Solidum	4,748	0.51
	Independent	Julius Matullano	4,559	0.49
	Independent	Leopoldo Claracay	3,716	0.40
	PFP	Imelda Mangalino	3,516	0.38
	Independent	Elpidio Valino	3,100	0.33
	Independent	Elmer Virtus	3,089	0.33
	PGRP	Alberto Diaz	2,592	0.28
Total votes			925,663	100.00

Notes

• A^ Incumbent Rico J. Puno died on October 30, 2018. His daughter, former councilor Tosca Camille Puno-Ramos, was named as his substitute.

2nd District

Makati City Council Election – 2nd District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Kristina Sarosa	96,131	8.23
	UNA Ang Makati	Leonardo Magpantay (Incumbent)	82,279	7.04
	UNA	Arnold Cruz	79,387	6.79
	UNA Ang Makati	Shirley "Aspi" Aspillaga (Incumbent)	79,112	6.77
	UNA	Dennis Almario	78,093	6.68
	UNA Ang Makati	Israel Cruzado (Incumbent)	74,713	6.39
	UNA	Benedict Baniqued	71,473	6.11
	UNA	Ma. Dolores Arayon	69,191	5.92
	UNA	Joel Ariones	68,801	5.89
	UNA Ang Makati	Vincent Sese	66,310	5.68
	UNA Ang Makati	Grazielle Iony De Lara	64,953	5.56
	UNA Ang Makati	Evelyn Delfina "Bing" E. Villamor	58,428	5.00
	UNA Ang Makati	Henry Jacome	56,929	4.87
	UNA	Ives Ebrada	53,740	4.60
	UNA	Edralyn Marquez	53,010	4.54
	UNA Ang Makati	Michael Tolentino	52,045	4.46
	Independent	Mhac Almazan	9,376	0.80
	Independent	Elizier Bongabong	9,125	0.78
	Independent	Jerry Tan	8,811	0.75
	Independent	Myla Liwanag	8,753	0.75
	Independent	Pedrito Evangelista	7,921	0.68
	Independent	Nilo Cumpa	5,474	0.47
	Independent	Bercel John Tabian	5,297	0.45
	Independent	Rolando Reodique	4,815	0.41
	Independent	Sadat Tanggote	3,892	0.33
Total votes			1,168,059	100.00