2019 Marinduque local elections

Local elections were held in Marinduque on May 13, 2019, as part of the 2019 Philippine general election. Voters selected candidates for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, a vice-governor, a governor and a representative for the lone district of Marinduque in the House of Representatives.

2019 Marinduque gubernatorial election

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Registered	152,570 10.8%
Turnout	78.41% ( 8.32 pp)[1]
Candidate Presbitero Velasco Jr. Reynaldo Salvacion Violet Reyes withdrawn Party PDP–Laban Independent UNA Running mate Romulo Bacorro Allan Nepomuceno Popular vote 66,526 34,347 5,015 Percentage 62.73 32.52 4.75
Governor before election Romulo Bacorro PDP–Laban Elected Governor Presbitero Velasco Jr. PDP–Laban

Philippine House of Representatives election at Marinduque

May 13, 2019

Candidate Lord Allan Jay Velasco Harold Lim Party PDP–Laban UNA Popular vote 95,067 5,488 Percentage 94.54 5.46

Congressman before election Lord Allan Jay Velasco PDP–Laban Elected Congressman Lord Allan Jay Velasco PDP–Laban

In this election, a number of provincial-level officials sought reelection, including incumbent congressman Lord Allan Jay Velasco. This was the first election since the 1970s where Carmencita Reyes, who had previously served both as congressman and governor, did not running for office, having died in January 2019.

Results

Governor

Romulo Bacorro assumed office after the death of Carmencita Reyes. He ran for his old position of Vice Governor in this election as the running mate of former Associate Justice Presbitero Velasco Jr. On May 3, Violet Reyes withdrew from the race.

Marinduque gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Presbitero Velasco, Jr.	66,526	62.73%
	Independent	Reynaldo Salvacion	34,347	32.52%
	UNA	Violet Reyes	5,015	4.75%
Total votes			105,618	100%
	PDP–Laban hold

Vice Governor

Mark Anthony Seño, who assumed the position after Romulo Bacorro became governor, ran for town councilor in Boac as he was ineligible to run for reelection as provincial board member after serving his third term in office.

Marinduque vice gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Romulo Bacorro	53,364	55.13%
	Independent	Eleuterio Raza Jr.	22,324	23.06%
	UNA	Allan Nepomuceno	21,118	21.81%
Total votes			96,806	100%
	PDP–Laban hold

District Representative

Lord Allan Jay Velasco was reelected.

Philippine House of Representatives election at Marinduque

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Lord Allan Jay Velasco	95,067	94.54%
	UNA	Harold Lim	5,488	5.46%
Total votes			100,555	100%
	PDP–Laban hold

Provincial Board elections

Party		Popular vote		Seats
		Total	%	Total	%
	PDP–Laban	173,685	61.91%	6	55%
	UNA	70,542	25.14%	1	9%
	Independent	36,326	12.95%	1	9%
Total		280,553	100%	8	72%

1st District

Sangunniang Panlalawigan districts of Marinduque. Areas shown in red represent the first district; blue represent second district.

Municipality: Boac, Mogpog, Gasan

Marinduque 1st District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Adeline Angeles	36,034	25.53%
	PDP–Laban	John R. Pelaez	29,952	21.22%
	UNA	Theresa Caballes	29,524	20.92%
	PDP–Laban	Gilbert Daquioag	28,639	20.29%
	UNA	Ruben Tan	16,988	12.03%
Total votes			141,137	100%

2nd District

Municipality: Sta. Cruz, Torrijos, Buenavista

Marinduque 2nd District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Mel Encabo	23,020	16.51%
	PDP–Laban	Mercedes Rejano	20,606	14.78%
	PDP–Laban	Ishamel Lim	19,426	13.93%
	Independent	Juan Fernandez Jr.	16,636	11.93%
	PDP–Laban	Tom Pizarro	16,008	11.48%
	UNA	Mar Perilla	14,100	10.11%
	UNA	Edwin Ricafrente	9,930	7.12%
	Independent	Norma Ricohermoso	9,034	6.48%
	Independent	Mariano Fellizar Jr.	3,519	2.52%
	Independent	Modest Rey Peñarubia	3,099	2.22%
	Independent	Amado Roldan	2,148	1.54%
	Independent	Apple Ricohermoso	1,890	1.36%
Total votes			139,416	100%

Municipal elections

Parties are as stated in their certificates of candidacy.

Boac

Mayor

Incumbent Roberto Madla retired from politics after becoming ineligible to run for reelection as mayor after serving his third term in office.

Boac Mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Armi Carrion	13,478	51.51%
	Independent	Benjamin Solomon	5,673	21.68%
	UNA	Robert E. Opis	2,965	11.33%
	Independent	Cristina Festin-Tan	2,490	9.52%
	Independent	Dante Marquez	1,308	5.00%
	Independent	Pedrito Nepomuceno	252	0.96%
Total votes			26,166	100%
	Independent gain from UNA

Vice Mayor

Incumbent Robert Opis ran for mayor.

Boac Vice Mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Sonny Paglinawan	15,733	66.36%
	UNA	Patrick Manguera	7,976	33.64%
Total votes			23,709	100%
	PDP–Laban gain from UNA

Mogpog

Mayor

Incumbent Augusto Leo Livelo ran unopposed.

Mogpog Mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Augusto Leo Livelo	13,751	100%
	PDP–Laban hold

Vice Mayor

Belen Luisaga lost reelection.

Mogpog Vice Mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jonathan Garcia	8,731	54.78%
	PDP–Laban	Belen Luisaga	6,889	43.22%
	UNA	Mike Nuñez	319	2.00%
Total votes			15,939	100%
	Independent gain from PDP–Laban

Gasan

Mayor

Rolando Tolentino lost reelection.

Gasan Mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Victoria L. Lim	9,242	53.72%
	UNA	Rolando Tolentino	7,961	46.28%
Total votes			17,203	100%
	PDP–Laban gain from UNA

Vice Mayor

Yudel Sosa was reelected.

Gasan Vice Mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Yudel Sosa	8,956	56.98%
	PDP–Laban	Henry Evia	6,761	43.02%
Total votes			15,717	100%
	UNA hold

Santa Cruz

Mayor

Marisa Red-Martinez lost reelection.

Santa Cruz Mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Antonio Uy Jr.	14,665	51.04%
	PDP–Laban	Marisa Red-Martinez	14,067	48.96%
Total votes			28,732	100%
	UNA gain from PDP–Laban

Vice Mayor

Geraldine Morales was reelected.

Santa Cruz Vice Mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Geraldine Morales	14,793	52.29%
	PDP–Laban	Medwin Manuel	13,496	47.71%
Total votes			28,289	100%
	UNA hold

Torrijos

Mayor

Incumbent Lorna Velasco, the wife of Presbitero Velasco Jr., ran unopposed.

Torrijos Mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Lorna Velasco	9,309	100%
	PDP–Laban hold

Vice Mayor

Incumbent Ricardo de Galicia ran unopposed.

Torrijos Vice Mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Ricardo de Galicia	9,788	100%
	PDP–Laban hold

Buenavista

Mayor

Incumbent Russel Madrigal was ineligible to run for reelection as mayor after serving his third term in office. His wife, Nancy Madrigal, ran in his stead.

Buenavista Mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Nancy Madrigal	7,905	100%
	PDP–Laban hold

Vice Mayor

Hannilee Siena was reelected.

Buenavista Vice Mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Hannilee Siena	4,511	42.12%
	Independent	Eve Rosas	4,052	37.84%
	Independent	Arleigh Pe	2,146	20.04%
Total votes			10,709	100%
	PDP–Laban hold