2022 Valenzuela local elections

Local elections were held in Valenzuela on May 9, 2022, as part of the Philippine general election. Held concurrently with the national elections, the electorate voted to elect a mayor, a vice mayor, twelve city council members, and two district representatives to congress. Those elected took their respective offices on June 30, 2022, for a three-year-long term. 350,676 out of 443,611 registered voters voted in this election.^[1]

2022 Valenzuela local elections

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Mayoral, vice mayoral, congressional representatives and all 12 city council seats
Mayoral election
Candidate Wes Gatchalian Bombit Bernardo Party NPC LINKOD Running mate Lorena Natividad-Borja Ricardo de Gula Popular vote 275,650 75,026 Percentage 78.61 21.39
Results by Barangay
Mayor before election Rexlon Gatchalian NPC Elected mayor Wes Gatchalian NPC
Vice mayoral election
Candidate Lorena Natividad-Borja Ricardo de Gula Party NPC LINKOD Popular vote 257,613 74,020 Percentage 77.68 22.32
Results by Barangay
Vice mayor before election Lorena Natividad-Borja NPC Elected Vice mayor Lorena Natividad-Borja NPC

Representative Wes Gatchalian and Vice Mayor Lorena Natividad-Borja were elected to the city's mayoralty and vice mayoralty respectively, with Gatchalian being elected to his first term and Natividad-Borja being re-elected for her second. The NPC-affiliated Team Tuloy ang Progreso, Valenzuela won all twelve seats in the city council, securing the coalition complete control of the legislative body.

Outgoing Mayor Rex Gatchalian and Representative Eric Martinez were elected to represent the first and second districts respectively in the 19th Congress. The former was elected for his first term while the latter was elected for his third.

Mayoral and vice mayoral election

Incumbent mayor Rexlon "Rex" Gatchalian was elected to a third term as mayor in the 2019 elections. Due to term limits, he is ineligible to run for re-election; his party, the Nationalist People's Coalition nominated his brother, two-term representative Wes Gatchalian in his place. His main opponent was Engineer Bombit Bernardo, the standard bearer of Lingkod ng Mamamayan ng Valenzuela City (LINKOD).

Incumbent vice mayor Lorena "Lorie" Natividad-Borja was elected to a second term as vice mayor in the 2019 elections after having served as a councilor representing the second district from 2001 to 2007 and from 2010 to 2016. Her main opponent was Karuhatan Barangay Captain Ricardo "Boy" De Gula.

Congressional election

The incumbent first district representative was Weslie T. Gatchalian, younger brother to both senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian and incumbent mayor Rexlon T. Gatchalian. Weslie was on his second term as representative.

For the second district, incumbent representative Eric Martinez was also on his second term. He faced against former Valenzuela lone district and former Representative Magtanggol "Magi" Gunigundo in the election.

Candidates

Administration coalition

Team Tuloy ang Progreso, Valenzuela

#	Name	Party
For Mayor
2.	Wes Gatchalian		NPC
For Vice Mayor
2.	Lorie Natividad-Borja		NPC
For House of Representatives (1st District)
1.	Rex Gatchalian		NPC
For House of Representatives (2nd District)
2.	Eric Martinez		PDP–Laban
For Councilor (1st District)
1.	Marlon "Idol" Alejandrino		NPC
2.	Bimbo Dela Cruz		NPC
4.	Ramon Encarnacion		NPC
5.	Ricar Enriquez		Lakas
7.	Cris Feliciano-Tan		PFP
8.	Ghogo Lee		NPC
For Councilor (2nd District)
3.	Chiqui Carreon		NPC
7.	Gerald Galang		NPC
10.	Niña Lopez		NPC
11.	Louie Nolasco		NPC
12.	Mickey Pineda		NPC
13.	Sel Sabino-Sy		NPC

Primary opposition coalition

Team BTS

#	Name	Party
For Mayor
1.	Bombit Bernardo		LINKOD
For Vice Mayor
1.	Ricardo "Boy" de Gula		LINKOD
For House of Representatives (2nd District)
1.	Magi Gunigundo		LINKOD
For Councilor (1st District)
3.	Ariel Dillena		LINKOD
6.	Waldo Estrella		LINKOD
9.	Weng Lopez		LINKOD
10.	Rodelio Lucero		LINKOD
12.	Ernie Tolentino		LINKOD
13.	Nico Trinidad		LINKOD
For Councilor (2nd District)
1.	Baby Morales-Acuña		LINKOD
2.	Nida Cainap		LINKOD
5.	Jason de Gula		LINKOD
6.	Rizalino "Bong" Ferrer		LINKOD
9.	Shiela Gamuyod-Ruaya		LINKOD
14.	Ferdie Urrutia		LINKOD

Independent

Independent

#	Name	Party
For Councilor (1st District)
11.	Abet Mariano		Independent
For Councilor (2nd District)
7.	Danilo Cueto		Independent
8.	Gilbert Gamas		Independent

Election results

The winners of the congressional, mayor and vice mayor seats of Valenzuela City is determined with the highest number of votes received. These positions are voted separately, so there is a possibility that the winning officials came from the same or different political parties.

Mayoral election

Incumbent mayor was Rexlon "Rex" T. Gatchalian.^[2]

Votes shares of the two mayoral candidate for each Barangay of Valenzuela City

Valenzuela mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Weslie T. Gatchalian	275,650	78.61%
	LINKOD	Bombit Bernardo	75,026	21.39%
Total votes			350,676	100%
	NPC hold

Popular vote percentage Wes Gatchalian   78.61% Bombit Bernardo   21.39%

Vice Mayoral election

Incumbent vice mayor was Lorena "Lorie" Natividad-Borja.

Votes shares of the two vice mayoral candidate for each Barangay of Valenzuela City

Valenzuela vice mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Lorena C. Natividad-Borja (Incumbent)	257,613	77.68%
	LINKOD	Ricardo de Gula	74,020	22.32%
Total votes			331,633	100%
	NPC hold

Popular vote percentage Lorie Natividad-Borja   77.68% Boy de Gula   22.32%

Congressional elections

First district

Incumbent representative was Weslie Gatchalian.^[2]

Philippine House of Representatives election in the 1st District of Valenzuela

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Rexlon T. Gatchalian	141,794	100%
Total votes			141,794	100%
	NPC hold

Second district

Incumbent representative was Eric Martinez.

Philippine House of Representatives election in the 2nd District of Valenzuela

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Eric M. Martinez (Incumbent)	132,241	72.33%
	LINKOD	Magtanggol Gunigundo	50,599	27.67%
Total votes			182,840	100%
	PDP–Laban hold

City council elections

The voters in the city elected six councilors on the district where they are registered. Each district elects its own set of councilors via multiple non-transferable vote.

First (left) and second (right) legislative districts of Valenzuela.

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
	Team Tuloy ang Progreso, Valenzuela		Nationalist People's Coalition	1,112,648	63.68	10
			Lakas-CMD	108,765	6.23	1
			Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	97,989	5.61	1
		Total		1,319,402	75.52	12
	Lingkod ng Mamamayan ng Valenzuela City			357,261	20.45	0
	Independent			70,527	4.04	0
	Ex officio seats					2
Total				1,747,190	100.00	14

First district

Valenzuela City Council election in the 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Marlon Paulo D. Alejandrino	110,391	30.33%
	NPC	Ramon L. Encarnacion (Incumbent)	109,999	30.22%
	Lakas	Ricardo Ricarr C. Enriquez (Incumbent)	108,765	29.88%
	PFP	Cristina Marie M. Feliciano-Tan	97,989	26.92%
	NPC	Joseph William D. Lee (Incumbent)	89,881	24.69%
	NPC	Walter Magnum D. dela Cruz (Incumbent)	82,732	22.73%
	Independent	Alberto Mariano	49,599	13.63%
	LINKOD	Ernesto Trinidad	34,874	9.58%
	LINKOD	Ernesto Tolentino	33,417	9.18%
	LINKOD	Eduardo Estrella	20,725	5.69%
	LINKOD	Rowena Lopez	19,685	5.41%
	LINKOD	Rodelio Lucero	18,836	5.17%
	LINKOD	Ariel Dillena	16,983	4.67%
Total votes			793,876	100.00

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
	Team Tuloy ang Progreso, Valenzuela		Nationalist People's Coalition	393,003	49.50	4
			Lakas-CMD	108,765	13.70	1
			Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	97,989	12.34	1
		Total		599,757	75.55	6
	Lingkod ng Mamamayan ng Valenzuela City			144,520	18.20	0
	Independent			49,599	6.25	0
Total				793,876	100.00	6

Second district

Valenzuela City Council election in the 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Gerald Cloyd Alexis D.V. Galang	129,817	35.66%
	NPC	Niña Sheila B. Lopez (Incumbent)	121,113	33.27%
	NPC	Roselle C. Sabino-Sy	119,614	32.86%
	NPC	Louie P. Nolasco (Incumbent)	118,363	32.52%
	NPC	Christopher Joseph M. Pineda	115,831	31.82%
	NPC	Chiqui Marie N. Carreon (Incumbent)	114,907	31.57%
	LINKOD	Rizalino Ferrer	45,475	12.49%
	LINKOD	Jason de Gula	45,230	12.43%
	LINKOD	Marie Shiela Gamuyod-Ruaya	38,323	10.53%
	LINKOD	Gertrudes Morales-Acuña	36,489	10.02%
	LINKOD	Fernando Urrutia	25,457	6.99%
	LINKOD	Nida Cainap	21,767	5.98%
	Independent	Gilbert Gamas	12,513	3.44%
	Independent	Danilo Cueto	8,415	2.31%
Total votes			953,314	100.00

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Nationalist People's Coalition	719,645	75.49	6
	Lingkod ng Mamamayan ng Valenzuela City	212,741	22.32	0
	Independent	20,928	2.20	0
Total		953,314	100.00	6