Ernix Dionisio

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Mijares and the surname or paternal family name is Dionisio.

Ernesto "Ernix" Mijares Dionisio Jr. (born May 22, 1978),^[3] is a Filipino politician currently serving as the representative of Manila's 1st district since 2022 and a former city councilor from 2007 until 2013.

Ernix Dionisio
Dionisio's 20th Congress portrait
Deputy Majority Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Incumbent
Assumed office July 29, 2025 Serving with several others
Leader	Sandro Marcos
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Manila's 1st district
Incumbent
Assumed office June 30, 2022
Preceded by	Manny Lopez
Member of the Manila City Council from the 1st district
In office June 30, 2007 – June 30, 2016
Personal details
Born	Ernesto Mijares Dionisio Jr. (1978-05-22) May 22, 1978 (age 47) Tondo, Manila, Philippines[1]
Citizenship	Filipino
Political party	Lakas (2022–present)[a]
Other political affiliations	Aksyon (2021–2022; 2024–present)[2] Asenso Manileño (2007–2024) UNA (2012–2016) Liberal (2007–2012)
Parent(s)	Ernesto G. Dionisio, Sr. (father)
Residence	Manila
Occupation	Politician

Congressional career

Dionisio, the son of former councilor and city administrator Ernesto Dionisio Sr., was a three-term councilor from 2007 to 2016. Upon being term-limited, he ran for the congressional seat in Manila's 1st district in 2016 under Asenso Manileño but lost to Manny Lopez of the NPC.

In 2022, he ran under Asenso Manileño for the congressional seat in Manila's 1st district and won, unseating Manny Lopez, who had transferred to the Duterte-backed PDP–Laban.^[4] Prior to the start of the 19th Congress, he joined Lakas–CMD.^[5] He was later named as an assistant majority floor leader in the House of Representatives.^[6] In 2024, while at Congress, he was named as one of the top NCR-based performing representatives in the House of Representatives in the year's second quarter survey and placed third.^[7]

In 2024, he left the Asenso Manileño party and eventually backed Isko Moreno's bid for a mayoral comeback in 2025. He remained with Lakas–CMD despite the entry of Asenso Manileño's leader, Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna, who ran against Moreno.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Electoral performance

2025

2025 Philippine House of Representatives election in the 1st District of Manila

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Ernix Dionisio (incumbent)	109,838	51.15
	FRONTLINERS	Joseph Lumbad	87,183	40.60
	Asenso	Manny Lopez	74,991	37.92
	Independent	Edwin Santos	1,385	0.64
Total votes			214,740	100.00
	Lakas hold

2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives election in the 1st District of Manila

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Asenso	Ernix Dionisio	88,327	44.66
	PDP–Laban	Manny Lopez (incumbent)	74,991	37.92
	Liberal	Atong Asilo	34,441	17.42
Total votes			197,759	100.00
	Asenso gain from PDP–Laban

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in the 1st District of Manila

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Manny Lopez	55,627	35.35
	Liberal	Roberto Asilo	43,640	27.73
	Asenso	Ernix Dionisio	42,878	27.25
	Independent	Erick Ian Nieva	15,223	9.67
Total votes			157,368	100.00
	NPC gain from Liberal

2013

2013 Manila City Council election at the 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Ernix Dionisio	76,946	12.05
	UNA	Banzai Nieva	70,925	11.10
	Liberal	Roberto Asilo	60,623	9.49
	Liberal	Niño Dela Cruz	59,768	9.36
	UNA	Dennis Alcoreza	59,309	9.29
	UNA	Irma Alfonso	54,619	8.55
	UNA	Jesus Fajardo	51,821	8.11
	Liberal	Bobby Lim	46,043	7.21
	UNA	Arlene Koa	35,874	5.62
	Independent	Cristy Lim-Raymundo	34,379	5.38
	Liberal	Rolando Sy	33,908	5.31
	Liberal	Joey Venancio	24,915	3.90
	Liberal	Silvestre Dumagat Jr.	14,534	2.28
	Independent	Ferdinand Sandoval	5,462	0.86
	Independent	Rejercito Aranas	3,314	0.52
	DPP	Roberto Garrate	2,028	0.32
	Independent	Eduardo Lanuza	1,237	0.19
	Independent	Crispin Balbeja	1,113	0.17
	Independent	Joey Longanilla	1,099	0.17
	Independent	Alden Obejas	814	0.13

2010

2010 Manila City Council election at the 1st District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ernix Dionisio	88,334	11.39
	NPC	Erick Ian Nieva	62,089	8.01
	Liberal	Moises Lim	56,020	7.23
	PMP	Dennis Alcoreza	54,776	7.07
	Liberal	Niño dela Cruz	54,510	7.03
	Nacionalista	Irma Alfonso	51,959	6.70
	Nacionalista	Jesus Fajardo Sr.	51,218	6.51
	PMP	Rolando Sy	45,683	5.89
	Liberal	Ernesto Lim	41,329	5.33
	PMP	Edwin Simbulan	33,151	4.28
	Nacionalista	Arnel Angeles	32,771	4.23
	PMP	Eduardo Solis	32,069	4.14
	Liberal	Peter Ong	29,822	3.85
	Liberal	Romeo Venturina	29,539	3.81
	NPC	Dale Evangelista	14,348	1.85
	Liberal	Silvestre Dumagat	13,243	1.71
	Independent	Let Miclat	12,733	1.64
	NPC	Rogelio Mangila	8,331	1.07
	Independent	German Nuñez	7,289	0.94
	PMP	Danilo Isiderio	6,180	0.80
	KKK	Vicente Ocampo Jr.	6,111	0.79
	PMP	Irineo Duran	5,604	0.72
	NPC	Fermin de Jesus	5,277	0.68
	KKK	Rogelio Bergado	5,144	0.66
	Nacionalista	Ferdinand Sandoval	3,724	0.48
	KBL	Almario Jacinto Jr.	2,906	0.37
	Independent	Maria Ocampo	2,829	0.36
	NPC	Exmila Rabano	2,161	0.28
	KBL	Benedicto Rodriguez	1,976	0.25
	Independent	Rejercito Aranas	1,943	0.25
	Independent	Bernabe Binuya	1.844	0.24
	Independent	Efren Natividad	1,643	0.21
	Independent	Dennis Riano	1,454	0.19
	Independent	Romano Sacramento	1,316	0.17
	Independent	Jaime Pepino	1,265	0.16
	Independent	Virginia Quintero	1,122	0.14
	LM	Eduardo Lanuza	983	0.13
	Independent	Vevincio Cinco	903	0.12
	Independent	Luis Cabuang	651	0.08
	Independent	Fortunata Gravina	592	0.08
	Independent	Josue Longanilla	436	0.06
Total votes			156,160	100.00

2007

2007 Manila City Council election at the 1st District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ernix Dionisio	56,244
	Liberal	Banzai Nieva	55,540
	Liberal	Dennis Alcoreza	43,076
	Liberal	Moises Lim	41,780
	Aksyon	Arlene Koa	32,254
	Liberal	Rolando Sy	28,630
Total votes				100.00

Notes

1. Even though he sworn as a member of Aksyon, he still registered on his certificate of candidacy under Lakas–CMD