Local elections were held in Pasay on May 11, 1998 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the representative for the lone district, and the councilors, six of them in the two districts of the city.

1998 Pasay Mayoral Elections
May 11, 1998
 
Nominee Jovito Claudio Wenceslao Trinidad Ricardo "Ding" Santos
Party Lakas–CMD LAMMP PROMDI
Running mate Emmanuel "Lito" Ibay Gregorio "Greg" Alcera
Popular vote 55,325 55,097
Mayor before election

Pablo Cuneta
Nacionalista

 Elected Mayor

Jovito Claudio
Lakas

Background

Mayor Pablo Cuneta did not run for re-election. Representative and former Mayor Jovito Claudio ran for mayor. He was challenged by Vice Mayor Wenceslao "Peewee" Trinidad.

Second District Councilor Greg Alcera ran for Vice Mayor. He was challenged by Second District Councilor Emmanuel "Lito" Ibay, Edgardo "Arding" Cuneta, son of former Mayor Pablo Cuneta, and other candidates

Rep. Jovito Claudio was on second term and ran as Mayor. Elinor "Elaine" Gamboa-Cuneta, wife of outgoing Mayor Pablo Cuneta ran for his place. Cuneta was challenged by Rolando "Ding" Briones, Edita "Edith" Vergel de Dios, former Councilor Rey Bagatsing, former OIC-Mayor Norman Urbina, Cesar "Sipag" Ochoa, Roland Ledesma, and independent Chris Cornejo.

Candidates

Team Claudio-Ibay-Cuneta

LAKAS-NUCD-UMDP
Name Party Result
For House Of Representative
Elaine Gamboa-Cuneta Lakas–CMD Lost
For Mayor
Jovito Claudio Lakas–CMD Won
For Vice Mayor
Lito Ibay Lakas–CMD Lost
For Councilor 1st District
Ed Advincula Lakas–CMD Won
Bebot Bunye Lakas–CMD Lost
Chet Cuneta Lakas–CMD Lost
Encio Mateo Lakas–CMD Lost
Mar Matic Lakas–CMD Lost
Bing Petallo Lakas–CMD Lost
For Councilor 2nd District
Moti Arceo Lakas–CMD Lost
Linda Hilario Lakas–CMD Lost
Willy Lim Lakas–CMD Lost
Allan Panaligan Lakas–CMD Won
Tony Protacio Lakas–CMD Lost
Bong Tolentino Lakas–CMD Won

Team Trinidad-Alcera-Vergel De Dios

LAMMP
Name Party Result
For House Of Representative
Edith Vergel De Dios LAMMP Lost
For Mayor
Peewee Trinidad LAMMP Lost
For Vice Mayor
Greg Alcera LAMMP Won
For Councilor (1st District)
Ric Arabia LAMMP Lost
Romy Cabrera LAMMP Won
Tony Calixto LAMMP Won
Justo "JJ" Justo LAMMP Won
Teddy Lorca LAMMP Lost
Marlon Pesebre LAMMP Lost
For Councilor (2nd District)
Obet Alvarez LAMMP Lost
Emi Calixto-Rubiano LAMMP Won
Ruben Cura LAMMP Lost
Albert Paredes LAMMP Lost
Eddie San Jose LAMMP Lost
Pete Tianzon LAMMP Won

Team Kaibigan

PROMDI-NPC
Name Party Result
For House Of Representative
Rolando Briones NPC Won
For Mayor
Ding Santos PROMDI Lost
For Vice Mayor
Cesar Santiago NPC Lost
For Councilor (1st District)
Rico Cordora NPC Lost
Oscar De Guia NPC Lost
Rey Mateo NPC Won
Abet Reyes NPC Lost
Dr. Lito Roxas NPC Won
Cesar Tibajia NPC Lost
For Councilor (2nd District)
Federico Medina-Cue NPC Lost
Ding Morales NPC Lost
Inday Rose Laguim NPC Lost
Pepe Lapira NPC Lost
Rofina Lovina NPC Lost
Ian Vendivel NPC Lost

Results

Names written in bold-Italic are the re-elected incumbents while in italic are incumbents lost in elections.

For District Representative

Rolando "Ding" Briones won. Briones defeated former City's First Lady Elinor "Elaine" Gamboa-Cuneta, Second District Councilor Edita "Edith" Vergel de Dios, and former Councilor Rey Bagatsing.

Representatives, Lone District of Pasay
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Rolando "Ding" Briones 47,292
LAMMP Edith Vergel De Dios 38,920
Lakas–CMD Elaine Cuneta 21,859
Liberal Rey Bagatsing 18,892
Aksyon Cesar "Sipag" Ochoa 14,937
Reporma Norman Urbina 8,189
Independent Chris Cornejo 485
KBL Roland Ledesma 364
NPC hold

For Mayor

Representative and former Mayor Dr. Jovito Claudio won. Claudio won in a tight election to Vice Mayor Wenceslao Trinidad with margin of 228 votes.

Pasay Mayoralty Election
Party Candidate Votes %
Lakas–CMD Jovito Claudio 55,325
LAMMP Wenceslao Trinidad 55,097
PROMDI Ricardo "Ding" Santos 48,464
KAMPI Rene Saraza 3,909
Independent Ben Perez 267
KBL Romulo "Rome" Marcelo 136
Independent Sunji Peñaflor-Noel 128
Independent Florencio Muga 58
Lakas–CMD hold

For Vice Mayor

Second District Councilor Greg Alcera was elected.

Pasay Vice-Mayoralty Election
Party Candidate Votes %
LAMMP Greg Alcera 71,930
Lakas–CMD Lito Ibay 35,017
NPC Cesar Santiago 22,938
Reporma Edgardo Cuneta 13,342
Liberal Angel Valloyas 861
Independent Leony Legaspi 688
LAMMP hold

First District

Four of the six incumbents were re-elected. Uldarico Arabia and Teodulo Lorca Jr. were lost in the elections. Newly-elected councilors were Jose Antonio Roxas and Reynaldo Mateo, brother of former Councilor Florencio Mateo.

Member, City Council of Pasay's First District
Party Candidate Votes %
LAMMP Antonino "Tony" Calixto 33,400
LAMMP Panfilo "Justo" Justo 27,441
LAMMP Romulo "Romy" Cabrera 22,997
Lakas–CMD Eduardo "Ed" Advincula 21,866
NPC Jose Antonio "Lito" Roxas 21,560
NPC Reynaldo "Rey" Mateo 20,517
LAMMP Uldarico "Ric" Arabia 19,803
LAMMP Marlon Pesebre 19,244
Lakas–CMD Cesar Joseph "Chet" Cuneta 16,311
LAMMP Teodulo "Teddy" Lorca Jr. 14,407
Lakas–CMD Ma. Luisa "Bing" Petallo 13,722
NPC Rico Cordora 12,885
Independent Leonides Cuneta 12,619
Independent Sonny Lim 12,199
NPC Oscar De Guia 10,660
PDP–Laban Jovi Angel 10,282
NPC Abet Reyes 10,149
Independent Bobi Austria 9,082
Lakas–CMD Florencio "Encio" Mateo 9,047
NPC Cesar Tibajia 8,580
Lakas–CMD Bebot Bunye 7,745
Reporma Bogs Abelarde 6,083
Reporma Nonoy Hilvano 5,721
Lakas–CMD Mar Matic 5,441
Reporma Abe Rogacion 4,737
KAMPI Felipe Tauro 4,433
KAMPI John Jatico 3,856
Independent Pat Cuneta 3,633
Reporma Irma Lovina 3,416
KAMPI Ramon Viana 1,579
KAMPI Prince Kahulugan 1,359
KAMPI Ben Tejero 1,336
Independent Mina Cuneta 1,307
Independent Rafael Ungria 842
KAMPI Sim Celo 646
Total votes

Second District

One of the six incumbents was re-elected. Gregorio Alcera ran and won as Vice Mayor. Emmanuel Ibay and Alberto Alvarez did not run for re-elections. Edita Vergel de Dios ran for representative but lost to Rolando Briones. Roberto Alvarez ran but lost. Nelwy-elected councilors were Allan Panaligan, Ma. Consuelo Dy, Imelda Calixto-Rubiano, Arvin "Bong" Tolentino, and Pedro Tiamzon.

Member, City Council of Pasay's Second District
Party Candidate Votes %
Lakas–CMD Allan Panaligan 38,808
Independent Ma. Consuelo "Connie" Dy 33,027
Reporma Reynaldo "Rey" Padua 32,534
LAMMP Emi Calixto-Rubiano 29,288
Lakas–CMD Arvin "Bong" Tolentino 28,286
LAMMP Pedro "Pete" Tiamzon 25,857
LAMMP Albert Paredes 24,882
LAMMP Roberto "Obet" Alvarez 24,646
Lakas–CMD Arnel Regino "Moti" Arceo 21,546
LAMMP Ruben Cura 18,650
NPC Ian Vendivel 17,481
Lakas–CMD Tony Protacio 15,061
Lakas–CMD Erlinda "Linda" Hilario 14,784
LAMMP Eddie San Jose 12,524
NPC Pepe Lapira 9,151
NPC Federico Medina-Cue 8,146
NPC Ding Morales 8,125
Lakas–CMD Willy Lim 6,913
NPC Rofina Lovina 6,755
NPC Inday Rose Laguim 6,345
Reporma Tony Ramirez 5,471
Reporma Dante San Jose 5,256
Aksyon Rupert Bautista 4,422
KAMPI Ed Hidalgo 1,756
PDP–Laban Pete Ordiales 1,674
KAMPI Lou Madraso 912
KAMPI Ernesto Legaspi 905
Independent Elmer Lopez 718
KAMPI Boy Santos 688
KBL Nida Gomez 637
KAMPI Nestor Rapi 530
KAMPI Joey Ramos 469
KBL Mel Vicente 418
Independent Jojie Claudio 4
KBL Mario Conui 2
Total votes

Note

Due to limited or no source for this election online, no citations has made.

The main sources are the old election results that may be kept by the local election precinct of the city.

References

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