2019 Philippine local elections


Local elections in the Philippines were held on May 13, 2019. This was conducted together with the 2019 general election for national positions. All elected positions above the barangay level were disputed. The following positions were disputed:
The elective positions in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao were not decided on this day. The first elections for BARMM will be done after the 2020 Philippine census is published.
The elective positions in the barangays were also not decided on this day. These were supposed to be held in October 2016, but were postponed to October 2017, then again to May 2018.

Electoral system

Every local government unit, be it a province, city, municipality or a barangay elects a chief executive, and a local legislature, president upon by the chief executive's deputy.

Chief executive

Provincial governors and vice governors in each of the 81 provinces, and mayors and vice mayors in each of the 145 cities and 1,489 municipalities are elected via the first-past-the-post system.

Legislatures

For the membership in local legislatures the elections are done via plurality-at-large voting. For Sangguniang Panlalawigan seats, the Commission on Elections divides all provinces into at least 2 districts, if it is not divided into such, while for Sangguniang Panlungsod seats, the appropriation depends on the city charter, and for Sangguniang Bayan seats, all municipalities have eight councilors elected at-large, except for Pateros, Metro Manila, which elects twelve, six in each district.

Participating parties

National parties

Local parties

In the presentation below, the order is determined by the following:
Local parties are denoted by purple, independents by light gray, and ex officio members of the legislatures are in dark gray.
Incumbent Vice Governor Jonah Pimentel was in his third consecutive term when he was allowed to run. As the Local Government Code prohibits more than three consecutive terms of service, the Commission on Elections canceled his certificate of candidacy, and his proclamation as the winner in the vice gubernatorial election was also suspended. The top performing winner in the provincial board election, Joseph Panotes, was subsequently sworn in as acting vice governor until a final decision is made.

City and municipal elections

Local parties are denoted by purple, independents by light gray, and ex officio members of the legislatures are in dark gray.

Independent component cities

Component cities

Bangsamoro

Bicol Region

Cagayan Valley

Calabarzon

Caraga

Central Luzon

Central Visayas

Cordillera Administrative Region

Davao Region

Eastern Visayas

Ilocos Region

Mimaropa

Northern Mindanao

Soccsksargen

Western Visayas

Zamboanga Peninsula

Municipalities with at least 100,000 people