- Source: 1998 Pasay local elections
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.
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 and Ricardo "Ding" Santos, former security aide of Mayor Pablo Cuneta.
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
== Team Trinidad-Alcera-Vergel De Dios
== Team Kaibigan
=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 defeated former City's First Lady Elinor "Elaine" Gamboa-Cuneta, Second District Councilor Edita "Edith" Vergel de Dios, and former Councilor Rey Bagatsing.
= For Mayor
=Representative and former Mayor Dr. Jovito Claudio won in a tight election to Vice Mayor Wenceslao Trinidad with margin of 228 votes.
= For Vice Mayor
=Second District Councilor Gregorio "Greg" Alcera was elected.
= For Councilor
=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.
Second District
One of the six incumbents was re-elected. Gregorio Alcera ran and won as Vice Mayor. Emmanuel Ibay ran for vice mayor but lost. Alberto Alvarez did not run for re-election. 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.
Aftermath
On May 1998, Trinidad filed an electoral protest before the COMELEC due to alleged irregularities found in the election returns and canvass, but the COMELEC upholded Claudio's proclamation in June 1998. The protest was later dismissed by the Supreme Court in December 15, 1999.
References
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Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- 1998 Pasay local elections
- Pasay
- Pablo Cuneta
- 2000 Pasay mayoral recall election
- 1995 Philippine general election
- Antonino Calixto
- Pasay's at-large congressional district
- List of elections in the Philippines
- Mayor of Manila
- 1998 Philippine Senate election
