| Election Name: | 2022 Bacolod local elections |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Bacolod local elections |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2025 Bacolod local elections |
| Next Year: | 2025 |
| Election Date: | May 9, 2022 |
| Nominee1: | Alfredo Abelardo Benitez |
| Party1: | Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan |
| Running Mate1: | Caesar Distrito |
| Popular Vote1: | 171,893 |
| Percentage1: | 61.54 |
| Nominee2: | Evelio Leonardia |
| Party2: | Nacionalista Party |
| Running Mate2: | El Cid Familiaran |
| Popular Vote2: | 107,447 |
| Percentage2: | 38.46 |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Evelio Leonardia |
| Before Party: | Nacionalista |
| After Election: | Albee Benitez |
| After Party: | PDP–Laban |
Local elections were held in Bacolod on May 9, 2022, as part of the Philippine general election. The elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the congressman, and twelve councilors, were filled in.
Incumbent Mayor Evelio Leonardia will run for reelection.[1] He will be challenged by former Negros Occidental 3rd district representative Albee Benitez.[2]
Incumbent Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran will also run for reelection.[3] He will face incumbent councilors Caesar Distrito and Wilson Gamboa Jr.[4]
Representative Greg Gasataya will run for his third term.[5] His opponents are businessman and former BREDCO Port consultant Daniel Alfonso Atayde, former police officer Wilfredo David, engineer Narciso San Miguel and independent candidate Romy Gustilo.[6]
The candidates for mayor and vice mayor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.
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Election is via plurality-at-large voting: A voter votes for up to twelve candidates, then the ten candidates with the highest number of votes are elected.
| Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Em Ang | ||
| Carlos Jose Lopez | ||
| Archie Baribar | ||
| Jonathan Diaz Jr. | ||
| Renecito Novero | ||
| Dindo Ramos | ||
| Israel Salanga | ||
| Cindy Rojas | ||
| Ed Guillem | ||
| Cash Montalvo | ||
| Marlon Solidum | ||
| Chris Sorongon | ||
| Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Simplicia Distrito | ||
| Al Victor Espino | ||
| Bart Orola | ||
| Pao Sy | ||
| Homer Bais | ||
| Sonya Verdeflor | ||
| Celia Flor | ||
| Kalaw Puentevella | ||
| Jude Thaddeus Sayson | ||
| Vladimir Gonzalez | ||
| Jason Villarosa | ||
| Patrick Lacson | ||
|-bgcolor=black|colspan=5|| colspan="5" |Source:[7]