2022 Quezon local elections explained

Election Name:	2022 Quezon local elections
Country:	Quezon
Flag Image:	Provincial Flag of Quezon.svg
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2019 Quezon local elections
Previous Year:	2019
Next Election:	2025 Quezon local elections
Next Year:	2025
Election Date:	May 9, 2022
Module:	Election Name: Gubernatorial elections Embed: yes Type: presidential Nominee2: Danilo Suarez Party2: Lakas-CMD Running Mate2: Betty Nantes Popular Vote2: 320,296 Percentage2: 27.91 Nominee1: Angelina Tan Party1: Nationalist People's Coalition Running Mate1: Anacleto Alcala III Popular Vote1: 790,534 Percentage1: 68.89 Governor Before Election: Danilo Suarez Before Party: Lakas-CMD After Election: Angelina Tan After Party: Nationalist People's Coalition Module: Election Name: Vice gubernatorial elections Embed: yes Type: presidential Nominee1: Anacleto Alcala III Party1: Nationalist People's Coalition Popular Vote1: 665,442 Percentage1: 63.25 Nominee2: Betty Nantes Party2: Lakas-CMD Popular Vote2: 283,530 Percentage2: 26.95 Vice Governor Before Election: Samuel B. Nantes After Election: Anacleto Alcala III Before Party: Aksyon Demokratiko After Party: Nationalist People's Coalition

Local elections were held in the Province of Quezon on May 9, 2022, as part of the 2022 general election. Voters will select candidates for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and representatives for the four districts of Quezon.

Provincial elections

Gubernatorial election

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Per City/Municipality

City/Municipality	Angelina Tan		Danilo Suarez		Angelita Tan		Jeson Tan		Sonny Suarez		Romeo Suarez		Warren Sio
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
	5,007	64.20	2,707	34.71	29	0.37	24	0.31	18	0.23	8	0.10	6	0.08
Alabat	7,349	78.26	1,646	17.53	289	3.08	41	0.44	35	0.37	27	0.29	4	0.04
Atimonan	23,623	76.93	6,165	20.08	510	1.66	110	0.36	138	0.45	116	0.38	47	0.15
Buenavista	12,640	78.92	3,028	18.91	150	0.94	87	0.54	66	0.41	25	0.16	20	0.12
Burdeos	6,591	62.95	3,461	33.05	101	0.96	124	1.18	121	1.16	53	0.51	20	0.19
Calauag	28,795	76.78	7,339	19.57	743	1.98	214	0.57	205	0.55	159	0.42	49	0.13
Candelaria	44,562	65.45	21,086	30.97	496	0.73	635	0.93	457	0.67	279	0.41	567	0.83
Catanauan	23,007	63.89	12,306	34.17	279	0.77	155	0.43	143	0.40	98	0.27	24	0.07
Dolores	12,019	69.09	4,747	27.29	183	1.05	155	0.89	148	0.85	45	0.26	98	0.56
General Luna	7,710	54.19	6,295	44.24	67	0.47	53	0.37	56	0.39	32	0.22	15	0.11
General Nakar	13,141	67.49	5,503	28.26	206	1.06	259	1.33	191	0.98	132	0.68	38	0.20
Guinayangan	18,921	83.39	3,161	13.93	387	1.71	84	0.37	66	0.29	53	0.23	18	0.08
Gumaca	27,858	75.49	7,809	21.16	846	2.29	150	0.41	133	0.33	82	0.22	37	0.10
Infanta	23,084	61.64	13,004	34.72	278	0.74	425	1.13	358	0.96	204	0.54	97	0.26
Jomalig	2,691	68.77	1,007	25.73	67	1.71	51	1.30	65	1.66	27	0.69	5	0.13
Lopez	38,307	78.30	8,797	17.98	1,138	2.33	231	0.47	244	0.50	159	0.32	49	0.10
Lucban	18,614	65.90	8,562	30.31	267	0.95	245	0.87	221	0.78	142	0.50	194	0.69
Lucena	102,277	–	47,115	–	1,497	–	1,037	–	912	–	461	–	689	–
Macalelon	10,334	73.43	3,519	25.00	90	0.64	33	0.23	56	0.40	26	0.18	16	0.11
Mauban	22,515	61.91	12,751	35.06	287	0.79	328	0.90	311	0.86	133	0.37	43	0.12
Mulanay	19,893	70.40	7,724	27.34	212	0.75	157	0.56	164	0.58	80	0.28	26	0.09
Padre Burgos	9,017	69.74	3,715	28.73	58	0.45	56	0.43	51	0.39	23	0.18	10	0.08
Pagbilao	27,839	73.25	8,747	23.01	466	1.23	415	1.09	206	0.54	148	0.39	186	0.49
Panukulan	5,537	62.78	2,836	32.16	104	1.18	130	1.47	141	1.60	61	0.69	10	0.11
Patnanungan	5,882	86.67	686	10.11	58	0.85	82	1.21	44	0.65	23	0.34	12	0.18
Perez	6,215	81.66	1,073	14.10	197	2.59	42	0.55	43	0.56	25	0.33	16	0.21
Pitogo	10,324	73.37	3,431	24.38	148	1.05	81	0.58	52	0.37	23	0.16	13	0.09
Plaridel	5,632	77.43	1,380	18.97	153	210	24	0.33	48	0.66	30	0.41	7	0.10
Polillo	9,661	58.82	6,124	37.29	154	0.94	206	1.25	165	1.00	100	0.61	14	0.09
Quezon	7,230	78.72	1,599	17.41	235	2.56	38	0.41	43	0.47	34	0.37	6	0.07
Real	12,059	63.95	6,059	32.13	167	0.89	277	1.47	172	0.91	87	0.46	37	0.20
Sampaloc	5,218	64.60	2,584	31.99	73	0.90	77	0.95	91	1.13	25	0.31	9	0.11
San Andres	8,753	60.67	5,334	36.97	83	0.58	78	0.54	104	0.72	60	0.42	15	0.10
San Antonio	14,454	70.07	5,530	26.81	156	0.76	181	0.88	107	0.52	79	0.38	121	0.59
San Francisco	16,710	56.44	12,247	41.37	134	0.45	109	0.37	222	0.75	162	0.55	22	0.07
San Narciso	16,848	73.02	5,849	25.35	120	0.52	90	0.39	94	0.41	54	0.23	19	0.08
Sariaya	52,411	65.08	25,699	31.91	649	0.81	613	0.76	519	0.64	263	0.33	382	0.47
Tagkawayan	19,908	71.55	6,510	23.40	834	3.00	189	0.68	215	0.77	138	0.50	28	0.10
	41,070	74.11	12,604	22.74	507	0.91	488	0.88	340	0.61	208	0.38	198	0.36
Tiaong	38,727	70.32	13,928	25.29	637	1.16	693	1.26	486	0.88	254	0.46	351	0.64
Unisan	8,101	54.24	6,629	44.39	64	0.43	56	0.37	47	0.31	26	0.17	12	0.08
TOTAL	790,534	68.89	320,296	27.91	13,119	1.14	8,523	0.74	7,287	0.64	4,162	0.36	3,532	0.31

Vice Gubernatorial election

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Incumbent Samuel Nantes is term-limited and is running for Mayor of Tayabas. His mother, former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office board member Betty Nantes, is his party's nominee.^[1]

Per City/Municipality

City/Municipality	Anacleto Alcala III		Betty Nantes		Alona Villamayor-Obispo		Perlita Lavides		Teodorico Capina
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
	4,597	64.31	2,197	30.74	294	4.11	39	0.55	21	0.29
Alabat	5,772	68.40	2,096	24.84	507	6.01	44	0.52	20	0.24
Atimonan	18,203	65.49	7,676	27.62	1,389	5.00	440	1.58	87	0.31
Buenavista	10,757	74.72	2,654	18.44	815	5.66	97	0.67	73	0.51
Burdeos	4,552	50.04	2,776	30.52	1,665	18.30	67	0.74	36	0.40
Calauag	22,107	66.78	7,978	24.10	2,581	7.80	303	0.92	137	0.41
Candelaria	42,092	66.59	17,001	26.90	3,561	5.63	311	0.49	245	0.39
Catanauan	18,242	57.84	11,218	35.57	1,564	4.96	278	0.88	238	0.75
Dolores	10,037	62.87	4,681	29.32	1,140	7.14	56	0.35	51	0.32
General Luna	7,045	53.50	5,370	40.78	636	4.83	82	0.62	35	0.27
General Nakar	9,829	55.95	4,319	24.59	3,138	17.86	201	1.14	79	0.45
Guinayangan	14,691	74.43	3,757	19.03	1,102	5.58	138	0.70	50	0.25
Gumaca	20,168	60.34	11,187	33.47	1,441	4.31	477	1.43	152	0.45
Infanta	18,428	52.70	9,293	26.57	6,878	19.67	242	0.69	130	0.37
Jomalig	2,129	68.61	489	15.76	447	14.41	21	0.68	17	0.55
Lopez	29,454	68.18	10,485	24.27	2,701	6.25	371	0.86	191	0.44
Lucban	13,129	48.94	9,214	34.35	4,138	15.43	236	0.88	109	0.41
Lucena	119,691	–	21,705	–	7,673	–	712	–	296	–
Macalelon	8,567	66.35	3,571	27.66	603	4.67	100	0.77	71	0.55
Mauban	15,998	47.28	11,232	33.19	6,221	18.38	293	0.87	96	0.28
Mulanay	15,539	62.02	7,768	31.01	1,428	5.70	202	0.81	117	0.47
Padre Burgos	7,790	65.30	3,362	28.18	662	5.55	73	0.61	43	0.36
Pagbilao	20,028	57.86	10,585	30.58	3,674	10.61	234	0.68	93	0.27
Panukulan	3,554	46.42	2,281	29.79	1,735	22.66	61	0.80	25	0.33
Patnanungan	4,374	70.37	1,111	17.87	640	10.30	55	0.88	36	0.58
Perez	4,653	72.67	1,295	20.22	404	6.31	35	0.55	16	0.25
Pitogo	8,046	64.11	3,656	29.13	661	5.27	127	1.01	61	0.49
Plaridel	4,750	73.47	1,454	22.49	200	3.09	44	0.68	17	0.26
Polillo	5,693	38.41	6,673	45.02	2,280	15.38	122	0.82	55	0.37
Quezon	5,125	64.13	2,311	28.92	480	6.01	54	0.68	22	0.28
Real	9,509	54.75	4,972	28.63	2,688	15.48	129	0.74	69	0.40
Sampaloc	3,393	46.17	2,808	38.21	1,093	14.87	39	0.53	16	0.22
San Andres	7,334	57.23	4,269	33.31	1,018	7.94	139	1.08	56	0.44
San Antonio	13,986	73.58	3,847	20.24	1,089	5.73	53	0.28	32	0.17
San Francisco	15,242	58.26	9,082	34.72	1,553	5.94	190	0.73	94	0.36
San Narciso	13,906	69.07	5,276	26.20	775	3.85	95	0.47	82	0.41
Sariaya	47,791	63.95	21,801	29.17	4,590	6.14	296	0.40	251	0.34
Tagkawayan	14,095	59.31	7,798	32.81	1,524	6.41	230	0.97	118	0.50
	23,948	45.36	16,224	30.73	12,083	22.88	350	0.66	195	0.37
Tiaong	33,501	65.78	12,465	24.47	4,424	8.69	291	0.57	250	0.49
Unisan	7,695	55.74	5,593	40.52	411	2.98	71	0.51	34	0.25
TOTAL	665,442	63.25	283,530	26.95	91,906	8.74	7,398	0.70	3,816	0.36

Provincial board elections

1st District

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2nd District

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3rd District

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4th District

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Congressional elections

1st District

Incumbent Representative Mark Enverga is running for reelection.

2nd District

Incumbent Representative David Suarez is running for reelection. One of his opponents is former Department of Agriculture Secretary and former representative Proceso Alcala.^[2] Another challenger is local artist^{[3] [4]} and civic volunteer Abigail Jashael "Abi" Bagabaldo.^[5]

3rd District

Incumbent Representative Aleta Suarez is running for reelection.

4th District

Incumbent Representative Angelina Tan is term-limited and is running for governor. Her son Mike is her party's nominee.

Lucena local elections

Lucena is an independent component city and is not jurisdictionally part of Quezon, but is often grouped with it.

Mayoralty elections

Incumbent Rhoderick Alcala is term-limited and is running for Vice Mayor. His son, Mark is his party's nominee. His opponents are incumbent councilor Sunshine Abcede and incumbent Board Member Romano Franco Talaga.^[6] Incumbent Vice Mayor Philip Castillo died on February 19, 2022. He was substituted by Deric Castillo.

Notes

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^ Vice Mayor Philip Castillo died on February 19, 2022. His son, Deric Castillo, was named as his substitute.

Vice Mayoralty elections

Incumbent Anacleto Alcala III, who assumed post due to the death of Vice Mayor Philip Castillo is running for Vice Governor. Running for the position are incumbent Mayor Rhoderick Alcala, Serafin Meera, Jr. and incumbent councilor Nilo Villapando.

City council elections

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City and municipal elections

1st District

• City

Tayabas City

• Municipalities

Burdeos, General Nakar, Infanta, Jomalig, Lucban, Mauban, Pagbilao, Panukulan, Patnanungan, Polillo, Real, Sampaloc

Tayabas City

Incumbent Ernida Reynoso is running for reelection. Her opponents are incumbent Vice Mayor Manuel Victorio Manaig and incumbent Vice Governor Samuel Nantes.

Sampaloc

2nd District

• City

Lucena City

• Municipalities

Candelaria, Dolores, San Antonio, Sariaya, Tiaong

Candelaria

Incumbent Macario Boongaling is running for Vice Mayor. His party nominated incumbent Vice Mayor George Suayan. His opponents are incumbent LMB President Ireneo Boongaling who happens to be the cousin of the incumbent mayor and former Mayor Ferdinand Maliwanag.

Dolores

Incumbent Orlan Calayag is running for reelection.

San Antonio

Erick Wagan is term-limited. His party nominated former Mayor Aniano Ariel Wagan.

Sariaya

Incumbent Marcelo Gayeta is running for reelection^[7] unopposed.

Tiaong

Incumbent Ramon Preza is term-limited. His party nominated incumbent Vice Mayor William Razon.^[8]

3rd District

• Municipalities

Agdangan, Buenavista, Catanauan, General Luna, Macalelon, Mulanay, Padre Burgos, Pitogo, San Andres, San Francisco, San Narciso, Unisan

Unisan

4th District

• Municipalities

Alabat, Atimonan, Calauag, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Perez, Plaridel, Quezon, Tagkawayan

Tagkawayan

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mallari . Delfin T. Jr. . Quezon gov Danilo Suarez seeks reelection . 2021-12-23 . INQUIRER.net . 2021-10-06 . en.
2. Web site: Mallari . Delfin T. Jr. . Ex-Quezon solon files COC in bid to regain old post . 2022-03-15 . INQUIRER.net . 2021-10-06 . en.
3. Web site: Sauler . Erika . Rizal Park hosts ‘Yakapalooza’ on Feb. 14 . INQUIRER.net . 2013-02-13 . en.
4. Web site: 1st 'Yakapalooza' in PH on Valentine's Day set . news.abs-cbn.com . 2013-02-14 . en.
5. Web site: Mayoralty, congressional bets join Quezon Balitaktakan virtual forum . 2022-05-20 . MANILATIMES.net . 2022-02-19 . en.
6. Web site: Mallari . Delfin T. Jr. . Father, son tandem gun for mayor, vice mayor seats in Lucena . 2022-03-15 . INQUIRER.net . 2021-10-05 . en.
7. News: PROFILE: MARCELO GAYETA Candidate for Mayor - 2022 elections . 22 April 2022 . Rappler.
8. News: PROFILE: WILLIAM RAZON Candidate for Mayor - 2022 elections . 22 April 2022 . Rappler.