Partial and unofficial results from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) showed old names in the political scene dominating the key mayoralty races during yesterday’s midterm elections,
In the capital city of Manila, former Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso completed his comeback after garnering a huge lead over his long-time ally, Honey Lacuna-Pangan.
As of 10:14 p.m. last night, Domagoso received 547,001 votes to secure the win against the incumbent mayor with 193,986 votes and Tutok To Win Party-List Representative Sam Verzosa with 167,398 votes.
Meanwhile, Chi Atienza also received a commanding 606,962 votes over incumbent city vice mayor Yul Servo-Nieto, who received 256,786 votes.
In Davao City, Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, detained at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes against humanity, regained the mayorship of family stronghold Davao city in a landslide vote on Monday, an initial tally showed.
With over 60 percent of returns in, Duterte had built an insurmountable lead of 405,000 votes to 49,000 for his nearest competitor, results from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) released by local media showed.
Meanwhile, former Vice President Leni Robredo has taken a huge lead in the mayoral race in Naga City. Based on the partial and unofficial results as of 9:46 p.m. on Monday, Robredo already has 80,963 votes from 80% of election returns. She is far ahead of her rivals, Toots De Quiros, 6,084, Louie Ortega, 844, and Ganda Abrazado, 718.
In Quezon City, the most populous city in the NCR, incumbent Mayor Joy Belmonte racked up a huge lead over her nearest competitor in the mayoral race, assuring her of a third term.
As of 9:54 p.m., with over 73 percent of the votes in the city counted, Belmonte had 992,379 votes, followed by Diosdado Velasco with 20,322 votes; Jonathan Cabalo with 13,015 votes; Rolando Jota with 8,264 votes, and Noli Navat with 4,090 votes.
Her running mate Gian Sotto also leads the vice mayoral race with 903,951 votes, followed by Dante Villarta with 25,939 votes; Inventor Ingles with 18,912 votes; and June Felangco with 17,859 votes.
In Makati City, Incumbent Senator Nancy Binay is currently leading the mayoral race against her brother-in-law, incumbent Makati City Representative Luis Campos.
According to the partial unofficial count, which reflects 58 percent of election returns, Binay received 66,221 votes, while Campos, the husband of incumbent Mayor Abigail Binay, garnered 48,990 votes.
In the race for vice mayor, Romulo Pena is in the lead with 83,290 votes, while actor Monsour del Rosario obtained 32,096 votes.
In Taguig City, re-electionist Mayor Laarni Cayetano is leading with 331,591 votes, based on a partial unofficial count of 63.91% of election returns.
She is followed by her rival, Arnel Cerafica, who received 88,688 votes.
For vice mayor in Taguig City, Cayetano’s running mate, Arvin Alit, secured 270,695 votes, while his opponent, Janelle Cerafica, received 113,798 votes.
In Pasig City, Vico Sotto leads the mayoral race by a massive margin.
Based on partial and unofficial results as of 9:19 p.m. last night, the incumbent mayor has 262,906 votes so far.
His closest rival, Sarah Discaya, has 21,775 votes. Other candidates Cory Palma and Eagle Ayaon have 238 and 219 votes, respectively.
For vice mayor, incumbent candidate Dodot Jaworski is also ahead in the race with 217,750 votes.
His opponents, Iyo-Caruncho Bernardo and Kuya-Marc Dela Cruz have 53,005 votes and 4,342 votes, respectively.
In San Juan City, incumbent Mayor Francis Zamora was headed for a third term based on partial and unofficial results from the Comelec as of 10:14 p.m. last night.
The sitting mayor garnered 50,152 votes over his political foe and former PBA player Philip Cezar, who received only 7,231 votes.
Zamora’s running mate, Angelo Agcoili, was also ahead of his rival, independent candidate Candy Crisologo. Agcoili received 41,823 votes, while Crisologo got 11,806.
In Caloocan City, Incumbent Along Malapitan currently leads the race for mayor in the 2025 local elections.
As of 10 p.m., partial results revealed that Malapitan landed 330,022 votes, followed by former senator Antonio Trillanes with 220,158 votes.
Karina Teh leads the polls for vice-mayor with 333,072 votes.
In Marikina City, 1st District Rep. Maan Teodoro was poised to succeed her husband, Marcy Teodoro, as mayor of Marikina City.
As of 9:54 p.m., she received 140,296 votes against Marikina 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo, who received 109,504, in the mayoral race.
Meanwhile, former Marikina Mayor Del De Guzman was leading the vice mayoral race with 123,796 votes.
Behind him were Doc Marion Andres with 115,651 votes and independent candidate Annie Retes with 3,240 votes.
In Las Piñas City, incumbent Councilor Mark Anthony Santos last night secured a commanding lead over rival Senator Cynthia Villar. As of 10:37 p.m. (73.7%), Santos (NPC) has received 114,491 votes while Villar (Nacionalista Party) trailing him with 82,703 votes. With Vito Barcelo and Rex Espiritu