2019 Nueva Ecija local elections

2019 Nueva Ecija local elections

May 13, 2019 (2019-05-13)

Gubernatorial election

Candidate Aurelio Umali Virgilio Bote Edno Joson Party Sigaw PDP–Laban Independent Running mate Emmanuel Umali Edward Joson Popular vote 477,066 337,925 94,639 Percentage 51.58% 36.54% 10.23%

Governor before election Czarina Umali Liberal Elected Governor Aurelio Umali Sigaw

Vice gubernatorial election

Candidate Emmanuel Umali Edward Joson Party Sigaw Independent Popular vote 510,253 405,005 Percentage 54.90% 43.58%

Vice Governor before election GP Padiernos Liberal Elected Vice Governor Emmanuel Umali Sigaw

Local elections took place in Nueva Ecija on Monday, May 13, 2022, as part of the 2019 Philippine general election. Held concurrently with the national elections, the electorate voted to elect a governor, a vice governor, fourteen provincial board members and four district representatives to congress. Those elected took their respective offices on June 30, 2019 for a three-year-long term.

Former governor Aurelio Umali won the governorship against former General Tinio mayor Virgilio Bote, who was backed by Rodrigo Duterte’s party PDP-Laban, and former governor Eduardo “Edno” Joson. In addition, Aurelio’s brother, Dr. Emmanuel Umali, defeated former vice governor Edward Joson in the race for vice governor.

Electoral system

The governor and vice governor is elected via the plurality voting system province-wide.The members are elected via plurality-at-large voting: the province is divided into four districts, the first and fourth districts sending three members each, while the second and third districts sending two members each to the provincial board; the number of candidates the electorate votes for and the number of winning candidates depends on the number of members their district sends. The vice governor is the ex officio presiding officer, and only votes to break ties.

Results

Governor

Former governor Aurelio Umali won reelection with 51.58% of the vote against Virigilio Bote's 36.34%, former governor Edno Joson's 10.23% and other candidate's 1.65%.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aurelio Umali	Unang Sigaw	477,066	51.58
	Virgilio Bote	PDP–Laban	337,925	36.54
	Edno Joson	Independent	94,639	10.23
	Renato Reynaldo Maliwat	PDDS	7,313	0.79
	Roberto Gavina	PFP	4,776	0.52
	Constantino De Leon	Independent	3,117	0.34
Total			924,836	100.00
	Unang Sigaw hold

Vice Governor

Dr. Emmanuel Umali won with 54.90% of the vote against former vice governor Edward Joson's 43.58% and Manolo Tan's 1.52%.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Emmanuel Umali	Unang Sigaw	510,253	54.90
	Edward Joson	PDP–Laban	405,005	43.58
	Manolo Tan	PDDS	14,088	1.52
Total			929,346	100.00
	Unang Sigaw hold