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
+LAKAS-NUCD-UMDPNamePartyResultFor House Of RepresentativeElaine Gamboa-Cuneta For MayorJovito Claudio For Vice MayorLito Ibay For Councilor 1st DistrictEd Advincula Bebot Bunye Chet Cuneta Encio Mateo Mar Matic Bing Petallo For Councilor 2nd DistrictMoti Arceo Linda Hilario Willy Lim Allan Panaligan Tony Protacio Bong Tolentino
Team Trinidad-Alcera-Vergel De Dios +LAMMPNamePartyResult For House Of Representative Edith Vergel De Dios For Mayor Peewee Trinidad For Vice Mayor Greg Alcera For Councilor (1st District) Ric Arabia Romy Cabrera Tony Calixto Justo "JJ" Justo Teddy Lorca Marlon Pesebre For Councilor (2nd District) Obet Alvarez Emi Calixto-Rubiano Ruben Cura Albert Paredes Eddie San Jose Pete Tianzon
Team Kaibigan +PROMDI-NPCNamePartyResult For House Of Representative Rolando Briones For Mayor Ricardo "Ding" Santos For Vice Mayor Cesar Santiago For Councilor (1st District) Rico Cordora Oscar De Guia Rey Mateo Abet Reyes Jose Antonio Roxas Cesar Tibajia For Councilor (2nd District) Federico Medina-Cue Ding Morales Inday Rose Laguim Pepe Lapira Rofina Lovina Ian Vendivel
Results Names written in bold-Italic are the re-elected incumbents while in italic are incumbents lost in elections.
For District Representative Incumbent Jovito Claudio of Lakas–NUCD–UMDP retired to run for Mayor of Pasay. Lakas–NUCD–UMDP nominated Elaine Cuneta, who was defeated by Rolando Briones of the Nationalist People's Coalition.
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.
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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 Tianzon.
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Aftermath In May 1998, Trinidad filed an electoral protest before the COMELEC due to alleged irregularities found in the election returns and canvass, but the COMELEC upheld Claudio's proclamation in June 1998. The protest was later dismissed by the Supreme Court on December 15, 1999.
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