Local elections were held in the province of Nueva Vizcaya on May 9, 2022, as part of the Philippine general election. Voters selected candidates for all Local positions: a Municipal Mayor, Municipal Vice Mayor and Municipal Councilors, as well as Members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the Governor, the Vice Governor, and a Representative for the lone district of Nueva Vizcaya to the House of Representatives. Those elected took their respective offices on June 30, 2022, for a three-year term. 252,486 of 296,233 registered voters voted in this election.
Incumbent Governor Carlos Padilla was re-elected for his third and final term, while former Vice Governor Jose Gambito successfully reclaimed his former seat. Incumbent Representative Luisa Lloren–Cuaresma also won her third and final term for Congress.
Coalitions As the Governor, Vice Governor, and Member of the House of Representatives and Members of the Provincial Board are elected on the same ballot, Gubernatorial candidates may present a slate of candidates for each position per District within the Province.
Administration coalition +Team Caloy (Agtultuloy iti Progreso) # Name Party Result For Representative lone district 2 Flodemonte Gerdan Nacionalista For Governor 1 Carlos Padilla Nacionalista For Vice Governor 1 Epifanio Lamberto Galima Nacionalista For Board Member 1st district 2 Leonard Clemens Cadoy Nacionalista 6 Arnel Hernandez Nacionalista 9 Teodorico Padilla Jr. Nacionalista 10 Elma Pinao-an–Lejao Nacionalista 11 Delbert Tidang Nacionalista 2nd district 5 Patricio Dumlao Jr. Nacionalista 7 Eunice Galima–Gambol Nacionalista 10 Victor Gines Jr. Nacionalista 11 Johnny Liban Nacionalista 15 Wilson Salas Nacionalista
Opposition coalition +Team Cares (Tropang May Puso) # Name Party Result For Representative lone district 1 Luisa Cuaresma Lakas For Governor 2 Jose Tomas Sr. PRP For Vice Governor 2 Jose Gambito Lakas For Board Member 1st district 1 Edgardo Balgos Lakas 4 Edgar Daniel Jr. Lakas 5 Florante Gerdan Aksyon 7 Pablo Kindot Lakas 8 Benjamin Lucas Jr. Lakas 2nd district 3 Roland Carub Lakas 4 Eufemia Dacayo Lakas 8 Rolando Galvez PRP 9 Policario Garing Jr. Lakas 12 Primo Percival Marcos PFP
Gubernatorial election The incumbent Governor is Carlos Padilla, who was re-elected in 2019 election with 58.03% (115,367 votes) of the total votes counted.
Padilla is running for his third and final consecutive term. Padilla was nominated by the Nacionalista Party, his sole and main opponent is the incumbent Vice Governor Jose "Tam-an" Tomas Sr., who is running under the People's Reform Party (PRP). Padilla made a slate, the Team Caloy (Agtultuloy iti Progreso), while Tomas Sr. also made his slate the Team Cares (Tropang May Puso).
Results Padilla won his third consecutive term by a landslide victory over Tomas. Padilla won 12 of the 15 towns of the whole province.
Results per municipality Municipality Padilla Tomas Sr. Source Votes % Votes % 3,156 68.40 1,458 31.60 Ambaguio 1,961 31.53 4,259 68.47 Aritao 11,281 59.95 7,537 40.05 Bagabag 12,116 66.91 5,991 33.09 Bambang 15,166 55.08 12,368 44.92 Bayombong 22,229 69.31 9,841 30.69 Diadi 5,136 54.59 4,272 45.41 Dupax del Norte 9,287 61.31 5,860 38.69 Dupax del Sur 6,411 56.66 4,903 43.34 Kasibu 8,437 44.34 10,593 55.66 Kayapa 3,748 28.70 9,312 71.30 Quezon 7,391 58.71 5,199 41.29 Santa Fe 5,611 53.94 4,792 46.06 Solano 24,604 74.27 8,524 25.73 Villaverde 7,018 71.01 2,865 28.99 143,552 59.48 97,774 40.52
Vice Gubernatorial election The outgoing Vice Governor was Jose "Tam-an" Tomas Sr., who was elected in 2019 election with 51.76% (98,846 votes) of the total votes counted.
Tomas did not for re-election, instead he chose to run for the Governorship, facing re-electionist Governor Carlos Padilla. The Team Cares of Tomas Sr., nominated former Vice Governor Jose Gambito who ran under Lakas–CMD (Lakas), Gambito's sole and main opponent was Epifanio Lamberto Galima, who also served as Vice Governor of the same province. In 2019, Galima and Tomas Sr. also fought for the Vice Governorship, but Galima narrowly lost his re-election bid to Jose "Tam-an" Tomas Sr.
Results Gambito narrowly won his bid to reclaim his former position over Galima. Gambito won 12 of the 15 municipalities of the province.
Results per municipality Municipality Gambito Galima Source Votes % Votes % 1,681 42.02 2,319 57.98 Ambaguio 4,140 72.20 1,594 27.80 Aritao 9,576 56.42 7,396 43.58 Bagabag 8,692 51.86 8,067 48.14 Bambang 15,706 60.69 10,171 39.31 Bayombong 16,820 54.85 13,843 45.15 Diadi 4,967 57.51 3,670 42.49 Dupax del Norte 8,377 59.63 5,671 40.37 Dupax del Sur 6,165 59.56 4,186 40.44 Kasibu 9,815 56.62 7,519 43.38 Kayapa 8,946 74.80 3,014 25.20 Quezon 6,657 56.78 5,068 43.22 Santa Fe 4,897 52.07 4,508 47.93 Solano 12,612 39.43 19,376 60.57 Villaverde 4,028 43.36 5,262 56.64 123,079 54.76 101,664 45.24
Congressional election
The outgoing Representative was Luisa Lloren–Cuaresma, who was re-elected in 2019 election with 56.08% (114,338 votes) of the total votes counted.
Cuaresma ran for her third and final consecutive term for Congress. Cuaresma was the candidate of the Opposition's slate the Team Cares, Cuaresma ran under Lakas–CMD (Lakas). Cuaresma's main opponent was incumbent Board Member Flodemonte Gerdan, who ran under the slate of the Administration (Team Caloy). Lawrence Santa Ana was also a candidate, running as an independent.
Results Cuaresma won her re-election bid, beating Gerdan in a landslide victory.
Results per municipality Municipality Cuaresma Gerdan Santa Ana Source Votes % Votes % Votes % 2,173 55.11 1,716 43.52 54 1.37 Ambaguio 4,308 72.76 1,592 26.89 21 0.35 Aritao 14,537 81.20 3,288 18.37 77 0.43 Bagabag 13,379 79.21 3,380 20.01 132 0.78 Bambang 22,488 82.59 4,635 17.02 107 0.39 Bayombong 21,359 69.83 8,960 29.29 268 0.88 Diadi 6,138 69.60 2,638 29.91 43 0.49 Dupax del Norte 11,151 77.38 3,220 22.35 39 0.27 Dupax del Sur 7,930 74.33 2,698 25.29 41 0.38 Kasibu 10,577 60.55 6,785 38.84 107 0.61 Kayapa 9,801 77.52 2,806 22.19 37 0.29 Quezon 8,364 70.84 3,365 28.50 78 0.66 Santa Fe 4,928 50.23 4,848 49.41 35 0.36 Solano 22,303 71.04 8,800 28.03 294 0.94 Villaverde 5,924 63.27 3,384 36.14 55 0.59 165,360 72.25 62,115 27.14 1,388 0.61
Provincial Board election Unlike in the Congressional election, the Provincial Board has two Provincial districts, which is comprised by five Board Member for each Provincial district.
Note: All incumbents are marked in Italics.
1st District Municipalities: Alfonso Castañeda, Aritao, Bambang, Dupax del Norte, Dupax del Sur, Kasibu, Kayapa, Santa Fe
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2nd District Municipalities: Ambaguio, Bagabag, Bayombong, Diadi, Quezon, Solano, Villaverde
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Municipal elections All municipalities of Nueva Vizcaya elected a Mayor and a Vice Mayor in the election. 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. Below is the list of mayoralty candidates of each municipalities per district.
Note: All incumbents are marked in Italics.
1st District Municipalities: Alfonso Castañeda, Aritao, Bambang, Dupax del Norte, Dupax del Sur, Kasibu, Kayapa, Santa Fe
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Aritao
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Bambang
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Dupax del Norte
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Dupax del Sur
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Kasibu
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Kayapa
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Santa Fe
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2nd District Municipalities: Ambaguio, Bagabag, Bayombong, Diadi, Quezon, Solano, Villaverde
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Bayombong
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Diadi
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Quezon
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Solano
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