The 2022 Philippine presidential and vice presidential election in Abra was held on Monday, May 9, 2022, as part of the 2022 Philippine general election in which all provinces, Highly Urbanized Cities, and Independent Component Cities participated. Voters voted the president and the vice president separately.

Abra has long been considered part of the so-called Solid North, a voting bloc in northern Luzon historically aligned with the Marcos family and Ilocano political interests. The province, along with much of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and the Ilocos Region, was widely expected to deliver a decisive vote for the UniTeam ticket of Marcos and Sara Duterte well before election day.

Former senator Bongbong Marcos of Partido Federal ng Pilipinas won in the province of Abra in a landslide against his main opponent incumbent Vice President Leni Robredo, an independent. Marcos achieved 147,812 votes against Robredo's 4,502 votes. Marcos's vote share in Abra was the third-highest of any province or highly urbanized city in the country, trailing only two other provinces (Ilocos Norte and Sulu).

Campaign The campaign period for the 2022 presidential election ran from February 8 to May 7, 2022.

Marcos Marcos held a campaign rally in Bangued, the provincial capital, on March 9, 2022, accompanied by senatorial candidates Sherwin Gatchalian, Harry Roque, Mark Villar, and Rodante Marcoleta. His running mate, Sara Duterte, was unable to attend due to bad weather in Davao City, which prevented her from flying out. Marcos apologized for her absence before the crowd and proceeded to hold a motorcade before moving on to a subsequent sortie in Kalinga.

Robredo Robredo's campaign held a meet and greet with the Abra Electric Cooperative (ABRECO) and the volunteer group Abra for Leni at the Oval Era Mall in Bangued earlier in the campaign period. Robredo returned to the province on May 3, 2022, just days before election day, making Abra the final province she visited in her campaign, completing a full tour of all provinces in the Philippines. She thanked Bishop Leopoldo Jaucian and the clergy of the Diocese of Bangued for their assistance during the visit, and described the warmth she received from local volunteers as memorable. Robredo later acknowledged the difficulty of campaigning in the province, saying she was surprised to find volunteers still working on the ground there and calling them brave.

Other candidates Senator Panfilo Lacson, another presidential candidate, did not hold any campaign sorties in the province. Instead, he met privately with the Bersamin family, one of Abra's prominent political dynasties, after announcing he would no longer campaign in the Ilocos provinces.

Results

By municipality + Municipality Bongbong MarcosPFP Leni RobredoIndependent Other candidates Margin Total # % # % # % # % Bangued27,28392.55% 1,4454.90%7512.55%25,83887.65%29,479 Boliney2,66597.94%341.25%220.81%2,63196.69%2,721 Bucay10,29895.72%2942.73%1671.55%10,00492.98%10,759 Bucloc1,73795.76%553.03%221.21%1,68292.72%1,814 Daguioman1,23096.77%251.97%161.26%1,20594.81%1,271 Danglas3,20299.63%100.31%20.06%3,19299.32%3,214 Dolores7,16394.90%1932.56%1922.54%6,97092.34%7,548 La Paz10,72399.64%250.23%140.13%10,69899.41%10,762 Lacub2,24594.05%823.44%602.51%2,16390.62%2,387 Lagangilang8,22895.41%2312.68%1651.91%7,99792.73%8,624 Lagayan2,75695.36%692.39%652.25%2,68792.98%2,890 Langiden2,31299.27%140.60%30.13%2,29898.67%2,329 Licuan-Baay3,35395.45%772.19%832.36%3,27693.25%3,513 Luba3,83895.93%952.37%681.70%3,74393.55%4,001 Malibcong2,37991.22%1616.17%682.61%2,21885.05%2,608 Manabo6,59394.35%2183.12%1772.53%6,37591.23%6,988 Peñarrubia3,68694.22%1233.14%1032.63%3,56391.08%3,912 Pidigan7,43695.33%2483.18%1161.49%7,18892.15%7,800 Pilar6,44798.62%580.89%320.49%6,38997.74%6,537 Sallapadan4,32196.45%972.17%621.38%4,22494.29%4,480San Isidro2,70195.58%732.58%521.84%2,62892.99%2,826San Juan6,11796.77%1362.15%681.08%5,98194.62%6,321San Quintin3,65595.61%1163.03%521.36%3,53992.57%3,823Tayum8,25592.66%3974.46%2572.88%7,85888.20%8,909Tineg2,53398.48%220.86%170.66%2,51197.63%2,572Tubo3,15592.31%1394.07%1243.63%3,01688.24%3,418Villaviciosa3,50197.14%651.80%381.05%3,43695.34%3,604 Totals 147,812 95.29% 4,502 2.90% 2,796 1.80% 143,310 92.39% 155,110

Analysis Abra was among the 31 provinces that had been Marcos strongholds since the 2016 national elections, when Marcos ran for the vice presidency. The province's 2022 presidential result of 95.29% for Marcos represented a significant increase in vote share compared to 2016, when Marcos narrowly lost the vice-presidential race nationally to Robredo. CAR as a whole, of which Abra is a part, gave Marcos 91.37% of the vote in a head-to-head comparison against Robredo in 2022.

Of the 595 precincts nationwide that recorded zero votes for Robredo in the 2022 election, 45 were located in Abra, the largest number from any single province in the Cordillera and Ilocos regions. The other provinces in the area contributed 20 in Ilocos Norte, 16 in Ilocos Sur, 6 in Apayao, 3 in La Union, and 2 each in Kalinga and Ifugao.

See also 2022 Philippine presidential election 2022 Philippine general election

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