1998 Manila local elections

1998 Manila mayoral election

May 11, 1998 (1998-05-11)

Candidate Lito Atienza Amado Bagatsing Ernesto Maceda Party Liberal LDP NPC Running mate Butch Belgica Danny Lacuna Martin Isidro Sr. Popular vote 197,476 161,728 160,004 Percentage 29.67 24.30 24.04

Mayor before election Lito Atienza Liberal Elected mayor Lito Atienza Liberal

Vice mayoral election

Candidate Danny Lacuna Butch Belgica Martin Isidro Sr. Party LAMMP Liberal NPC

Vice Mayor before election Larry Silva Lakas Elected Vice Mayor Danny Lacuna LAMMP

Local elections was held in the City of Manila 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 six congressmen, and the councilors, six in each of the city's six legislative districts.

With the resignation of Alfredo Lim to run for president, Vice Mayor Lito Atienza was seated as mayor, with former boxer-comedian and first councilor Larry Silva as the vice mayor. Atienza won the election after facing Third district congressman Jaime C. Lopez, senator Ernesto Maceda, and congressman Amado Bagatsing. Bagatsing's running-mate, and 1992 mayoral candidate Danny Lacuna won the vice mayorship.

In this election also won the first term of actor and future mayor Isko Moreno as councilor from the 1st district.

Results

For Mayor

Incumbent Mayor Lito Atienza won his first term against ten candidates, including 5th district representative Amado Bagatsing, senator Ernesto Maceda and 3rd district representative Jaime Lopez.

Manila Mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lito Atienza	197,476	29.67
	LDP	Amado Bagatsing	161,728	24.30
	NPC	Ernesto Maceda	160,004	24.04
	Lakas	Jaime Lopez	144,754	21.75
	Independent	Onofre Abad	350	0.05
	Independent	Benjamin Rivera	331	0.05
	Independent	Benigno Perez	289	0.04
	Independent	Reynaldo Navarez	239	0.04
	Independent	Johnny Regalado	221	0.03
	Independent	Antonio Gamo	203	0.03
	Independent	Gervacio Benegas	47	0.01
Total votes			665,642	100.00
	Liberal hold

For Vice Mayor

Incumbent vice mayor Larry Silva opted to run for a return as a 3rd district councilor instead of seeking a full term as vice mayor. Former vice mayor Danny Lacuna won against 1st district representative Martin Isidro Sr. and 6th district councilor Butch Belgica.

1998 Manila Vice Mayoral election

Candidate		Party
	Danny Lacuna	Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino
	Martin Isidro Sr.	Nationalist People's Coalition
	Butch Belgica	Liberal Party (Philippines)
Total

Manila's 1st district

Term-limited incumbent Martin Isidro Sr. of the Nationalist People's Coalition ran for Vice Mayor of Manila. Ernesto Nieva of Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino won the election.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ernesto Nieva	Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino	65,136	48.88
	Ernesto Dionisio	Liberal Party	46,942	35.23
	Roberto Sese	Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino	13,433	10.08
	Honorio Lopez II	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP	7,365	5.53
	Percy Lapid	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	249	0.19
	Abraham Liguidliguid	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	121	0.09
Total			133,246	100.00
Source: Commission on Elections

Manila's 2nd district

Term-limited incumbent Jaime Lopez of Lakas–NUCD–UMDP ran for Mayor of Manila. Lakas–NUCD–UMDP nominated Flaviano Concepcion Jr., who was defeated by Nestor Ponce Jr. of the Liberal Party.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nestor Ponce Jr.	Liberal Party	34,068	35.22
	Natalio Beltran Jr.	Nationalist People's Coalition	28,850	29.83
	Flaviano Concepcion Jr.	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP	26,841	27.75
	Alberto Lim	Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino	6,709	6.94
	Gertrudes Reyes	Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma	256	0.26
Total			96,724	100.00
Source: Commission on Elections

Manila's 3rd district

Incumbent Leonardo Fugoso of the Liberal Party was term-limited. The Liberal Party nominated Jhosep Lopez, who was defeated by Harry Angping of Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Harry Angping	Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino	39,424	42.10
	Jhosep Lopez	Liberal Party	34,387	36.72
	Manuel Zarcal	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP	15,115	16.14
	Joaquin Roces	Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino	4,727	5.05
Total			93,653	100.00
Source: Commission on Elections

Manila's 4th district

Term-limited incumbent Ramon Bagatsing Jr. of Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (LAMMP) ran for the Senate. The LAMMP nominated Victoriano Melendez, who was defeated by Rodolfo Bacani of the Liberal Party.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rodolfo Bacani	Liberal Party	43,643	37.06
	Victoriano Melendez	Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino	39,384	33.44
	Ernesto Diokno	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP	33,858	28.75
	Salvacion Aguila	Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma	486	0.41
	Douglas Santiago	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	404	0.34
Total			117,775	100.00
Source: Commission on Elections

Manila's 5th district

Term-limited incumbent Amado Bagatsing of Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (LAMMP) ran for Mayor of Manila. The LAMMP nominated Felixberto Espiritu, who was defeated by Joey Hizon of the Liberal Party.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Joey Hizon	Liberal Party	64,023	61.78
	Felixberto Espiritu	Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino	34,347	33.15
	Gonzalo Puyat II	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP	4,293	4.14
	Lino Inciong	Independent	392	0.38
	Mariano Abanilla	Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma	386	0.37
	Marlo de Mesa	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	115	0.11
	Ricardo Daniac	Independent	68	0.07
Total			103,624	100.00
Source: Commission on Elections

Manila's 6th district

Incumbent Rosenda Ann Ocampo of the Nationalist People's Coalition was re-elected to a third term.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rosenda Ann Ocampo (incumbent)	Nationalist People's Coalition	67,721	69.27
	Carlos Fernandez	Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino	20,429	20.90
	Arturo Añas	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP	8,881	9.08
	Isidro Holgado	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	401	0.41
	Don Alvaro Gallarzan	Independent	328	0.34
Total			97,760	100.00
Source: Commission on Elections