The 2022 Philippine presidential election in Antique was held on Monday, May 9, 2022, as part of the 2022 Philippine general election in which all provinces, higly urbanized cities, and independent component cities participated. The electorate of Antique cast their votes for the president.
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A predominantly rural province in Western Visayas, Antique is considered a reliable province for Robredo. In the 2016 vice-presidential election, Robredo carried the province by approximately 32 percentage points over Bongbong Marcos. It was widely expected that Antique would maintain this trend in 2022,
Robredo, running as an independent, secured victory in Antique, garnering 142,663 votes or 44.73% of the total votes cast. Former senator Bongbong Marcos of Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP), Robredo's main rival, received 115,027 votes, which amounted to 36.07%.
Although Robredo won Antique with 44.73% of the vote against Marcos's 36.07%, her margin of victory represented a significant narrowing compared to the 2016 result. This pattern of shrinking opposition leads was similarly observed in neighboring provinces across Western Visayas and in other traditional opposition strongholds elsewhere in the country. Antique is one of only fifteen provinces nationwide where Robredo placed first.[1]
Campaign
editRobredo
editRobredo held a rally at the Evelio B. Javier Freedom Park in San Jose de Buenavista, the provincial capital, drawing at least 4,000 supporters. Edgar Denosta, the provincial vice governor, as well as several vice mayors and councilors, were present at the event. Governor Rhodora Cadiao and all 18 of the province's mayors were notably absent. Robredo's campaign in the province was driven largely by volunteers organized under local chapters of the Robredo People's Council, consistent with her broader national campaign which she described as a "people's campaign."
Marcos
editMarcos faced significant difficulties in staging a campaign presence in Antique. A UniTeam rally initially scheduled for February 24 at the Evelio B. Javier Freedom Park was postponed following a public backlash from residents, who objected to the holding of a Marcos campaign event at the site where former governor Evelio Javier, a staunch opponent of Marcos's father and director of Corazon Aquino's 1986 snap election campaign in the province, was assassinated on February 11, 1986. Javier's son, Gideon, was among those who publicly denounced the planned rally, calling it "insulting" to his family and to Antique. Marcos spokesman Vic Rodriguez confirmed the postponement, stating the campaign had decided "to adjust our schedule to a later date in the spirit of peace and unity," without directly acknowledging the protests as the reason.[2]
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Leni Robredo | 142,663 | 44.73% | |
| PFP | Bongbong Marcos | 115,027 | 36.07% | |
| PROMDI | Manny Pacquiao | 30,190 | 9.47% | |
| Aksyon | Isko Moreno | 22,126 | 6.94% | |
| Independent | Ping Lacson | 5,312 | 1.67% | |
| Independent | Ernie Abella | 5,312 | 1.67% | |
| PLM | Leody de Guzman | 846 | 0.27% | |
| PDSP | Norberto Gonzales | 685 | 0.21% | |
| DPP | Jose Montemayor Jr. | 641 | 0.20% | |
| Katipunan | Faisal Mangondato | 303 | 0.10% | |
| Total votes | 318,940 | 100.00% | ||
By municipality
edit| Municipality[4] | Leni Robredo Independent |
Bongbong Marcos PFP |
Other candidates | Margin | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Anini-y | 4,864 | 42.29% | 4,415 | 38.38% | 2,223 | 19.33% | 449 | 3.90% | 11,502 |
| Barbaza | 6,571 | 50.92% | 4,052 | 31.40% | 2,282 | 17.68% | 2,519 | 19.52% | 12,905 |
| Belison | 3,814 | 45.29% | 3,706 | 44.00% | 902 | 10.71% | 108 | 1.28% | 8,422 |
| Bugasong | 8,152 | 43.97% | 6,356 | 34.28% | 4,032 | 21.75% | 1,796 | 9.69% | 18,540 |
| Caluya | 6,517 | 34.85% | 8,350 | 44.66% | 3,831 | 20.49% | -1,833 | -9.80% | 18,698 |
| Culasi | 11,011 | 47.98% | 7,377 | 32.14% | 4,562 | 19.88% | 3,634 | 15.83% | 22,950 |
| Hamtic | 9,822 | 38.59% | 11,627 | 45.68% | 4,002 | 15.72% | -1,805 | -7.09% | 25,451 |
| Laua-an | 6,541 | 42.47% | 6,004 | 38.99% | 2,855 | 18.54% | 537 | 3.49% | 15,400 |
| Libertad | 4,803 | 52.08% | 3,165 | 34.32% | 1,254 | 13.60% | 1,638 | 17.76% | 9,222 |
| Pandan | 8,883 | 42.79% | 9,156 | 44.10% | 2,721 | 13.11% | -273 | -1.32% | 20,760 |
| Patnongon | 10,042 | 55.51% | 4,879 | 26.97% | 3,171 | 17.53% | 5,163 | 28.54% | 18,092 |
| San Jose de Buenavista | 14,327 | 44.50% | 11,741 | 36.47% | 6,127 | 19.03% | 2,586 | 8.03% | 32,195 |
| San Remigio | 7,976 | 43.03% | 4,999 | 26.97% | 5,562 | 30.00% | 2,977 | 16.06% | 18,537 |
| Sebaste | 3,720 | 36.46% | 4,370 | 42.83% | 2,114 | 20.72% | -650 | -6.37% | 10,204 |
| Sibalom | 16,652 | 49.18% | 10,727 | 31.68% | 6,477 | 19.13% | 5,925 | 17.50% | 33,856 |
| Tibiao | 7,577 | 51.48% | 4,345 | 29.52% | 2,797 | 19.00% | 3,232 | 21.96% | 14,719 |
| Tobias Fornier | 6,769 | 41.51% | 6,127 | 37.57% | 3,411 | 20.92% | 642 | 3.94% | 16,307 |
| Valderrama | 4,622 | 41.34% | 3,631 | 32.48% | 2,927 | 26.18% | 991 | 8.86% | 11,180 |
| Totals | 142,663 | 44.73% | 115,027 | 36.07% | 61,250 | 19.20% | 27,636 | 8.66% | 318,940 |
Analysis
editRobredo's winning margin of approximately 8.66 percentage points in Antique, a lead of 27,636 votes, was a significant contraction from her performance in the province six years earlier. In the 2016 vice presidential race, she had carried Antique with 119,055 votes against Marcos's 44,663, a margin of roughly 32 percentage points. By 2022, Robredo grew her raw vote total to 142,663, while Marcos rose from 44,663 to 115,027.
Part of this shift is attributable to the consolidation of the race nationally. In 2016, votes in Antique were distributed across multiple vice-presidential candidates. In 2022, the contest was effectively a two-candidate race, with secondary candidates Manny Pacquiao, Isko Moreno, and Panfilo Lacson collectively drawing a much smaller share of the vote than the combined field had in 2016.[5]
Marcos's improvement in Antique was consistent with a broader national pattern in which he expanded his vote in nearly every province, including those he ultimately lost. Marcos doubled, tripled, or more his 2016 totals even in Western Visayas provinces where Robredo retained the lead.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ Baizas, Gaby (May 12, 2022). "Which provinces flipped for Marcos or Robredo in 2022?". Rappler. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Burgos, Nestor Jr. (February 23, 2022). "Marcos rally in Antique called off after residents protested". Cebu Daily News. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "09 May 2022 National and Local Elections Results". COMELEC. May 27, 2022. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
- ↑ "ELEKSYON 2022". GMA News. May 13, 2022. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
- ↑ McCargo, Duncan (December 2022). "Philippine Elections 2022: Why Leni's Fifteen Million Votes Were Not Enough". Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs. 44 (3): 357–366 – via Project Muse.
- ↑ Fonbuena, Carmela; Teodoro, Martha (May 11, 2022). "Marcos doubled, tripled or more his 2016 vote in many provinces". Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
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