2022 Philippine general election
political process in the Southeast Asian country
The 2022 Philippine general election took place on May 9, 2022, for the executive and legislative branches of government at every level – national, provincial, and local – except for the barangay officials.
At the top of the ballot is the election for the successors to President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo. There were also elections for:
12 seats of the Senate
All 316 seats of the House of Representatives
All 81 governors and vice governors, and 782 seats of the provincial boards in all provinces
All 146 city mayors and vice mayors, and 1,650 seats of the city councils in all cities
All 1,488 municipal mayors and vice mayors, and 11,908 seats of the municipal councils in all municipalities
The first election of the Bangsamoro Parliament was scheduled to be held on the same date, but was rescheduled to 2025.
This is the first election in Davao de Oro under that name, as it was renamed from Compostela Valley in December 2019 after a successful plebiscite.
Preparation
Commission on Elections membership
In September 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed lawyer Michael Peloton as commissioner, filling in for the seat vacated by Luie Tito Guia's retirement. As this was a regular appointment as opposed to an ad interim one made when Congress is in recess, Peloton had to be confirmed by the Commission on Appointments before he could take office. In November, Duterte appointed Davao del Norte election supervisor Aimee Ferolino-Ampoloquio to the seat vacated by Al Parreño.
By October 2021, there were reports that Duterte would appoint Melvin Matibag, the secretary-general of the PDP–Laban faction preferred by the former, as chairman. Matibag denied he knew about talks of him being appointed as chairman. Several weeks later, Duterte appointed Rey Bulay, chief prosecutor of Manila, as commissioner, with a term ending in 2027, replacing Peloton, who was rejected by the Commission on Appointments.
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