2022 Bacolod local elections

2022 Bacolod local elections
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Nominee Alfredo Abelardo Benitez Evelio Leonardia
Party PDP–Laban Nacionalista
Running mate Caesar Distrito El Cid Familiaran
Popular vote 171,893 107,447
Percentage 61.54 38.46
Mayor before election

Evelio Leonardia
Nacionalista

Elected mayor

Albee Benitez
PDP–Laban

As part of the Philippine general election on May 9, 2022, local elections were held in Bacolod to elect the mayor, vice mayor, twelve regular members of the city council, and the representative of the city's lone congressional district.

Incumbent mayor Evelio Leonardia (Nacionalista/Grupo Progreso) failed to win a third consecutive term as he was defeated by former Negros Occidental 3rd district representative Albee Benitez (PDP–Laban/Asenso Bacolod). Meanwhile, incumbent vice mayor El Cid Familiaran, who was Leonardia's running mate, won re-election after defeating Caesar Distrito, Benitez's running mate. In the Bacolod City Council, Benitez's Asenso Bacolod ticket won a majority of eight seats, while Leonardia's Grupo Progreso won the remaining four seats. In the House of Representatives, congressman Greg Gasataya won a third consecutive term. The elected officials assumed their respective offices on June 30, 2022 and are expected to each serve a three-year term until June 30, 2025.