2022 Bohol local elections

Bohol local elections were held on May 9, 2022, as part of the 2022 Philippine general election. Registered voters elected leaders for local positions: the governor, vice-governor, as well as three to four members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, and three representatives for the three districts of Bohol, city or town mayor, vice mayor and councilors.

Based on the COMELEC's data, the province 2022 voting population is 949,791; increased by 5.69%, equivalent to 51,109 additional electorate from the 2019 elections voter count of 898,682, making Bohol the 20th vote-rich province in the country.

42 candidates submitted certificates of candidacy (COC) between October 1 and 8, 2021, for a total of 15 provincial and congressional seats.

On May 10, 2022, the Provincial Board of Canvassers proclaimed Abante Bohol tandem Erico Aristotle Aumentado and Dionisio Victor Balite as the newly elected governor and vice-governor of Bohol respectively.

Governor
Last termer congressman Aris Aumentado won via landslide against the incumbent governor Arthur C. Yap.
 * Electorate (2022): 949,791 (1,723 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 837,470 (88.17%)


 * Died on March 12, 2022 and cannot be substituted since she ran as Independent.

Vice-Governor
Senior board member Dionisio Victor Balite won against the incumbent Rene Relampagos.
 * Electorate (2022): 949,791 (1,723 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 837,470 (88.17%)

Sangguniang Panlalawigan
Parties are as stated in their certificates of candidacy.

1st District

 * Electorate (2022): 316,471 (560 election returns)
 *  Turnout (2022): 280,232 (88.51%)


 * Substituted Dalia Melda Tirol-Magno (NPC), who withdrew her candidacy on November 9, 2021.

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2nd District

 * Electorate (2022): 312,434 (553 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 275,219 (88.06%)


 * Substituted Jesseril Intina (PDP-Laban).

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3rd District

 * Electorate (2022): 320,786 (610 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 282,019 (87.91%)


 * Substituted Stefan Lee Cagulada (NPC)

Congressional elections
Parties are as stated in their certificates of candidacy.

1st District
Incumbent Edgar Chatto was reelected.
 * City: Tagbilaran City
 * Municipality: Alburquerque, Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Calape, Catigbian, Corella, Cortes, Dauis, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, Sikatuna, Tubigon
 * Population (2020): 470,599
 * Electorate (2022): 316,471 (560 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 280,232 (88.55%)

2nd District
Erico Aristotle Aumentado was term limited. He ran for governor and won. His wife, Maria Vanessa Cadorna-Aumentado, became the first congresswoman ever elected in the Bohol's 2nd District, and third congresswoman elected in the province after Venice Borja-Agana in 1987 and Kristine Alexie Besas-Tutor in 2019.
 * City: none
 * Municipality: Bien Unido, Buenavista, Clarin, Dagohoy, Danao, Getafe, Inabanga, Pres. Carlos P. Garcia, Sagbayan, San Isidro, San Miguel, Talibon, Trinidad, Ubay
 * Population (2020): 471,025
 * Electorate (2022): 312,534 (553 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 275,219 (88.06%)

3rd District
Incumbent Kristine Alexie Besas-Tutor was reelected.
 * City: none
 * Municipality: Alicia, Anda, Batuan, Bilar, Candijay, Carmen, Dimiao, Duero, Garcia Hernandez, Guindulman, Jagna, Lila, Loay, Loboc, Mabini, Pilar, Sevilla, Sierra Bullones, Valencia
 * Population (2020): 452,705
 * Electorate (2022): 320,786 (610 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 282,019 (87.91%)

City and municipal elections
All municipalities of Bohol and Tagbilaran City elected mayors, vice-mayors and councilors this election. The mayor and vice mayor with the highest number of votes win the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.

Alburquerque
Incumbent mayor Don Ritchie Buates was reelected, while incumbent vice-mayor Jet Jose Ugduracion Jr. failed on his reelection bid.
 * Electorate (2022): 7,775 (13 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 6,997 (89.99%)

Antequera
Incumbent vice-mayor Jose Mario Pahang won against incumbent mayor Lilioso Nunag.
 * Electorate (2022): 10,139 (23 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 9,273 (91.46%)

Baclayon
Incumbents Benecio Uy and Romulo Balangkig were reelected.
 * Electorate (2022): 14,180 (26 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 12,532 (88.38%)


 * Substituted Ma. Judith Israel

Balilihan
Incumbent mayor Pureza Chatto was reelected against incumbent vice-mayor Adonis Roy Olalo.
 * Electorate (2022): 14,669 (32 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 13,429 (91.55%)

Calape
Former vice-governor Julius Caesar Herrera won against incumbent mayor Nelson Yu. Yu's brother incumbent vice-mayor Sulpicio Yu Jr. was reelected.
 * Electorate (2022): 22,819 (45 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 20,150 (88.30%)


 * Substituted Joseph Allan Dumalag
 * Substituted Hananera Rasonabe Bonggot

Catigbian
Incumbents Elizabeth Mandin-Pace and Esteban Angilan Jr. were reelected.
 * Electorate (2022): 16,269 (30 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 14,558 (89.48%)

Corella
Juan Manuel Lim defeated incumbent mayor Hilario Tocmo. Meanwhile, incumbent vice-mayor Ma. Asuncion Banal-Daquio was term-limited.
 * Electorate (2022): 6,084 (11 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 5,562 (91.42%)

Cortes
Incumbent mayor Lynn Iven Lim was reelected while incumbent vice-mayor Leo Pabutoy failed on his reelection bid.
 * Electorate (2022): 11,748 (22 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 10,595 (90.19%)

Dauis
Incumbents Marietta Tocmo-Sumaylo and Luciano Bongalos were term limited. Sumaylo ran for vice-mayor and won.
 * Electorate (2022): 31,781 (47 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 27,908 (87.81%)

Loon
Incumbents Elvi Peter Relampagos and Lloyd Peter Lopez were reelected.
 * Electorate (2022): 30,156 (75 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 26,563 (88.09%)

Maribojoc
Incumbents Romulo Manuta and Emilio Castilla were reelected.
 * Electorate (2022): 14,759 (29 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 13,303 (90.13%)

Panglao
Incumbents mayor Leonila Paredes-Montero was term limited while incumbent vice mayor Briccio Velasco failed on his reelection.
 * Electorate (2022): 28,052 (41 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 24,113 (85.96%)

Sikatuna
Incumbents Justiniana Ellorimo and Olimpio Calimpusan were unopposed.
 * Electorate (2022): 5,141 (12 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 4,600 (89.48%)

Tagbilaran City
Both incumbents mayor John Geesnell Yap and vice-mayor Jose Antonio Veloso, were term limited. Yap chose not to run while Veloso ran for mayor against Yap's wife Jane. Jane Censoria Cajes–Yap and Adam Relson Jala became the newly elected mayor and vice-mayor of city, and winning it by landslide. Jane Yap also became the youngest (at age 32), the first city lady mayor to be elected and the 2nd city lady mayor after Carmen Gatal, who was then an appointed OIC city mayor from December 2-6, 1987.
 * Electorate (2022): 70,254 (97 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 61,821 (88.00%)


 * Substituted his son Dan Ismael Lim (PMP), who withdrew his candidacy on November 15, 2021.

Tubigon
Incumbents William Richard Jao and Renato Villaber were reelected.
 * Electorate (2022): 32,645 (57 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 28,828 (88.31%)

Bien Unido
Incumbent mayor Rene Borenaga was reelected but incumbent vice-mayor Ramon Arcenal failed on his reelection bid.
 * Electorate (2022): 18,684 (30 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 16,241 (86.92%)

Buenavista
Incumbent mayor Dave Duallo was reelected against incumbent vice-mayor Ma. Christine Cabarrubias Torregosa.
 * Electorate (2022): 22,032 (40 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 19,479 (88.41%)

Clarin
Incumbent mayor Eugeniano Ibarra won against incumbent vice mayor Allen Ray Piezas.
 * Electorate (2022): 16,375 (32 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 14,706 (89.81%)

Dagohoy
Incumbent mayor Sofronio Apat was term-limited while incumbent vice-mayor Ma. Shirley Abulag-Amodia failed on her reelection bid.
 * Electorate (2022): 13,425 (23 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 11,999 (89.38%)

Danao
Incumbents Jose Cepedoza and Albert Vitor were reelected. Cepedoza was unopposed.
 * Electorate (2022): 13,834 (25 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 12,019 (86.88%)

Getafe
Incumbent mayor Casey Shaun Camacho run for vice-mayor and won while his brother, former mayor Cary Camacho regained his former position as mayor. Vice-mayor Eduardo Torremocha chose not to run.
 * Electorate (2022): 21,499 (38 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 19,265 (89.61%)

Inabanga
Incumbent mayor Josephine Socorro Jumamoy was term-limited. She ran for vice-mayor and won.
 * Electorate (2022): 31,877 (62 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 27,591 (86.55%)

Pres. Carlos P. Garcia
Incumbent mayor Fernando Estavilla was reelected but incumbent vice mayor Nestor Abad failed on his reelection bid.
 * Electorate (2022): 16,793 (33 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 14,556 (86.68%)

Sagbayan
Incumbents Restituto Suarez III and Asuncion Bautista-Ybañez were reelected.
 * Electorate (2022): 16,758 (32 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 14,890 (88.85%)

San Isidro
Incumbents mayor Diosdado Gementiza Jr. and Filemon Mantabute were reelected.
 * Electorate (2022): 7,246 (15 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 6,478 (89.40%)

San Miguel
Incumbent mayor Virgilio Mendez did not seek for reelection. On the other hand, incumbent vice-mayor Faustino Bulaga was unopposed.
 * Electorate (2022): 17,329 (31 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 14,897 (85.97%)

Talibon
Incumbents Janette Garcia and Dave Evangelista were reelected.
 * Electorate (2022): 42,762 (65 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 37,737 (88.25%)

Trinidad
Incumbents Judith del Rosario-Cajes and Manuel Garcia were term limited. Cajes was substituted by her husband, former congressman and mayor Roberto Cajes.
 * Electorate (2022): 23,715 (41 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 20,833 (87.85%)

Ubay
Incumbents Constantino Reyes and Victor Bonghanoy were reelected.
 * Electorate (2022): 50,205 (86 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 44,528 (88.69%)

Alicia

 * Electorate (2022): 17,111 (28 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 15,161 (88.60%)

On May 9, 2022, after the election, incumbent vice-mayor Marnilou Ayuban won against incumbent mayor Victoriano Torres III.

On June 16, 2022, prior to assumption of Ayuban in the office of the mayor, Judge Jorge Espinal of the 7th RTC Branch 51 in Carmen, Bohol, issued an arrest warrant for Ayuban, former councilors, and a budget officer for their conviction of the charges for violation of Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act. This prompt Ayuban to issue Office Memorandum Order No. 1, series of 2022 dated June 30, 2022, designating municipal administrator Junavie Piquero as officer-in-charge of the Mayor’s Office from June 30, 2022, to July 15, 2022, while the former was still at-large.

On August 3, 2022, incumbent vice-mayor Cesyl Balahay assumed the office of the mayor as certified by the DILG provincial director Jerome Gonzales.

On May 19, 2023, 7th RTC Branch 51 Judge Jorge Espinal proclaimed former mayor Victoriano Torres III as the winner without contest, after the conclusion of the protest he filed against his opponent, mayor Ayuban for falsification of her certificate of candidacy, and later deemed disqualified in the last election.

Anda
Former mayor Angelina Blanco Simacio won against incumbent mayor Metodio Amper. Meanwhile, incumbent vice mayor Nilo Bersabal was reelected.
 * Electorate (2022): 13,817 (26 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 12,092 (87.52%)

Batuan
Incumbent mayor Antonino Jumawid was reelected while incumbent vice mayor Precious Joy Dumagan-Baguio failed.
 * Electorate (2022): 9,920 (19 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 8,914 (89.86%)

Bilar
Incumbent vice-mayor Norman Palacio won against incumbent mayor Manuel Jayectin.
 * Electorate (2022): 13,418 (27 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 12,091 (90.11%)

Candijay
Incumbent mayor Christopher Tutor was term limited. He ran for vice-mayor and won.
 * Electorate (2022): 21,628 (38 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 19,073 (88.19%)

Carmen
Incumbent mayor Ricardo Francisco Toribio was term limited. Meanwhile, incumbent vice-mayor Romeo Carbonilla Bigay Jr. was unopposed.
 * Electorate (2022): 35,225 (55 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 30,668 (87.06%)

Dimiao
Incumbent mayor Randolph Ang won against incumbent vice mayor Gilberto Lagua.
 * Electorate (2022): 11,141 (35 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 9,704 (87.10%)

Duero
Incumbent mayor Conrada Castino-Amparo was term limited. She vied for vice-mayor against the incumbent Gillian Ranga Achacoso but both were unsuccessful.
 * Electorate (2022): 14,109 (28 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 12,537 (88.86%)

Garcia Hernandez
Incumbent mayor Tita Baja-Gallentes was term limited. She to ran in Sanguniang Panlalawigan and won with the highest vote. Meanwhile, incumbent vice mayor Miguelito Galendez seek for reelection but failed.
 * Electorate (2022): 18,085 (37 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 14,928 (82.54%)

Guindulman
Incumbent mayor Ma. Fe Añana-Piezas was term limited; she ran for vice mayor and won. Incumbent vice-mayor Martin Lagura Jr. failed on his bid for mayor of the town.
 * Electorate (2022): 24,148 (40 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 21,135 (87.52%)

Jagna
Incumbent mayor Joseph Rañola won against incumbent vice-mayor Theodore Abrenilla.
 * Electorate (2022): 24,338 (47 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 21,753 (89.38%)

Lila
Incumbents Arturo Piollo II and Regina Cahiles-Salazar were reelected.
 * Electorate (2022): 7,780 (18 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 6,975 (89.65%)

Loay
Incumbents Hilario Ayuban and Rodrigo Cubarol Jr.were reelected. Cubarol was unopposed.
 * Electorate (2022): 12,917 (27 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 11,147 (86.30%)

Loboc
Incumbent mayor Leon Calipusan did not seek for reelection. Vice-mayor Pablio Sumampong was term limited and ran for board member of the district.
 * Electorate (2022): 13,855 (31 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 12,541 (90.52%)

Mabini
Incumbents Juanito Jayoma and Renato Tutor were both unsuccessful on their reelection bids.
 * Electorate (2022): 19,861 (36 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 17,601 (88.62%)

Pilar
Former mayor Wilson Pajo unseated incumbent mayor Necitas Tabaranza Cubrado in a tight race. Meanwhile, incumbent vice mayor Eugenio Datahan II was reelected.
 * Electorate (2022): 19,243 (32 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 16,906 (87.86%)

Sevilla
Incumbents Juliet Bucag-Dano and Richard Bucag were reelected.
 * Electorate (2022): 8,146 (15 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 7,286 (89.44%)

Sierra Bullones
Incumbent mayor Simplicio Maestrado was term limited. She ran for vice-mayor and won. Incumbent vice-mayor Rey Yamaro ran for mayor but unsuccessful.
 * Electorate (2022): 17,853 (32 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 15,452 (86.55%)

Valencia
Incumbent mayor Maria Katrina was term-limited, she ran for district representative. Meanwhile, incumbent second-termer vice-mayor Calixto Garcia ran for councilor instead but failed to secure a seat.
 * Electorate (2022): 18,191 (39 election returns)
 * Turnout (2022): 16,055 (88.26%)


 * Substituted Adelwisa Nambatac (NP).