2022 Nueva Vizcaya local elections

Local elections were held in the province of Nueva Vizcaya on May 9, 2022, as part of the Philippine general election. Voters selected candidates for all Local positions: a Municipal Mayor, Municipal Vice Mayor and Municipal Councilors, as well as Members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the Governor, the Vice Governor, and a Representative for the lone district of Nueva Vizcaya to the House of Representatives. Those elected took their respective offices on June 30, 2022, for a three-year term. 252,486 of 296,233 registered voters voted in this election.

Incumbent Governor Carlos Padilla was re-elected for his third and final term, while former Vice Governor Jose Gambito successfully reclaimed his former seat. Incumbent Representative Luisa Lloren–Cuaresma also won her third and final term for Congress.

Coalitions
As the Governor, Vice Governor, and Member of the House of Representatives and Members of the Provincial Board are elected on the same ballot, Gubernatorial candidates may present a slate of candidates for each position per District within the Province.

Gubernatorial election
The incumbent Governor is Carlos Padilla, who was re-elected in 2019 election with 58.03% (115,367 votes) of the total votes counted.

Padilla is running for his third and final consecutive term. Padilla was nominated by the Nacionalista Party, his sole and main opponent is the incumbent Vice Governor Jose "Tam-an" Tomas Sr., who is running under the People's Reform Party (PRP). Padilla made a slate, the Team Caloy (Agtultuloy iti Progreso), while Tomas Sr. also made his slate the Team Cares (Tropang May Puso).

Results
Padilla won his third consecutive term by a landslide victory over Tomas. Padilla won 12 of the 15 towns of the whole province.

Vice Gubernatorial election
The outgoing Vice Governor was Jose "Tam-an" Tomas Sr., who was elected in 2019 election with 51.76% (98,846 votes) of the total votes counted.

Tomas did not for re-election, instead he chose to run for the Governorship, facing re-electionist Governor Carlos Padilla. The Team Cares of Tomas Sr., nominated former Vice Governor Jose Gambito who ran under Lakas–CMD (Lakas), Gambito's sole and main opponent was Epifanio Lamberto Galima, who also served as Vice Governor of the same province. In 2019, Galima and Tomas Sr. also fought for the Vice Governorship, but Galima narrowly lost his re-election bid to Jose "Tam-an" Tomas Sr.

Results
Gambito narrowly won his bid to reclaim his former position over Galima. Gambito won 12 of the 15 municipalities of the province.

Congressional election
The outgoing Representative was Luisa Lloren–Cuaresma, who was re-elected in 2019 election with 56.08% (114,338 votes) of the total votes counted.

Cuaresma ran for her third and final consecutive term for Congress. Cuaresma was the candidate of the Opposition's slate the Team Cares, Cuaresma ran under Lakas–CMD (Lakas). Cuaresma's main opponent was incumbent Board Member Flodemonte Gerdan, who ran under the slate of the Administration (Team Caloy). Lawrence Santa Ana was also a candidate, running as an Independent.

Results
Cuaresma won her re-election bid, beating Gerdan in a landslide victory.

Provincial Board election
Unlike in the Congressional election, the Provincial Board has two Provincial districts, which is comprised by five Board Member for each Provincial district.


 * Note: All incumbents are marked in Italics.

1st District

 * Municipalities: Alfonso Castañeda, Aritao, Bambang, Bayombong, Dupax del Norte, Dupax del Sur, Kayapa, Kasibu, Santa Fe

2nd District

 * Municipalities: Ambaguio, Bagabag, Diadi, Quezon, Solano, Villaverde

Municipal elections
All municipalities of Nueva Vizcaya elected a Mayor and a Vice Mayor in the election. The candidates for Mayor and Vice Mayor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately. Therefore, they may be of different parties when elected. Below is the list of mayoralty candidates of each municipalities per district.


 * Note: All incumbents are marked in Italics.

1st District

 * Municipalities: Alfonso Castañeda, Aritao, Bambang, Dupax del Norte, Dupax del Sur, Kasibu, Kayapa, Santa Fe

2nd District

 * Municipalities: Ambaguio, Bagabag, Bayombong, Diadi, Quezon, Solano, Villaverde