2019 Angeles City local elections
Local elections were held in Angeles City on May 13, 2019, as part of the 2019 Philippine general election. Angeles City voters will elect a mayor, a vice mayor, and 10 out of 12 councilors of the Angeles City Council.
The city had 198,777 registered voters and elected Carmelo Lazatin Jr. for the first time with a total of 59,192 votes. He was proclaimed mayor-elect on May 14, 2019.
Background
This election marked the conclusion of Incumbent Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan Sr.'s tenure, as he had completed his three consecutive terms and was no longer eligible for re-election.With Pamintuan stepping down, the mayoral race became highly contested, featuring three major candidates:
- Incumbent Vice Mayor Bryan Matthew Nepomuceno, who ran under the Partido Abe Kapampangan ticket alongside his running mate Edu Pamintuan, son of the outgoing mayor.
- Carmelo Lazatin Jr., an incumbent councilor and son of former First District Representative Carmelo "Tarzan" Lazatin, ran under the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas ticket with Vicky Vega-Cabigting as his running mate.
- Alexander Cauguiran, former OIC President of the Clark International Airport Corporation, ran under the KAMBILAN ticket alongside Filipino actress and former beauty queen Marang Morales.