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2022 Santa Cruz local elections
	Mayoralty election
Mayor before election; Edgar San Luis; Nacionalista	Elected Mayor ; Edgar San Luis; Aksyon
	Vice mayoralty election
Vice Mayor before election; Laarni Malibiran; KDP	Elected Vice Mayor ; Laarni Malibiran; PROMDI

Local elections were held in Santa Cruz on Monday, May 9, 2022, as a part of the 2022 Philippine general election. Voters will select candidates for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, a governor, a vice-governor and a representative for the province's fourth congressional district in the House of Representatives.^[1]^[2]

Background[edit]

In 2019 elections Edgar San Luis run as Mayor of Santa Cruz under the Nacionalista Party to succeed incumbent and term-limited Domingo Panganiban who wad running for Vice-Mayor. San Luis later won againts to then incumbent Laguna Board member Joseph Kris Benjamin Agarao of PDP–Laban and to former incumbent Mayor Ariel Magcalas of KDP.

Incumbent Mayor Edgar San Luis is running for reelection under the Aksyon Demokratiko he facing Laguna's 4th District Benjamin Agarao Jr. of PDP–Laban.

During the campaign period of the 2022 election, Incumbent Mayor of Manila Isko Moreno endorsed Edgar San Luis and Louis de Leon and former Senator (later President) Bongbong Marcos endorsed Benjamin Agarao Jr. and Laarni Malibiran.

Tickets[edit]

Administration coalition[edit]

Team Serbisyong Tama
#	Name		Result

For Mayor
2.	Edgar San Luis	Aksyon	Won
For Vice Mayor
1.	Louis de Leon	Aksyon	Lost
For Councilor
4.	Efren Diaz	Aksyon	Lost
6.	Querubin Gabinete	Aksyon	Lost
8.	Angelito Joven	Aksyon	Lost
13.	Lucena Odejar	Aksyon	Won
14.	Alan Pamatmat	Aksyon	Won
15.	Ambiel Panganiban	Aksyon	Won
18.	Ramon Tan	Aksyon	Lost
19.	Norman Tolentino	Aksyon	Won

Primary opposition coalition[edit]

Team Agarao Never Stop
#	Name		Result

For Mayor
1.	Benjamin Agarao Jr.	PDP–Laban	Lost
For Vice Mayor
None^[a]
For Councilor
1.	Lea Almarves	PDP–Laban	Won
2.	Frederick Ambrocio	PDP–Laban	Lost
3.	Esmeraldo de las Armas Jr.	PDP–Laban	Won
5.	Renato Ernas	PDP–Laban	Lost
7.	Demmer Halili	PDP–Laban	Lost
10.	Rizaldy Kalaw	PDP–Laban	Won
12.	Mia Martinez	PDP–Laban	Lost
16.	Serafin San Juan Jr.	PDP–Laban	Lost

Other coalitions and parties[edit]

Progressive Movement for the Devolution of Initiatives
#	Name		Result

For Vice Mayor
2.	Laarni Malibiran	PROMDI	Won
For Councilor
9.	Mark Anthony Joven	PROMDI	Won

Independent politician
#	Name		Result

For Councilor
11.	Romonito Lauta	Independent	Lost
17.	Percy San Miguel	Independent	Lost

Results[edit]

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. ^[3]

Mayor[edit]

Incumbent Edgar San Luis is running for reelection under Aksyon Demokratiko his main opponent is Incumbent Laguna's 4th District Representative Benjamin Agarao Jr. of PDP–Laban.

2022 Santa Cruz mayoralty election
#	Candidate	Coalition		Party		Votes	%
1.	Edgar San Luis Sr. (Incumbent)		Serbisyong Tama		Aksyon	33,062	50.97
2.	Benjamin Agarao Jr.		Agarao Never Stop		PDP–Laban	31,809	49.03
Valid ballots						64,871	81.15
Margin of victory						1,253	1.94
Invalid or blank ballots						15,067	18.85
Total votes						79,938	100.00
	Aksyon hold

Popular vote percentage

Edgar San Luis			50.97%
Benjamin Agarao Jr.			49.03%

Vice Mayor[edit]

Incumbent Laarni Malibiran is running for reelection her main opponent is Incumbent Councilor and her predecessor Louis de Leon.

2022 Santa Cruz vice mayoralty election
#	Candidate	Coalition		Party		Votes	%
1.	Laarni Malibiran (Incumbent)		Agarao Never Stop		PROMDI	37,099	59.74
2.	Louis de Leon		Serbisyon Tama		Aksyon	24,997	40.26
Valid ballots						62,096	77.68
Margin of victory						12,102	19.48
Invalid or blank ballots						17,842	22.32
Total votes						79,938	100.00
	PROMDI hold

Popular vote percentage

Laarni Malibiran			59.74%
Louis de Leon			40.26%

Sangguniang Bayan[edit]

Election is via plurality-at-large voting: A voter votes for up to eight candidates, then the eight candidates with the highest number of votes are elected.

Party or alliance		Votes	%	Seats
	Aksyon Demokratiko	203,491	48.95	4
	PDP–Laban	177,137	42.61	3
	PROMDI	25,087	6.03	1
	Independent	9,981	2.04	0
Ex officio seats				2
Total votes		415,696	100.00	10

Vote share

Aksyon			48.95%
PDP–Laban			42.61%
PROMDI			6.03%
Independent			2.04%

Municipal Council seats

Aksyon			50.00%
PDP–Laban			37.50%
PROMDI			12.50%

2022 Santa Cruz sangguniang bayan election
#	Candidate	Coalition		Party		Votes	%
1.	Ambiel John Panganiban (Incumbent)		Serbisyong Tama		Aksyon	34,775	8.37
2.	Lea Almarves (Incumbent)		Agarao Never Stop		PDP–Laban	29,711	7.15
3.	Norman Tolentino		Serbisyong Tama		Aksyon	27,828	6.69
4.	Esmeraldo De Las Armas Jr.		Agarao Never Stop		PDP–Laban	26,911	6.47
5.	Pasirit Kalaw		Agarao Never Stop		PDP–Laban	26,626	6.41
6.	Mark Anthony Joven (Incumbent)				PROMDI	25,087	6.03
7.	Lucena Odejar (Incumbent)		Serbisyong Tama		Aksyon	25,087	6.03
8.	Alan Pamatmat (Incumbent)		Serbisyong Tama		Aksyon	24,667	5.93
9.	Efren Diaz (Incumbent)		Serbisyong Tama		Aksyon	24,322	5.85
10.	Angelito Joven		Serbisyong Tama		Aksyon	22,537	5.42
11.	Ramon Tan (Incumbent)		Serbisyong Tama		Aksyon	22,179	5.34
12.	Querubin Gabinete		Serbisyong Tama		Aksyon	22,096	5.32
13.	Serafin San Juan Jr.		Agarao Never Stop		PDP–Laban	21,494	5.17
14.	Mia Martinez–Mancio		Agarao Never Stop		PDP–Laban	21,145	5.09
15.	Demmer Halili		Agarao Never Stop		PDP–Laban	18,990	4.57
16.	Frederick Ambrosio		Agarao Never Stop		PDP–Laban	16,543	3.98
17.	Renato Ernas		Agarao Never Stop		PDP–Laban	15,717	3.78
18.	Percy San Miguel				Independent	8,522	2.05
19.	Ramonito Lauta				Independent	1,459	0.35
Valid ballots						415,696	65.00
Invalid or blank ballots						223,808	35.00
Total votes						639,504	100.00