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Reneboy Esma

Rene Guiral Esma

Vice Mayor
Party
NP
Jurisdiction
Alegria, Surigao del Norte
Current term
Jun 30, 2025 – Jun 30, 2028
Years in public office
12
Government affiliation
Local government unit
Previous positions
Vice Mayor (2025–2028) · Mayor (2022–2025) · Mayor (2019–2022)

Political Career Replay

2026
Vice MayorNP
Mayor · 2016–2019
Alegria
Mayor · 2019–2022
Alegria
Mayor · 2022–2025
Alegria
Vice Mayor · 2025–2028
Alegria
2016202020242028
  • Vice Mayor · Alegria6,915 votes of 10,277 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2025 – Jun 30, 2028
  • Mayor · Alegria6,501 votes of 11,365 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2022 – Jun 30, 2025
  • Mayor · Alegria6,679 votes of 8,851 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2019 – Jun 30, 2022
  • Mayor · Alegria4,922 votes of 9,010 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2016 – Jun 30, 2019

Election history (4 races)

YearOffice soughtPartyVotesResult
2025Vice MayorAlegriaNP6,91567.3%✓ Won
2022MayorAlegriaNP6,50157.2%✓ Won
2019MayorAlegriaPDPLBN6,67975.5%✓ Won
2016MayorAlegriaLP4,92254.6%✓ Won

Source: COMELEC certified results compiled by Open Halalan (ODbL 1.0), via BetterGov Dynasties. Vote counts are as reported in the compilation.

Party affiliation history

  1. LP
    2016–2019 · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy
  2. PDPLBN
    2019–2022 · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy
  3. NP
    2022–present · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy

Every party affiliation must cite a source. Affiliations are never inferred from election speculation.

Legislative record

No local legislation recorded
City and provincial ordinances are not yet published in a machine-readable form.

Term-limit seat moves

Patterns where a seat stayed with this official or the same surname after a term limit. These moves are legal; the level measures how concentrated the seat became, not wrongdoing.

Mayor · Alegria, Surigao del Norte
High risk · 6 pts
Swapped seatsSame-surname successorTerm limit 2025
’01
’04
S
’07
S
’10
S
’13
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’16
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’19
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’22
S
’25

Won another seat the next election: Vice Mayor · Alegria · Same-surname successor took the seat: Yoyoy Esma · Surname held this office 21 straight years

Vice Mayor ⇄ Mayor · Alegria, Surigao del Norte
High risk · 5 pts
Seat exchangeTerm limit 2025
’01
’04
’07
’10
’13
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’16
S
’19
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’22
S
’25

Both share the same surname · Surname held these offices 21 straight years

Mayor · Alegria, Surigao del Norte
Dominador EsmaReneboy Esma
High risk · 5 pts
Same-surname successorTerm limit 2016
’01
’04
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’07
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’10
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’13
S
’16
S
’19
S
’22
S
’25

Same-surname successor took the seat: Reneboy Esma · Surname held this office 21 straight years

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In the News

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Pulse check

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Family connections

Same-surname bloc in Surigao Del Norte

3 of 224 local seats are held by officials surnamed Esma (2025 elections).

A surname bloc is officials elected in one province who carry the same surname as last or middle name; barangay & SK officials with the same last name are listed separately. Shared names may not mean kinship, and a bloc is not evidence of wrongdoing. Definition and data:BetterGov.ph Dynasties

Campaign promises

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COA audits of the LGU during their term

Commission on Audit results for Alegria in years Reneboy Esma was mayor for the whole calendar year. COA audits the local government unit, not the official.

  • 2024
    Qualified opinion

COA says an audit opinion is not a rating, score or grade and should not be ranked. It covers whether the financial statements are fairly presented — it is not a finding of wrongdoing. Sources & method →

Awards & achievements

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Performance

Public Accountability & Performance Index

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