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Susan Yap

Susan Areno Yap

Mayor
Party
NPC
Jurisdiction
City of Tarlac, Tarlac
Current term
Jun 30, 2025 – Jun 30, 2028
Years in public office
18
Government affiliation
Local government unit
Previous positions
Mayor (2025–2028) · Governor (2022–2025) · Governor (2019–2022)

Political Career Replay

2026
MayorNPC
Representative · 2010–2013
House of Representatives, 15th Congress
Representative, 2nd District · 2013–2016
Tarlac
Governor · 2016–2019
Tarlac
Governor · 2019–2022
Tarlac
Governor · 2022–2025
Tarlac
Mayor · 2025–2028
City of Tarlac
Milestones
2010201520202025
  • Mayor · City of Tarlac101,484 votes of 200,334 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2025 – Jun 30, 2028
  • Governor · TarlacUnopposed — 600,355 votes (rank 1)Jun 30, 2022 – Jun 30, 2025
  • Governor · TarlacUnopposed — 534,122 votes (rank 1)Jun 30, 2019 – Jun 30, 2022
  • Governor · Tarlac355,493 votes of 562,004 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2016 – Jun 30, 2019
  • Representative, 2nd District · Tarlac121,341 votes of 157,844 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2013 – Jun 30, 2016
  • Representative · House of Representatives, 15th Congress[congress] Member of the 15th Congress (House)2010 – 2013

Election history (5 races)

YearOffice soughtPartyVotesResult
2025MayorCity of TarlacNPC101,48450.7%✓ Won
2022GovernorTarlacNPC600,355100.0%✓ Won
2019GovernorTarlacNPC534,122100.0%✓ Won
2016GovernorTarlacNPC355,49363.3%✓ Won
2013RepresentativeTarlacNPC121,34176.9%✓ 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. NPC
    2013–present · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy

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

Legislative record

Principal author
132
Enacted into law
4
Co-authored
8
All 140 bills →

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.

Governor · Tarlac
High risk · 6 pts
Swapped seatsSame-surname successorTerm limit 2025
S
’01
S
’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: Mayor · City of Tarlac · Same-surname successor took the seat: Christian Yap · Surname held this office 27 straight years

Governor · Tarlac
Victor YapSusan Yap
High risk · 6 pts
Swapped seatsSame-surname successorTerm limit 2016
S
’01
S
’04
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’07
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’10
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’13
S
’16
S
’19
S
’22
S
’25

Won another seat the next election: Representative, 2nd District · Tarlac · Same-surname successor took the seat: Susan Yap · Surname held this office 27 straight years

Representative, 2nd District ⇄ Governor · Tarlac
Susan YapVictor Yap
High risk · 5 pts
Seat exchangeTerm limit 2016
’01
’04
’07
S
’10
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’13
S
’16
S
’19
S
’22
’25

Both share the same surname · Surname held these offices 27 straight years

Mayor · City of Tarlac, Tarlac
Low risk · 2 pts
Swapped seatsTerm limit 2025
’01
’04
’07
’10
’13
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’16
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’19
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’22
’25

Won another seat the next election: Representative, 2nd District · Tarlac

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In the News

Reports from established newsrooms and official records that name this official in a case, investigation, audit or controversy. Each item links to the original. Being named in the news is not proof of wrongdoing; check the legal records above for the official status of any case.

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Pulse check

Do you approve of how Susan Yap is doing the job?

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Family connections

Same-surname bloc in Tarlac

3 of 194 local seats are held by officials surnamed Yap (2025 elections).

Tarlac · 2025 elections
Yap
3
of 194 seats
592,462
votes
+2 barangay & SK officials named Yap1 kagawad · 1 SK membersShow

Elected in the 2023 barangay & SK elections (DILG directory). Matched by last name only within Tarlac; a common surname is very likely to include unrelated families. The list above shows only the punong barangay and SK chairs.

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

No campaign promises tracked yet
Promises are added with the date, source, and responsible office. They are only marked “Completed” when there is documentary evidence, never based on campaign statements alone.

LGU recognitions during their term (4)

Awarded to the province while Susan Yap was governor. These are not personal awards: the seal or award goes to the local government unit, which includes the work of its staff, council and partners.

  • SGLG
    Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
    2023 · Tarlac
  • SGLG
    Seal of Good Local Governance 2019
    2019 · Tarlac
  • SGLG
    Seal of Good Local Governance 2018
    2018 · Tarlac
  • SGLG
    Seal of Good Local Governance 2016
    2016 · Tarlac

Recognitions are given to the local government unit, not to a person. An official is shown only as being in office when the LGU was recognized. Matched by office and year from election records (in office on 1 December of the award year). Sources & method →

COA audits of the LGU during their term

Commission on Audit results for Tarlac in years Susan Yap was governor for the whole calendar year. COA audits the local government unit, not the official.

  • 2024
    Qualified opinion
    48 of 68 prior COA recommendations fully implemented (70.6%), 20 not implemented

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

No awards or achievements recorded yet
Each achievement is classified as an official award, a public recognition, an independently verified accomplishment, a self-reported achievement, or a campaign claim. Campaign materials are never treated as independent evidence.

Performance

Public Accountability & Performance Index

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