The 2022 Philippine presidential and vice presidential election in Sarangani were held on Monday, May 9, 2022, as part of the 2022 Philippine general election in which all 81 provinces and 149 cities participated. Voters voted the president and the vice president separately.
Professional boxer and senator Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao of the Progressive Movement for the Devolution of Initiatives (MP3) won in the province of Sarangani defeating former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (UniTeam). Pacquiao managed to get 163,494 votes or 62.01% against Marcos's 79,362. 8 other candidates ran for president. Pacquiao previously served as the congressman of Sarangani's at-large congressional district from 2010 to 2016.
However, Marcos's running mate Davao City mayor Sara Duterte of LakasâÂÂCMD (UniTeam) won the province in a landslide against Senate president Vicente "Tito" Sotto III of the Nationalist People's Coalition (Lacson-Sotto) and Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan of the Liberal Party (Tropa), while Pacquiao's running mate House deputy speaker Jose "Lito" Atienza of the same party (MP3) landed in 4th place. Duterte gained 187,202 votes or 77.22% while Sotto achieved 26,633 votes or 10.98%, Pangilinan achieved 15,140 votes or 6.24% and Atienza gained 5,048 votes or just 2.08%. 5 other candidates ran for president.
Sarangani was won by MP3 in the presidential race, however, the vice presidential race in the province was won by the UniTeam alliance. Sarangani is the only province during the election where Pacquiao got first place and one of the two provinces in Mindanao that Marcos didn't won.