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#HalalanResults: PBA MVP Vergel Meneses scores Bulacan mayoral win

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/sports/05/14/vergel-meneses.jpg"/><figcaption>Former JRU head coach and soon-to-be mayor Vergel Meneses. <em>File/Arvin Lim, ABS-CBN Sports</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>PBA legend Vergel Meneses won the mayoralty of Bulakan town, Bulacan, 3 years after a failed initial foray into politics.</p><p>Meneses got 23,469 votes, over Piccolo Meneses, based on unofficial results aggregated from Comelec data as of 1:19 a.m.</p><p>The other Meneses got 16,476 votes.</p><p>In 2016, the former Jose Rizal University coach fell short in his bid to be elected vice mayor of the same town.</p><p>Meneses is a 3-time PBA champion and the 1995 Most Valuable Player. After retiring he eventually switched to coaching. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/05/11/19/guiao-meneses-patrimonio-among-sports-personalities-vying-for-electoral-seats">READ: Guiao, Meneses, Patrimonio among sports personalities vying for electoral seats</a></li></ul><p>View the #HalalanResults of Bulacan province <a href="https://halalanresults.abs-cbn.com/local/bulacan" target="_blank">here</a>. </p><div><strong>(For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/" target="_blank">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.)</strong></div>

<p>PBA legend Vergel Meneses won the mayoralty of Bulakan town, Bulacan, 3 years after a failed initial foray into politics.</p>

PBA legend Vergel Meneses won the mayoralty of Bulakan town, Bulacan, 3 years after a failed initial foray into politics.