While for the legislative branch, Cebu City is divided into two districts wherein the constituents of each district elected a congressional representative (through first-past-the-post voting) and eight regular city council members (through multi-member plurality voting).

For Cebu City's House of Representatives seats: in the 1st district, Rachel del Mar (NPC) was elected for a second non-consecutive term to the seat vacated by her father, Raul del Mar, who died in office back in 2020.

The Commission on Elections is expected to publish a final list of accepted candidates by early 2022.

Outgoing city councilor David Tumulak has also joined the race as an independent candidate.

Actor Richard Yap is running again as 1st district representative after losing to the late Raul del Mar in the 2019 elections.

Yap will face off with former party mate and incumbent city councilor Prisca Niña Mabatid and del Mar's daughter Rachel, who previously served as the district's representative from 2010 to 2013.