2016 Las Piñas local elections

Local elections was held in the Las Piñas on May 9, 2016 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the one Congressman, and the councilors, six in each of the city's two legislative districts.

2016 Las Piñas City mayoral election

May 9, 2016

Nominee Imelda Aguilar Party Nacionalista Running mate Louie Bustamante Popular vote 184,437 Percentage 91.3

Mayor before election Vergel Aguilar Nacionalista Elected Mayor Imelda Aguilar Nacionalista

Mayoralty and Vice Mayoralty Election

Imelda Aguilar, the wife of the current city mayor, Vergel Aguilar went against former councilor Benjamin Gonzales for the mayoralty position.

Candidates

Mayor

Las Piñas City Mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Imelda Aguilar	184,437	91.3
	UNA	Benjamin Gonzales[1]	6,481	3.2
	Independent	Antonio Abellar, Jr.	5,952	2.9
	PDP–Laban	Gabina Punsalan	2,780	1.4
	NPC	Vergilio Lontoc	1,440	0.7
	Independent	Rolly Gundan	868	0.4
Total votes			201,958	100%

Vice Mayor

Las Piñas City Vice Mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Louie Bustamante[1]	156,457	80.8
	UNA	Louie Casimiro	37,211	19.2
Total votes			193,668	100

Representative

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Las Piñas City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Mark Villar[2]	174,533	86.1
	PDP–Laban	Zardi Abellara	23,780	11.7
	UNA	Filipino Alvarado	4,509	2.2
Total votes			202,822	100

District 1

Las Piñas City Council election - District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Peewee Aguilar	86,129
	Nacionalista	Mark Anthony Santos	70,346
	Nacionalista	Ben Quilatan	67,114
	Nacionalista	Florante Dela Cruz	63,544
	Nacionalista	Alfredo Miranda	61,248
	Nacionalista	Renan Riguera	59,518
	UNA	Emmanuel Cristobal	31,295
	UNA	Waldy Marasigan	22,753
	UNA	Roderic Vilbar	18,504
	PDP–Laban	Leonilo Cordova	12,392
	PDP–Laban	Alejandro Madaje	11,809
Total votes

District 2

Las Piñas City Council election - District 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Carlo Aguilar	83,699
	Nacionalista	Henry Medina	73,074
	Nacionalista	Rubymar Ramos	65,472
	Nacionalista	Danilo Hernandez	62,661
	Nacionalista	Bonifacio Riguera	56,363
	Nacionalista	Gerry Sangga	51,000
	UNA	Luigi Casimiro	38,062
	UNA	Jesus Casim, Jr.	18,885
Total votes

Note: He was considered to run for the Senatorial post, but he decided to seek a reelection this upcoming election after a series of consultations with his family and the constituents.

References

1. "Old, fresh faces lead political hopefuls". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 2015-10-12. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
2. "Mark Villar backs out of senatorial race". Philippine Star. 2015-10-08. Retrieved 2015-10-09.

External links

• COMELEC's List of Local Candidates for Verification