2016 Muntinlupa local elections

Local elections were held in Muntinlupa City 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 congressman, and the 16 councilors, eight each in the two local legislative districts of Muntinlupa.

2016 Muntinlupa mayoral election

May 9, 2016

Nominee Jaime Fresnedi Aldrin San Pedro Artemio Simundac Party Liberal UNA NPC Running mate Celso Dioko Raul Corro Baby Aguilar Popular vote 125,456 68,417 20,558 Percentage 53.8% 31.8% 9.5%

Mayor before election Jaime Fresnedi Liberal Elected Mayor Jaime Fresnedi Liberal

Background

Incumbent Jaime Fresnedi is running for a fifth nonconsecutive term as Mayor of Muntinlupa. He was a former city legal officer before elected vice mayor from 1988 until he was elected mayor in 1998. He ran for mayor in 2010; however, he was defeated by then incumbent Aldrin San Pedro. He ran again and won in the 2013 elections. His opponents are former mayor Aldrin San Pedro and incumbent vice mayor Artemio Simundac. San Pedro was a former Sangguniang Kabataan chairman and city councilor in 1995 and was elected vice mayor in 2004. In 2007, he ran and won as Mayor of Muntinlupa defeating Lor Fresnedi, wife of Mayor Jaime Fresnedi. In 2010, he defeated Fresnedi but lost for his third and final term in 2013. Simundac was a former barangay captain of Cupang and ABC president and was elected vice mayor in 2007.

Candidates

Congressman

Incumbent representative Rodolfo Biazon is not running. His son, former Customs commissioner and former Muntinlupa representative Ruffy Biazon, and former Optical Media Board chairman Ronnie Ricketts faced each other in the congressional election.[1]

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Muntinlupa City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rozzano Rufino "Ruffy" B. Biazon	135,472	60.36%
	UNA	Ronald "Ronnie" Ricketts	69,508	30.97%
Invalid or blank votes			19,466	8.67%
Total votes			224,446	100.00%
	Liberal hold

Mayor

Muntinlupa City Mayoralty Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jaime "Jimmy" Fresnedi	125,456	53.8%
	UNA	Aldrin San Pedro	68,417	31.8%
	NPC	Artemio Simundac	20,558	9.5%
	Independent	Reynaldo Abas	553	0.3%
	Independent	Oscar Marmeto	318	0.1%
Total votes			215,302	100.00%
	Liberal hold

Vice Mayor

Muntinlupa City Vice Mayoralty Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Celso Dioko	102,665	50.4%
	UNA	Raul Corro	95,519	46.9%
	NPC	Baby Aguilar-Nava	5,576	2.7%
Total votes			203,760	100.00%
	Liberal gain from NPC

Councilors

Team Fresnedi

Liberal Party/Team Fresnedi Muntinlupa City-1st District

Name	Party
Louie Arciaga		Liberal
Patricio Boncayao Jr.		Liberal
Allan Camilon		Liberal
Danny Carandang		Liberal
Bong Cruz		Liberal
Bal Niefes		Liberal
Phanie Teves		Liberal
Ringo Teves		Liberal

Liberal Party/Team Fresnedi Muntinlupa City-2nd District

Name	Party
Tintin Abas		Liberal
Ma. Dhesiree Arevalo		Liberal
Lester Baes		Liberal
Lucio Constantino		Liberal
Grace Gonzaga		Liberal
Marissa Rongavilla		Liberal
Rafael “Raffy” Sevilla		Liberal
Victor “Vic” Ulanday		Liberal

Partido San Pedro

United Nationalist Alliance/Partido San Pedro 1st District

Name	Party
Rommel Abanto		UNA
Ivee Arciaga-Tadefa		UNA
Alex Diaz		UNA
Ave Marmeto		UNA
King Marquez		UNA
Allan Paule		UNA
Erick Ramirez		UNA
Pastor Neil Varias		UNA

United Nationalist Alliance/Partido San Pedro 2nd District

Name	Party
Don Bunye		UNA
Anthony De Leon		UNA
Nica Landrito-Escandor		UNA
Manuel "Manolet Ripol" Llige		UNA
Marlon Medina		UNA
Allan Miranda		UNA
Raoul Olbes		UNA
Anna Soriano		UNA

Bagong Muntinlupa

Nationalist People's Coalition/Bagong Muntinlupa 1st District

Name	Party
Edwin Arciaga		NPC
Alex Borja		NPC
Romwell Dumag		NPC
Jones Espeleta		NPC
Naomi Estrada		NPC
Christian Gravador		PDP–Laban
James Solchaga		NPC
Jean Zarceno		NPC

Nationalist People's Coalition/Bagong Muntinlupa 2nd District

Name	Party
Kyra Carlos		NPC
Tags De Lumban		NPC
Elmer Espeleta		NPC
Charley Leongson		NPC
Mai Redor		NPC
Annray Rivera		NPC
Neptali Santiago		NPC
Rusty Unisa		NPC

1st District

Muntinlupa City Council Elections - 1st District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Patricio Boncayao Jr.	76,956
	Liberal	Bal Niefes	75,617
	Liberal	Stephanie Teves	72,993
	Liberal	Allan Camilon	68,243
	Liberal	Ringo Teves	65,201
	Liberal	Louie Arciaga	63,583
	UNA	Alex Diaz	56,394
	UNA	Ivee Arciaga-Tadefa	55,557
	Liberal	Bong Cruz	52,217
	Liberal	Danny Carandang	36,790
	Independent	Johnson San Pedro	35,382
	UNA	Rommel Abanto	35,060
	UNA	Allan Paule De Guzman	33,228
	UNA	King Marquez	30,365
	UNA	Erick Ramirez	30,215
	UNA	Ave Marmeto	22,775
	UNA	Pastor Neil Varias	22,337
	NPC	Alex Borja	14,276
	NPC	Edwin Arciaga	12,708
	NPC	Jones Espeleta	11,671
	NPC	Naomi Estrada	5,862
	NPC	James Solchaga	4,882
	NPC	Jean Zarceno	4,213
	NPC	Romwell Dumag	3,981
	PDP–Laban	Christian Gravador	3,703
	Independent	Ed Molina	3,520
	Independent	Ma. Arlene Paningasan	2,918
Total votes			900,652	100.00%

2nd District

Muntinlupa City Council Elections - 2nd District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ma. Dhesiree “Dhes” Arevalo	53,724
	Liberal	Christine “Tintin” Abas	51,281
	Liberal	Marissa Rongavilla	44,035
	Liberal	Lester Baes	40,605
	Liberal	Lucio Constantino	40,093
	Liberal	Rafael “Raffy” Sevilla	38,095
	Liberal	Victor “Vic” Ulanday	35,983
	Liberal	Grace Gonzaga	34,012
	NPC	Neptali Santiago	32,347
	UNA	Nica Landrito-Escandor	23,195
	NPC	Elmer Espeleta	22,205
	UNA	Allan Miranda	21,368
	UNA	Manuel “Manolet Ripol” Llige	17,478
	UNA	Don Bunye	17,451
	UNA	Raoul Olbes	17,384
	UNA	Marlon Medina	14,971
	UNA	Anthony De Leon	14,545
	UNA	Anna Soriano	13,699
	NPC	Kyra Carlos	7,443
	NPC	Annray Rivera	4,776
	NPC	Mai Redor	4,654
	NPC	Rusty Unisa	4,516
	Independent	Amelia Aquino	4,056
	NPC	Charley Leongson	3,378
	NPC	Tags De Lumban	3,244
	Independent	Angelita Policarpio	2,032
	Independent	Maylin Obog	1,737
Total votes			568,307	100.00%

References

1. "Bayani, Golez eye political comeback". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 2015-10-20. Retrieved 2015-10-21.