2016 Santa Rosa local elections

Local elections were held in Santa Rosa 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, and ten councilors.

Santa Rosa mayoral election,2016

May 9, 2016

Nominee Dan Fernandez Arnel Gomez Alicia Lazaga Party Liberal NPC PDP–Laban Running mate Arnold Arcillas Tess Aala Sonia Laserna (Aksyon) Popular vote 166,832 88,645 60,454 Percentage 59.80 35.00 5.10

Mayor before election Arlene B. Arcillas Liberal Elected Mayor Danilo Fernandez Liberal

Overview

Incumbent Mayor Arlene B. Arcillas is term-limited; she will run for representative of the 1st District of Laguna instead. Incumbent Congressman Dan Fernandez is running for Mayor under Liberal Party. His opponents are incumbent Vice Mayor Arnel Gomez, a nominee under Nationalist People's Coalition, and Alicia Lazaga under Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan. Gomez is Mayor Arcillas's running mate in 2010 and 2013 who decided to run for Mayor despite being eligible to run for a third consecutive term.

Mayor Arcillas's brother, Arnold, is running for Vice Mayor under Liberal Party. His opponents are incumbent councilors Ma. Theresa "Tess" Aala under Nationalist People's Coalition and Sonia Laserna under Aksyon Demokratiko.

Results

Mayor

Santa Rosa City mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Danilo Fernandez	81,680	59.80
	NPC	Arnel Gomez	47,784	35.00
	PDP–Laban	Alicia Lazaga	7,022	5.10
Total votes			136,486	100.00
	Liberal hold

Vice Mayor

Santa Rosa City vice mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Arnold Arcillas	78,208	59.80
	NPC	Ma. Theresa Aala	35,509	27.20
	Aksyon	Sonia Laserna	17,025	13.00
Total votes			130,742	100.00
	Liberal gain from NPC

Councilors

Santa Rosa City council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Roy Gonzales	67,107
	Liberal	Ina Cartagena	66,843
	NPC	Sonia Algabre	63,566
	Liberal	Rodrigo Malapitan	58,344
	NPC	Mariel Cendaña	55,019
	Liberal	Joel Aala	54,349
	Liberal	Willie Castro	50,608
	Liberal	Jun Tuzon	47,873
	Liberal	Arthur Tiongco	47,669
	NPC	Eric Puzon	47,099
	NPC	Petronio Factoriza	44,474
	NPC	Laudemer Carta	42,753
	Liberal	Jon Pee Salvahan	42,298
	NPC	Edward Tiongco	40,717
	Independent	Yaya Dub Nepomuceno	39,348
	Liberal	Aries Alcabasa	35,716
	NPC	Mela Gonzales-Colmenar	35,333
	Liberal	El Maramba	25,508
	NPC	Itchel Magalian	25,470
	Independent	Danilo Bangoy	24,823
	NPC	Jun Castrillo	24,749
	NPC	Erwin Beato	20,995
	PDP–Laban	Reynaldo Batitis	16,510
	UNA	Rene Alinsod	11,755
	Independent	Lorenzo Barretto	11,608
	PDP–Laban	Imelda Sison	10,638
	PDP–Laban	Jess Angel Villar	9,770
	Independent	Rene Ongkiko	8,345
	PDP–Laban	Peter Malajacan II	6,577
	Independent	Leonilo Andal	4,636
Total votes			1,040,530	100.00

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