2016 Philippine local elections

2016 Philippine local elections
All local elected offices above the barangay level
	The province's shade refers to the party of the winning governor. The larger box refers to the party of the winning vice-governor. The smaller boxes refers to the seats won by each party in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan. Note that this doesn't include the 3 ex officio seats.
President of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines before election; Oriental Mindoro Governor; Alfonso Umali; Liberal	Elected President of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines ; Albay Governor; Francis Bichara; Nacionalista

Local elections in the Philippines were held on May 9, 2016. This was conducted together with the 2016 general election for national positions. All elected positions above the barangay (village) level were disputed.^[1]

Electoral system

Every local government unit, be it a province, city, municipality or a barangay elects a chief executive (a governor, city mayor, municipal mayor and barangay chairman, respectively), and a local legislature (the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, Sangguniang Panlungsod, Sangguniang Bayan and Sangguniang Barangay, respectively), president upon by the chief executive's deputy (vice-governor, city vice-mayor, municipal vice-mayor, respectively; no equivalent for the barangay). In addition, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) elects a governor, vice-governor and members of the ARMM Regional Legislative Assembly.

Elections where one seat is being disputed, such as the regional governor and vice governor in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, provincial governors and vice governors in each of the 81 provinces, and mayors and vice mayors in each of the 145 cities and 1,489 municipalities are elected via the plurality system.

Elections where more than one seat is disputed, such as for the membership in local legislatures, are done via plurality-at-large voting. For Sangguniang Panlalawigan seats, the Commission on Elections divides all provinces into at least 2 districts, while for Sangguniang Panlalawigan seats, the appropriation depends on the city charter (some are divided into districts, while others elect all councilors at-large), and for Sangguniang Bayan seats, all municipalities have eight councilors elected at-large, except for Pateros, which elects twelve, six in each district.

Participating parties

Parties that ran candidates in more than one province:

	English name	Name in the vernacular	Leader
Akbayan	Citizens' Action Party	Akbayan	Ronald Llamas
Aksyon	Democratic Action	Aksyon Demokratiko	Sonia Roco
CDP	Centrist Democratic Party of the Philippines	—	Rufus Rodriguez
KBL	New Society Movement	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	Bongbong Marcos
LDP	Struggle of Democratic Filipinos	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	Edgardo Angara
Lakas	People Power-Christian Muslim Democrats	—	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Liberal	Liberal Party	—	Benigno Aquino III
Nacionalista	Nationalist Party	—	Manuel Villar
NPC	Nationalist People's Coalition	—	Faustino Dy
NUP	National Unity Party	—	Pablo P. Garcia
PDP–Laban	Philippine Democratic Party-People's Power	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan	Aquilino Pimentel III
PMP	Force of the Filipino Masses	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino	Joseph Estrada
UNA	United Nationalist Alliance	—	Jejomar Binay
Independent	Independent	—	—
Local parties	—		Various
Ex officio members	—

Regional elections

Results summary
Governor		Vice governor		Regional legislative assembly
	Liberal		Liberal	24 seats; no party controls

Provincial elections

The new province of Davao Occidental first voted for its provincial officials during this election.

Local parties are denoted by purple, independents by light gray, and ex officio members of the legislatures are in dark gray.

Summary of results, parties ranked by governorships won.

Results summary
Party		Governor		Vice governor		Sangguniang Panlalawigan
Party		Total	%	Total	%	Seats	%	Controlled
	Liberal	39	48.1%	39	48.1%	334	32.8%	16
	NPC	9	11.1%	10	12.3%	107	10.5%	2
	NUP	9	11.1%	7	7.6%	69	6.8%	2
	Nacionalista	9	11.1%	6	7.4%	64	6.3%	5
	UNA	3	3.7%	5	6.2%	47	4.6%	0
	Aksyon	1	1.2%	1	1.2%	4	0.4%	0
	PDP–Laban	0	0.0%	2	2.5%	6	0.6%	0
	Lakas	0	0.0%	2	2.5%	4	0.4%	0
	KBL	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.3%	0
	Akbayan	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0
	Local parties	6	7.4%	2	2.5%	67	6.6%	5
	Independent	5	6.2%	6	6.4%	65	6.4%	0
	Ex officio members	—		—		243	23.8%	—
Totals		81	100%	81	100%	1,019	100%	—

Per province summary
Province			Sangguniang Panlalawigan
Abra	NUP	NUP	11 seats; Liberal control
Agusan del Norte	Liberal	Liberal	11 seats; no party controls
Agusan del Sur	NUP	NUP	13 seats; NUP control
Aklan	Liberal	Nacionalista	13 seats; Liberal control
Albay	Nacionalista	Liberal	13 seats; no party controls
Antique	NUP	NUP	13 seats; no party controls
Apayao	Liberal	Liberal	11 seats; no party controls
Aurora	NPC	LDP	11 seats; no party controls
Basilan	Liberal	NPC	11 seats; no party controls
Bataan	NUP	NUP	13 seats; NUP control
Batanes	Nacionalista	Liberal	9 seats; no party controls
Batangas	Independent	NPC	15 seats; Liberal control
Benguet	Independent	Liberal	13 seats; no party controls
Biliran	Liberal	Liberal	11 seats; no party controls
Bohol	Liberal	PDP–Laban	13 seats; Liberal control
Bukidnon	Bukidnon Paglaum	Liberal	14 seats; Bukidnon Paglaum control
Bulacan	Liberal	Liberal	13 seats; Liberal control
Cagayan	Liberal	UNA	13 seats; no party controls
Camarines Norte	Liberal	NPC	13 seats; no party controls
Camarines Sur	Nacionalista	Liberal	13 seats; Nacionalista control
Camiguin	Liberal	Liberal	9 seats; Liberal control
Capiz	Liberal	Liberal	13 seats; Liberal control
Cavite	UNA	Lakas	17 seats; no party controls
Cebu	Liberal	Liberal	17 seats; no party controls
Compostela Valley	Liberal	Liberal	13 seats; Liberal control
Cotabato	Liberal	Independent	13 seats; no party controls
Davao del Norte	Liberal	Independent	13 seats; no party controls
Davao del Sur	Nacionalista	NPC	13 seats; no party controls
Davao Occidental	NPC	Liberal	11 seats; NPC control
Davao Oriental	Liberal	NPC	13 seats; Liberal control
Dinagat Islands	UNA	UNA	11 seats; no party controls
Eastern Samar	Liberal	Liberal	13 seats; Liberal control
Guimaras	Liberal	Liberal	11 seats; Liberal control
Ifugao	Independent	Independent	11 seats; no party controls
Ilocos Norte	Nacionalista	Nacionalista	13 seats; Nacionalista control
Ilocos Sur	Nacionalista	Nacionalista	13 seats; Nacionalista control
Iloilo	Liberal	NUP	13 seats; Liberal control
Isabela	NPC	UNA	13 seats; no party controls
Kalinga	Liberal	Lakas	11 seats; no party controls
La Union	Independent	Liberal	13 seats; no party controls
Laguna	Nacionalista	Nacionalista	13 seats; no party controls
Lanao del Norte	Liberal	Liberal	13 seats; Liberal control
Lanao del Sur	Liberal	Liberal	13 seats; no party controls
Leyte	Liberal	Liberal	13 seats; Liberal control
Maguindanao	Liberal	Liberal	13 seats; Liberal control
Marinduque	Liberal	Liberal	11 seats; no party controls
Masbate	Liberal	Liberal	13 seats; no party controls
Misamis Occidental	Liberal	Liberal	13 seats; no party controls
Misamis Oriental	Padayon	UNA	13 seats; no party controls
Mountain Province	Liberal	Liberal	11 seats; no party controls
Negros Occidental	UNegA	Liberal	15 seats; no party controls
Negros Oriental	NUP	Liberal	13 seats; no party controls
Northern Samar	Liberal	Liberal	13 seats; no party controls
Nueva Ecija	Liberal	Liberal	13 seats; no party controls
Nueva Vizcaya	Nacionalista	Nacionalista	13 seats; no party controls
Occidental Mindoro	Liberal	Liberal	13 seats; Liberal control
Oriental Mindoro	Liberal	Liberal	13 seats; Liberal control
Palawan	PPP	PPP	13 seats; PPP control
Pampanga	KAMBILAN	KAMBILAN	13 seats; KAMBILAN control
Pangasinan	Aksyon	Aksyon	15 seats; no party controls
Quezon	NUP	Liberal	13 seats; no party controls
Quirino	Liberal	Liberal	11 seats; Liberal control
Rizal	NPC	Liberal	13 seats; NPC control
Romblon	Liberal	Liberal	11 seats; no party controls
Samar	NPC	Nacionalista	13 seats; no party controls
Sarangani	PCM	PCM	13 seats; PCM control
Siquijor	Liberal	Liberal	9 seats; Liberal control
Sorsogon	Liberal	Independent	13 seats; no party controls
South Cotabato	NPC	Liberal	13 seats; no party controls
Southern Leyte	Liberal	Liberal	11 seats; Liberal control
Sultan Kudarat	PTM	PDP–Laban	13 seats; PTM control
Sulu	Liberal	Liberal	13 seats; Liberal control
Surigao del Norte	Liberal	Liberal	13 seats; Liberal control
Surigao del Sur	Liberal	Liberal	13 seats; Liberal control
Tarlac	NPC	NPC	13 seats; no party control
Tawi-Tawi	NUP	NUP	11 seats; no party controls
Zambales	Sulong Zambales	Sulong Zambales	13 seats; Sulong Zambales control
Zamboanga del Norte	Liberal	Liberal	13 seats; Liberal control
Zamboanga del Sur	NPC	Liberal	13 seats; no party controls
Zamboanga Sibugay	Liberal	Liberal	13 seats; Nacionalista control

City and municipal elections

Summary of results, parties ranked by mayorships won.

Results summary^[2]
Party		Mayor		Vice mayor		Local legislature seats won
Party		Total	%	Total	%	Total	%
	Liberal	759	46.5%	705	43.1%	5,451	32.4%
	NPC	201	12.3%	182	11.1%	1,583	9.4%
	Nacionalista	145	8.9%	139	8.5%	1,047	6.3%
	UNA	134	8.2%	142	8.7%	1,223	7.3%
	NUP	121	7.4%	127	7.8%	896	5.3%
	PDP–Laban	40	2.4%	33	2.0%	191	1.1%
	Aksyon	13	0.8%	19	1.1%	113	0.7%
	KBL	9	0.3%	4	0.2%	46	0.3%
	Lakas	8	0.5%	9	0.6%	64	0.4%
	LDP	5	0.0%	8	0.5%	57	0.3%
	Other parties	112	6.9%	110	6.7%	992	5.9%
	Independent	107	6.5%	158	9.7%	1,877	11.1%
	Ex officio members	—		—		3,268	19.4%
Totals		1,634	100%	1,634	100%	16,808	100%

Results for the ten largest cities:

Per city summary
City			Sangguniang Panlungsod	Details
Quezon City	Liberal	Liberal	38 seats; Liberal control	Details
Manila	PMP	PMP	38 seats; Asenso Manileño control	Details
Davao City	Hugpong	Hugpong	26 seats; Hugpong control	Details
Caloocan	Nacionalista	PMP	14 seats; no party controls	Details
Cebu City	Liberal	UNA	18 seats; UNA control	Details
Zamboanga City	Liberal	Liberal	18 seats; no party controls	Details
Taguig	Nacionalista	Nacionalista	18 seats; Nacionalista control	Details
Antipolo, Rizal	NPC	NPC	18 seats; no party controls	Details
Pasig	Nacionalista	Liberal	14 seats; no party controls	Details
Cagayan de Oro	Liberal	Liberal	18 seats; no party controls	Details

Results for the ten largest municipalities:

Per municipality summary
Municipality			Sangguniang Bayan
Rodriguez, Rizal	Liberal	NPC	10 seats; no party controls
Cainta, Rizal	NPC	NPC	10 seats; NPC control
Taytay, Rizal	Liberal	NPC	10 seats; no party controls
Binangonan, Rizal	NPC	NPC	10 seats; NPC control
Santa Maria, Bulacan	NPC	NPC	10 seats; NPC control
San Mateo, Rizal	Liberal	NPC	10 seats; no party controls
Silang, Cavite	UNA	UNA	10 seats; no party controls
Tanza, Cavite	UNA	Liberal	10 seats; no party controls
Marilao, Bulacan	Independent	Independent	10 seats; no party controls
Santo Tomas, Batangas	Nacionalista	Nacionalista	10 seats; no party controls

Barangay elections

Barangay elections were supposedly to be held in October 2016 to end the election cycle, but were postponed by Congress to October 2017. The officials elected in 2013 will continue to serve up to 2017.^[3] By March 2017, Congress then postponed the election anew, this time to May 2018.^[4]

The barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) chairmen in a city or municipality will elect among themselves a representative each to sit in the town's Sangguniang Bayan (municipal council) or city's Sangguniang Panlungsod (city council), as the case may be. The municipal and city representatives of the barangay and SK chairmen, and the city and municipal councilors in every province then elect among themselves a representative each to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial board). The provincial and city (which are independent from a province) representatives of the SK chairmen will then elect themselves a president that shall sit as a member of the National Youth Commission. The same is true for the barangay chairmen, who shall be the president of the Liga ng mga Barangay (Association of Villages), and the councilors, who will be the president of the Philippine Councilors League.

References

^ "Local elections 2016: Know your candidates and localities on Rappler".
^ Team, COMELEC Web Development. "Official COMELEC Website :: Commission on Elections". COMELEC. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
^ "Duterte signs law postponing barangay, SK elections". Rappler. 2016-10-18. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
^ "Duterte resets barangay, SK elections to 2018". GMA News. 2017-10-04. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

[1] "Local elections 2016: Know your candidates and localities on Rappler".

[2] Team, COMELEC Web Development. "Official COMELEC Website :: Commission on Elections". COMELEC. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

[3] "Duterte signs law postponing barangay, SK elections". Rappler. 2016-10-18. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

[4] "Duterte resets barangay, SK elections to 2018". GMA News. 2017-10-04. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

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