2016 Parañaque local elections

2016 Parañaque mayoral election

May 9, 2016 (2016-05-09)

Nominee Edwin Olivarez Party Liberal Running mate Jose Enrico "Rico" Golez Popular vote 193,925 Percentage 100.00%

Mayor before election Edwin Olivarez Liberal Elected mayor Edwin Olivarez Liberal

Local elections were held in Parañaque 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 councilors, eight of them in the two districts of the city.

Background

Mayor Edwin Olivarez ran for re-election unopposed.^[1][2]

Vice Mayor Jose Enrico "Rico" Golez ran for re-election. He faced Jeremy Marquez, the son of former city mayor Joselito "Joey" Marquez.^[3]

First District Rep. Eric Olivarez ran for re-election against Vic Celeridad.

Second District Rep. Gustavo "Gus" Tambunting ran for re-election against former Rep. Jose Roilo Golez.

Celebrities and prominent personalities will also try to get a seat in the city council. This includes dancer Bok Inciong of Masculados, comedians Ryan Yllana and Vandolph Quizon, singer Roselle Nava, actor Jomari Yllana, basketball coach Binky Favis, and Hubert Webb, who is known to be the primary mastermind in the 1991 Vizconde massacre.^[4][5]

Results

Names written in bold-Italic are the re-elected incumbents while in italic are incumbents lost in elections.

For Mayor

Mayor Edwin Olivarez was re-elected unopposed.

Parañaque Mayoralty Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Edwin Olivarez	193,925	100.00%
Total votes			193,925	100.00%
	Liberal hold

Vice Mayor

Vice Mayor Jose Enrico "Rico" Golez defeated Jeremy Marquez in a tight election.

Parañaque Vice Mayoralty Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jose Enrico “Rico” Golez	119,819	55.40%
	Nacionalista	Jeremy Marquez	94,295	43.60%
	NUP	Zandro Mate	2,135	0.98
Total votes			216,249	100.00%
	Liberal hold

For Representative

First District

Rep. Eric Olivarez was re-elected.

Congressional Elections in Parañaque's First District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Eric Olivarez	79,760	97.26%
	UNA	Vic Celeridad	2,243	2.73%
Total votes			82,003	100.00%

Second District

Rep. Gustavo Tambunting won over former Rep. Jose Roilo Golez in a tight election.

Congressional Elections in Parañaque's Second District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Gustavo “Gus” Tambunting	64,545	50.58%
	Independent	Jose Roilo Golez	61,493	48.19%
	Independent	Pacifico Rosal	881	0.69%
	Lakas	Pete Montaño	666	0.52%
Total votes			127,585	100.00%

City Councilors

First District

City Council Election in Parañaque's First District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Roselle Nava	58,130	10.09%
	Liberal	Brilliante "Bok" Inciong	57,475	9.98%
	Liberal	Ricardo "Eric" Baes	56,207	9.76%
	Liberal	Joan Villafuerte-Densing	54,555	9.47%
	Liberal	Vandolph Quizon	42,767	7.42%
	PMP	Jose Maria "Jomari" Yllana	41,861	7.26%
	Liberal	Marvin Santos	41,638	7.23%
	Liberal	Pablo Gabriel Jr.	39,551	6.86%
	PMP	Julius Anthony "Jun" Zaide	39,172	6.80%
	Liberal	Vincent Ace Mangosing	35,453	6.15%
	Nacionalista	Jaime Delos Santos	28,019	4.86%
	PMP	Hubert Webb	27,099	4.70%
	PMP	Edward Co	19,149	3.32%
	PMP	Benito Aragon	12,346	2.13%
	PMP	Angel Delfin	5,829	1.01%
	PGP	Danilo Lopez	5,141	0.89%
	Lakas	Ruel Andaluz	4,309	0.74%
	NUP	Nick Frisco	2,752	0.47%
	Lakas	Elvis Tambolero	2,505	0.43%
	Lakas	Danny Talam	1,882	0.32%
Total votes			575,840	100.00%

Second District

City Council Elections in Parañaque's Second District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Vincent Kenneth "Binky" Favis	83,084	10.21%
	NPC	Viktor Eriko "Wahoo" Sotto	79,757	9.80%
	PMP	John Ryan Yllana	76,352	9.39%
	Liberal	Edwin "Bong" Benzon	74,672	9.18%
	PDP–Laban	Merlie "Miles" Antipuesto	72,128	8.87%
	Liberal	Giovanni "Juvan" Esplana	68,811	8.46%
	Liberal	Jacqueline "Jackie" Bustamante-Mendoza	67,993	8.36%
	Liberal	Maritess "Tess" De Asis	67,040	8.24%
	UNA	Kenneth Amurao	63,475	7.80%
	UNA	Yeng Bernabe	56,313	6.92%
	UNA	Daniel Santos	32,611	4.01%
	UNA	Rudy Avila	13,147	1.61%
	UNA	Manolito Zulueta	9,753	1.19%
	UNA	Michael Antonio Bello	8,868	1.09%
	UNA	Jerry Ong	7,841	0.96%
	UNA	Ronald Macaraig	7,826	0.96%
	PGP	Armando Razonable	6,572	0.80%
	PGP	Vien Lawrence Gabato	6,483	0.79%
	PGP	Frances Soliven-Quebec	6,399	0.77%
	PGP	Dorotheo Sayajon	3,977	0.48%
Total votes			813,102	100.00%

References

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2. "3 reelection Mayors in Metro Manila file COCs". The Manila Times. Philippine News Agency. 2015-10-16. Archived from the original on 2016-02-06. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
3. "Parañaque Mayor Olivarez files COC alongside celebrity councilor slate". CNN Philippines. 2015-10-16. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
4. "Hubert Webb runs for Parañaque city councilor". Rappler. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
5. Zaide, Jose Abeto (2015-10-20). "Angels and demons". The Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 2016-01-04.