2016 Manila local elections

Manila held its local elections on Monday, May 9, 2016, as a part of the 2016 Philippine general election. Voters elected candidates for Mayor, Vice Mayor, 6 Congressmen, and the 36 councilors that will be members of the City Council. Incumbent Mayor Joseph Estrada won the elections, securing him to serve his second 3-year term as the Mayor of Manila. He won by a slim margin at only more than 2,000 votes against his closest rival, former Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim.[1][2] Dr. Maria Shielah “Honey” Lacuna-Pangan, daughter of former Manila Vice Mayor Danny Lacuna, Estrada’s running-mate, topped the vice mayoral race with 268,969 votes.[3]

2016 Manila mayoral election

May 9, 2016 (2016-05-09)

Nominee Joseph Estrada Alfredo Lim Amado Bagatsing Party PMP Liberal KABAKA Running mate Maria Sheilah Lacuna-Pangan Benjamin Asilo Arnold Atienza Popular vote 283,149 280,464 167,829 Percentage 38.54% 38.17% 22.84%

Mayor before election Joseph Estrada PMP Elected Mayor Joseph Estrada PMP

Background

Incumbent mayor and former President Joseph "Erap" Estrada was first elected as mayor in 2013. He defeated then-incumbent mayor Alfredo Lim in a closely contested election, winning 53% of the vote to Lim's 47%.

Mayor Estrada announced in April 2015 that he is running for re-election. This is in total contrast to his May 9, 2012 pronouncement that he will only serve for one term should he be elected to the post back then, after which he would subsequently retire from politics.[4][5]

Unlike Estrada, his running mate in 2013, three-term incumbent vice mayor Isko Moreno is term limited as he served for three consecutive terms. He is running for the Senate.

Sources indicate that although Manila leaders identified with Estrada under the local Asenso Manileño party, Moreno included, are pushing for former Manila vice mayor Danilo Lacuna to be his running mate, Estrada is said to be seriously considering his current city administrator, Jojo Alcovendaz, to be his vice mayoral candidate under his party, despite the latter's San Juan City residence. However, the Estrada camp, upon further consultation, eventually chose former 4th District councilor and current city social services head Maria Sheilah "Honey" Lacuna-Pangan as his running mate.[6]

On July 22, 2015, incumbent 5th district Rep. Amado Bagatsing launched his bid to be the next mayor of the city once governed by his father, former mayor Ramon Bagatsing, offering himself as an alternative while blaming the city’s "deterioration" on the incumbent and his predecessor. His running mate is the son of former mayor and current Buhay Party-list Representative Lito Atienza, current 5th District Councilor and 2007 Mayoral candidate Ali Atienza.[7] On October 12, 2015, Bagatsing made his bid official by filing his certificate of candidacy.[8]

On October 13, 2015, Alfredo Lim filed to run again for his old post. He is the official candidate of the ruling Liberal Party. His running mate is incumbent 1st district Rep. Benjamin Asilo.[9]

Campaign

Joseph Estrada's (second from right) election campaign rally in Tondo, Manila along with Isko Moreno (left), Grace Poe (second from left)

Local campaign period started on March 26, 2016. Estrada, with running mate Honey Lacuna, hold their proclamation rally at the Liwasang Bonifacio, while Lim, with running mate Benjamin Asilo started their campaign at the Plaza Miranda, on March 28, 2016, 2 days after the official start of campaign for local candidates.

During the incumbent mayor's rally, Estrada formally endorsed his goddaughter, Grace Poe as his choice for president and Bongbong Marcos for vice president.[10] He picked Poe, over his co-partymate Jejomar Binay of the United Nationalist Alliance. He said that the Mayor's gratitude to the presidential candidate's father Fernando Poe, Jr., a candidate of the 2004 Philippine presidential election but later lost, as one of the reasons why he made the decision to endorse Poe.[11]

Among his senatorial candidates that he will support are Joel Villanueva, Panfilo Lacson, Manny Pacquiao, Martin Romualdez, Getulio Napeñas, Neri Javier Colmenares, Sherwin Gatchalian, Richard J. Gordon, Juan Miguel Zubiri, Sergio Osmeña III, Francis Tolentino and Isko Moreno, the incumbent Vice Mayor of the city.[10] Major roads in Manila including the McArthur Bridge are closed down due to the said event.[12]

Lim's campaign started with his visit to the Islamic Center in Bgy. San Miguel, together with Liberal Party's presidential bet Mar Roxas. The two then went to Plaza Miranda for the former Mayor's proclamation rites which was attended by 5,000 supporters.[13] Roxas' running mate Leni Robredo and President Benigno Aquino III also attended the rally.[14]

A day before the two rallies, Amado Bagatsing, together with his running mate Ali Atienza kick-off their campaign at Tondo.

Mayoralty and Vice Mayoralty Elections

Mayor

First term incumbent and former President Joseph Estrada, who was elected with 53% of the vote in 2013, is seeking another term. Former Senator and Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, who Estrada defeated in 2013, is seeking a rematch. Also running is 5th district Rep. Amado Bagatsing.

Mayoralty Race in Manila during 2016 General Election

Manila Mayoralty Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMP	Joseph Estrada (incumbent)	283,149	38.54
	Liberal	Alfredo Lim	280,464	38.18
	KABAKA	Amado Bagatsing	167,829	22.85
	Independent	Onofre Abad	717	0.09
	Independent	Valeriano Reloj	621	0.08
	Nacionalista	Arnaldo "Dodos" Dela Cruz[15]	479	0.06
	Independent	Edmundo Fuerte	456	0.06
	Independent	Tranquilino Narca	275	0.03
	Independent	Wilfredo Yusi	223	0.03
	PMM	Francisco Pizzara	222	0.03
	Independent	Samuel Gabot	206	0.02
Total votes			734,613	100.00
	PMP hold

Vice Mayor

Three-term incumbent Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso, who was re-elected with 63% of the vote in 2013, is term-limited and is barred from running again for this post this election. His party's nominee is Maria Sheilah "Honey" Lacuna-Pangan. Facing her are three-term representatives Benjamin Asilo of the 1st District and Trisha Bonoan-David of the 4th District. Incumbent 5th District councilor and former 2007 mayoral candidate Ali Atienza is also running for the seat.

Manila Vice Mayoralty Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMP	Maria Sheilah "Honey" Lacuna-Pangan	268,969	37.91
	UNA	Arnold Atienza	221,037	31.15
	Liberal	Benjamin Asilo	137,388	19.36
	NUP	Maria Theresa Bonoan-David	77,599	10.93
	LDP	Luis Reyes, Jr.	4,393	0.61
Total votes			709,386	100.00
	PMP hold

District Representatives

1st District

The 1st district is composed of the western part of Tondo. Three-term Liberal Party incumbent Benjamin "Atong" Asilo, who was re-elected with 64% of the vote in 2013, is term-limited and will instead run for vice mayor; his brother, incumbent councilor Roberto Asilo, is his party's nominee.

Also running for this district are incumbent three-term councilors Ian "Banzai" Nieva and Ernesto Dionisio, Jr as well as Manuel "Manny" Lopez. Nieva is the son of the late Ernesto "Banzai" Nieva, who represented this district from 1998 to 2007, while Lopez is the son of former Manila Mayor Mel Lopez.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in the 1st District of Manila

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Manuel Luis Lopez	55,627	35.4
	Liberal	Roberto Asilo	43,640	27.7
	Asenso Manileño	Ernesto Dionisio, Jr.	42,878	27.2
	Nacionalista	Erick Ian Nieva	15,223	9.7
Total votes			157,368	100.00
	NPC gain from Liberal

2nd District

The city's 2nd District covers the eastern part of Tondo, a place known as Gagalangin. Carlo Lopez is the incumbent representative and has already serve two terms. He won on the 2010 local elections and was re-elected with 69% of the vote in 2013. He is running for his third and final term under the Liberal Party. He runs unopposed because his supposed opponent, Councilor Numero "Uno" Lim, was nominated by the party-list group Tanggol Maralita Inc. (TAMA).

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in the 2nd District of Manila

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Carlo Lopez (incumbent)	72,409	100.00
Total votes			72,409	100.00
	Liberal hold

3rd District

The 3rd district is composed of Binondo, Quiapo, San Nicolas, and Santa Cruz. Zenaida "Naida" Angping, who was re-elected with 62% of the vote in 2013, is term-limited and is barred from running again this election. Her party nominated her husband, former representative Harry Angping who represented this district from 1998 to 2004.

His opponents are three-term incumbent City Councilor and actor John Marvin "Yul Servo" Nieto and former Councilor Ramon Morales. Morales also ran in this district in 2013 and lost receiving only 36% of the vote.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in the 3rd District of Manila

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMP	John Marvin "Yul Servo" Nieto	46,353	44.93
	Nacionalista	Harry Angping	38,636	37.44
	Liberal	Ramon Morales	17,021	16.50
	PGP	Ricardo Lee	689	0.67
	Independent	Edgardo "Jojo" Ruiz	472	0.46
Total votes			103,183	100.00
	PMP gain from NPC

4th District

The 4th district is composed of Sampaloc. Ma. Theresa "Trisha" Bonoan-David, who ran unopposed in 2013, is term-limited and is barred from running again this election. Her party nominated her sister, Annie.

Other candidates for this district are three-term councilor Edward Maceda, two-term councilor Don Juan "DJ" Bagatsing, one-term councilor Science Reyes, and former Ateneo basketball player Jobe Nkemakolam.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in the 4th District of Manila

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Asenso Manileño	Edward Maceda	46,349	41.53
	KABAKA	Don Juan Bagatsing	23,807	21.28
	NPC	Science Reyes	23,650	21.25
	NUP	Rosemary "Annie" Leilani Bonoan	16,525	14.81
	Lakas	Jobe Sherwin Nkemakolam	1,263	1.13
Total votes			111,594	100.00
	PMP gain from NUP

5th District

The 5th district is composed of Ermita, Malate, Paco (south), Intramuros, Port Area, and San Andres Bukid (including the Manila South Cemetery). Amado Bagatsing, who was re-elected with 89% of the vote in 2013, is term-limited and is barred from running again this election and will instead run for Mayor. His party's nominee is his daughter Cristal.

Her opponents are former representatives Joey Hizon and Mary Ann Susano as well as incumbent three-term councilor Josie Siscar. Joey Hizon represented this district from 1998 to 2007. Meanwhile, Mary Ann Susano represented Quezon City's 2nd Congressional District from 2004 to 2010.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in the 5th District of Manila

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KABAKA	Amanda Christina Bagatsing	48,380	37.40
	PMP	Joey Hizon	34,952	27.02
	NPC	Mary Ann Susano	27,083	20.93
	Liberal	Josefina Siscar	16,420	12.69
	LDP	Jupakar Arabani	1,882	1.45
	PMM	Mario Cayabyab	655	0.51
Total votes			129,372	100%
	KABAKA hold

6th District

The 6th district is composed of Paco (north), Pandacan, Santa Ana, San Miguel, and Santa Mesa. Two-term incumbent Sandy Ocampo, who won re-election in 2013 with 51% of the vote, is seeking a third term. She is co-nominated by NUP and local party KABAKA while Benny Abante is also co-nominated by Asenso Manileño Party.

This is the third straight election in which the two candidates are facing each other with Ocampo winning the first two by narrow margins.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in the 6th District of Manila

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rosenda Ann "Sandy" Ocampo (incumbent)	56,844	53.41
	Asenso Manileño	Benny M. Abante	48,260	45.35
	PGP	Richard Bautista	695	0.65
	Independent	Jose Castillo	623	0.59
Total votes			106,422	100.00
	Liberal hold

City Council

1st District

Incumbent councilors Dennis Alcoreza, Ernesto Dionisio Jr., and Erick Ian Nieva are term-limited and cannot seek re-election. Meanwhile, councilors Irma Alfonso and Roberto Asilo, who are not term-limited, chose not to seek re-election. Of the six councilors representing this district, only Niño dela Cruz is seeking re-election.

Former councilors Rolando Sy, Jesus Fajardo Sr., Ernesto Dionisio Sr., Arlene Koa, Moises Lim, Martin Isidro Jr., and Abraham Cabochan are each trying to regain a seat in the council.

2016 Manila City Council election at the 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Asenso Manileño	Ernesto G. Dionisio, Sr.	87,218	10.40
	Nacionalista	Moises "Bobby" Lim	68,448	8.16
	Asenso Manileño	Martin Isidro, Jr.	62,704	7.48
	Asenso Manileño	Jesus "Taga" Fajardo, Sr.	59,472	7.09
	Liberal	Niño dela Cruz	50,831	6.06
	Liberal	Peter Ong	50,480	6.02
	PGP	Diosdado "Boroboy" Santiago	46,428	5.54
	Asenso Manileño	Ava Cristina "Ava Alfonso" Juson	44,941	5.36
	KABAKA	Jose "Tito Joveth" Asayo	40,618	4.84
	Lakas	Mina "Banzai" Nieva	37,227	4.44
	KABAKA	Rosalino Garcia	33,269	3.97
	Liberal	Rolando "Nagmamahal" Sy	32,356	3.86
	KABAKA	Arlene Koa	32,324	3.85
	Liberal	Alexander Dionisio	30,852	3.68
	KABAKA	Edgardo Solis	22,694	2.70
	Lakas	Randy Sy	21,024	2.50
	KABAKA	Victor "Toto" Baldisimo	20,995	2.50
	Asenso Manileño	Abraham "Baby" Cabochan	17,610	2.10
	Liberal	Jonas Arriza Humady	12,261	1.46
	KABAKA	Ligfinia "Teacher Beth" Lorenzo	9,863	1.17
	Asenso Manileño	Edna "Puti" Ramos	8,725	1.04
	Liberal	Jeniffer "Jade" Daquiz	8,712	1.03
	PGP	Michael "Mike/Nash" de Leon	6,680	0.79
	Lakas	Francisca Villanueva	6,639	0.79
	Liberal	Rafael "Dok" Manicad	5,831	0.69
	PGP	Ferdinand Sandoval	5,465	0.65
	Lakas	Jose Brendo Macapaz	5,131	0.61
	Independent	Juan Rafael "Raffy Jimenez" Crespo	2,872	0.34
	Lakas	Cresenciano "Kuya Boy" Gabuten, Jr.	2,586	0.30
	Bangon Pilipinas	Allan Navoa	1,977	0.23
	KABAKA	Eduardo Lanuza	1,747	0.20
Total votes			173,640	100.00

2nd District

Incumbent councilors Marlon Lacson and Numero Lim are term-limited and cannot seek re-election. Councilors Ruben Buenaventura, Rodolfo Lacsamana, Ramon Robles, and Rolando Valeriano are all seeking another term.

Among those vying for a seat in the council are former councilors Edward Tan and Nelissa Beltran.

2016 Manila City Council election at the 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Asenso Manileño	Rolando "Rolan CRV" Valeriano	53,986	10.95
	Asenso Manileño	Ruben "Dr. J" Buenaventura	49,450	10.03
	Asenso Manileño	Ramon Robles	49,218	9.98
	Liberal	Rodolfo "Ninong" Lacsamana	47,524	9.64
	Asenso Manileño	Edward Tan	47,156	9.56
	Asenso Manileño	Macky Lacson	38,570	7.82
	NPC	Darwin "Awi" Sia	36,418	7.38
	Asenso Manileño	Babyluck "Algebra" Lim	35,543	7.21
	PGP	Nelissa Beltran	31,828	6.45
	NPC	Nancy Valencia	26,258	5.32
	NPC	Fernando "Bok" Lopez	19,060	3.86
	Liberal	Ruben "RP" Bunag	14,618	2.96
	Liberal	JC "Brad Bolong" Sy	12,769	2.59
	PGP	Ariel Fernandez	7,354	1.49
	Nacionalista	Rommel Miranda	4,493	0.91
	Liberal	Jules delos Reyes	3,486	0.70
	Liberal	Maria Corazon Panlilio	3,482	0.70
	Liberal	Michael "Tuts" Velasco	2,886	2.58
	KBL	Alex Lao	2,739	0.55
	Lakas	Ned Ordenes	2,104	0.42
	Bangon Pilipinas	Pedro Buluran, Jr.	2,033	0.41
	Bangon Pilipinas	Pedro Garcia	1,913	0.38
Total votes			103,565	100.00

3rd District

Incumbent councilors Joel Chua, Ernesto Isip Jr., and John Marvin "Yul Servo" Nieto are term-limited and cannot seek re-election. Meanwhile, councilors Bernardito Ang, Ma. Asuncion Fugoso, and Manuel Zarcal are all vying for another term.

2016 Manila City Council election at the 3rd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Asenso Manileño	Maria Asuncion "Re" Fugoso	67,663	12.86
	Asenso Manileño	Bernardito Ang	54,269	10.32
	Asenso Manileño	Manuel "Letlet" Zarcal	51,252	9.74
	UNA	Maile Atienza	50,279	9.56
	Asenso Manileño	Grace Chua	46,183	8.78
	Asenso Manileño	Terrence Alibarbar	38,993	7.41
	NPC	Chris "Attorney CB" Beltran	36,342	6.91
	Liberal	Joey Uy Jamisola	28,836	5.48
	Liberal	RJ Yuseco	22,789	4.33
	Liberal	Rizalindo "Major Saling" Morales	18,794	3.57
	Liberal	Marilou Chua	17,635	3.35
	KABAKA	William Lising	16,613	3.15
	Asenso Manileño	Alberto "Abet Tabako" Alonzo	15,929	3.02
	KABAKA	Maria Victoria "Binky" Barbers	14,641	2.78
	Liberal	Mar Reyes	13,123	2.49
	KABAKA	Philip Chua	10,085	1.91
	Lakas	Severino Reyes	6,989	1.32
	Lakas	Wilson Ng	4,054	0.77
	Liberal	Jesus Abejar	3,115	0.59
	Ang Kapatiran	Jerry Gomez	2,928	0.55
	KBL	Mohammad "Madz" Ameril	2,175	0.41
	Lakas	Rhady Siongco	1,947	0.37
	Lakas	Esmail Codarangan	1,209	0.22
Total votes			111,266	100.00

4th District

Incumbent councilors Edward Maceda and Jocelyn Quintos are term-limited and cannot seek re-election. Meanwhile, councilors Don Juan Bagatsing, and Science Reyes, who are not term-limited, chose not to seek re-election. Councilors Krystle Bacani and Anton Capistrano are both vying for a second term.

Among those gunning for a council seat are former councilors Luisito Chua, Eduardo "Wardee" Quintos XIV, and Victoriano Melendez. And also, Eduardo 'Bimbo' Quintos XVI would not run for councilor due to his disqualification case in the office.

2016 Manila City Council election at the 4th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Asenso Manileño	Luisito Chua	65,107
	Asenso Manileño	Krystle Bacani	62,793
	Nacionalista	Anton Capistrano	47,559
	Liberal	Eduardo "Bimbo" Quintos XVI	46,829
	Asenso Manileño	Eduardo "Wardee" Quintos XIV	45,356
	Asenso Manileño	Joel Villanueva	45,329
	Nacionalista	Antonio Abana
	KABAKA	Augusto Antonio
	Nacionalista	Rodolfo Astorga
	KABAKA	Allan Dale Basco
	Asenso Manileño	Angelita Calalang
	Liberal	Jerome Chua
	Liberal	Virgilio Cornejo
	Liberal	Pedro Galero
	Lakas	Alexander Lim
	Asenso Manileño	Francisco Mariazeta
	Independent	Zenaida Matias
	KABAKA	Victoriano Melendez
	KABAKA	Christopher Ortiz
	KABAKA	Marc Chester Regala
	Nacionalista	Ramoncito Reyes
	Liberal	Katrina Rigor
	Independent	Vicente Salgado
	Liberal	Joseph Silva
	Lakas	Zephyr Panganiban
Total votes

5th District

Incumbent councilors Cristina Isip, Josefina Siscar, and Raymundo Yupangco are barred by term limits from seeking re-election. Meanwhile, councilor Arnold Atienza, who is not term-limited, chose not to seek another term. Councilors Joey Hizon III and Roberto Ortega Jr. are both vying for another term.

Among those seeking a council seat are former councilors Richard Ibay, Roderick Valbuena, and Arturo Valenzona. Three-term Buhay Party-list Rep. Irwin Tieng is also running for a council seat in this district.

2016 Manila City Council election at the 5th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KABAKA	William Irwin Tieng	67,702
	Asenso Manileño	Roberto Ortega, Jr.	63,904
	Asenso Manileño	Laris Borromeo	62,216
	Asenso Manileño	Joey "TJ" Hizon III	61,537
	Asenso Manileño	Ricardo "Boy" Isip, Jr.	49,830
	Asenso Manileño	Anna Katrina Puzon-Yupangco	49,085
	KABAKA	Jose Abrito
	Nacionalista	Jaime Adriano
	Liberal	Abner Afuang
	Liberal	Mark Anthony Andaya
	Lakas	Rufino Cantil, Jr.
	Liberal	Jaime Co, Jr.
	Liberal	Ariel Dakis
	NPC	Geoffrey Dela Torre
	Nacionalista	Vincent Dinglasa
	Nacionalista	John Dizon
	Lakas	Eric Dolloso
	UNA	Paulino Ejercito
	Asenso Manileño	Bobby Espiritu
	KABAKA	Harry Huecas
	Asenso Manileño	Richard Ibay
	Nacionalista	Wenifredo Limit
	Liberal	Dominador Mariano
	NPC	Fernando Perito
	KABAKA	Erika Angela Platon
	PMP	Gina Ragasa-Veniegas
	KABAKA	Edward Ramirez
	Liberal	Felix Tobillo, Jr.
	KABAKA	Roderick Valbuena
	Lakas	Arturo Valenzona
	Nacionalista	Gladina Villar
	NPC	Marlon Villarojas
	KABAKA	Francis Villegas
Total votes

6th District

Incumbent councilors Priscilla Marie Abante, Leilani Marie Lacuna, Joel Par, Elizabeth Rivera, Casimiro Sison, and Christian Paul Uy are all seeking another term.

Among those running for a council seat are former councilors Carlos Castañeda, Pablo Dario Ocampo, and Luciano Veloso. Castañeda served in the city council as the President of the Liga ng mga Barangay from 2004 to 2007 while Ocampo represented the 5th district from 1995 to 1998.

2016 Manila City Council election at the 6th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KABAKA	Christian Paul "Joey" Uy	61,914	11.09
	Asenso Manileño	Priscilla Marie Abante	61,007	10.93
	Asenso Manileño	Elizabeth Rivera	59,840	10.72
	Asenso Manileño	Casimiro Sison	57,656	10.33
	Asenso Manileño	Carlos Castañeda	56,979	10.20
	Asenso Manileño	Joel Par	56,418	10.10
	Asenso Manileño	Leilani Marie Lacuna	52,768	9.45
	KABAKA	Luciano Veloso	50,555	9.05
	Liberal	Pablo Dario "Chikee" Ocampo IV	43,211	7.74
	Liberal	Jeremiah "My" Belgica	28,747	5.15
	KABAKA	Edward Quintos	9,719	1.74
	Liberal	Irene Rillo	5,421	0.97
	Lakas	Angel Agub	4,352	0.77
	Lakas	Jesus "Jessie Delgado" Porciuncula	3,559	0.63
	KABAKA	Emmanuel Gonzales	2,531	0.45
	KABAKA	Lardi Lardizabal	1,923	0.34
	KABAKA	Lynne Orqueza	1,499	0.26
Total votes			113,196	100.00

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