2016 Tarlac City local elections

Tarlac City held its local elections on May 9, 2016 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected candidates for mayor, vice mayor, and ten councilors. Incumbent 2nd district board member Cristy Angeles became the first female mayor of Tarlac City after defeating Allan Manalang (son of incumbent Mayor Gelacio Manalang, who unsuccessfully ran for the governorship post).[1] In the vice mayoral race, incumbent Vice Mayor Anne Belmonte was defeated by former Mayor Aro Mendoza, who also endorsed Cristy Angeles for Mayor.

2016 Tarlac City mayoral election

May 9, 2016

Nominee Cristy Angeles Allan Manalang Party NPC PMP Running mate Anne Belmonte Aro Mendoza (Independent) Noel Soliman Popular vote 81,886 62,845 Percentage 56.21 43.14

Mayor before election Gelacio Manalang PMP Elected Mayor Cristy Angeles NPC

Results

The candidates for mayor and vice mayor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.[2]

Mayoral and vice mayoral elections

Tarlac City mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Cristy Angeles	81,886	56.21
	PMP	Allan Manalang	62,845	43.14
	Independent	Roger Tomaroy	945	0.65
Margin of victory			19,041	13.07
Valid ballots			145,676	93.29
Invalid or blank votes			10,478	6.71
Total votes			156,154	100.00
	NPC gain from PMP

Tarlac City vice mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Aro Mendoza	52,660	36.84
	NPC	Anne Belmonte	43,200	30.22
	Independent	Ato Chua	21,641	15.14
	PMP	Noel Soliman	20,012	14.00
	Independent	Pepe Rigor	4,705	3.29
	Independent	Paul David Santos	725	0.51
Margin of victory			9,460	6.62
Valid ballots			142,943	91.54
Invalid or blank votes			13,211	8.46
Total votes			156,154	100.00
	Independent gain from NPC

City Council

Tarlac City, will elect Sangguniang Panlungsod or city council members. A voter votes for up to ten candidates, then the ten candidates with the highest number of votes are elected. Election is via plurality-at-large voting. The total votes are the actual number of voters who voted, not the total votes of all candidates.

Team Angeles Team NPC-LP/Team Angeles Name Party Ana Aguas Liberal Abel Basangan Liberal Topey delos Reyes Liberal Ricky Diolazo Liberal Jelo Honrado Liberal Jerome Lapeña NPC Arsenio Lugay II NPC Weng Quiroz NPC Vlad Rodriguez Liberal Eddie Tañedo NPC Team Manalang Team Manalang Name Party Jojo Briones PMP Alejandro Bucad PMP Meynard Buena PMP Glenn Troy Caritativo PMP Emy Cortez PMP Benjie Dayan PMP Frank Dayao PMP Lucia Tanedo PMP Others Independents not in tickets Name Party Edgar Aguas Independent Jerry Arceo Independent Babet Bello Independent Ares Cortez Independent Richard Espinosa Independent Nestor Gaerlan Independent Rem Galang Independent Cesar Go Independent Malou Malvar Independent Tony Nepomuceno Independent Lesly Tamangan Independent Ador Vitug Independent

Results per candidate

 Summary of the May 9, 2016 Tarlac City council election results

Rank	Candidate	Coalition	Party		Votes	%
1.	Jojo Briones	Team Manalang		PMP	81,164	51.98%
2.	Topey delos Reyes	Team Angeles/NPC-LP		Liberal	76,184	48.79%
3.	Ana Aguas	Team Angeles/NPC-LP		Liberal	68,395	43.80%
4.	Glenn Troy Caritativo	Team Manalang		PMP	66,672	42.70%
5.	Ricky Diolazo	Team Angeles/NPC-LP		Liberal	65,811	42.14%
6.	Abel Basangan	Team Angeles/NPC-LP		Liberal	65,452	41.92%
7.	Jerome Lapeña	Team Angeles/NPC-LP		NPC	63,384	40.59%
8.	Weng Quiroz	Team Angeles/NPC-LP		NPC	56,498	36.18%
9.	Cesar Go	Not affiliated		Independent	51,430	32.94%
10.	Vlad Rodriguez	Team Angeles/NPC-LP		Liberal	50,436	32.30%
11.	Franklin Dayao	Team Manalang		PMP	49,376	31.62%
12.	Emy Cortez	Team Manalang		PMP	48,526	31.08%
13.	Jelo Honrado	Team Angeles/NPC-LP		Liberal	42,994	27.53%
14.	Arsenio Lugay II	Team Angeles/NPC-LP		NPC	35,996	23.05%
15.	Eddie Tañedo	Team Angeles/NPC-LP		NPC	34,393	22.03%
16.	Benjie Dayan	Team Manalang		PMP	32,911	21.08%
17.	Lucia Tanedo	Team Manalang		PMP	29,240	18.73%
18.	Tony Nepomuceno	Not affiliated		Independent	23,166	14.84%
19.	Edgar Aguas	Not affiliated		Independent	22,173	14.20%
20.	Richard Espinosa	Not affiliated		Independent	15,231	9.75%
21.	Jerry Arceo	Not affiliated		Independent	13,313	8.53%
22.	Rem Galang	Not affiliated		Independent	13,084	8.38%
23.	Meynard Buena	Team Manalang		PMP	12,999	8.32%
24.	Alejandro Bucad	Team Manalang		PMP	10,093	6.46%
25.	Babet Bello	Not affiliated		Independent	9,226	5.91%
26.	Malou Malvar	Not affiliated		Independent	8,434	5.40%
27.	Ares Cortez	Not affiliated		Independent	7,241	4.64%
28.	Nestor Gaerlan	Not affiliated		Independent	4,689	3.00%
29.	Ador Vitug	Not affiliated		Independent	4,579	2.93%
30.	Lesly Tamangan	Not affiliated		Independent	2,737	1.75%
Total turnout					156,154	84.71%
Registered voters					184,321	100.00%
Note: A total of 30 candidates ran for councilor.			Source: GMA-COMELEC transparency server

Results per coalition

Coalition		Total votes	%	Seats won	%
	NPC-LP coalition / Team Angeles	559,543	52.50%	7	70%
	Team Manalang	330,981	31.05%	2	20%
	Independents not in coalitions	175,303	16.45%	1	10%
Totals		1,065,827	100%	10	100%

Results per party

Party		Mayoral candidate	Total votes		Total seats
			Total	%	Total	%
	Liberal	Cristy Angeles	369,272	34.65%	5	41.5%
	NPC	Cristy Angeles	190,271	17.85%	2	16.6%
	Independent	various	506,284	47.50%	3	24.9%
Total valid votes cast			1,065,827	N/A
Total turnout			156,154	84.71%
Total partisan seats					10	83.3%
Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President					1	8.3%
Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President					1	8.3%
Total non-partisan seats					2	16.3%
Total seats					12	100.0%

References

1. Hubierna, George (May 11, 2016). "NPC rules in Tarlac". Journal.com. Journal Online. Archived from the original on June 5, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
2. "ELECTION RESULTS". GMA News Online. GMA Network Inc. May 18, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.

External links

• COMELEC - Official website of the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC)
• NAMFREL - Official website of National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL)
• PPCRV - Official website of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV)