2016 Cebu City local elections

This article is about city elections. For its provincial elections, see 2016 Cebu local elections.

Local elections were held in Cebu City on May 9, 2016, within the Philippine general election. Registered voters of the city elected candidates for the following elective local posts: mayor, vice mayor, district representatives, and eight councilors for each district—there are two legislative districts in the city.

2016 Cebu City mayoral election

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Nominee Tomas Osmeña Michael Rama Party Liberal UNA Running mate Nestor Archival Edgardo Labella Popular vote 266,819 232,925 Percentage 53.40 46.60

Mayor before election Michael Rama BARUG Team Rama UNA Elected Mayor Tommy Osmeña BOPK Liberal

Vice mayoral election

Candidate Edgardo Labella Nestor Archival Party UNA Liberal Popular vote 252,201 222,337 Percentage 53.15% 46.85%

Vice Mayor before election Edgardo Labella BARUG Team Rama UNA Elected Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella BARUG Team Rama UNA

Tomas Osmeña, who previously served as Mayor of Cebu City, defeated incumbent Michael Rama who was seeking for his third and last term by a margin of 33,894 votes.^[1]

Mayoralty and vice mayoralty elections

Mayor

Michael Rama ran for his third and last term as the Mayor of Cebu City but was defeated by former Mayor Tomas Osmeña, who ran against Rama for the second time since losing to him in the 2013 elections.^[2]

Cebu City mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Tomas Osmeña	266,819	53.40
	UNA	Michael Rama (incumbent)	232,925	46.60
Total votes			499,744	100.00
Margin of victory			33,894	6.80
	Liberal gain from UNA

Vice Mayor

Edgardo Labella ran for his second term as the Vice Mayor of Cebu City and defeated incumbent Cebu City Councilor for the North District Nestor Archival.^[2]

Cebu City Vice mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Edgardo Labella (incumbent)	252,201	53.15
	Liberal	Nestor Archival	222,337	46.85
Total votes			474,538	100.00
Margin of victory			29,864	6.30
	UNA hold

District representatives

1st District

Raul del Mar ran for his second term, and won.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in the 1st District of Cebu City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Raul del Mar (incumbent)	134,940	66.26
	UNA	Alvin Garcia	64,348	31.60
	Independent	Ricardo Adlawan	2,400	1.18
	Independent	Juan Arenasa	1,952	0.96
Total votes			203,640	100.00
Margin of victory			70,592	34.66
	Liberal hold

2nd District

Rodrigo Abellanosa ran for his second term, and won.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in the 2nd District of Cebu City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rodrigo Abellanosa (incumbent)	148,838	59.26
	UNA	Gerardo Carillo	97,293	38.74
	Independent	Lea Ong	5,013	2.00
Total votes			251,144	100.00
Margin of victory			51,545	20.52
	Liberal hold

City Council

Incumbents are expressed in italics. Number indicates the ballot number assigned for the candidates by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC).^[3][4]

By ticket

Liberal Party/Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan

Cebu City North District (1st District) # Name Party 2. Sisinio Andales Liberal 3. Alvin Arcilla Liberal 10. Ma. Nida Cabrera Liberal 11. Mary Ann De Los Santos Liberal 12. Alvin Dizon Liberal 19. Garry Lao Liberal 24. Malou Tabar Liberal 28. Joy Augustus Young Liberal

Cebu City South District (2nd District) # Name Party 3. Bonel Balingit Liberal 4. Victor Buendia Liberal 9. Eugenio Gabuya Jr. Liberal 12. Allan Nacorda Liberal 14. Randy Navarro Liberal 15. Margarita Osmeña Liberal 17. Danilo Pacaña Liberal 22. Anne Vestil-Palomo Liberal

United Nationalist Alliance/Barug Team Rama

Cebu City North District (1st District) # Name Party 1. Pastor Alcover Jr. UNA 4. Ramil Ayuman UNA 14. Raymond Alvin Garcia UNA 15. Joel Garganera UNA 16. Jerry Guardo UNA 17. Edwin Jagmoc Sr. UNA 18. Edgardo Labella II UNA 27. Noel Eleuterio Wenceslao UNA

Cebu City South District (2nd District) # Name Party 1. Nendell Hanz Abella UNA 7. James Anthony Cuenco UNA 8. Jose Daluz III UNA 11. Lutherlee Ignacio-Soon UNA 16. Renato Osmeña Jr. UNA 19. Jocelyn Pesquera UNA 20. Eduardo Rama Jr. UNA 21. David Tumulak UNA

Nacionalista Party

Cebu City North District (1st District)

#	Name	Party
23.	Max Surban		Nacionalista

Kilusang Bagong Lipunan

Cebu City North District (1st District)

#	Name	Party
13.	Edgardo Eman		KBL

Philippine Green Republican Party

Cebu City North District (1st District) # Name Party 8. Letty Bucayan PGRP 22. Francisco Sevilleno PGRP 25. Carmelito Tolop Sr. PGRP

Cebu City South District (2nd District) # Name Party 2. Nieza Alferez-Zafico PGRP 5. Janet Calleno PGRP 10. Liza Gorre PGRP 24. Terry Ybañez PGRP

Independents

Independent Cebu City North District (1st District) # Name Party 5. Cynthia Barrit Independent 6. Lorenzo Basamot Independent 7. Edward Bersabal Independent 9. Ugen Cabalse Independent 20. Wendel Mascardo Independent 21. Arman Perez Independent 26. Eliseo Tumulak Independent

Independent Cebu City South District (2nd District) # Name Party 6. Romy Capangpangan Independent 13. Patricio Navarro Independent 18. Federico Peredo Independent 23. Abay Abay Villaver Independent

By district

1st District

• Key: Italicized: incumbent

Of six councilors running for re-election, only three succeeded: Arcilla, De Los Santos, and Andales. They were joined by former councilor Young, and by neophytes Guardo, Garcia, Alcover, and Garganera. Incumbents Dizon, Wenceslao, and Cabrera lost their seats.

City Council election at Cebu City's 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alvin Arcilla	103,219	6.76
	Liberal	Mary Ann De Los Santos	101,590	6.66
	Liberal	Sisinio Andales	100,803	6.60
	Liberal	Joy Augustus Young	96,993	6.35
	UNA	Jerry Guardo	96,414	6.32
	UNA	Raymond Alvin Garcia	95,392	6.25
	UNA	Pastor Alcover Jr.	92,940	6.09
	UNA	Joel Garganera	92,660	6.07
	Liberal	Alvin Dizon	91,102	5.97
	UNA	Edgardo "Jaypee" Labella II	88,936	5.83
	UNA	Noel Eleuterio Wenceslao	86,640	5.68
	UNA	Ramil Ayuman	81,975	5.37
	Liberal	Ma. Nida Cabrera	81,256	5.32
	UNA	Edwin Jagmoc Sr.	77,124	5.05
	Liberal	Garry Lao	71,288	4.67
	Liberal	Malou Tabar	69,213	4.53
	Nacionalista	Max Surban	16,536	1.08
	Independent	Eliseo Tumulak	15,924	1.04
	Independent	Lorenzo Basamot	13,649	0.89
	Independent	Cynthia Barrit	9,082	0.60
	Independent	Arman Perez	6,651	0.44
	Independent	Edward Bersabal	6,630	0.43
	Independent	Ugen Cabalse	6,408	0.42
	KBL	Edgardo Eman	5,713	0.37
	PGRP	Francisco Sevilleno	5,606	0.37
	PGRP	Letty Bucayan	5,348	0.35
	Independent	Wendel Mascardo	5,348	0.35
	PGRP	Carmelito Tolop, Sr.	1,907	0.12
Total votes			1,526,347	100.00

2nd District

• Key: Italicized: incumbent

All five councilors running for re-election successfully defended their seats. They were joined by former councilors Rama Jr., Daluz III, and Pesquera, with no first-time members winning.

City Council election at Cebu City's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	David Tumulak	144,727	7.78
	Liberal	Margarita Osmeña	143,066	7.69
	UNA	Eduardo Rama Jr.	139,498	7.50
	UNA	Jose Daluz III	133,155	7.16
	UNA	Nendell Hanz Abella	132,636	7.13
	Liberal	Eugenio Gabuya Jr.	129,293	6.95
	UNA	James Anthony Cuenco	119,384	6.42
	UNA	Jocelyn Pesquera	116,926	6.28
	UNA	Renato Osmeña Jr.	102,723	5.52
	UNA	Lutherlee “Lotlot” Ignacio-Soon	101,714	5.47
	Liberal	Victor Buendia	101,593	5.46
	Liberal	Bonel Balingit	99,015	5.32
	Liberal	Allan "Goliat" Nacorda	96,597	5.19
	Liberal	Danilo Pacaña	87,809	4.72
	Liberal	Randy Navarro	75,083	4.03
	Liberal	Anne Vestil-Palomo	60,061	3.23
	Independent	Patricio Navarro	18,617	1.00
	PGRP	Janet Calleno	10,267	0.55
	PGRP	Terry Ybañez	10,002	0.54
	Independent	Abay Abay Villaver	9,308	0.50
	Independent	Romy Capangpangan	8,575	0.46
	PGRP	Liza Gorre	7,542	0.41
	Independent	Federico Peredo	6,899	0.37
	PGRP	Nieza Alferez-Zafico	6,337	0.34
Total votes			1,860,827	100.00