2016 Philippine local elections

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]

2016 Philippine local elections

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All local elected offices above the barangay level
First party Second party Third party   Party Liberal NPC NUP Governors 39 9 9 Vice governors 39 10 7 Board members 334 107 69 Mayors 759 201 121 Vice mayors 705 182 127 Councilors 5,451 1,583 896   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Nacionalista UNA PDP–Laban Governors 9 3 0 Vice governors 6 5 2 Board members 64 47 6 Mayors 145 134 40 Vice mayors 139 142 33 Councilors 1,047 1,223 191
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

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:

Party		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

Main article: 2016 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election

Results summary

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

Provincial elections

See also: 2016 Philippine gubernatorial 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
		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	Governor		Vice governor		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
		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	Mayor		Vice mayor		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	Mayor		Vice mayor		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

Main article: 2018 Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan 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.