2016 Tacloban local elections

Local elections in Tacloban City, Leyte were held on May 9, 2016 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected candidates for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, and ten councilors.

2016 Tacloban City mayoral election

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Turnout	85.34% ( 0.81 pp)
Nominee Cristina Romualdez Neil Glova Golda Hilda Cabudoy Party Nacionalista NPC Independent Running mate Jerry Yaokasin none none Popular vote 72,077 23,612 379 Percentage 67.69 22.18 0.36
Mayor before election Alfred Romualdez Nacionalista Elected mayor Cristina Romualdez Nacionalista

106,480 voters participated in this election out of 124,777 total registered voters.^[1] The city's voter turnout is 85.34%.^[2]

Background

Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez was on his third and final term as Mayor. His wife Cristina, currently a city councilor, ran for mayor under the Nacionalista Party.^[3] On October 16, 2015, she filed her COC for Mayor. She was opposed by incumbent councilor Neil Glova.

The incumbent vice mayor, Jerry "Sambo" Yaokasin, ran as independent. He was opposed by Ramon Tolibas, Jr. from the National Unity Party.

The number of candidates for this election is less than half than the number of candidates for the 2013 election. Some potential candidates did not have enough campaign funds due to the impact of Super Typhoon Yolanda in the city.^[4]

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.

Mayoral Election

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

• Tacloban City Mayoralty Election

  Party		Candidate	Votes	%
  	Nacionalista	Cristina Romualdez	72,077	67.69%
  	NPC	Neil Glova	23,612	22.18%
  	Independent	Golda Hilda Cabudoy	379	0.36%
  Margin of victory			48,465	45.52%
  Invalid or blank votes			10,412	9.78%
  Total votes			106,480	100.00%
  	Nacionalista hold

Vice Mayoral Election

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies. Jerry Yaokasin is the incumbent.

• Tacloban City Vice Mayoralty Election

  Party		Candidate	Votes	%
  	Independent	Jerry Yaokasin	71,219	66.88%
  	NUP	Ramon Tolibas Jr.	6,550	6.15%
  Margin of victory			64,669	60.73%
  Invalid or blank votes			28,711	26.96%
  Total votes			106,480	100.00%
  	Independent hold

City Council Election

Voters elected ten councilors to comprise the City Council or the Sangguniang Panlungsod. Candidates are voted for separately so winning candidates may come from different political parties. The ten candidates with the highest number of votes win the seats. For the tickets, names that are italicized were incumbents seeking reelection.

I Love Tacloban - Unity Team

I Love Tacloban - Unity Team

Name	Party
Maria Elvira Casal		UNA
Edward Frederick Chua		Nacionalista
Edwin Chua		Nacionalista
Victor Emmanuel Domingo		Nacionalista
Evangeline Esperas		UNA
Aurora Grafil		Nacionalista
Ferdinand Lomuntad		Independent
Rachelle Erica Pineda		Nacionalista

#TeamTaclobanon Ticket

Liberal Party/#TeamTaclobanon

Name	Party
Jose Mario Bagulaya		Liberal
Dalisay Erpe		Liberal
Hilario Menzon		Liberal
Jerry Uy		Liberal
Raissa Villasin		Liberal

• Tacloban City Council Election

  Party		Candidate	Votes	%
  	Nacionalista	Edwin Chua	71,140	66.81%
  	Liberal	Jerry Uy	64,151	60.25%
  	UNA	Maria Elvira Casal	63,864	59.98%
  	Nacionalista	Edward Frederick Chua	62,619	58.81%
  	Nacionalista	Victor Emmanuel Domingo	51,344	48.22%
  	UNA	Evangeline Esperas	49,100	46.11%
  	Nacionalista	Rachelle Erica Pineda	44,965	42.23%
  	Nacionalista	Aurora Grafil	43,579	40.93%
  	Liberal	Raissa Villasin	36,124	33.93%
  	Liberal	Jose Mario Bagulaya	32,383	30.41%
  	Liberal	Dalisay Erpe	31,436	29.52%
  	Liberal	Hilario Menzon	14,049	13.19%
  	Independent	Chrysanthemum Malate	13,603	12.78%
  	Independent	Ferdinand Lomuntad	11,705	10.99%
  	Independent	Ryan Allawan	7,011	6.58%
  	Independent	Roly Corpin	5,209	4.89%
  	Independent	Rodrigo Sabong	3,396	3.19%
  	Independent	Roman Becher	1,879	1.76%
  Total votes			106,480	100.00%