2016 Las Piñas local elections

Local elections were held in Las Piñas on May 9, 2016, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the one Congressman, and the councilors, six in each of the city's two legislative districts.

Background

Mayor Vergel "Nene" Aguilar was term-limited. His wife, former Mayor Imelda Aguilar ran for his place instead. Aguilar was challenged by former Councilor Benjamin Gonzales, Antonio Abellar Jr., Gabina Punsalan, Vergilio Lontoc, and Rolly Gundan.

Vice Mayor Luis "Louie" Bustamante sought re-election. He ran for third and final term, and challenged by Luis "Louie" Casimiro.

Rep. Mark Villar sought re-election for third consecutive term. He faced incumbent First District Councilor Zardi Abellera and Filipino Alvarado.

Results

For Mayor

Former Mayor Imelda Aguilar succeeded his husband, won with 184,437 votes over his closest rivals former Councilor Benjamin Gonzales and Antonio Abellar Jr. with 6,481 and 5,952 votes respectively.

Las Piñas Mayoral Elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Imelda Aguilar	184,437	91.3
	UNA	Benjamin Gonzales^[1]	6,481	3.2
	Independent	Antonio Abellar, Jr.	5,952	2.9
	PDP–Laban	Gabina Punsalan	2,780	1.4
	NPC	Vergilio Lontoc	1,440	0.7
	Independent	Rolly Gundan	868	0.4
Total votes			201,958	100

For Vice Mayor

Vice Mayor Luis "Louie" Bustamante won with 156,437 votes. over Luis "Louie" Casimiro with 37,211 votes.

Las Piñas Vice Mayoralty Elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	*Luis "Louie" Bustamante*	156,457	80.8
	UNA	Luis "Louie" Casimiro	37,211	19.2
Total votes			193,668	100

For Representative

Rep. Mark Villar won with 174,533 votes over his closest rival, incumbent First District Councilor Zardi Abellera with 23,780 votes.

Congressional Election in Las Piñas's Lone District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Mark Villar^[2]	174,533	86.1
	PDP–Laban	Zardi Abellara	23,780	11.7
	UNA	Filipino Alvarado	4,509	2.2
Total votes			202,822	100

For Councilor

First District

City Council Elections in Las Piñas's First District
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	Filemon "Peewee" Aguilar II	86,129
	Nacionalista	*Mark Anthony Santos*	70,346
	Nacionalista	*Buenaventura "Ben" Quilatan*	67,114
	Nacionalista	Florante Dela Cruz	63,544
	Nacionalista	Alfredo Miranda	61,248
	Nacionalista	Renan Riguera	59,518

	UNA	Emmanuel Cristobal	31,295
	UNA	Waldy Marasigan	22,753
	UNA	Roderic Vilbar	18,504
	PDP–Laban	Leonilo Cordova	12,392
	PDP–Laban	Alejandro Madaje	11,809
Total votes

Second District

City Council Elections in Las Piñas's Second District
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nacionalista	*Carlo Aguilar*	83,699
	Nacionalista	*Henry Medina*	73,074
	Nacionalista	Rubymar Ramos	65,472
	Nacionalista	Danilo Hernandez	62,661
	Nacionalista	*Bonifacio Riguera*	56,363
	Nacionalista	Ignacio "Gerry" Sangga	51,000

	UNA	Luigi Casimiro	38,062
	UNA	Jesus Casim, Jr.	18,885
Total votes

Note

Representative Mark Villar was considered to run for the Senatorial post, but he decided to sought a reelection this election after a series of consultations with his family and the constituents.

References

^ "Old, fresh faces lead political hopefuls". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 2015-10-12. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
^ "Mark Villar backs out of senatorial race". Philippine Star. 2015-10-08. Retrieved 2015-10-09.

External links

COMELEC's List of Local Candidates for Verification

[GonAg-1] "Old, fresh faces lead political hopefuls". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 2015-10-12. Retrieved 2015-10-12.

[2] "Mark Villar backs out of senatorial race". Philippine Star. 2015-10-08. Retrieved 2015-10-09.

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