2016 Mandaluyong local elections

2016 Mandaluyong mayoral elections

May 9, 2016

Nominee Carmelita Abalos Georgie Antonio Party UNA PMP Running mate Anthony Suva Danny De Guzman (Aksyon) Popular vote 118,077 24,501 Percentage 81.34 16.88

Mayor before election Benhur Abalos UNA Elected mayor Carmelita Abalos UNA

Vice mayoral election

Candidate Anthony Suva Edward Bartolome Danny De Guzman Party UNA Liberal Aksyon Popular vote 65,412 43,124 12,267 Percentage 54.15% 35.70% 10.15%

Vice Mayor before election Edward Bartolome Liberal Elected Vice Mayor Anthony Suva UNA

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

Background

The wives of the current city officials, will be running in their husbands' respective positions in the city. Carmelita Abalos, wife of Mayor Benhur Abalos will run for the Mayoralty position under the United Nationalist Alliance. Meanwhile, former ABC reporter Queenie Gonzales, wife of Representative Neptali Gonzales II will run as the representative of lone district of the city under the Liberal Party, one of her opponents is Reyes Barbecue president Francisco Reyes, an independent candidate.

Candidates

Mayor

Mayor Benhur Abalos' wife, Carmelita won the elections.

Mandaluyong Mayoralty Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Carmelita "Menchie" Abalos	118,077	81.34
	PMP	Georgie Antonio	24,501	16.88
	Independent	Florencio Solomon	2,592	1.79
Total votes			145,170	100.00

Vice Mayor

Edward Bartolome is the incumbent. His opponents are First District Councilor Anthony Suva and former Vice Mayor Danny De Guzman.

Mandaluyong Vice Mayoralty Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Anthony Suva	65,412	54.15
	Liberal	Edward Bartolome	43,124	35.70
	Aksyon	Danny De Guzman	12,267	10.15
Total votes			120,803	100.00

Representative, Lone District

Neptali "Boyet" Gonzales II is term-limited. His party nominated his wife, former ABC reporter Queenie Gonzales. Her main opponents are Reyes Barbecue president Francisco Reyes (running as independent), Albert Yap (also running independent) and Jack Ramel (running under PDP–Laban).

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Mandaluyong's Lone District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alexandra "Queenie" Gonzales	122,792	88.95
	Independent	Francisco Reyes	9,543	6.91
	PDP–Laban	Jack Ramel	4,147	3.01
	Independent	Albert Yap	1,560	1.13
Valid ballots			138,042	88.81
Invalid or blank votes			17,391	11.19
Total votes			155,433	100.00
	Liberal hold

Councilors

1st District

2016 Mandaluyong 1st district council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Charisse Marie Abalos	72,414
	Liberal	Ayla Alim	63,341
	PMP	Grace Antonio	50,682
	NPC	Louie Espinosa	47,727
	NPC	Rodolfo Posadas	45,312
	UNA	Brando Dominguez	39,139
	NPC	Edmon Espiritu	38,400
	PMP	Lito De Guzman	29,103
	PMP	Lei Esteban	19,228
	Independent	Manuel Ballelos, Jr.	6,113
	Aksyon	Emelito Custodio	5,740
	Aksyon	Bojie Caldino	5,202
Total votes

2nd District

2016 Mandaluyong 2nd district council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alex Sta. Maria	44,036
	NPC	Boy Esteban	40,510
	Liberal	Jesse Cruz	40,072
	Independent	Boyett Bacar	39,229
	NPC	Che-Che Pablo-Santos	38,127
	UNA	Fernando Ocampo	32,929
	Independent	Hazel Razote	28,642
	PMP	Julio De Quinto	9,023
	PDP–Laban	Ed Geronimo	7,899
	PMP	Bay Guisando	5,824
	PMP	Mark Valenzuela	5,067
	Independent	Katherine Reglo	3,866
	Aksyon	John Michael Taronas	2,726
	Aksyon	Juan Almonicar	2,345
Total votes