Parañaque local elections, 2016

Parañaque mayoral election, 2016

May 9, 2016

Nominee Edwin Olivarez Party Liberal Running mate Rico Golez

Incumbent Mayor Edwin Olivarez Liberal

Local elections will be held in Parañaque City 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 congressman, and the councilors, eight of them in the two districts of the city.

Background

Incumbent City Mayor Edwin Olivarez will be seeking a reelection this 2016 election, running under the Liberal Party unopposed.^[1][2]

Jeremy Marquez, the son of former city mayor Joey Marquez will be running for vice mayor against Olivarez's runningmate and incumbent vice mayor Rico Golez.^[3]

Celebrities and prominent personalities will also try to get a seat in the city council. This includes dancer Brilliante Inciong of Masculados, comedians Ryan Yllana and Vandolph Quizon, singer Roselle Nava, actor Jomari Yllana, basketball coach Binky Favis, and Hubert Webb, who is known to be the primary mastermind in the 1991 Vizconde Massacre.^[4][5]

Declared Candidates

Mayor

Parañaque Mayoralty Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Edwin Olivarez
Total votes			'	'
	Liberal hold

Vice Mayor

Parañaque Vice-Mayoralty Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jose Enrico “Rico” Golez
	Nacionalista	Jeremy Marquez
	Independent	Zandro Mate
Total votes			'	'

Representative

1st district

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Parañaque's 1st District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PBM	Vic Celeridad
	Liberal	Eric Olivarez
Total votes			'	'

2nd district

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Parañaque's 2nd District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP-Laban	Roilo Golez
	Independent	Pete Montaño
	Independent	Pacifico Rosal
	UNA	Gustavo “Gus” Tambunting
Total votes			'	'

City Councilors

1st district

Parañaque City Council Election – 1st District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ruel Andaluz
	Independent	Benito Arago
	Liberal	Eric Baes
	Independent	Edward Co
	Independent	Angel Delfin
	KKK	Jimmy Delos Santos
	Independent	Nick Frisco
	Liberal	Pablo Gabriel, Jr.
	Liberal	Brilliante Inciong
	Independent	Danilo Lopez
	Liberal	Vincent Mangosing
	Liberal	Roselle Nava
	Liberal	Vandolph Quizon
	Liberal	Marvin Santos
	Independent	Danny Talam
	Independent	Elvis Tambolero
	Liberal	Joan Villafuerte-Densing
	Independent	Hubert Webb
	Independent	Jomari Yllana
	Independent	Jun Zaide
Total votes			'	'

2nd district

Parañaque City Council Election – 2nd District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Kenneth Amurao
	PDP-Laban	Merlie Antipuesto
	Independent	Rudy Avila
	Independent	Michael Antonio Bello
	Independent	Edwin Benzon
	UNA	Yeng Bernabe
	Liberal	Jackie Bustamante-Mendoza
	Liberal	Tess De Asis
	Liberal	Juvan Esplana
	Liberal	Binky Favis
	Independent	Vien Lawrence Gabato
	Independent	Ronald Macaraig
	PBM	Jerry Ong
	Independent	Armando Razonable
	Independent	Daniel Santos
	Independent	Dorotheo Sayajon
	Independent	Frances Soliven-Quebec
	NPC	Wahoo Sotto
	PMP	Ryan Yllana
	Independent	Manolito Zulueta
Total votes			'	'

References

1. "Reelectionists, spouses dominate 2016 Metro Manila mayoralty races". Rappler. 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
2. "3 reelection Mayors in Metro Manila file COCs". The Manila Times. Philippine News Agency. 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
3. "Parañaque Mayor Olivarez files COC alongside celebrity councilor slate". CNN Philippines. 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
4. "Hubert Webb runs for Parañaque city councilor". Rappler. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
5. Zaide, Jose Abeto (2015-10-20). "Angels and demons". The Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 2016-01-04.