Tagbilaran local elections, 2016

Tagbilaran mayoral election, 2016

May 9, 2016

Nominee Edgardo Kapirig Arlene Karaan John Geesnell Yap II Party Independent PMP Liberal Running mate N/A N/A Jose Antonio Veloso

Incumbent Mayor John Geesnell Yap II Liberal

Local elections will be held in Tagbilaran, Bohol on May 9, 2016 within the Philippine general election. The voters will elect candidates for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, and the ten councilors.

Background

Incumbent John Geesnell "Baba" Yap II of the Liberal Party is running for a second term. His running mate is incumbent vice mayor Jose Antonio "Toto" Veloso. The alliance between the Yap and Veloso camps, known as the second iteration of "Pundok Panaghiusa", was sealed only about two weeks before the filing of certificates of candidacy in October 2015.^[1]

Yap's main opponent is incumbent Poblacion I barangay chairperson Arlene Karaan, who is running under the Partido ng Masang Pilipino. Karaan, who ran for board member for Bohol's first district in the 2013 elections but lost, is strongly associated with the camp of former city mayor Dan Neri Lim, and she has a slate of five councilors but without a vice mayor. Speculation has it that she will be substituted by Lim before the December 20, 2015 substitution deadline for all candidates for the forthcoming election.^[2]

Declared Candidates

Incumbents are expressed in italics.

Mayor

Tagbilaran City Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Edgardo Kapirig
	PMP	Arlene Karaan
	Liberal	John Geesnell Yap II
Total votes			'	'

Vice Mayor

Tagbilaran City Vice-Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alfred Hontanosas
	Liberal	Jose Antonio Veloso
Total votes			'	'

Councilors

The city's voters elect ten ccandidates to the City Council at large. The ten candidates with the highest amount of votes wins the seats per district.

2016 Tagbilaran City Council Elections[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Philipp Besas
	Liberal	Joseph Bompat
	Liberal	Eliezer Borja
	Liberal	Jonas Cacho
	Liberal	Greggy Gatal
	Liberal	Dulce Amelia Glovasa
	Liberal	Agustinus Gonzaga
	Liberal	Adam Relson Jala
	PMP	Mary Liene Shaene Karaan
	PMP	Lucille Lagunay
	Liberal	Jeremias Pabe
	Independent	Vicente Polinar
	PMP	Paterna Ruiz
	PMP	Leda Saco
	Independent	Jewel Siason
	PMP	Eutorgio Telmo Jr.
	Liberal	Alberta Co-Torralba
	Independent	Dionesio Torralba III
Total votes			'	'

Pundok Panaghiusa (Team BaTo)

Liberal Party/Pundok Panaghiusa - Tagbilaran City

Name	Party
Philipp Besas		Liberal
Joseph Bompat		Liberal
Eliezer Borja		Liberal
Jonas Cacho		Liberal
Greggy Gatal		Liberal
Dulce Glovasa[nb 1]		Liberal
Agustinus Gonzaga[nb 2]		Liberal
Adam Relson Jala		Liberal
Jeremias Pabe		Liberal
Alberta Co-Torralba		Liberal

Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino

Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino - Tagbilaran City

Name	Party
Mary Liene Shaene Karaan		PMP
Lucille Lagunay		PMP
Paterna Ruiz		PMP
Leda Saco		PMP
Eutorgio Telmo Jr.		PMP

Results

The candidates for mayor, vice mayor, and district representative with the highest amount of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.

Notes

1. Dulce Glovasa is running for her first full term. She was appointed to serve the remainder of the term of her husband, elected councilor Oscar Glovasa, who died on
2. Agustinus "Dodong Gonzaga" is running for another nonconsecutive term. A former councilor and the second-placing mayoral candidate in the 2013 local polls, he was appointed to serve the remainder of the term of his partymate, elected councilor Alexander "Aleckoy" Lim, who died on

References

1. Bohol Chronicle (2015-10-04). "Baba, Toto unite; team shaping up". The Bohol Chronicle. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
2. Arigo, V.R. (2015-10-18). "LP dominates city w/ weak opposition". The Bohol Chronicle. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
3. "List of Candidates for 2016 Election". The Bohol Standard. November 5, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2015.