Las Piñas local elections, 2016

Las Piñas City mayoral election, 2016

May 9, 2016

Nominee Imelda Aguilar Party Nacionalista Running mate Louie Bustamante

Mayor before election Vergel Aguilar Nacionalista Elected Mayor Imelda Aguilar Nacionalista

Local elections will be held in the Las Piñas on May 9, 2016 within the Philippine general election. The voters will elect 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.

Mayorality and Vice Mayorality Election

Imelda Aguilar, the wife of the current city mayor, Vergel Aguilar will be going up against former councilor Benjamin Gonzales for the mayoralty position.

Candidates

Mayor

Las Piñas City Mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Antonio Abellar, Jr.
	Nacionalista	Imelda Aguilar
	UNA	Benjamin Gonzales[1]
	Independent	Rolly Gundan
	NPC	Vergilio Lontoc
	PDP-Laban	Gabina Punsalan
Total votes			'	'

Vice Mayor

Las Piñas City Vice Mayoralty election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Louie Bustamante[1]
	UNA	Louie Casimiro
Total votes			'	'

Representative

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Las Piñas City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP-Laban	Zardi Abellara
	UNA	Filipino Alvarado
	Nacionalista	Mark Villar[2]
Total votes			'	'

Councilor

District 1

Las Piñas City Council election - District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Peewee Aguilar
	PDP-Laban	Leonilo Cordova
	UNA	Emmanuel Cristobal
	Nacionalista	Florante Dela Cruz
	PDP-Laban	Alejandro Madaje
	UNA	Waldy Marasigan
	Nacionalista	Alfredo Miranda
	Nacionalista	Ben Quilatan
	Nacionalista	Renan Riguera
	Nacionalista	Mark Santos
	UNA	Roderic Vilbar
Total votes			'	'

District 2

Las Piñas City Council election - District 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Carlo Aguilar
	UNA	Jesus Casim, Jr.
	UNA	Luigi Casimiro
	Nacionalista	Danilo Hernandez
	Nacionalista	Henry Medina
	Nacionalista	Rubymar Ramos
	Nacionalista	Bonifacio Riguera
	Nacionalista	Gerry Sangga
Total votes			'	'

Note: He was considered to run for the Senatorial post, but he decided to seek a reelection this upcoming election after a series of consultations with his family and the constituents.

References

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.

External links

• COMELEC's List of Local Candidates for Verification