Tagbilaran local elections, 2016

Tagbilaran mayoral election, 2016

May 9, 2016

Nominee Edgardo Kapirig Arlene Karaan John Geesnell Yap Party Independent PMP Liberal Running mate Jose Antonio Veloso Popular vote 468 7,481 39,390 Percentage 0.99% 1,580.30% 83.21%

Mayor before election John Geesnell Yap II Liberal Elected Mayor John Geesnell Yap II Liberal

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

Background

Incumbent John Geesnell Yap II of the Liberal Party is running for a second term. His running mate is incumbent vice mayor Jose Antonio 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]

Election Results

Mayor

Tagbilaran Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Geesnell Yap	39,390	83.21%
	PMP	Arlene Karaan	7,481	15.80%
	Independent	Edgardo Kapirig	468	0.99%
Total votes			47,339	100.00%
	Liberal hold

Vice Mayor

Tagbilaran Vice-Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jose Antonio Veloso	37,164	92.13%
	Independent	Alfred Hontanosas	3,173	7.87%
Total votes			40,337	100.00%
	Liberal hold

Councilors

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

2016 Tagbilaran Council Elections^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Adam Relson Jala	34,231	9.62%
	Liberal	Joseph Bompat	30,136	8.47%
	Liberal	Philipp Besas	29,373	8.26%
	Liberal	Alberta Co-Torralba	27,834	7.82%
	Liberal	Dulce Amelia Glovasa	27,184	7.64%
	Liberal	Agustinus Gonzaga	26,822	7.54%
	Liberal	Jonas Cacho	26,218	7.37%
	Liberal	Eliezer Borja	24,980	7.02%
	Independent	Vicente Polinar	22,554	6.34%
	Liberal	Greggy Gatal	20,466	5.75%
	PMP	Lucille Lagunay	19,396	5.45%
	Liberal	Jeremias Pabe	17,807	5.00%
	PMP	Eutorgio Telmo Jr.	11,439	3.21%
	PMP	Mary Liene Shaene Karaan	10,335	2.90%
	PMP	Leda Saco	9,763	2.74%
	PMP	Paterna Ruiz	6,829	1.92%
	Independent	Dionesio Torralba III	6,218	1.75%
	Independent	Jewel Siason	4,229	1.19%
Total votes			355,814	100.00%

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[lower-alpha 1]		Liberal
Agustinus Gonzaga[lower-alpha 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 won 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.
2. Agustinus 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 elected councilor Alexander Lim, who died.

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.