2016 Bacoor local elections

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2016 Bacoor mayoral election
 2013May 9, 20162019 
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Nominee Lani Mercado-Revilla Rolando RemullaEdwin Malvar
Party Lakas NUP Liberal
Running mateCatherine Sariño-EvaristoAllen ReyesCesario Del Rosario, Jr.
Popular vote106,96447,39921,184
Percentage60.9327.0012.07

Mayor before election

Edwin "Strike" Revilla
Lakas

Elected Mayor

Lani Mercado-Revilla
Lakas

Philippine House of Representatives election at 2nd District of Cavite (Lone District of Bacoor City)
May 9, 2016
 
Nominee Edwin "Strike" Revilla Mark Orlie Buena
Party Lakas Liberal
Popular vote141,46816,228
Percentage89.7110.29

Representative before election

Lani Mercado-Revilla
Lakas

Elected Representative

Edwin "Strike" Revilla
Lakas

Local elections were held in Bacoor City, Cavite on May 9, 2016 within the Philippine general election. The voters will elect for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, the vice mayor, the lone district representative, the two provincial board members for Cavite, and the twelve councilors, six in each of the city's two local legislative districts [nb 1] .

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Background

Incumbent Edwin "Strike" Revilla is already in his third term as mayor of Bacoor; therefore he is disqualified from running for another term for the same position despite Bacoor's change in status as a city in 2012. He will be running for representative to switch positions with his sister-in-law, Lani Mercado-Revilla. [2] Her opponents are former municipal vice mayor and provincial board member Edwin Malvar and incumbent provincial board member Rolando "Andoy" Remulla. [3]

On the other hand, incumbent vice mayor Catherine Sariño-Evaristo will be Representative Mercado-Revilla's running mate. Her announced opponents are former city Business Permits and Licensing Office head Allen Reyes and former municipal councilor and three-term provincial board member Cesario "Jun" Del Rosario Jr., who recently is an executive producer, editor and deputy chief of reporters at CNN Philippines.

Results

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

Incumbent officials are expressed in italics.

Mayor

Bacoor Mayoralty Election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas Lani Mercado-Revilla 106,964 60.93%
NUP Rolando Remulla47,39927.00%
Liberal Edwin Malvar21,18412.07%
Total votes175,547 100.00%
Lakas hold

Vice Mayor

Bacoor Vice Mayoralty Election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas Catherine Sariño-Evaristo 100,769 62.78%
NUP Allen Enriquez Reyes34,28721.36%
Liberal Cesario Del Rosario, Jr.25,44915.86%
Total votes160,505 100.00%
Lakas hold

District Representative

Incumbent mayor Strike Revilla is switching positions with his sister-in-law. He is said to be running unopposed as his perceived opponent, former municipal mayor Jessie Castillo, decided not to run for any position in this year's elections.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in 2nd District of Cavite (Lone District of Bacoor City)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas Edwin "Strike" Revilla 141,468 89.71%
Liberal Mark Orlie Buena16,22810.29%
Total votes157,696 100.00%
Lakas hold

Provincial Board members

Voters will elect two board members at-large, regardless of whether these voters are from Bacoor West or Bacoor East. Incumbent board member Edralin "Aba" Gawaran, who was nationally known as one of the right-hand men of detained Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. when he was arrested and taken to jail for corruption charges in 2014 in connection with the PDAF scam, will vie for re-election. His partner for the other slot within Team Revilla is graduating city councilor Reynaldo Fabian. They will be opposed by former three-term municipal councilor Peter Simon Lara, transport operator and businessperson Neil Ragasa, and Rosalina Francisco.

Remulla, the other incumbent board member, is running for mayor.

2016 Provincial Board Election in 2nd District of Cavite (Lone District of Bacoor City)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas Edralin Gawaran 104,739 39.82%
Lakas Reynaldo Fabian 92,350 35.11%
Nacionalista Honesto Mercado Jr.21,8958.32%
Liberal Rosalina Francisco20,7877.90%
NUP Cornelio Ragasa16,0286.09%
Liberal Lucio Alejo IV7,1672.72%
Total votes262,966 100.00%

Councilors

Team Revilla

Lakas-CMD/Team Revilla Bacoor West District
NamePartyResult
Miguel Bautista Lakas won
Rowena Bautista-Mendiola Lakas won
Venus De Castro Lakas won
Edwin Gawaran Lakas won
Alejandro Gutierrez Lakas won
Michael Solis Lakas won
Lakas-CMD/Team Revilla Bacoor East District
NamePartyResult
Apolonio Advincula Lakas won
Leandro De Leon Lakas won
Hernando "King" Gutierrez Lakas won
Roberto Javier Lakas won
Gaudencio Nolasco Lakas won
Reynaldo Palabrica Lakas won

Team Malvar

Liberal Party/Team Malvar Bacoor West District
NamePartyResult
Angelito Antonio Liberal lost
Danilo Frani Liberal lost
Norlinda Madale Liberal lost
Eliseo Mira Liberal lost
James Donald Manalili Liberal lost
Jaime Ocampo Liberal lost
Liberal Party/Team Malvar Bacoor East District
NamePartyResult
Jose Almario, Jr. Liberal lost
Yolando Asuncion Liberal lost
Analiza Gayamo Liberal lost
Fernando Lachica Liberal lost
Leopoldo Platilla Liberal lost
Tranquilino Silva Liberal lost

Team Andoy

National Unity Party/Team Andoy Bacoor West District
NamePartyResult
Alex Garcia NUP lost
Garry Gawaran NUP lost
Norman Lacson NUP lost
Lourdes Ocampo NUP lost
Luis Pamaran NUP lost
Zairel Ramos NUP lost
National Unity Party/Team Andoy Bacoor East District
NamePartyResult
Nomer De Quiroz NUP lost
Leonilo Javier, Jr. NUP lost
Danilo Legaspi NUP lost
Teodoro Montes NUP lost
Narciso Nato NUP lost
Jay Sapanghila NUP lost

Results

Each legislative district elects six councilors to the City Council. The six candidates with the highest number of votes wins these seats.

Bacoor West District
Bacoor City Council election - Bacoor West
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas Rowena Bautista-Mendiola 59,917 12.15%
Lakas Miguel Bautista 59,157 11.99%
Lakas Edwin Gawaran 58,866 11.93%
Lakas Michael Solis 57,730 11.70%
Lakas Venus De Castro 55,014 11.15%
Lakas Alejandro Gutierrez 45,228 9.17%
Liberal James Manalili21,7416.41%
NUP Norman Lacson20,9954.26%
NUP Zairel Ramos18,4563.74%
NUP Garry Gawaran14,6182.96%
NUP Lourdes Ocampo13,9772.83%
NUP Alex Garcia12,0792.45%
Liberal Jaime Ocampo11,3752.31%
NUP Luis Pamaran9,5391.93%
Liberal Danilo Frani7,9681.62%
Liberal Angelito Antonio7,1161.44%
Liberal Eliseo Mira5,9971.22%
Liberal Norlinda Madale5,5591.13%
PDP–Laban Danny Paez4,0290.82%
PDP–Laban Maximo Cabrera3,9390.80%
Total votes493,300 100.00%
Bacoor East District
Bacoor City Council election - Bacoor East
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas Apolonio Advincula Jr. 46,063 12.41%
Lakas Reynaldo Palabrica 42,246 11.38%
Lakas Hernando Gutierrez 40,646 10.95%
Lakas Gaudencio Nolasco 36,153 9.74%
Lakas Leandro De Leon 32,326 8.71%
Lakas Roberto Javier 32,059 8.63%
Nacionalista Roberto Saquitan19,3695.22%
NUP Leonilo Javier Jr.15,7274.24%
NUP Jay Sapanghila15,2594.11%
NUP Danilo Legaspi12,8653.46%
NUP Narciso Nato12,5453.38%
NUP Teodoro Montes10,8592.92%
NUP Nomer De Quiroz10,0352.70%
Liberal Analiza Gayamo7,9592.14%
Liberal Tranquilino Silva5,9871.61%
Liberal Leopoldo Platilla5,7801.56%
Liberal Fernando Lachica5,6481.52%
PRP Denis Lopez5,3121.43%
Liberal Yolando Asuncion5,2991.43%
PDP–Laban George Salazar4,6501.25%
Liberal Jose Almario Jr.4,5221.22%
Total votes371,309 100.00%

Notes

  1. As per Article 4 Section 10 of Republic Act 10160 or the City Charter of Bacoor, Bacoor's Sangguniang Panglungsod districts should be officially referred to as Bacoor West and Bacoor East. They are currently referred to on orders of the city government as Districts 1 and 2, respectively. [1]

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References

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