2016 Batangas City local elections

This article is about city elections. For its provincial elections, see 2016 Batangas local elections.

2016 Batangas mayoral election

← 2013 May 9, 2016 2019  →

Nominee Beverley Rose A. Dimacuha Kristine Balmes Party Liberal PDP–Laban Running mate N/A Emilio Francisco Berberabe, Jr. Popular vote 85,963 55,866 Percentage 56.74 36.87

Mayor before election Eduardo Dimacuha Liberal Elected mayor Beverley Rose Dimacuha Liberal

Local elections were held in Batangas City 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, the congressman (which will represent Batangas' fifth district which is composed of just the city), two provincial board members, and the 12 members of its city council.

Unlike in the 2013 elections, voters of the city will be electing its first member in the House of Representatives, two representatives to the Batangas provincial board, and two more councilors thus bringing the councilors' total to 12 as opposed to the previous 10.

Background

Mayoral and Vice Mayoral elections

Incumbent Mayor Eduardo Dimacuha is running for his eighth nonconsecutive term as Mayor of Batangas. He assumed the mayorship in 1988 and until 1998. He again ran for Mayor in 2001 and was elected in 2004 and 2007. He then elected again in 2013. He will run for his tenth nonconsecutive term as Mayor without a vice mayoral candidate under the Liberal Party.

His opponent is councilor Kristine Balmes, incidentally his former daughter-in-law under the PDP–Laban.

On December 9, 2015, Dimacuha withdrew his candidacy for Mayor. Substituting him is his youngest and only daughter, Beverley Rose Dimacuha, also wife of incumbent Board Member Marvey Mariño. ^[1] This will be the first time, that women will be battling the mayoralty post. Whoever wins will be the second female mayor next to former Mayor Vilma Dimacuha who was elected in 2010.

Candidates

District Representative

Incumbent Board Member Mario Vittorio Mariño will run for the newly created 5th District against Danilo Berberabe.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Batangas's 5th District (Lone District of Batangas City)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Mario Vittorio Mariño	69,577	45.92%
	UNA	Danilo Berberabe	46,967	31.00%
	Independent	Hernando Perez	15,951	10.53%
	PGP	Felipe Baroja	5,587	3.69%
	PDP–Laban	Carlito Bisa	4,145	2.74%
Invalid or blank votes			9,284	6.13%
Total votes			151,511	100%

Provincial Board Members

Batangas 5th District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Claudette Ambida	74,221	33.42
	Liberal	Arthur Blanco	73,186	32.96
	PDP–Laban	Jose Virgilio Tolentino	47,262	21.28
	Independent	Angelito Bagui	27,395	12.34
Total votes			222,064	100.00

Mayor

Incumbent Mayor Eduardo Dimacuha is running for reelection. Running without his vice mayoralty partner, his opponent is incumbent councilor Kristine Balmes, incidentally his former daughter-in-law. On December 10, Mayor Dimachua withdrew his bid for reelection bid to give way to his daughter Beverley Rose Dimacuha-Mariño, wife of congressional candidate and incumbent board member Marvey Mariño.

Batangas City mayoralty elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Beverley Rose Dimacuha-Mariño	85,963	56.74%
	PDP–Laban	Maria Kristine Balmes	55,866	36.87%
Invalid or blank votes			9,682	6.39%
Total votes			141,829	100%

Vice Mayor

Incumbent Vice Mayor Emilio "Jun" Berberabe is running unopposed. He is Balmes' running mate.

Batangas City Vice Mayoralty Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Emilio Berberabe Jr.	123,317	81.39%
Invalid or blank votes			28,194	18.61%
Total votes			151,511	100%

Councilors

Team Dimacuha

Liberal Party/Team Dimacuha

Name	Party
Glen Aldover		Liberal
Sergie Rex Atienza		Liberal
Karlos Emmanuel Buted		Liberal
Nelson Chavez		Nacionalista
Alyssa Renee dela Cruz-Atienza		Liberal
Gerardo Dela Roca		Liberal
Armando Lazarte		Liberal
Oliver Macatangay		Liberal
Aileen Grace Montalbo		Liberal
Juan Pedro Pastor		Liberal
Julian Villena		Liberal

Team Balmes

PDP–Laban/Team Balmes

Name	Party
Rosalina Abalos		PDP–Laban
Carlos Bagon		PDP–Laban
Aissa Dianne Marie Cabrera		PDP–Laban
Benjamin Espina, Jr.		PDP–Laban
Eduardo Garcia		PDP–Laban
Zester Carlo Hernandez		UNA
Raoul Mendoza		PDP–Laban
Porfirio Pagsinohin		PDP–Laban

2016 Batangas City Council Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Aileen Grace Montalbo	86,725
	Liberal	Glenn Aldover	83,740
	Liberal	Sergie Rex Atienza	77,694
	PGP	Hamilton Blanco	76,001
	Liberal	Alyssa Renee dela Cruz-Atienza	73,298
	Liberal	Oliver Macatangay	62,432
	Liberal	Armando Lazarte	60,892
	Liberal	Karlos Emmanuel Buted	57,551
	Liberal	Julian Villena	56,809
	Liberal	Gerardo Dela Roca	55,859
	NPC	Nestor Dimacuha	52,683
	PGP	Nelson Chavez	50,289
	UNA	Zester Carlo Hernandez	48,680
	PMP	Micah Pargas	44,375
	Liberal	Juan Pedro Pastor	43,584
	Lakas	Michael Joel Guevarra	43,447
	Lakas	Mickel Borigas	40,763
	PDP–Laban	Aissa Dianne Marie Cabrera	24,481
	PDP–Laban	Benjamin Espina, Jr.	17,746
	PDP–Laban	Porfirio Pagsinohin	15,532
	PDP–Laban	Carlos Bagon	15,440
	Lakas	Frederick Cantos	14,864
	PDP–Laban	Rosalina Abalos	14,672
	PDP–Laban	Raoul Mendoza	10,846
	PDP–Laban	Eduardo Garcia	9,866
	PGP	Victorino Magpulhin	8,606
	Lakas	Juan William Ilagan	8,199
	Lakas	Zosimo Dimaandal	7,677
	PMP	Willord Tomulac	2,573
	PGP	Belen Betonio	1,594
Total votes

References

1. Ozaeta, Arnell (December 11, 2015). "All in the family: Daughter subs for dad, wife subs for husband". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved October 3, 2021.