Bacoor local elections, 2016

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Bacoor mayoral election, 2016
 2013May 9, 20162019 

 
Nominee Lani Mercado-Revilla Rolando Remulla Edwin Malvar
Party Lakas NUP Liberal
Running mateCatherine Sariño-Evaristo Allen Reyes Cesario Del Rosario, Jr.
Popular vote106,964 47,399 21,184
Percentage60.93 27.00 12.07

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 vote141,468 16,228
Percentage89.71 10.29

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] .

Bacoor Component City in Calabarzon, Philippines

Bacoor[bakoʔˈoɾ], officially the City of Bacoor,, or simply known as Bacoor City, is a first 1st class city in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 600,609 people.

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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]

Lani Mercado-Revilla is a Filipino actress-politician currently serving as Mayor of Bacoor. She previously served as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives for the 2nd District of Cavite, which comprises only the city of Bacoor. She is also work as an actress. She is married to actor and Senator Bong Revilla.

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.

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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 106,96460.93%
NUP Rolando Remulla 47,399 27.00%
Liberal Edwin Malvar 21,184 12.07%
Total votes175,547100.00%
Lakas hold

Vice Mayor

Bacoor Vice Mayoralty Election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas Catherine Sariño-Evaristo100,76962.78%
NUP Allen Enriquez Reyes 34,287 21.36%
Liberal Cesario Del Rosario, Jr. 25,449 15.86%
Total votes160,505100.00%
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 141,46889.71%
Liberal Mark Orlie Buena 16,228 10.29%
Total votes157,696100.00%
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.

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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 Gawaran104,73939.82%
Lakas Reynaldo Fabian92,35035.11%
Nacionalista Honesto Mercado Jr. 21,895 8.32%
Liberal Rosalina Francisco 20,787 7.90%
NUP Cornelio Ragasa 16,028 6.09%
Liberal Lucio Alejo IV 7,167 2.72%
Total votes262,966100.00%

Councilors

Team Revilla

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

Team Malvar

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

Team Andoy

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

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-Mendiola59,91712.15%
Lakas Miguel Bautista59,15711.99%
Lakas Edwin Gawaran58,86611.93%
Lakas Michael Solis57,73011.70%
Lakas Venus De Castro55,01411.15%
Lakas Alejandro Gutierrez45,2289.17%
Liberal James Manalili 21,741 6.41%
NUP Norman Lacson 20,995 4.26%
NUP Zairel Ramos 18,456 3.74%
NUP Garry Gawaran 14,618 2.96%
NUP Lourdes Ocampo 13,977 2.83%
NUP Alex Garcia 12,079 2.45%
Liberal Jaime Ocampo 11,375 2.31%
NUP Luis Pamaran 9,539 1.93%
Liberal Danilo Frani 7,968 1.62%
Liberal Angelito Antonio 7,116 1.44%
Liberal Eliseo Mira 5,997 1.22%
Liberal Norlinda Madale 5,559 1.13%
PDP-Laban Danny Paez 4,029 0.82%
PDP-Laban Maximo Cabrera 3,939 0.80%
Total votes493,300100.00%
Bacoor East District
Bacoor City Council election - Bacoor East
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas Apolonio Advincula Jr.46,06312.41%
Lakas Reynaldo Palabrica42,24611.38%
Lakas Danilo Hernando Gutierrez40,64610.95%
Lakas Gaudencio Nolasco36,1539.74%
Lakas Leandro De Leon32,3268.71%
Lakas Roberto Javier32,0598.63%
Nacionalista Roberto Saquitan 19,369 5.22%
NUP Leonilo Javier Jr. 15,727 4.24%
NUP Jay Sapanghila 15,259 4.11%
NUP Danilo Legaspi 12,865 3.46%
NUP Narciso Nato 12,545 3.38%
NUP Teodoro Montes 10,859 2.92%
NUP Nomer De Quiroz 10,035 2.70%
Liberal Analiza Gayamo 7,959 2.14%
Liberal Tranquilino Silva 5,987 1.61%
Liberal Leopoldo Platilla 5,780 1.56%
Liberal Fernando Lachica 5,648 1.52%
PRP Denis Lopez 5,312 1.43%
Liberal Yolando Asuncion 5,299 1.43%
PDP-Laban George Salazar 4,650 1.25%
Liberal Jose Almario Jr. 4,522 1.22%
Total votes371,309100.00%

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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