Batangas City local elections, 2016

Last updated March 13, 2019

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.

Batangas City, officially the City of Batangas, is a 1st class city in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 329,874 people.

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, Beverly Rose Dimacuha, also wife of incumbent Board Member Mario Vittorio "Marvey" Mariño. 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.

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2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Batangas's 5th District (Lone District of Batangas City)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PGP	Felipe Baroja	5,587	3.69%
	UNA	Danilo Berberabe	46,967	31.00%
	PDP-Laban	Carlito Bisa	4,145	2.74%
	Liberal	Mario Vittorio Mariño	69,577	45.92%
	Independent	Hernando Perez	15,951	10.53%
Invalid or blank votes			9,284	6.13%
Total votes			151,511	100%

Provincial Board Members

Batangas 5th District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate
	Liberal	Claudette Ambida
	UNA	Angelito Bagui
	Liberal	Arthur Blanco
	PDP-Laban	Jose Virgilio Tolentino
Total votes

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	%
	PDP-Laban	Maria Kristine Balmes	55,866	36.87%
	Liberal	Beverley Rose Dimacuha-Mariño	85,963	56.74%
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	'	'
	Liberal	Glenn Aldover	'	'
	Liberal	Sergie Rex Atienza	'	'
	PGP	Hamilton Blanco	'	'
	Liberal	Alyssa Renee dela Cruz-Atienza	'	'
	Liberal	Oliver Macatangay	'	'
	Liberal	Armando Lazarte	'	'
	Liberal	Karlos Emmanuel Buted	'	'
	Liberal	Julian Villena	'	'
	Liberal	Gerardo Dela Roca	'	'
	NPC	Nestor Dimacuha	'	'
	PGP	Nelson Chavez	'	'
	UNA	Zester Carlo Hernandez
	PMP	Micah Pargas
	Liberal	Juan Pedro Pastor
	Lakas	Michael Joel Guevarra
	Lakas	Mickel Borgas
	PDP-Laban	Aissa Dianne Marie Cabrera
	PDP-Laban	Benjamin Espina, Jr.
	PDP-Laban	Porfirio Pagsinohin
	PDP-Laban	Carlos Bagon
	Lakas	Frederick Cantos
	PDP-Laban	Rosalina Abalos
	PDP-Laban	Raoul Mendoza
	PDP-Laban	Eduardo Garcia
	PGP	Victorino Magpulhin
	Lakas	Juan William Ilagan
	Lakas	Zosimo Dimaandal
	PMP	Willord Tomulac
Total votes
	PGP	Belen Betonio

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