Las Piñas local elections, 2016

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Las Piñas City mayoral election, 2016
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 2013May 9, 20162019 

 
Nominee Imelda Aguilar
Party Nacionalista
Running mate Louie Bustamante

Mayor before election

Vergel Aguilar
Nacionalista

Elected Mayor

Imelda Aguilar
Nacionalista

Local elections was held in the Las Piñas on May 9, 2016 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the one Congressman, and the councilors, six in each of the city's two legislative districts.

Las Piñas Highly Urbanized City in National Capital Region, Philippines

Las Piñas, officially the City of Las Piñas,, or simply known as Las Piñas City, is a 1st class highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 588,894 people.

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Mayorality and Vice Mayorality Election

Imelda Aguilar, the wife of the current city mayor, Vergel Aguilar went against former councilor Benjamin Gonzales for the mayoralty position.

Candidates

Mayor

Las Piñas City Mayoral election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Antonio Abellar, Jr. 5,952 2.9
Nacionalista Imelda Aguilar 184,437 91.3
UNA Benjamin Gonzales [1] 6,481 3.2
Independent Rolly Gundan 868 0.4
NPC Vergilio Lontoc 1,440 0.7
PDP-Laban Gabina Punsalan 2,780 1.4
Total votes201,958100%

Vice Mayor

Las Piñas City Vice Mayoralty election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Louie Bustamante [1] 156,457 80.8
UNA Louie Casimiro 37,211 19.2
Total votes193,668100

Representative

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Las Piñas City
PartyCandidateVotes%
PDP-Laban Zardi Abellara 23,780 11.7
UNA Filipino Alvarado 4,509 2.2
Nacionalista Mark Villar [2] 174,533 86.1
Total votes202,822100

Councilor

District 1

Las Piñas City Council election - District 1
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Peewee Aguilar
PDP-Laban Leonilo Cordova
UNA Emmanuel Cristobal
Nacionalista Florante Dela Cruz
PDP-Laban Alejandro Madaje
UNA Waldy Marasigan
Nacionalista Alfredo Miranda
Nacionalista Ben Quilatan
Nacionalista Renan Riguera
Nacionalista Mark Santos
UNA Roderic Vilbar
Total votes

District 2

Las Piñas City Council election - District 2
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nacionalista Carlo Aguilar
UNA Jesus Casim, Jr.
UNA Luigi Casimiro
Nacionalista Danilo Hernandez
Nacionalista Henry Medina
Nacionalista Rubymar Ramos
Nacionalista Bonifacio Riguera
Nacionalista Gerry Sangga
Total votes

Note: He was considered to run for the Senatorial post, but he decided to seek a reelection this upcoming election after a series of consultations with his family and the constituents.

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