2016 Cebu City local elections

Election in Cebu City, Philippines on 2016 This article is about city elections. For its provincial elections, see 2016 Cebu local elections.

2016 Cebu City mayoral election

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May 9, 2016

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Nominee	Tomas Osmeña	Michael Rama
Party	Liberal	UNA
Running mate	Nestor Archival	Edgardo Labella
Popular vote	266,819	232,925
Percentage	53.40	46.60

Mayor before election

Michael Rama
United Nationalist Alliance

Elected Mayor

Tommy Osmeña
Liberal

Local elections were held in Cebu City on May 9, 2016, within the Philippine general election. Registered voters of the city elected candidates for the following elective local posts: mayor, vice mayor, district representatives, and eight councilors for each district—there are two legislative districts in the city.

Tomas Osmeña, who previously served as Mayor of Cebu City, defeated incumbent Michael Rama who was seeking for his third and last term by a margin of 33,894 votes.

Mayoralty and vice mayoralty elections

Mayor

Michael Rama ran for his third and last term as the Mayor of Cebu City but was defeated by former Mayor Tomas Osmeña, who ran against Rama for the second time since losing to him in the 2013 elections.

Cebu City mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Tomas Osmeña	266,819	53.40
	UNA	Michael Rama (incumbent)	232,925	46.60
Total votes			499,744	100.00
Margin of victory			33,894	6.80
	Liberal gain from UNA

Vice Mayor

Edgardo Labella ran for his second term as the Vice Mayor of Cebu City and defeated incumbent Cebu City Councilor for the North District Nestor Archival.

Cebu City Vice mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Edgardo Labella (incumbent)	252,201	53.15
	Liberal	Nestor Archival	222,337	46.85
Total votes			474,538	100.00
Margin of victory			29,864	6.30
	UNA hold

District representatives

1st District

Raul del Mar ran for his second term, and won.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in the 1st District of Cebu City
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Raul del Mar (incumbent)	134,940	66.26
	UNA	Alvin Garcia	64,348	31.60
	Independent	Ricardo Adlawan	2,400	1.18
	Independent	Juan Arenasa	1,952	0.96
Total votes			203,640	100.00
Margin of victory			70,592	34.66
	Liberal hold

2nd District

Rodrigo Abellanosa ran for his second term, and won.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in the 2nd District of Cebu City
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rodrigo Abellanosa (incumbent)	148,838	59.26
	UNA	Gerardo Carillo	97,293	38.74
	Independent	Lea Ong	5,013	2.00
Total votes			251,144	100.00
Margin of victory			51,545	20.52
	Liberal hold

City Council

Incumbents are expressed in italics. Number indicates the ballot number assigned for the candidates by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC).

By ticket

Liberal Party/Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan

Cebu City North District (1st District)
#	Name

2.	Sisinio Andales	Liberal
3.	Alvin Arcilla	Liberal
10.	Ma. Nida Cabrera	Liberal
11.	Mary Ann De Los Santos	Liberal
12.	Alvin Dizon	Liberal
19.	Garry Lao	Liberal
24.	Malou Tabar	Liberal
28.	Joy Augustus Young	Liberal

Cebu City South District (2nd District)
#	Name

3.	Bonel Balingit	Liberal
4.	Victor Buendia	Liberal
9.	Eugenio Gabuya Jr.	Liberal
12.	Allan Nacorda	Liberal
14.	Randy Navarro	Liberal
15.	Margarita Osmeña	Liberal
17.	Danilo Pacaña	Liberal
22.	Anne Vestil-Palomo	Liberal

United Nationalist Alliance/Barug Team Rama

Cebu City North District (1st District)
#	Name

1.	Pastor Alcover Jr.	UNA
4.	Ramil Ayuman	UNA
14.	Raymond Alvin Garcia	UNA
15.	Joel Garganera	UNA
16.	Jerry Guardo	UNA
17.	Edwin Jagmoc Sr.	UNA
18.	Edgardo Labella II	UNA
27.	Noel Eleuterio Wenceslao	UNA

Cebu City South District (2nd District)
#	Name

1.	Nendell Hanz Abella	UNA
7.	James Anthony Cuenco	UNA
8.	Jose Daluz III	UNA
11.	Lutherlee Ignacio-Soon	UNA
16.	Renato Osmeña Jr.	UNA
19.	Jocelyn Pesquera	UNA
20.	Eduardo Rama Jr.	UNA
21.	David Tumulak	UNA

Nacionalista Party

Cebu City North District (1st District)
#	Name	Party

23.	Max Surban		Nacionalista

Kilusang Bagong Lipunan

Cebu City North District (1st District)
#	Name	Party

13.	Edgardo Eman		KBL

Philippine Green Republican Party

Cebu City North District (1st District)
#	Name

8.	Letty Bucayan	PGRP
22.	Francisco Sevilleno	PGRP
25.	Carmelito Tolop Sr.	PGRP

Cebu City South District (2nd District)
#	Name

2.	Nieza Alferez-Zafico	PGRP
5.	Janet Calleno	PGRP
10.	Liza Gorre	PGRP
24.	Terry Ybañez	PGRP

Independents

Independent Cebu City North District (1st District)
#	Name

5.	Cynthia Barrit	Independent
6.	Lorenzo Basamot	Independent
7.	Edward Bersabal	Independent
9.	Ugen Cabalse	Independent
20.	Wendel Mascardo	Independent
21.	Arman Perez	Independent
26.	Eliseo Tumulak	Independent

Independent Cebu City South District (2nd District)
#	Name

6.	Romy Capangpangan	Independent
13.	Patricio Navarro	Independent
18.	Federico Peredo	Independent
23.	Abay Abay Villaver	Independent

By district

1st District

Key: Italicized: incumbent

City Council election at Cebu City's 1st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	*Alvin Arcilla*	103,219	6.76
	Liberal	*Mary Ann De Los Santos*	101,590	6.66
	Liberal	*Sisinio Andales*	100,803	6.60
	Liberal	Joy Augustus Young	96,993	6.35
	UNA	Jerry Guardo	96,414	6.32
	UNA	Raymond Alvin Garcia	95,392	6.25
	UNA	Pastor Alcover Jr.	92,940	6.09
	UNA	Joel Garganera	92,660	6.07

	Liberal	Alvin Dizon	91,102	5.97
	UNA	Edgardo "Jaypee" Labella II	88,936	5.83
	UNA	Noel Eleuterio Wenceslao	86,640	5.68
	UNA	Ramil Ayuman	81,975	5.37
	Liberal	Ma. Nida Cabrera	81,256	5.32
	UNA	Edwin Jagmoc Sr.	77,124	5.05
	Liberal	Garry Lao	71,288	4.67
	Liberal	Malou Tabar	69,213	4.53
	Nacionalista	Max Surban	16,536	1.08
	Independent	Eliseo Tumulak	15,924	1.04
	Independent	Lorenzo Basamot	13,649	0.89
	Independent	Cynthia Barrit	9,082	0.60
	Independent	Arman Perez	6,651	0.44
	Independent	Edward Bersabal	6,630	0.43
	Independent	Ugen Cabalse	6,408	0.42
	KBL	Edgardo Eman	5,713	0.37
	PGRP	Francisco Sevilleno	5,606	0.37
	PGRP	Letty Bucayan	5,348	0.35
	Independent	Wendel Mascardo	5,348	0.35
	PGRP	Carmelito Tolop, Sr.	1,907	0.12
Total votes			1,526,347	100.00

2nd District

Key: Italicized: incumbent

City Council election at Cebu City's 2nd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	*David Tumulak*	144,727	7.78
	Liberal	*Margarita Osmeña*	143,066	7.69
	UNA	Eduardo Rama Jr.	139,498	7.50
	UNA	Jose Daluz III	133,155	7.16
	UNA	*Nendell Hanz Abella*	132,636	7.13
	Liberal	*Eugenio Gabuya Jr.*	129,293	6.95
	UNA	*James Anthony Cuenco*	119,384	6.42
	UNA	Jocelyn Pesquera	116,926	6.28

	UNA	Renato Osmeña Jr.	102,723	5.52
	UNA	Lutherlee “Lotlot” Ignacio-Soon	101,714	5.47
	Liberal	Victor Buendia	101,593	5.46
	Liberal	Bonel Balingit	99,015	5.32
	Liberal	Allan "Goliat" Nacorda	96,597	5.19
	Liberal	Danilo Pacaña	87,809	4.72
	Liberal	Randy Navarro	75,083	4.03
	Liberal	Anne Vestil-Palomo	60,061	3.23
	Independent	Patricio Navarro	18,617	1.00
	PGRP	Janet Calleno	10,267	0.55
	PGRP	Terry Ybañez	10,002	0.54
	Independent	Abay Abay Villaver	9,308	0.50
	Independent	Romy Capangpangan	8,575	0.46
	PGRP	Liza Gorre	7,542	0.41
	Independent	Federico Peredo	6,899	0.37
	PGRP	Nieza Alferez-Zafico	6,337	0.34
Total votes			1,860,827	100.00

References

"Osmeña is Cebu City's mayor-elect | Rappler". rappler.com. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
^ "Halalan 2016 Results: Cebu City | ABS-CBN Halalan 2016". 2016halalanresults.abs-cbn.com. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
"Official Ballot - ADLAON, CEBU CITY, CEBU" (PDF). comelec.gov.ph. Commission on Elections. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
"Official Ballot - BABAG, CEBU CITY, CEBU" (PDF). comelec.gov.ph. Commission on Elections. Retrieved 22 January 2020.

2016 Philippine general election

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