2016 Rizal local elections

This article has multiple issues. Please help or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (May 2019) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "2016 Rizal local elections" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

2016 Rizal local elections

← 2013 May 9, 2016 2019 →

Nominee Rebecca "Nini" Ynares Party NPC Running mate Reynaldo "Junrey" San Juan Jr. Liberal Popular vote 767,909

Governor before election Rebecca Ynares NPC Elected Governor Rebecca Ynares NPC

Local elections were held in the Province of Rizal on May 9, 2016 as part of the 2016 general election. Voters selected candidates for all local positions: a municipal/city mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the governor, vice-governor and representatives for the two districts of Rizal.

Governor Rebecca "Nini" Ynares defeated her closest rival Esteban Salonga in a huge margin.

Rizal Gubernatorial Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Rebecca "Nini" Ynares	767,909	87.35
	Independent	Esteban "Steve" Salonga	84,056	9.56
	Independent	Jose Velasco	21,123	2.40
	Independent	Silverio "Ver" Bulanon	6,019	0.69
Total votes			879,107	100.00%
	NPC hold

Board Member Reynaldo "Junrey" San Juan Jr. defeated Reynaldo Manuel.

Rizal Vice-Gubernatorial Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Reynaldo "Junrey" San Juan Jr.	519,941	72.36
	Independent	Reynaldo "Rey" Manuel	96,868	13.48
	Independent	Gherry Guillergan	77,458	10.78
	Independent	Gregorio "Greg" Dacdac	24,270	3.38
Total votes			718,537	100.00
	NPC hold

Michael John "Jack" Duavit Duavit won the elections.

Rizal Congressional Elections for First District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Michael John "Jack" Duavit	245,791
	Liberal	Avelino "Lino" Zapanta	24,510
	PDP–Laban	Willfrido "Boy" Naval	13,732
	PBM	Tito Perez	8,805
	Independent	Jerry Barbacena	4,621
Total votes
	NPC hold

Rep. Isidro Rodriguez Jr. was re-elected.

Rizal Congressional Elections for Second District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Isidro Rodriguez Jr.	220,018
	PMP	Luisa Ayuson	38,903
	Liberal	Omar Mohammad Fajardo	19,761
	Nacionalista	Usman Zaide	4,366
Total votes
	NPC hold

Chiqui Roa-Puno defeated First District Councilor Juanito "Dudok" Lawis.

Congressional Elections in Antipolo's First District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Chiqui Roa-Puno	102,093
	Aksyon	Juanito "Dudok" Lawis	17,183
	Independent	Sonia Ampo	4,279
	Independent	Florante Quizon	2,004
Total votes
	NUP hold

Rep. Romeo Acop won unopposed.

Congressional Elections in Antipolo's Second District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Romeo Acop	128,309
Total votes
	Liberal hold

• Municipalities: Angono, Binangonan, Cainta, Taytay

Rizal Board Member Elections for First District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Anthony Jesus Alarcon	235,784
	NPC	Fernando "Jun" Cabitac	177,166
	NPC	Genato "Dok Ato" Bernardo	153,162
	NPC	Ross Glenn Gongora	133,618
	Independent	Reynaldo Padilla	62,829
	Independent	Oliver Resurreccion	48,845
	Independent	Dominga Madriaga	42,017
	Independent	Arthur Tuppal II	39,362
	Independent	Catalino "Noli" Dazo	31,823
	Independent	Darren Marco "Roy" Bada	12,086
Total votes

• Municipalities: Baras, Cardona, Jala-Jala, Morong, Pililla, Rodriguez (Montalban), San Mateo, Tanay, Teresa

Rizal Board Member Elections for Second District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Rommel Ayuson	164,109
	Liberal	Bartolome "Omie" Rivera	156,999
	NPC	Rolando Rivera	143,236
	NPC	Olivia de Leon	135,345
	Liberal	Froilan Sales	76,397
	LDP	Gabriel Francisco Ramirez	57,510
	KBL	Mark Ian Buenviaje	56,848
	KBL	Ariel Gutierrez	51,115
	KBL	Jose "Joe" Cordova	35,114
	KBL	Cirilo Oropesa Jr.	24,445
	KBL	Ramir Caña	14,018
Total votes

Enrico "Doc Rico" de Guzman was re-elected for third and final term.

Board Member Elections for Antipolo's First District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Enrico "Doc Rico" de Guzman	76,465
	Independent	Neptalie Allan Nalog	14,733
	Independent	Myrnaflor Quizon	12,218
Total votes
	NUP hold

Jesus Angelito "Joel" Huertas was re-elected for third and final term.

Board Member Elections for Antipolo's Second District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Jesus Angelito "Joel" Huertas	85,951
	Independent	Ismael "Samuel" Rivera	25,971
Total votes
	NPC hold

All municipalities and the City of Antipolo in Rizal elected a mayor and vice-mayor this election. The candidates for mayor and vice mayor with the highest number of votes won the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they can be of different parties when elected. Below is the list of mayoralty and vice-mayoralty candidates of each city and municipalities per district.

• Municipalities: Angono, Binangonan, Cainta, Taytay

Mayor Gerardo "Gerry" Calderon was re-elected.

Angono Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Gerardo "Gerry" Calderon	36,260
	Independent	Gil Virtus	7,482
	Independent	Aquileo Fuentes	709
Total votes
	NPC hold

Vice Mayor Antonio "Sonny" Rubin was re-elected unopposed.

Angono Vice Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Antonio "Sonny" Rubin	37,617
Total votes
	NPC hold

Former Mayor Cesar Ynares won the elections.

Binangonan Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Cesar Ynares	67,526
	Independent	Tex Reyes	11,274
Total votes
	NPC hold

Mayor Cecilio Ynares was elected as vice mayor.

Binangonan Vice Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Cecilio "Boyet" Ynares	63,709
	Independent	Roland Fineza	14,725
Total votes
	NPC hold

Mayor Johnielle Keith Nieto was re-elected as mayor.^[1]

Cainta Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Johnielle Keith Nieto	108,243	96.52%
	Independent	Lanie Reyes	2,972	2.65%
	Independent	Adring Landicho	926	0.82%
Total votes
	NPC hold

Vice Mayor Sofia "Pia" Velasco was re-elected as vice-mayor.

Cainta Vice Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Sofia "Pia" Velasco	78,841
	Independent	Giovanni "Jino" Alcantara	25,434
	Independent	Maricor De Venecia	3,608
Total votes
	NPC hold

Mayor Janet De Leon-Mercado was defeated by former mayor George Ricardo Gacula.^[2]

Taytay Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	George Ricardo "Joric" Gacula	42,611	44.65%
	NPC	Janet De Leon-Mercado	30,642	32.11%
	PMP	Joseph "JV" Valera	21,204	22.22%
	PBM	Aser Ram	974	1.02%
Total votes			95,431	100.00%
	Liberal hold

Vice Mayor Carlito Gonzaga was re-elected.

Taytay Vice Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Carlito "Bonoy" Gonzaga	42,539	46.77%
	Nacionalista	Boknay Leonardo	28,632	31.48%
	PMP	Joan Parrilla-Calderon	17,495	19.24%
	Independent	Ver Santos	2,287	2.51%
Total votes			90,953	100.00%
	NPC hold

• Municipalities: Baras, Cardona, Jala-Jala, Morong, Pililla, Rodriguez (Montalban), San Mateo, Tanay, Teresa

Katherine Robles was re-elected.

Baras Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Katherine Robles	14,731
	KP	Dandy Coronel	5,830
	Independent	Edwin Ferrera	1,463
	PBM	Crisostomo Dilidili	456
Total votes
	NPC hold

Willfredo Robles was re-elected.

Baras Vice Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Wilfredo Robles	15,158
	KKK	Norberto Bantillo	4,163
	PBM	Cecilia Lumahan	1,284
Total votes
	NPC hold

Mayor Bernardo San Juan was re-elected unopposed.

Cardona Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Bernardo San Juan Jr.	14,201	100.00%
Total votes			14,201	100.00%
	NPC hold

Vice Mayor Teodulo "Totoy" Campo was re-elected unopposed.

Cardona vice mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Teodulo "Totoy" Campo	14,453	100.00%
Total votes			14,453	100.00%
	Liberal hold

Former Mayor Elionor Pillas won the elections unopposed.

Jala-Jala Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Elionor "Ely" Pillas	10,811	100.00%
Total votes			10,811	100.00%
	NPC hold

Mayor Narciso Villaran was defeated by Jose "Jolet" Delos Santos.

Jala-Jala Vice Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jose "Jolet" Delos Santos	7,388
	NPC	Narciso "Narcing" Villaran	7,180
Total votes			14,568	100.00%
	Liberal hold

Mayor Armando San Juan defeated Vice Mayor Joseph Buenaventura.

Morong Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Armando San Juan	12,006
	NPC	Julian Joseph "JJ" de Ungria	8,790
	Liberal	Joseph Buenaventura	6,301
Total votes
	UNA hold

Ricardo Halina won the elections.

Morong Vice Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Ricardo Halina	15,831
	Liberal	Dagul Reyes	8,910
Total votes
	UNA hold

Dan Masinsin defeated his closest rival, Anna Masikip, daughter of Mayor Leandro Masikip Sr.

Pililla Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Dan Masinsin	11,156
	Nacionalista	Anna Masikip	9,797
	UNA	Jutay Dikit	4,342
	Independent	Danilo Ambrocio	188
Total votes
	Liberal hold

Mayor Leandro Masikip, Sr. defeated his closest rival, Nico Juanario Patenia.

Pililla Vice Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Leandro Masikip Sr.	10,337
	Independent	Nico Juanario Patenia	9,923
	UNA	Manuel "Manny" Paz	4,567
Total votes
	Nacionalista hold

Cecilio Hernandez was re-elected.

Rodriguez (Montalban) Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Cecilio "Elyong" Hernandez	88,385
	PBM	Dionisio Ohiman	13,923
Total votes
	Liberal hold

Dennis Hernandez won the elections.

Rodriguez (Montalban) Vice Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Dennis Hernandez	70,078
	Independent	Romeo Grecia	24,995
Total votes
	NPC hold

Vice Mayor Cristina Diaz, wife of Mayor Jose Rafael Diaz, won the elections.

San Mateo Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Cristina Diaz	41,564	55.18
	PMP	Norberto "Boy" Salen	32,935	43.73
	Progressive	Rafael Panfilo, Jr.	820	1.09
Total votes			75,319	100.00
	Liberal hold

Mayor Jose Rafael Diaz, defeated John Patrick Bautista.

San Mateo Vice Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Jose Rafael Diaz	41,900	57.09
	PMP	John Patrick Bautista	31,499	42.91
Total votes			73,399	100.00
	NPC hold

Rex Manuel Tanjuatco, son of Mayor Rafael Tanjuatco, won the elections.

Tanay Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rex Manuel Tanjuatco	30,921	73.74
	UNA	Boy Catameo	10,369	24.73
	Independent	Leodegario Estrella	640	1.53
Total votes			41,930	100.00
	Liberal hold

Vice Mayor Jaime Vista was re-elected.

Tanay Vice Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jaime "Jimmy" Vista	24,989	63.33
	UNA	Joy Tica	14,470	36.67
Total votes			39,459	100.00
	Liberal hold

Mayor Raul Palino was re-elected.

Teresa Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Raul Palino	15,581	59.06
	UNA	Romualdo Coralde	10,801	40.94
Total votes			26,382	100.00
	Liberal hold

Vice Mayor Jose Jeriel Villegas was re-elected

Teresa Vice Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Jose Jeriel Villegas	19,438	75.35
	Independent	Jason Pahati	6,358	24.65
Total votes			25,796	100.00
	Lakas hold

Mayor Casimiro "Jun" Ynares III defeated his closest rival Vice Mayor Ronaldo "Puto" Leyva.

Antipolo City Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Casimiro "Jun" Ynares III	212,662	76.15
	Aksyon	Ronaldo "Puto" Leyva	40,497	14.50
	Lakas	Puto Leyva	23,233	8.32
	Independent	Cherry Savile	1,084	0.39
	PBM	Antonio Lagorin	835	0.30
	UNA	Juvy Rivas	612	0.22
	PMP	Athan Tojon	342	0.12
Total votes			279,265	100.00
	NPC hold

First District Councilor Josefina "Pining" Gatlabayan, wife of former Mayor Angelito Gatlabayan, defeated former Vice Mayor Danilo "Nilo" Leyble in elections.^[3]

Antipolo City Vice Mayoral Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Josefina "Pining" Gatlabayan	141,279	51.58
	Aksyon	Danilo "Nilo" Leyble	118,528	43.27
	Independent	Alfred Zapanta	6,196	2.26
	Independent	Pocholo Dominic Martinez	2,383	0.87
	Independent	Joel Tatad	1,946	0.71
	UNA	Vic Nabarte	1,470	0.54
	Lakas	Igle Batingal	1,130	0.41
	Independent	Aisah Mocsir	674	0.25
	PMP	Fat Nabarte	297	0.11
Total votes			273,903	100.00
	NPC hold