2016 Batangas City local elections

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.

2016 Batangas mayoral election
← 2013 May 9, 2016 2019 →
 
Nominee Beverley Rose Dimacuha Kristine Balmes
Party Liberal PDP–Laban
Running mate N/A Emilio Francisco Berberabe, Jr.
Popular vote 85,963 55,866
Percentage 56.74 36.87

Mayor before election

Eduardo Dimacuha
Liberal

Elected mayor

Beverley Rose Dimacuha
Liberal

Unlike in the 2013 elections, voters of the city will be electing its first member in the House of Representatives, two representatives to the Batangas provincial board, and two more councilors thus bringing the councilors' total to 12 as opposed to the previous 10.

Background

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Mayoral and Vice Mayoral elections

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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, Beverley Rose Dimacuha, also wife of incumbent Board Member Marvey Mariño.[1] 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

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District Representative

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Incumbent Board Member Mario Vittorio Mariño will run for the newly created 5th District against Danilo Berberabe.

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

Provincial Board Members

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Batangas 5th District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Claudette Ambida 74,221 33.42
Liberal Arthur Blanco 73,186 32.96
PDP–Laban Jose Virgilio Tolentino 47,262 21.28
Independent Angelito Bagui 27,395 12.34
Total votes 222,064 100.00

Mayor

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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 %
Liberal Beverley Rose Dimacuha-Mariño 85,963 56.74%
PDP–Laban Maria Kristine Balmes 55,866 36.87%
Invalid or blank votes 9,682 6.39%
Total votes 141,829 100%

Vice Mayor

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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

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Team Dimacuha

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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

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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 86,725
Liberal Glenn Aldover 83,740
Liberal Sergie Rex Atienza 77,694
PGP Hamilton Blanco 76,001
Liberal Alyssa Renee dela Cruz-Atienza 73,298
Liberal Oliver Macatangay 62,432
Liberal Armando Lazarte 60,892
Liberal Karlos Emmanuel Buted 57,551
Liberal Julian Villena 56,809
Liberal Gerardo Dela Roca 55,859
NPC Nestor Dimacuha 52,683
PGP Nelson Chavez 50,289
UNA Zester Carlo Hernandez 48,680
PMP Micah Pargas 44,375
Liberal Juan Pedro Pastor 43,584
Lakas Michael Joel Guevarra 43,447
Lakas Mickel Borigas 40,763
PDP–Laban Aissa Dianne Marie Cabrera 24,481
PDP–Laban Benjamin Espina, Jr. 17,746
PDP–Laban Porfirio Pagsinohin 15,532
PDP–Laban Carlos Bagon 15,440
Lakas Frederick Cantos 14,864
PDP–Laban Rosalina Abalos 14,672
PDP–Laban Raoul Mendoza 10,846
PDP–Laban Eduardo Garcia 9,866
PGP Victorino Magpulhin 8,606
Lakas Juan William Ilagan 8,199
Lakas Zosimo Dimaandal 7,677
PMP Willord Tomulac 2,573
PGP Belen Betonio 1,594
Total votes

References

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  1. ^ Ozaeta, Arnell (December 11, 2015). "All in the family: Daughter subs for dad, wife subs for husband". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved October 3, 2021.