2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Calabarzon

Elections were held in Calabarzon for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 9, 2016.

The candidate with the most votes won that district's seat for the 17th Congress of the Philippines.

Summary

Party		Popular vote	%	Swing	Seats won	Change
	Liberal	2,164,114	13.61		14	4
	NPC	812,620	13.75		4	1
	NUP	719,929	12.18		3
	UNA	345,724	5.85		2	1
	Nacionalista	318,929	5.40		2	1
	Lakas	141,468	2.39		1	2
	Independent	303,701	5.14		0
	Aksyon	17,183	0.29		0
	PDP–Laban	5,775	0.10		0
	LM	203	0.03		0
Valid votes		4,832,646	81.74%		26
Invalid votes		1,079,237	18.26%
Turnout		5,911,883	77.59%
Registered voters		7,619,272	100.00%

Antipolo

1st District

Roberto Puno is term-limited as he has reached the maximum three-term limit for any elective official. His wife, media personality Chiqui Roa-Puno, will run instead and will be challenged by incumbent first district councilor Juanito "Dudok" Lawis.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Antipolo's 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Chiqui Roa-Puno	102,093	71.10
	Aksyon	Juanito Lawis	17,183	11.97
	Independent	Sonia Ampo	4,279	2.98
	Independent	Florante Quizon	2,004	1.40
Invalid or blank votes			18,022	12.55
Total votes			143,581	100.00
	NUP hold

2nd District

Romeo M. Acop is running for reelection for his third and final term unopposed.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Antipolo's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Romeo M. Acop	128,309	80.79
Invalid or blank votes			30,504	19.21
Total votes			158,813	100.00
	Liberal hold

Batangas

1st District

Eileen Ermita-Buhain is the incumbent. She changed her party affiliation from Lakas to Nacionalista.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Batangas's 1st District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Eileen Ermita-Buhain	191,351	69.49
	Independent	Valentino Lopez	43,846	15.92
Invalid or blank votes			40,164	14.59
Total votes			275,361	100.00
	Nacionalista hold

2nd District

Raneo Abu is the incumbent.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Batangas's 2nd District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Raneo Abu	78,369	54.39
	NUP	Nicasio Conti	52,733	36.60
Invalid or blank votes			12,974	9.01
Total votes			144,076	100.00
	Nacionalista hold

3rd District

Nelson Collantes is the incumbent. His opponent is DZJV reporter Nestor Burgos. On October 17, Burgos withdrew his candidacy, thus resulting to Collantes running unopposed. On December 10, Collantes also withdrew his candidacy to give way to his wife, Maria Theresa.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Batangas's 3rd District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Maria Theresa Collantes	186,440	58.04
Invalid or blank votes			134,768	41.96
Total votes			321,208	100.00
	Liberal hold

4th District

Incumbent Mark Llandro is the last Representative of the 4th District of Batangas. Running for a seat are former Board Member Lianda Bolilia and incumbent Taysan Mayor Victor Portugal, Jr.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Batangas's 4th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lianda Bolilia	110,485	50.29
	NPC	Victor Portugal, Jr.	91,392	41.60
Invalid or blank votes			17,811	8.11
Total votes			219,688	100.00
	Liberal gain from NPC

5th District (Batangas City)

Incumbent 2nd District Board Member Mario Vittorio Mariño will run for the newly created 5th District against Danilo Berberabe, Felipe Baroja, Carloto Bisa and former Justice Secretary Hernando Perez.

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	30.99
	Independent	Hernando Perez	15,951	10.53
	Independent	Felipe Baroja	5,587	3.69
	Independent	Carlito Bisa	4,145	2.74
Invalid or blank votes			9,284	6.13
Total votes			151,511	100.00
	Liberal win (new seat)

6th District (Lipa City)

Incumbent Mark Llandro Mendoza who came from the 4th District is term-limited and is running for Governor. Running for a seat in Congress is Bernadette Sabili, wife of Mayor Meynard Sabili and incumbent Governor Vilma Santos-Recto. Initially, Sabili is running under the National Unity Party. Like her husband, the party withdrew her nomination due to its coalition with the Liberal Party. As a result, Sabili is running as an independent.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Batangas's 6th District (Lone District of Lipa City)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Vilma Santos-Recto	83,492	56.13
	NUP	Bernadette Sabili	60,472	40.65
Invalid or blank votes			4,796	3.22
Total votes			148,760	100.00
	Liberal win (new seat)

Biñan

By virtue of Republic Act No. 10658 authored by Laguna 1st district Rep. Danilo Fernandez, a new district was carved out of the existing 1st district and is composed solely of Biñan City. Incumbent Biñan Mayor Marlyn Alonte-Naguiat of the Liberal Party will run for the newly created district unopposed.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Biñan's Lone District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Marlyn Alonte-Naguiat	88,773	68.04
Invalid or blank votes			41,704	31.96
Total votes			130,477	100.00
	Liberal win (new seat)

Cavite

1st District

The 1st district is composed of Cavite City, and the municipalities of Kawit, Noveleta, and Rosario.

First term incumbent Francis Abaya, who was elected with 77% of the vote in 2013, is seeking re-election. Marina Rieta Granados of the Nationalist People's Coalition is running against him.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Cavite 1st District.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Francis Abaya	115,891	72.26
	NPC	Marina Rieta Granados	17,767	10.81
Invalid or blank votes			26,983	16.93
Total votes			160,641	100.00
	Liberal hold

2nd District

The 2nd district is composed solely of the city of Bacoor.

Two-term incumbent Lani Mercado-Revilla decided not to run for re-election and instead run for mayor of Bacoor. Her brother-in-law, incumbent Bacoor Mayor Strike Revilla is her party's nominee. Marc Orlin Buena of the Liberal Party is running against him.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Cavite 2nd District.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Edwin "Strike" Revilla	141,468	76.48
	Liberal	Mark Orline Buena	16,228	8.77
Invalid or blank votes			27,280	14.75
Total votes			184,976	100.00
	Lakas hold

3rd District

The 3rd district is made up solely of the city of Imus.

First term incumbent Alex Advincula, who was elected with 66% of the vote in 2013, is running for re-election unopposed.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Cavite 3rd District.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alex Advincula	106,268	79.26
Invalid or blank votes			26,699	20.74
Total votes			135,967	100.00
	Liberal hold

4th District

The 4th district is composed solely of the city of Dasmariñas.

Three-term incumbent Elpidio Barzaga, Jr. is barred by term limits from seeking another term. He is instead running for mayor of Dasmariñas. His wife, incumbent Mayor Jennifer Barzaga is his party's nominee. Independent candidate Alen Manzano is also running for the seat.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Cavite 4th District.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Jennifer Barzaga	227,022	89.68
	Independent	Alen Manzano	11,064	4.37
Invalid or blank votes			15,068	5.95
Total votes			253,154	100.00
	NUP hold

5th District

The 5th district is composed of the municipalities of Carmona, General Mariano Alvarez, and Silang.

Two-term incumbent Roy Loyola, who was unopposed for re-election 2013, is seeking another term. Running against him is former Silang Mayor Ruben Madlansacay.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Cavite 5th District.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Roy Loyola	135,405	68.69
	Nacionalista	Ruben Madlansacay	49,209	24.96
Invalid or blank votes			12,520	6.35
Total votes			197,134	100.00
	Liberal hold

6th District

The 6th district is made up of the cities of General Trias, and Trece Martires as well as the municipalities of Amadeo, and Tanza.

First term incumbent Luis "Jon-Jon" Ferrer IV, who was elected with 68% of the vote in 2013, is seeking re-election unopposed.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Cavite 6th District.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Luis "Jon-Jon" Ferrer IV	178,074	73.47
Invalid or blank votes			64,296	26.53
Total votes			242,370	100.00
	NUP hold

7th District

The 7th district is composed of the city of Tagaytay and the municipalities of Alfonso, General Emilio Aguinaldo, Indang, Magallanes, Maragondon, Mendez, Naic, and Ternate.

First term incumbent Abraham Tolentino, who was elected with 54% of the vote in 2013, is running for a second term unopposed.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Cavite 7th District.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Abraham Tolentino	164,168	75.97
Invalid or blank votes			51,939	24.03
Total votes			216,107	100.00
	Liberal hold

Laguna

1st District

Laguna's 1st legislative district was previously composed of the cities of Biñan, Santa Rosa, and San Pedro. The district was redistricted by virtue of Republic Act 10658 which created a lone district for Biñan.

Incumbent Danilo Fernandez, who was re-elected with 75% of the vote in 2013, is barred by term limits from seeking re-election and is instead running for Mayor of Santa Rosa. His party, the Liberal Party, nominated incumbent Santa Rosa Mayor Arlene Arcillas who is running unopposed.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Laguna's 1st District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Arlene Arcillas-Nazareno	196,440	73.45
Invalid or blank votes			71,012	26.55
Total votes			267,452	100.00
	Liberal hold

2nd District

The 2nd district is composed of the cities of Calamba, and Cabuyao as well as the municipalities of Los Baños and Bay.

Joaquin Chipeco, Jr., who was re-elected with 61% of the vote in 2013, is seeking another term unopposed.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Laguna's 2nd District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joaquin Chipeco, Jr.	270,906	68.87
Invalid or blank votes			122,481	31.13
Total votes			393,387	100.00
	Liberal hold

3rd District

The 3rd district is composed of San Pablo City, and the municipalities of Alaminos, Calauan, Liliw, Nagcarlan, Rizal, and Victoria.

First term incumbent Sol Aragones, who was elected with 51% of the vote in 2013, is seeking another term. Former San Pablo Mayor Florante Aquino, who represented this district from 1987 to 1998, is running against her. Also running is Damaso Amante of the Nationalist People's Coalition.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Laguna's 3rd District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Sol Aragones	147,668	63.4
	Liberal	Florante Aquino	39,222	16.9
	NPC	Damaso Amante	19,215	8.3
	Independent	Ma. Cristina Villamor	1,887	0.8
Invalid or blank votes			24,688	10.6
Total votes			232,680	100%
	UNA hold

4th District

The 4th district is made up of the municipalities of Cavinti, Famy, Kalayaan, Luisiana, Lumban, Mabitac, Magdalena, Majayjay, Paete, Pagsanjan, Pakil, Pangil, Pila, Santa Cruz, Santa Maria, and Siniloan.

First term incumbent Benjamin Agarao Jr., who was elected with 46% of the vote in 2013, is seeking re-election. Former representative Edgar San Luis, who represented this district from 2007 to 2013 is running against him. Also running for the seat is independent candidate Fidel Santos. Agarao and San Luis previously faced each other to represent this district in 2007 in an election San Luis won.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Laguna's 4th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Benjamin Agarao Jr.	137,760	52.4
	NUP	Edgar San Luis	99,535	37.9
	Independent	Fidel Santos	1,814	0.6
Invalid or blank votes			24,038	9.1
Total votes			262,747	100%
	Liberal hold

Quezon

1st District

Incumbent Wilfrido Mark Enverga is term limited. His sister, Trina is his party's nominee. Her opponents are former Congressman Irvin Alcala, Board Member Teresita Dator and former Vice Governor Carlos Portes.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Quezon's 1st District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Trina Enverga	90,306	38.7
	Liberal	Irvin Alcala	86,376	37.0
	UNA	Teresita Dator	26,126	11.2
	PDP–Laban	Carlos Portes	5,775	2.5
Invalid or blank votes			24,668	10.6
Total votes			233,251	100%
	NPC hold

2nd District

Incumbent Vicente Alcala is running for reelection. His opponents are former Tiaong Mayor Vivencio Escueta and incumbent Sariaya Mayor Rosauro Masilang.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Quezon's 2nd District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Vicente Alcala	175,273	56.5
	Independent	Rosauro Masilang	86,161	27.8
	Independent	Vivencio Escueta	10,549	3.4
Invalid or blank votes			38,108	12.3
Total votes			310,091	100%
	Liberal hold

3rd District

Incumbent Aleta Suarez is not running. She changed her party affiliation from Lakas to UNA. Her husband, former Congressman Danilo Suarez is her party's nominee and is running unopposed.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Quezon's 3rd District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Danilo Suarez	124,963	65.8
Invalid or blank votes			64,915	34.2
Total votes			189,878	100%
	UNA gain from Lakas

4th District

Angelina Tan is the incumbent and her main opponent is former Congressman Lorenzo Erin Tañada.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Laguna's 4th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Angelina Tan	127,590
	Liberal	Lorenzo Tañada III	53,101
	Independent	Manding Mendoza	1,537
	LM	Marcil Guay	203
Invalid or blank votes			14,089
Total votes			196,520
	NPC hold

Rizal

1st District

Joel Roy R. Duavit is the incumbent but not running for reelection. His party nominated his brother and former congressman Michael John "Jack" Duavit.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Rizal's 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Michael John Duavit	246,141
	Independent	Avelino Zapanta	24,543
	Independent	Willfrido Naval	13,741
	Independent	Jerry Barbacena	4,635
	Independent	Titus Perez	8,825
Invalid or blank votes			59,599
Total votes			357,484
	NPC hold

2nd District

Isidro Rodriguez Jr. is the incumbent.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Rizal's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Isidro Rodriguez Jr.	220,209
	Independent	Luisa Ayuson	38,969
	Independent	Omar Mohammad Fajardo	19,792
	Independent	Said Usman	4,372
Invalid or blank votes			100,827
Total votes			384,169
	NPC hold

External links

• Official COMELEC results 2016