2016 Tarlac City local elections

Tarlac City held its local elections on May 9, 2016 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected candidates for mayor, vice mayor, and ten councilors. Incumbent 2nd district board member Cristy Angeles became the first female mayor of Tarlac City after defeating Allan Manalang, son of incumbent Mayor Gelacio Manalang, who unsuccessfully ran for the governorship post.[1]

2016 Tarlac City mayoral election
← 2013 May 9, 2016 2019 →
 
Candidate Cristy Angeles Allan Manalang
Party NPC Independent
Running mate Anne Belmonte Noel Soliman
Popular vote 81,886 62,845
Percentage 56.21 43.14

Mayor before election

Gelacio Manalang
PMP

Elected mayor

Cristy Angeles
NPC

2016 Tarlac City vice mayoral election
← 2013 May 9, 2016 2019 →
 
Candidate Aro Mendoza Anne Belmonte
Party Independent NPC
Popular vote 52,660 43,200
Percentage 36.84 30.22

 
Candidate Ato Chua Noel Soliman
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 21,641 20,012
Percentage 15.14 14.00

Vice Mayor before election

Anne Belmonte
NPC

Elected Vice Mayor

Aro Mendoza
Independent

In the vice mayoral race, incumbent Vice Mayor Anne Belmonte was defeated by former Mayor Aro Mendoza, who also endorsed Cristy Angeles for Mayor. Belmonte, as the highest-placing Councilor during the last elections, replaced then-Vice Mayor Mike Tañedo when the latter died in office last October 5, 2014.[2]

Candidates

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Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Mayoralty and vice mayoral elections

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The candidates for mayor and vice mayor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.[3]

Mayor

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Tarlac City mayoralty election
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Cristy Angeles 81,886 56.21
Independent Allan Manalang 62,845 43.14
Independent Roger Tomaroy 945 0.65
Margin of victory 19,041 13.07
Valid ballots 145,676 93.29
Invalid or blank votes 10,478 6.71
Total votes 156,154 100.00
NPC gain from PMP

Vice Mayor

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Tarlac City vice mayoralty election
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Aro Mendoza 52,660 36.84
NPC Anne Belmonte 43,200 30.22
Independent Ato Chua 21,641 15.14
Independent Noel Soliman 20,012 14.00
Independent Pepe Rigor 4,705 3.29
Independent Paul David Santos 725 0.51
Margin of victory 9,460 6.62
Valid ballots 142,943 91.54
Invalid or blank votes 13,211 8.46
Total votes 156,154 100.00
Independent gain from NPC

City Council

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Tarlac City, elected Sangguniang Panlungsod or city council members. A voter votes for up to ten candidates, then the ten candidates with the highest number of votes are elected. Election is via plurality-at-large voting. The total votes are the actual number of voters who voted, not the total votes of all candidates.

Results per candidate

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Summary of the May 9, 2016 Tarlac City council election results
Rank Candidate Coalition Party Votes %
1. Jojo Briones Team Manalang Independent 81,164 51.98%
2. Topey delos Reyes Team Angeles/NPC-LP Liberal 76,184 48.79%
3. Ana Aguas Team Angeles/NPC-LP Liberal 68,395 43.80%
4. Glenn Troy Caritativo Team Manalang Independent 66,672 42.70%
5. Ricky Diolazo Team Angeles/NPC-LP Liberal 65,811 42.14%
6. Abel Basangan Team Angeles/NPC-LP Liberal 65,452 41.92%
7. Jerome Lapeña Team Angeles/NPC-LP NPC 63,384 40.59%
8. Weng Quiroz Team Angeles/NPC-LP NPC 56,498 36.18%
9. Cesar Go Not affiliated Independent 51,430 32.94%
10. Vlad Rodriguez Team Angeles/NPC-LP Liberal 50,436 32.30%
11. Franklin Dayao Team Manalang Independent 49,376 31.62%
12. Emy Cortez Team Manalang Independent 48,526 31.08%
13. Jelo Honrado Team Angeles/NPC-LP Liberal 42,994 27.53%
14. Arsenio Lugay II Team Angeles/NPC-LP NPC 35,996 23.05%
15. Eddie Tañedo Team Angeles/NPC-LP NPC 34,393 22.03%
16. Benjie Dayan Team Manalang Independent 32,911 21.08%
17. Lucia Tanedo Team Manalang Independent 29,240 18.73%
18. Tony Nepomuceno Not affiliated Independent 23,166 14.84%
19. Edgar Aguas Not affiliated Independent 22,173 14.20%
20. Richard Espinosa Not affiliated Independent 15,231 9.75%
21. Jerry Arceo Not affiliated Independent 13,313 8.53%
22. Rem Galang Not affiliated Independent 13,084 8.38%
23. Meynard Buena Team Manalang Independent 12,999 8.32%
24. Alejandro Bucad Team Manalang Independent 10,093 6.46%
25. Babet Bello Not affiliated Independent 9,226 5.91%
26. Malou Malvar Not affiliated Independent 8,434 5.40%
27. Ares Cortez Not affiliated Independent 7,241 4.64%
28. Nestor Gaerlan Not affiliated Independent 4,689 3.00%
29. Ador Vitug Not affiliated Independent 4,579 2.93%
30. Lesly Tamangan Not affiliated Independent 2,737 1.75%
Total turnout 156,154 84.71%
Registered voters 184,321 100.00%
Note: A total of 30 candidates ran for councilor. Source: GMA-COMELEC transparency server

Results per coalition

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Coalition Total votes % Seats
won
%
NPC-LP coalition / Team Angeles 559,543 52.50% 7 70%
Team Manalang 330,981 31.05% 2 20%
Independents not in coalitions 175,303 16.45% 1 10%
Totals 1,065,827 100% 10 100%

Results per party

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Party Mayoral candidate Total votes Total seats
Total % Total %
Liberal Cristy Angeles 369,272 34.65% 5 41.5%
NPC Cristy Angeles 190,271 17.85% 2 16.6%
Independent various 506,284 47.50% 3 24.9%
Total valid votes cast 1,065,827 N/A
Total turnout 156,154 84.71%
Total partisan seats 10 83.3%
Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President 1 8.3%
Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President 1 8.3%
Total non-partisan seats 2 16.3%
Total seats 12 100.0%

References

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  1. ^ Hubierna, George (May 11, 2016). "NPC rules in Tarlac". Journal.com. Journal Online. Archived from the original on June 5, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  2. ^ Sapnu, Ric (October 8, 2014). "Tarlac City vice mayor dies from cancer". philstar.com. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  3. ^ "ELECTION RESULTS". GMA News Online. GMA Network Inc. May 18, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
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  • COMELEC - Official website of the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC)
  • NAMFREL - Official website of National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL)
  • PPCRV - Official website of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV)