2016 Mandaluyong local elections

Local elections were held in Mandaluyong on May 9, 2016, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, one Congressman, and the councilors, six in each of the city's two legislative districts.

Background

The wives of the current city officials, will be running in their husbands' respective positions in the city. Carmelita Aguilar-Abalos, wife of Mayor Benhur Abalos will run for the Mayoralty position under the United Nationalist Alliance. While, former ABC-5 reporter Queenie Pahati-Gonzales, wife of Representative Neptali Gonzales will run as the representative of lone district of the city under the Liberal Party, one of her opponents is Reyes Barbecue president Francisco Reyes, an independent candidate.^[1]^[2]

Candidates

Mayor

Mandaluyong Mayoralty Election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	UNA	Carmelita "Menchie" Abalos	118,077
	PMP	Georgie Antonio	24,501
	Independent	Florencio Solomon	2,592
Total votes			145,170

Vice Mayor

Edward Bartolome is the Incumbent. His opponents are First District Councilor Anthony Suva and former Vice Mayor Danny De Guzman.

Mandaluyong Vice Mayoralty Election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	UNA	Anthony Suva	65,412
	Liberal	Edward Bartolome	43,124
	Aksyon	Danny De Guzman	12,267
Total votes			120,803

Representative, Lone District

Neptali "Boyet" Gonzales II is term-limited. His party nominated his wife, former ABC-5 reporter Queenie Pahati-Gonzales. Her main opponents are Reyes Barbecue president Francisco Reyes (running as independent), Albert Yap (also running independent) and Jack Ramel (running under PDP–Laban).

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Mandaluyong's Lone District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alexandra "Queenie" Gonzales	122,792	88.95
	Independent	Francisco Reyes	9,543	6.91
	PDP–Laban	Jack Ramel	4,147	3.01
	Independent	Albert Yap	1,560	1.13
Invalid or blank votes			17,391
Total votes			155,433	100%
	Liberal hold

Councilors

1st District

2016 Mandaluyong 1st district council election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	UNA	*Charisse Marie Abalos*	72,414
	Liberal	*Ayla Alim*	63,341
	PMP	*Grace Antonio*	50,682
	NPC	*Louie Espinosa*	47,727
	NPC	Rodolfo Posadas	45,312
	UNA	Brando Dominguez	39,139

	NPC	Edmon Espiritu	38,400
	PMP	Lito De Guzman	29,103
	PMP	Lei Esteban	19,228
	Independent	Manuel Ballelos, Jr.	6,113
	Aksyon	Emelito Custodio	5,740
	Aksyon	Bojie Caldino	5,202
Total votes

2nd District

2016 Mandaluyong 2nd district council election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	*Alex Sta. Maria*	44,036
	NPC	*Boy Esteban*	40,510
	Liberal	*Jesse Cruz*	40,072
	Independent	*Boyett Bacar*	39,229
	NPC	*Che-Che Pablo-Santos*	38,127
	UNA	*Fernando Ocampo*	32,929

	Independent	Hazel Razote	28,642
	PMP	Julio De Quinto	9,023
	PDP–Laban	Ed Geronimo	7,899
	PMP	Bay Guisando	5,824
	PMP	Mark Valenzuela	5,067
	Independent	Katherine Reglo	3,866
	Aksyon	John Michael Taronas	2,726
	Aksyon	Juan Almonicar	2,345
Total votes

References

^ "Mandaluyong's Menchie Abalos to run for Mayor under UNA". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
^ "Bayani, Golez eye political comeback". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 2015-10-20. Retrieved 2015-10-21.

[1] "Mandaluyong's Menchie Abalos to run for Mayor under UNA". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved October 15, 2015.

[2] "Bayani, Golez eye political comeback". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 2015-10-20. Retrieved 2015-10-21.

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