2016 Tarlac local elections

The Province of Tarlac held its local elections on Monday, May 9, 2016, as a part of the 2016 Philippine general election. Voters selected candidates for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and representatives for the three districts of Tarlac. In the gubernatorial race, Tarlac's incumbent 2nd district Representative Susan Yap, sister of incumbent governor Victor Yap, defeated incumbent Tarlac City Mayor Gelacio Manalang.

2016 Tarlac gubernatorial elections

May 9, 2016

Candidate Susan Yap Gelacio Manalang Party NPC PMP Running mate Carlito David Miguel Cojuangco-Rivilla Popular vote 355,493 199,480 Percentage 63.25 35.49

Governor before election Victor Yap NPC Elected Governor Susan Yap NPC

2016 Tarlac vice gubernatorial elections

May 9, 2016

Candidate Carlito David Pearl Pacada Miguel Cojuangco-Rivilla Party NPC Lakas PMP Popular vote 207,199 189,956 107,632 Percentage 41.05 37.63 21.32

Vice Governor before election Enrique Cojuangco Jr. NPC Elected Vice Governor Carlito David NPC

In the vice gubernatorial race, incumbent 3rd district Board Member Carlito David narrowly defeated former Vice Governor Pearl Pacada as well as incumbent Paniqui Mayor Miguel Cojuangco-Rivilla.

Provincial elections

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

Gubernatorial election

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies. Incumbent governor Victor Yap is term limited and is running for congressman of Tarlac's 2nd district. His sister, incumbent 2nd district congresswoman Susan Yap is running in his place.

Tarlac gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Susan Yap	355,493	63.25
	PMP	Gelacio Manalang	199,480	35.49
	KBL	Bertito Del Mundo	7,031	1.25
Margin of victory			156,013	27.76
Invalid or blank votes			66,728	10.61
Total votes			628,732	100.00
	NPC hold

Results by city/municipality

City/Municipality	Yap	Manalang	del Mundo
Anao	2,980	2,438	35
Bamban	16,289	9,275	228
Camiling	21,795	12,066	319
Capas	25,315	18,417	343
City of Tarlac	87,172	54,609	2,189
Concepcion	41,010	22,516	895
Gerona	22,679	15,392	400
La Paz	18,248	7,899	489
Mayantoc	9,734	4,018	123
Moncada	18,374	6,314	410
Paniqui	24,820	16,731	455
Pura	6,351	5,321	101
Ramos	5,370	4,198	129
San Clemente	4,489	1,826	85
San Jose	10,770	1,955	43
San Manuel	7,226	3,647	160
Santa Ignacia	14,112	6,121	428
Victoria	18,759	6,737	199
Total	355,493	199,480	7,031
City/Municipality
	Yap	Manalang	del Mundo

Vice-gubernatorial election

Tarlac vice-gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Carlito David	207,199	41.05
	Lakas	Pearl Pacada	189,956	37.63
	PMP	Miguel Cojuangco-Rivilla	107,632	21.32
Margin of victory			17,243	3.42
Invalid or blank votes			123,945	19.71
Total votes			628,732	100.00
	NPC hold

Results by city/municipality

City/Municipality	David	Pacada	Rivilla
Anao	1,332	1,625	2,032
Bamban	11,563	9,239	2,665
Camiling	9,263	19,260	4,273
Capas	19,222	12,588	7,102
City of Tarlac	46,555	51,360	24,999
Concepcion	43,826	10,321	4,145
Gerona	10,852	13,352	8,754
La Paz	13,299	7,934	2,172
Mayantoc	3,315	7,587	1,805
Moncada	7,860	9,341	5,853
Paniqui	10,405	5,588	26,670
Pura	2,860	5,060	2,867
Ramos	1,687	2,820	4,723
San Clemente	2,054	4,832	179
San Jose	6,063	3,272	1,369
San Manuel	3,627	4,383	1,892
Santa Ignacia	5,193	11,042	3,192
Victoria	8,233	10,352	2,940
Total	207,199	189,956	107,632
City/Municipality
	David	Pacada	Rivilla

Congressional elections

Each of Tarlac's three legislative districts will elect each representative to the House of Representatives. The candidate with the highest number of votes wins the seat.

1st District

• Municipalities: Anao, Camiling, Mayantoc, Moncada, Paniqui, Pura, Ramos, San Clemente, San Manuel, Santa Ignacia

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Carlos Charlie Cojuangco	151,199	95.06
	Independent	Cristino Diamsay	7,859	4.94
Invalid or blank votes			49,331	23.67
Total votes			208,389	100.00
	NPC hold

2nd District

• City: Tarlac City
• Municipalities: Gerona, Victoria, San Jose

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies. Incumbent governor Victor Yap is term limited and is running for congressman of Tarlac's 2nd district. His sister, incumbent 2nd district congresswoman Susan Yap is running in his place.

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Victor Yap	165,982	79.72
	PMP	Florentino Galang	40,685	19.54
	Independent	Joseph Doloricon	1,543	0.74
Invalid or blank votes			33,056	13.70
Total votes			241,266	100.00
	NPC hold

3rd District

• Municipalities: Bamban, Capas, Concepcion, La Paz

Noel Villanueva is the incumbent. He changed his party affiliation from Nacionalista to NPC.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election at Tarlac's 3rd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Noel Villanueva	130,611	100.00
Invalid or blank votes			48,476	27.07
Total votes			179,087	100.00
	NPC hold

Provincial Board elections

All 3 Districts of Tarlac will elect Sangguniang Panlalawigan or provincial board members. 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

Party		Total votes		Total seats
		Total	%	Total	%
	NPC	636,523	49.04%	6	46.2%
	Independent	264,356	20.37%	1	7.7%
	Liberal	200,123	15.42%	2	15.4%
	Nacionalista	124,963	9.63%	1	7.7%
	UNA	71,895	5.54%	0	0.0%
Total valid votes cast		1,297,860	N/A
Total turnout		628,732	100.00%
Total partisan seats				10	77.00%
Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President				1	7.7%
Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President				1	7.7%
Seat for Philippine Councilors League - Provincial Chapter President				1	7.7%
Total non-partisan seats				3	23.00%
Total seats				13	100.0%

1st District

• Municipalities: Anao, Camiling, Mayantoc, Moncada, Paniqui, Pura, Ramos, San Clemente, San Manuel, Santa Ignacia

Tarlac 1st District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Jessie Aquino	99,175	47.59
	NPC	Romeo Evangelista	93,412	44.83
	NPC	John Patrick Agustin	79,462	38.13
	Independent	Bogs Aganon	77,993	37.43
Total votes			208,389	100.00

2nd District

• City: Tarlac City
• Municipalities: Gerona, Victoria, San Jose

Tarlac 2nd District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Harmes Sembrano	124,963	51.79
	Liberal	Henry de Leon	106,310	44.06
	Independent	Joji David	99,949	41.43
	Liberal	Tonyboy Cervantes	93,793	38.88
	NPC	Emy Ladera-Facunla	75,928	31.47
	UNA	Danilo Asiaten	71,895	29.80
	NPC	Bert Magcalas	31,659	13.12
	Independent	Lita Briones	23,619	9.79
Total votes			241,266	100.00

3rd District

• Municipalities: Bamban, Capas, Concepcion, La Paz

Tarlac 3rd District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Tootsie Cruz	93,791	52.37
	NPC	Vernon Villanueva	83,311	46.52
	NPC	Boy Mandal	79,785	44.55
	Independent	Jay Castro	62,795	35.06
Total votes			179,087	100.00

External links

• Commission on Elections