2016 Zamboanga City local elections

Local elections were held in Zamboanga City on May 9, 2016, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, and eight councilors per district.

2016 Zamboanga City local election

May 9, 2016

Nominee Maria Isabelle Climaco Salazar Mario Yanga Alberto Cajayon Party Liberal Independent PDP–Laban Running mate Cesar Iturralde Long Tagayan Melchor Rey Sadain Popular vote 175,599 63,066 8,766 Percentage 69.6% 25.0% 3.5%   Nominee Nashier Hajim Nur Sahibul Party Independent PBM Running mate Al Adjarani Popular vote 2,983 1,819 Percentage 1.2% 0.7%

Mayor before election Maria Isabelle Climaco Salazar Liberal Elected mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco Salazar Liberal

Retiring and term-limited elective officials

• Luis Biel III, incumbent District I councilor, term-limited in 2016
• Cesar Jimenez, Jr., incumbent District I councilor, term-limited in 2016
• Melchor Sadain, incumbent District I councilor, term-limited in 2016
• Rogelio Valesco, Jr., incumbent District I councilor, term-limited in 2016
• Eduardo Saavedra, incumbent District II councilor, term-limited in 2016

Results

The candidates for district representative, 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.

House of Representatives election

See also: Philippine House of Representatives elections in the Zamboanga Peninsula, 2016 § Zamboanga City

1st District

Incumbent Congressman Celso Lobregat is running for reelection.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election at Zamboanga City's 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Celso Lobregat (incumbent)	62,218	52.5%	+13.97%
	NPC	Crisanto "Monsi" Dela Cruz	36,150	30.3%	+1.3%
	Independent	Cesar Climaco	15,540	13.0%	−5.31%
	Independent	Abdulbasir Yasin "Deejay" Tamsilani	2,881	2.4%	N/A
	PDP–Laban	Taib Nasaron	1,872	1.6%	N/A
	Independent	Elmer Pangan	372	0.3%	N/A
	PBM	Anito Tilos	145	0.1%	N/A
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Total votes				100.0%
	LDP hold

2nd District

District II Representative Lilia Macrohon-Nuño is running for reelection.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election at Zamboanga City's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPC	Manuel Jose Dalipe	69,100	55.3%	+32.77%
	Nacionalista	Lilia Macrohon-Nuño (incumbent)	48,497	39.2%	+9.32%
	PDP–Laban	Abdul Karim Ladjamatli	3,983	3.2%	N/A
	PBM	Abu Bakar Barahama	2,973	2.4%	N/A
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Total votes
	NPC gain from Nacionalista

Mayoral elections

Incumbent Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco Salazar is running for reelection.

2016 Zamboanga City mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Beng Climaco (incumbent)	175,599	69.6%	−7.66%
	Independent	Mario Yanga	63,066	25.0%	N/A
	PDP–Laban	Alberto Cajayon	8,766	3.5%	+0.83%
	Independent	Nashier Hajim	2,983	1.2%	N/A
	PBM	Nur Sahibul	1,819	0.7%	N/A
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Total votes
	Liberal hold

Vice-mayoral elections

Incumbent Vice Mayor Cesar Iturralde is running for reelection. Although he considered to run for Congress representing District 2, Iturrakde decided to back down in attempt to prevent a show-off between incumbent Mayor Beng Climaco and incumbent District 1 Congressman Celso Lobregat.

2016 Zamboanga City Vice Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cesar Iturralde (incumbent)	132,437	54.1%	+9.1%
	PDP–Laban	Melchor Rey Sadain	74,415	30.4%	N/A
	Independent	Noning Biel	31,244	12.8%	N/A
	PBM	Alih Andaing Adjarani	4,701	1.9%	N/A
	Independent	Long Tagayan	2,172	0.9%	N/A
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Total votes
	Liberal hold

City Council elections

Each of Zamboanga City's two legislative districts elects eight councilors to the City Council. The eight candidates with the highest number of votes wins the seats per district.

2016 Zamboanga City Council election

May 9, 2016
All 8 seats from each of Zamboanga City's two legislative districts 10 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Celso Lobregat Maria Isabelle Climaco Salazar Juan Climaco Elago II Party LDP Liberal UNA Leader's seat 1st District 1st District 2nd District Seats before 8 1 3 Seats won 7 6 3 Seat change 1 5

Party		Party leader	Total votes		Total seats
			Total	%	Total	%
	LDP	Celso Lobregat			7	36.8%
	Liberal	Maria Isabelle Climaco Salazar			6	31.6%
	UNA	Juan Climaco Elago II			3	15.7%
	Independents	Varies			0	0.0%
Total valid votes cast				N/A
Total turnout
Total partisan seats					16	84.2%
Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President					1	5.2%
Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President					1	5.2%
Seat for Mandatory Representative for Indigenous Peoples					1	5.2%
Total non-partisan seats					3	15.7%
Total seats					19	100.0%

1st District

Council election at Zamboanga City's 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rodolfo Bayot (incumbent)	72,684
	Liberal	Josephine Pareja (incumbent)	66,154
	Liberal	Cesar Jimenez, Sr.	64,163
	LDP	Charlie Mariano (incumbent)	60,246
	Liberal	Elbert Atilano	55,649
	LDP	Myra Paz Abubakar (incumbent)	52,820
	LDP	Rodolfo Lim	43,888
	LDP	Marxander Jaime "Boday" Cabato	42,623
	LDP	Joselito Macrohon	39,594
	Independent	King Omaga	33,589
	Liberal	Michael Kelly Tiu-Lim	31,959
	AZAP	Kaiser Adan Olaso	29,434
	Liberal	Rodrigo Pagotaisidro	27,642
	Independent	Hado Edding	26,523
	Liberal	Rey "Boy" P. Modillas	25,140
	LDP	Katala Liozo	22,850
	Independent	Abraham Sakandal	17,165
	LDP	Haj Sandag	9,600
	PBM	Yasser Amin	8,908
	KBL	Marlon Torres	8,809
	PDP–Laban	Sulaiman Sali	7,831
	Independent	Ronnie Gregorio	7,825
	KBL	Rene Salazar	7,813
	PDP–Laban	Rustan Mohammad	6,499
	KBL	Joselito Bernardo	6,167
	PBM	Jemar Barahim	5,804
	PBM	Habib Sabrie Jul	5,281
	Independent	Dan-Dan Antonio	4,099
	PBM	Zulfikar Jadjurie	3,941
	Independent	Edris Salahiron	3,734
	PBM	Datu Luis Mandiade, Sr.	3,629
	PDP–Laban	Nard Dolloso	3,583
	PDP–Laban	Nicole Anne Hapas	2,792
	PBM	Ibnohajar Binang	2,684
	PDP–Laban	Hams Ferwin Bernal	2,613
	PBM	Nihang Arkan	2,532
	Independent	Ramada Jose	2,257
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Total votes

2nd District

Council election at Zamboanga City's 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UNA	Juan Climaco Elago II (incumbent)	63,123
	LDP	Miguel Alavar III (incumbent)	55,990
	UNA	Rommel Agan (incumbent)	55,006
	LDP	Benjamin Guingona IV (incumbent)	54,617
	Liberal	Jimmy Villaflores	51,473
	UNA	Jihan Edding	49,057
	LDP	Lilibeth Nuño	45,892
	Liberal	Teodyver Arquiza	45,732
	Liberal	Roel Natividad (incumbent)	39,315
	LDP	Percival Ramos (incumbent)	39,156
	Liberal	Ramon Saavedra	38,480
	LDP	Rey Candido	34,739
	Independent	Fred Atilano	31,601
	AZAP	Vincent Paul Elago (incumbent)	26,132
	Liberal	Rudy Quinday	24,990
	LDP	Kit Barredo	24,208
	Independent	Abelardo Climaco, Jr.	22,783
	Independent	Efren Perez	15,766
	Independent	Gerasimo Acuña	13,910
	LDP	Agustin Graciano, Jr.	10,990
	PBM	Hadji Jhay Abdulkahil	10,869
	Independent	Quirico Duterte, Jr.	10,574
	PDP–Laban	Pendatun Talib	8,789
	PBM	Abdilla Jamhali	8,501
	NPC	MM Lozano	7,798
	PBM	Alsim Kasim	7,310
	PDP–Laban	Albino Perez	6,989
	PBM	Jonatahan Roxas	5,962
	PBM	Jumahalia Amiradjam	5,701
	PDP–Laban	Hussayin Arpa	4,396
	PBM	Sonny Boy Hussein	3,840
	PDP–Laban	Dorita Ortega	3,508
	PDP–Laban	Robinson Wee	2,774
	PDP–Laban	Florinda Teves	2,630
	PDP–Laban	Rosemary Beldan	2,472
	PBM	Arola Tingkong	2,292
	PBM	Arsadap Asta	1,661
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Total votes

See also

• Philippine House of Representatives elections in the Zamboanga Peninsula, 2016
• 2016 Philippine general election

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections
• Official website of National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL)
• Official website of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV)