2016 Siquijor local elections

Local elections in Siquijor held on May 9, 2016 as part of the 2016 Philippine general election. Voters elected all local posts in the province: a town mayor, vice mayor, town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan - three in each of the province's two administrative districts, the governor, vice governor, and one representative for lone district of Siquijor.

A total of 189 candidates are running for all local positions in the province and in six municipalities of Siquijor.^[1]

The total number of registered voters in the province is 68,988.^[2]

Congressional Election Result

Lone District, Congressman

City: none
Municipality: Enrique Villanueva, Larena, Lazi, Maria, San Juan, Siquijor
Population (2010): 91,066^[3]

Marie Anne Pernes is the incumbent. Parties are stated in their certificates of candidacy.^[4]

Philippine House of Representatives election at Siquijor's Lone district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ramon Vicente Antonio Rocamora	22,125	40.61%
	Liberal	Marie Anne Pernes	18,216	33.43%
	UNA	Orlando Fua Jr.	9,695	17.79%
	Independent	Carl Mark Ganhinhin	4,439	8.14%
Total votes			54,475	100.00%

Provincial Election Results

Governor

Zaldy Villa is the incumbent. Parties are stated in their certificates of candidacy.

Siquijor gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Zaldy Villa	31,708	60.02%
	UNA	Orlando Fua	15,481	29.31%
	NUP	Claire Bulahan-Lucero	3,888	7.36%
	Independent	Armin Demetillo	1,471	2.78%
	Independent	Regidor Miraflor	279	0.53%
Total votes			52,827	100.00%

Vice-Governor

Fernando "Dingdong" Avanzado is the incumbent. However, he is not seeking for reelection.^[1]

Siquijor vice-gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Mei Ling Minor-Quezon	26,135	51.35%
	Independent	Bryan Joshua Pernes	14,809	29.10%
	UNA	Arturo Pacatang	8,026	15.77%
	Independent	Galileo Lee Jumawan	1,140	2.24%
	Independent	James Peter Serencio	785	1.54%
Total votes			50,895	100.00%

Sangguniang Panlalawigan

1st District

Municipalities: Enrique Villanueva, Larena, Siquijor

Parties are as stated in their certificates of candidacy.^[5]

Siquijor 1st District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Cyrus Olpoc	14,540	21.06%
	Liberal	Leonardo Lingcay	13,872	20.09%
	Liberal	Dar Lynn Ates-Honrubia	13,208	19.13%

	Independent	Arthur Chan	8,317	12.04%
	Independent	Joan Antonette Albito	7,748	11.22%
	NUP	Haidee Lucero	4,441	6.43%
	NUP	James Aso	4,260	6.17%
	Independent	James Gapol	2,648	3.83%
Total votes			69,034	100.00%

2nd District

Municipalities: Maria, Lazi, San Juan

Parties are as stated in their certificates of candidacy.

Siquijor 2nd District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Dindo Tumala	13,128	22.72%
	Liberal	Jaime Valesco	7,861	13.61%
	Liberal	Noel Monte	9,618	16.65%

	Independent	Rommel Dimagnaong	7,763	13.44%
	Liberal	Rebecca Padayhag	7,135	12.35%
	Independent	Edwin Quimno	5,313	9.19%
	Independent	Leonido Bonachita	3,707	6.41%
	Independent	Agustin Fua	3,234	5.59%
Total votes			57,759	100.00%

Municipal Election Results

All municipalities of Siquijor elected mayor, vice-mayor and councilors this election. The mayor and vice mayor with the highest number of votes win the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected. Below is the list of Mayoral and vice-Mayoral candidates of each municipalities of the province.^[4]

Enrique Villanueva

Voter Population (2016): 4,836

Gerold Pal-ing is the incumbent.

Enrique Villanueva Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gerold Pal-ing	2,566	61.28%
	Aksyon	Francis Michael Tong	867	20.70%
	NUP	Mimi Alcala	751	17.93%
	Independent	Dally Samson	3	0.07%
Total votes			4,187	100.00%

Leonardo Paculba is the incumbent.

Enrique Villanueva Vice Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Leonardo Paculba	2,526	66.87%
	NUP	Joel Magsalay	1,251	33.12%
Total votes			3,777	100.00%

Larena

Voter Population (2016): 10,393

Dean Villa is the incumbent.

Larena Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Dean Villa	6,495	77.84%
	Aksyon	Jose Felix Lucero	1,239	14.84%
	Independent	Ronnie Villa	610	7.31%
Total votes			8,344	100.00%

Cyrus Gold Calibo is the incumbent.

Larena Vice Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Cyrus Gold Calibo	6,014	73.69%
	NUP	Honey Grace Samson	1,855	22.73%
	Independent	Marlon Padayag	292	3.57%
Total votes			8,161	100.00%

Lazi

Voter Population (2016): 14,279

Orpheus Fua is the incumbent. However is ineligible for reelection due to term limits.

Lazi Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	James Monte	4,032	38.83%
	PDP–Laban	John Ensong	2,916	28.08%
	Liberal	Lydio Ligutom	2,368	22.80%
	NUP	Al Ajas	1,067	10.27%
Total votes			10,383	100.00%

James Monte is term limited. He is running for mayor.

Lazi Vice Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Earl Aljas	4,710	55.30%
	Liberal	Myrna Ondo	3,807	44.69%
Total votes			8,517	100.00%

Maria

Voter Population (2016): 10,079

Meynard Asok is the incumbent.

Maria Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Meynard Asok	4,788	60.72%
	Independent	Frederick Padayhag	3,097	39.27%
Total votes			7,885	100.00%

Orlando Fernando is the incumbent.

Maria Vice Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ivy Dan Samson	4,196	58.00%
	Independent	Orlando Fernando	3,038	41.99%
Total votes			7,234	100.00%

San Juan

Voter Population (2016): 10,037

Wilfredo Capundag Jr. is the incumbent.

San Juan Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alberto Ocay	4,312	53.24%
	NUP	Wilfredo Capundag Jr.	3,786	46.75%
Total votes			7,234	100.00%

Lillian Fe Sumalpong is the incumbent.

San Juan Vice Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gemma Cenas	4,055	52.73%
	Independent	Lillian Fe Sumalpong	3,634	47.26%
Total votes			7,689	100.00%

Siquijor

Voter Population (2016): 19,364

Mei Ling Quezon is term limited. She is running for vice-governor.^[6]

Siquijor Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Richard Quezon	10,051	70.82%
	Independent	Paul Ivar Ada	4,141	29.17%
Total votes			14,192	100.00%

Richard Quezon is term limited. He is running for mayor.

Siquijor Vice Mayoral Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joy Lopes-de Andrade	9,200	67.23%
	NUP	Ellaine May Avanzado	4,484	32.76%
Total votes			13,684	100.00%

References

^ ^a ^b "5-Cornered Races for Governor, Vice Governor Loom in tiny Siquijor; Dingdong Avanzado not Running". Interaksyon.com. October 24, 2015. Archived from the original on February 1, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
^ "Philippine 2016 Voters Profile by Province and City / Municipality". COMELEC. January 7, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
^ "REGION VII (Central Visayas) Active Stats (2010)". May 1, 2010. Archived from the original on November 13, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "List of Local Candidates for Verification". COMELEC. January 7, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
^ Judy F. Partlow (October 24, 2015). "5-Cornered Fight Looms for Guv, VG". The Visayan Daily Star. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
^ Maging Maliwanag (August 10, 2015). "Too many LP bets for Lone Congressional seat in Siquijor". Politics.com.ph. Retrieved January 27, 2016.

External links

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)

[first-1] "5-Cornered Races for Governor, Vice Governor Loom in tiny Siquijor; Dingdong Avanzado not Running". Interaksyon.com. October 24, 2015. Archived from the original on February 1, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.

[3rd-2] "Philippine 2016 Voters Profile by Province and City / Municipality". COMELEC. January 7, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.

[3] "REGION VII (Central Visayas) Active Stats (2010)". May 1, 2010. Archived from the original on November 13, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2016.

[4th-4] "List of Local Candidates for Verification". COMELEC. January 7, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.

[2nd-5] Judy F. Partlow (October 24, 2015). "5-Cornered Fight Looms for Guv, VG". The Visayan Daily Star. Retrieved January 27, 2016.

[6] Maging Maliwanag (August 10, 2015). "Too many LP bets for Lone Congressional seat in Siquijor". Politics.com.ph. Retrieved January 27, 2016.

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