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
May 9, 2016
 
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
May 9, 2016
 
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

Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

Mayoralty and vice mayoral elections

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
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
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

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
Summary of the May 9, 2016 Tarlac City council election results
Rank Candidate Coalition Party Votes %
1.Jojo BrionesTeam Manalang Independent81,16451.98%
2.Topey delos ReyesTeam Angeles/NPC-LP Liberal76,18448.79%
3.Ana AguasTeam Angeles/NPC-LP Liberal68,39543.80%
4.Glenn Troy CaritativoTeam Manalang Independent66,67242.70%
5.Ricky DiolazoTeam Angeles/NPC-LP Liberal65,81142.14%
6.Abel BasanganTeam Angeles/NPC-LP Liberal65,45241.92%
7.Jerome LapeñaTeam Angeles/NPC-LP NPC63,38440.59%
8.Weng QuirozTeam Angeles/NPC-LP NPC56,49836.18%
9.Cesar GoNot affiliated Independent51,43032.94%
10.Vlad RodriguezTeam Angeles/NPC-LP Liberal50,43632.30%
11.Franklin DayaoTeam Manalang Independent49,37631.62%
12.Emy CortezTeam Manalang Independent48,52631.08%
13.Jelo HonradoTeam Angeles/NPC-LP Liberal42,99427.53%
14.Arsenio Lugay IITeam Angeles/NPC-LP NPC35,99623.05%
15.Eddie TañedoTeam Angeles/NPC-LP NPC34,39322.03%
16.Benjie DayanTeam Manalang Independent32,91121.08%
17.Lucia TanedoTeam Manalang Independent29,24018.73%
18.Tony NepomucenoNot affiliated Independent23,16614.84%
19.Edgar AguasNot affiliated Independent22,17314.20%
20.Richard EspinosaNot affiliated Independent15,2319.75%
21.Jerry ArceoNot affiliated Independent13,3138.53%
22.Rem GalangNot affiliated Independent13,0848.38%
23.Meynard BuenaTeam Manalang Independent12,9998.32%
24.Alejandro BucadTeam Manalang Independent10,0936.46%
25.Babet BelloNot affiliated Independent9,2265.91%
26.Malou MalvarNot affiliated Independent8,4345.40%
27.Ares CortezNot affiliated Independent7,2414.64%
28.Nestor GaerlanNot affiliated Independent4,6893.00%
29.Ador VitugNot affiliated Independent4,5792.93%
30.Lesly TamanganNot affiliated Independent2,7371.75%
Total turnout156,15484.71%
Registered voters184,321100.00%
Note: A total of 30 candidates ran for councilor. Source: GMA-COMELEC transparency server

Results per coalition
CoalitionTotal votes %Seats
won		 %
NPC-LP coalition / Team Angeles559,54352.50%770%
Team Manalang330,98131.05%220%
Independents not in coalitions175,30316.45%110%
Totals1,065,827100%10100%

Results per party
PartyMayoral candidateTotal votesTotal seats
Total %Total %
LiberalCristy Angeles369,27234.65%541.5%
NPCCristy Angeles190,27117.85%216.6%
Independentvarious506,28447.50%324.9%
Total valid votes cast1,065,827N/A
Total turnout156,15484.71%
Total partisan seats1083.3%
Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President18.3%
Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President18.3%
Total non-partisan seats216.3%
Total seats12100.0%

References
  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.
  • 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)
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