Local Filipino election
2016 Tagbilaran mayoral election ← 2013 | May 9, 2016 | 2019 → |
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| | | | Nominee | John Geesnell Yap | Arlene Karaan | Edgardo Kapirig | Party | Liberal | PMP | Independent | Running mate | Jose Antonio Veloso | | | Popular vote | 39,390 | 7,481 | 468 | Percentage | 83.21 | 15.80 | 0.99 | |
Mayor before election John Geesnell Yap II Liberal | Elected mayor John Geesnell Yap II Liberal | |
Local elections held in Tagbilaran, Bohol on May 9, 2016 within the Philippine general election. The voters selected leaders for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, and the ten councilors.
Background
Incumbent John Geesnell Yap II of the Liberal Party is running for a second term. His running mate is incumbent vice mayor Jose Antonio Veloso. The alliance between the Yap and Veloso camps, known as the second iteration of "Pundok Panaghiusa", was sealed only about two weeks before the filing of certificates of candidacy in October 2015.[1]
Yap's main opponent is incumbent Poblacion I barangay chairperson Arlene Karaan, who is running under the Partido ng Masang Pilipino. Karaan, who ran for board member for Bohol's first district in the 2013 elections but lost, is strongly associated with the camp of former city mayor Dan Neri Lim, and she has a slate of five councilors but without a vice mayor. Speculation has it that she will be substituted by Lim before the December 20, 2015 substitution deadline for all candidates for the forthcoming election.[2]
Election results
Mayor
Tagbilaran Mayoral Election Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal | John Geesnell Yap II | 39,390 | 83.21% |
| PMP | Arlene Karaan | 7,481 | 15.80% |
| Independent | Edgardo Kapirig | 468 | 0.99% |
Total votes | 47,339 | 100.00% |
| Liberal hold |
Vice Mayor
Tagbilaran Vice Mayoral Election Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal | Jose Antonio Veloso | 37,164 | 92.13% |
| Independent | Alfred Hontanosas | 3,173 | 7.87% |
Total votes | 40,337 | 100.00% |
| Liberal hold |
Councilors
The city's voters elected ten candidates to the City Council at large. The ten candidates with the highest number of votes wins the seats per district.
2016 Tagbilaran Council Elections[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal | Adam Relson Jala | 34,231 | 9.62% |
| Liberal | Joseph Bompat | 30,136 | 8.47% |
| Liberal | Philipp Besas | 29,373 | 8.26% |
| Liberal | Alberta Co-Torralba | 27,834 | 7.82% |
| Liberal | Dulce Amelia Glovasa | 27,184 | 7.64% |
| Liberal | Agustinus Gonzaga | 26,822 | 7.54% |
| Liberal | Jonas Cacho | 26,218 | 7.37% |
| Liberal | Eliezer Borja | 24,980 | 7.02% |
| Independent | Vicente Polinar | 22,554 | 6.34% |
| Liberal | Greggy Gatal | 20,466 | 5.75% |
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| PMP | Lucille Lagunay | 19,396 | 5.45% |
| Liberal | Jeremias Pabe | 17,807 | 5.00% |
| PMP | Eutorgio Telmo Jr. | 11,439 | 3.21% |
| PMP | Mary Liene Shaene Karaan | 10,335 | 2.90% |
| PMP | Leda Saco | 9,763 | 2.74% |
| PMP | Paterna Ruiz | 6,829 | 1.92% |
| Independent | Dionesio Torralba III | 6,218 | 1.75% |
| Independent | Jewel Siason | 4,229 | 1.19% |
Total votes | 355,814 | 100.00% |
Pundok Panaghiusa (Team BaTo)
Liberal Party/Pundok Panaghiusa - Tagbilaran City |
Name | Party |
Philipp Besas | | Liberal |
Joseph Bompat | | Liberal |
Eliezer Borja | | Liberal |
Jonas Cacho | | Liberal |
Greggy Gatal | | Liberal |
Dulce Glovasa[a] | | Liberal |
Agustinus Gonzaga[b] | | Liberal |
Adam Relson Jala | | Liberal |
Jeremias Pabe | | Liberal |
Alberta Co-Torralba | | Liberal |
Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino
Results
The candidates for mayor, vice mayor, and district representative with the highest number of votes won the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.
Notes
- ^ Dulce Glovasa is running for her first full term. She was appointed to serve the remainder of the term of her husband, elected councilor Oscar Glovasa, who died.
- ^ Agustinus Gonzaga is running for another nonconsecutive term. A former councilor and the second-placing mayoral candidate in the 2013 local polls, he was appointed to serve the remainder of the term of elected councilor Alexander Lim, who died.
References
- ^ "Baba, Toto unite; team shaping up". The Bohol Chronicle. 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
- ^ Arigo, V.R. (2015-10-18). "LP dominates city w/ weak opposition". The Bohol Chronicle. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
- ^ "List of Candidates for 2016 Election". The Bohol Standard. November 5, 2015. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2015.