en 2016 Valenzuela local elections

Valenzuela mayoral elections, 2016
Mayoral, vice mayoral, congressional representatives; and all 12 city council seats
Mayor before election; Rexlon Gatchalian; NPC	Elected mayor ; Rexlon Gatchalian; NPC

Local elections was held in Valenzuela on May 9, 2016, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the two Congressmen (or district representatives), and the councilors, six in each of the city's two legislative districts.

Incumbent mayor Rexlon Gatchalian of Nationalist People's Coalition won for his second term. Gatchalian's primary opponent is Magtanggol Gunigundo of the Liberal Party, who was on his third term and term limited as representative to the city's second congressional district since 2007.

Mayoral and vice mayoral election

Incumbent mayor Rexlon "Rex" Gatchalian is on his first term as the mayor of Valenzuela. Prior to his election as mayor in 2013, he represented the first district of Valenzuela from 2007 to 2013. The other candidate for the mayoralty race is the incumbent second district representative Magtanggol "Magi" Gunigundo. Gunigundo represented the former lone district of Valenzuela from 1998 to 2001 and the second district of the same city since 2007, which is now on his third term. As prescribed by the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines, he is barred from running as the representative and he may choose to run into higher or lower office instead.

There are only two candidates for vice mayor's office: both are members of the city council: first district councilor Marcelino "Mar" Morelos and second district councilor Lorena "Lorie" Natividad-Borja.

Congressional election

The incumbent first district representative Sherwin Gatchalian is running for a Senate position under Grace Poe's coalition, Partido Galing at Puso. The youngest of the Gatchalian brothers, Weslie, who is the incumbent representative of Alay Buhay party-list for the House of Representatives, is running for first district. The other candidate is Ritche Cuadra, who is a former member of the city council and unsuccessfully vied for the same post in 2013. The third candidate is Victor Reponia.

For the second district, incumbent representative Magtanggol Gunigundo is running for mayorship and is barred for running for the same position. His wife, Adelma, is running for the position instead. Adelma previously vied for the position of mayor last 2013 election. The other candidate for second district representative is Eric Martinez, who is a former member of the city council and the incumbent vice mayor since 2007.

Election results

The winners of the congressional, mayor and vice mayor seats of Valenzuela City is determined with the highest number of votes received. These positions are voted separately, so there is a possibility that the winning officials came from the same or different political parties.

Mayoral election

Incumbent Rexlon "Rex" T. Gatchalian ran for reelection.

Valenzuela City mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Rexlon T. Gatchalian^[1]	190,856	71.28
	Liberal	Magtanggol T. Gunigundo^[1]	65,375	24.42
Invalid or blank votes			11,524	4.30
Total votes			267,755	100.00
	NPC hold

Vice Mayoral election

Incumbent Eric Martinez did not run for reelection.

Valenzuela City Vice mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Lorie Natividad-Borja	162,131	60.55
	Liberal	Mar Morelos	79,885	29.84
Invalid or blank votes			25,739	9.61
Total votes			267,755	100.00
	NPC hold

Congressional elections

First district

Incumbent Sherwin "Win" Gatchalian ran for the Senate and won. His brother, Weslie ran against former Councilor Ritche Cuadra.

2016 Valenzuela congressional First District election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Weslie T. Gatchalian	92,541	74.26
	Liberal	Ritche D. Cuadra	22,246	17.85
	PBM	Victor Reponia	336	0.27
Invalid or blank votes			9,491	7.62
Total votes			124,614	100.00
	NPC hold

Second district

Incumbent Magtanggol Gunigundo is term-limited and running for Mayor. His wife Adelma is running against Vice Mayor Eric Martinez.

2016 Valenzuela congressional Second District election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Eric M. Martinez	86,069	60.13
	Liberal	Adelma Yang-Gunigundo	44,045	30.77
Invalid or blank votes			13,027	9.10
Total votes			143,141	100.00
	PDP–Laban gain from Lakas

City council elections

First (left) and second(right) legislative districts of Valenzuela.

The voters in the city are set to elect six councilors on the district where they are living, hence registered. Candidates are voted separately so there are chances where winning candidates will have unequal number of votes and may come from different political parties.

Summary

Summary of City Council Election
Party		Mayoral/vice mayoral candidate [Number of candidates]	Total votes		Total seats
Party		Mayoral/vice mayoral candidate [Number of candidates]	Total	%	Seats before (2013)	Seats after (2016)	%
	Liberal	Magtanggol Gunigundo (M) [11]			2	2	16.67%
	NPC	Rexlon Gatchalian (M) [10]			8	8	66.67%
	PDP–Laban	None [1]			1	1	8.33%
	UNA	None [1]			1	1	8.33%
	Independents	Varies [3]			0	0	0.00%
Total valid votes cast				N/A
Total turnout
Total partisan seats					12	12
Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President					1	1
Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President					1	1
Total non-partisan seats					2	2
Total seats					14	14	100.0%

First district

2016 Valenzuela City First District council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Antonio R. Espiritu^TNV	77,752	12.88
	PDP–Laban	Rovin Andrew M. Feliciano^TNV	76,370	12.65
	NPC	Jennifer P. Pingree-Esplana^TNV	75,420	12.49
	NPC	Marlon Paulo D. Alejandrino^TNV	73,537	12.18
	NPC	Ricardo Ricarr C. Enriquez^TNV	68,526	11.35
	NPC	Ramon L. Encarnacion^TNV	67,827	11.23

	Liberal	Katherine C. Pineda^GM	52,879	8.76
	Independent	Rey Junio	26,454	4.38
	Liberal	Rene Trinidad^GM	26,162	4.33
	Liberal	Jojo San Diego^GM	18,110	3.00
	Liberal	Alvin Bañez^GM	14,603	2.41
	Liberal	Obet Bartolome^GM	11,882	1.96
	Liberal	Waldo Estrella^GM	10,908	1.80
	Independent	Felix Caracas	3,023	0.50
Total votes			124,614	100.00

Second district

2016 Valenzuela City Second District council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Kimberly Ann D. Galang^TNV	94,520	12.86
	NPC	Crissha Charee M. Pineda^[2]^TNV	93,266	12.69
	NPC	Lailanie P. Nolasco^TNV	90,913	12.37
	Liberal	Rosalie D. Esteban^GM	73,475	9.99
	UNA	Kristian Rome T. Sy^TNV	68,288	9.29
	Liberal	Maria Cecilia V. Mayo^GM	63,504	8.64

	NPC	Niña Lopez^TNV	61,903	8.42
	NPC	Sel Sabino^TNV	51,752	7.04
	Liberal	Rizalino "Bong" Ferrer^GM	45,162	6.14
	Independent	Philip Sabino^GM	33,602	4.57
	Liberal	Danilo "Bungyaw" Canda^GM	26,735	3.63
	Liberal	Jefferson Davis L. Uy^GM	25,874	3.52
	Independent	Pablo L. Hernandez III	5,774	0.78
Total votes			143,141	100.00

References

Notes

^GM Part of the primary opposition coalition named Team Gobyernong Maasikaso.
^TNV Part of the administration coalition named Team Tayo na, Valenzuela!.

^ ^a ^b Rappler.com (October 16, 2015). "Who is running in Metro Manila - 2016 Elections". Rappler.com. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
^ philstar.com (October 16, 2015). "LIVE list: Celebrity political aspirants for 2016 elections". The Philippine Star. Retrieved December 23, 2015.

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