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Local elections will be held in Parañaque 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, the congressman, and the councilors, eight of them in the two districts of the city.
Background
Incumbent City Mayor Edwin Olivarez will be seeking a reelection this 2016 election, running under the Liberal Party unopposed.
Jeremy Marquez, the son of former city mayor Joey Marquez will be running for vice mayor against Olivarez's runningmate and incumbent vice mayor Rico Golez.
Celebrities and prominent personalities will also try to get a seat in the city council. This includes dancer Brilliante Inciong of Masculados, comedians Ryan Yllana and Vandolph Quizon, singer Roselle Nava, actor Jomari Yllana, basketball coach Binky Favis, and Hubert Webb, who is known to be the primary mastermind in the 1991 Vizconde Massacre.