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Siquijor local elections, 2016

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← 2013
  
May 9, 2016

Mei Ling Quezon
  
Arturo Pacatang

15,481
  
3,888

Start date
  
May 9, 2016

Orlando Fua
  
Claire Bulahan-Lucero

31,708
  
15,481

60.02%
  
29.30%

Winner
  
Zaldy Villa

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.

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

The total number of registered voters in the province is 68,988.

Lone District, Congressman

  • City: none
  • Municipality: Enrique Villanueva, Larena, Lazi, Maria, San Juan, Siquijor
  • Population (2010): 91,066
  • Marie Anne Pernes (LP) is the incumbent. Parties are stated in their certificates of candidacy.

    Governor

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

    Vice-Governor

    Fernando "Dingdong" Avanzado (LP) is the incumbent. However, he is not seeking for reelection.

    1st District

  • Municipalities: Enrique Villanueva, Larena, Siquijor
  • Parties are as stated in their certificates of candidacy.

    2nd District

  • Municipalities: Maria, Lazi, San Juan
  • Parties are as stated in their certificates of candidacy.

    Municipal Election Results

    All municipalities of Siquijor elected mayor, vice-mayor and councilors this election. The mayor and vice mayor with the highest amount 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.

    Enrique Villanueva

  • Voter Population (2016): 4,836
  • Gerold Pal-ing (LP) is the incumbent.

    Leonardo Paculba (LP) is the incumbent.

    Larena

  • Voter Population (2016): 10,393
  • Dean Villa (LP) is the incumbent.

    Cyrus Gold Calibo (LP) is the incumbent.

    Lazi

  • Voter Population (2016): 14,279
  • Orpheus Fua (Lakas–CMD) is the incumbent. However is ineligible for reelection due to term limits.

    James Monte (Independent) is term limited. He is running for mayor.

    Maria

  • Voter Population (2016): 10,079
  • Meynard Asok (LP) is the incumbent.

    Orlando Fernando (Independent) is the incumbent.

    San Juan

  • Voter Population (2016): 10,037
  • Wilfredo Capundag Jr. (NUP) is the incumbent.

    Lillian Fe Sumalpong (Independent) is the incumbent.

    Siquijor

  • Voter Population (2016): 19,364
  • Mei Ling Quezon (LP) is term limited. She is running for vice-governor.

    Richard Quezon (LP) is term limited. He is running for mayor.

    References

    Siquijor local elections, 2016 Wikipedia