# 2016 Parañaque local elections

Local elections were 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

Mayor Edwin Olivarez ran for re-election unopposed.
Vice Mayor Jose Enrico "Rico" Golez ran for re-election. He faced Jeremy Marquez, the son of former city mayor Joselito "Joey" Marquez.
First District Rep. Eric Olivarez ran for re-election against Vic Celeridad.
Second District Rep. Gustavo "Gus" Tambunting ran for re-election against former Rep. Jose Roilo Golez.
Celebrities and prominent personalities will also try to get a seat in the city council. This includes dancer Bok 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.

## Results

Names written in bold-Italic are the re-elected incumbents while in italic are incumbents lost in elections.

### For Mayor

Mayor Edwin Olivarez was re-elected unopposed.
Parañaque Mayoralty Election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Edwin Olivarez | 193,925 | 100.00% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 193,925 | 100.00% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### Vice Mayor

Vice Mayor Jose Enrico "Rico" Golez defeated Jeremy Marquez in a tight election.
Parañaque Vice Mayoralty Election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Jose Enrico “Rico” Golez | 119,819 | 55.40% |
| | Nacionalista | Jeremy Marquez | 94,295 | 43.60% |
| | NUP | Zandro Mate | 2,135 | 0.98 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 216,249 | 100.00% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### For Representative
#### First District

Rep. Eric Olivarez was re-elected.
Congressional Elections in Parañaque's First District :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Eric Olivarez | 79,760 | 97.26% |
| | UNA | Vic Celeridad | 2,243 | 2.73% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 82,003 | 100.00% |

#### Second District

Rep. Gustavo Tambunting won over former Rep. Jose Roilo Golez in a tight election.
Congressional Elections in Parañaque's Second District :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | UNA | Gustavo “Gus” Tambunting | 64,545 | 50.58% |
| | Independent | Jose Roilo Golez | 61,493 | 48.19% |
| | Independent | Pacifico Rosal | 881 | 0.69% |
| | Lakas | Pete Montaño | 666 | 0.52% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 127,585 | 100.00% |

### City Councilors
#### First District

City Council Election in Parañaque's First District :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Roselle Nava | 58,130 | 10.09% |
| | Liberal | Brilliante "Bok" Inciong | 57,475 | 9.98% |
| | Liberal | Ricardo "Eric" Baes | 56,207 | 9.76% |
| | Liberal | Joan Villafuerte-Densing | 54,555 | 9.47% |
| | Liberal | Vandolph Quizon | 42,767 | 7.42% |
| | PMP | Jose Maria "Jomari" Yllana | 41,861 | 7.26% |
| | Liberal | Marvin Santos | 41,638 | 7.23% |
| | Liberal | Pablo Gabriel Jr. | 39,551 | 6.86% |
| | PMP | Julius Anthony "Jun" Zaide | 39,172 | 6.80% |
| | Liberal | Vincent Ace Mangosing | 35,453 | 6.15% |
| | Nacionalista | Jaime Delos Santos | 28,019 | 4.86% |
| | PMP | Hubert Webb | 27,099 | 4.70% |
| | PMP | Edward Co | 19,149 | 3.32% |
| | PMP | Benito Aragon | 12,346 | 2.13% |
| | PMP | Angel Delfin | 5,829 | 1.01% |
| | PGP | Danilo Lopez | 5,141 | 0.89% |
| | Lakas | Ruel Andaluz | 4,309 | 0.74% |
| | NUP | Nick Frisco | 2,752 | 0.47% |
| | Lakas | Elvis Tambolero | 2,505 | 0.43% |
| | Lakas | Danny Talam | 1,882 | 0.32% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 575,840 | 100.00% |

#### Second District

City Council Elections in Parañaque's Second District :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Vincent Kenneth "Binky" Favis | 83,084 | 10.21% |
| | NPC | Viktor Eriko "Wahoo" Sotto | 79,757 | 9.80% |
| | PMP | John Ryan Yllana | 76,352 | 9.39% |
| | Liberal | Edwin "Bong" Benzon | 74,672 | 9.18% |
| | PDP–Laban | Merlie "Miles" Antipuesto | 72,128 | 8.87% |
| | Liberal | Giovanni "Juvan" Esplana | 68,811 | 8.46% |
| | Liberal | Jacqueline "Jackie" Bustamante-Mendoza | 67,993 | 8.36% |
| | Liberal | Maritess "Tess" De Asis | 67,040 | 8.24% |
| | UNA | Kenneth Amurao | 63,475 | 7.80% |
| | UNA | Yeng Bernabe | 56,313 | 6.92% |
| | UNA | Daniel Santos | 32,611 | 4.01% |
| | UNA | Rudy Avila | 13,147 | 1.61% |
| | UNA | Manolito Zulueta | 9,753 | 1.19% |
| | UNA | Michael Antonio Bello | 8,868 | 1.09% |
| | UNA | Jerry Ong | 7,841 | 0.96% |
| | UNA | Ronald Macaraig | 7,826 | 0.96% |
| | PGP | Armando Razonable | 6,572 | 0.80% |
| | PGP | Vien Lawrence Gabato | 6,483 | 0.79% |
| | PGP | Frances Soliven-Quebec | 6,399 | 0.77% |
| | PGP | Dorotheo Sayajon | 3,977 | 0.48% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 813,102 | 100.00% |