# 2016 Pasay local elections

Local elections were held in Pasay 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, six of them in the two districts of the city.

## Background

Mayor Antonino “Tony” Calixto was on his second term, and he ran for re-election for third term under Liberal Party. His opponents were:
* Former Representative, Dr. Jose Antonio “Lito” Roxas
* businessman Jorge Del Rosario
* Romulo Marcelo
* Pastor de Castro
* Albert Bañez.
Former Rep. Roxas' namesake, independent candidate Joselito "Lito" Roxas, who also bear the same name of his in the ballot, also ran.
Vice Mayor Marlon Pesebre was on his second term, and he ran for third term under the United Nationalist Alliance. His opponent was Pasay's BPLO Sec. Noel "Boyet" Del Rosario.
Rep. Imelda "Emi" Calixto-Rubiano was on her second term, and she ran for re-election for third term under the Liberal Party. Her opponents were:
* Atty. Santiago "Sonny" Quial of the Nationalist People's Coalition, Former Acting City Administrator
* Atty. Jose Allan "Bong" Tebelin, independent candidate
* Deo Laguipo, independent candidate
The major coalitions was Team Dr. Roxas, a major opposition team, which is composed of Nationalist People's Coalition, United Nationalist Alliance, Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan, Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino and Akbayan. Team Calixto is the administration coalition of Pasay under Liberal Party.

## Candidates
### Administration's Ticket
#### Team Calixto

Liberal Party/Team Calixto :
| Name | Party |
| For House Of Representative |||
| Emi Calixto-Rubiano | Liberal |
| For Mayor |||
| Tony Calixto | Liberal |
| For Vice Mayor |||
| Boyet Del Rosario | Liberal |
| For Councilor (1st District) |||
| Jerome Advincula | Liberal |
| Abet Alvina | Liberal |
| Mark Calixto | Liberal |
| Tonya Cuneta | Liberal |
| Margie Molina | Liberal |
| Ding Santos | Liberal |
| For Councilor (2nd District) |||
| Moti Arceo | Liberal |
| Joey Calixto Isidro | Liberal |
| Wowee Manguerra | Liberal |
| Aileen Padua | Liberal |
| Rey Padua Jr. | Liberal |
| Donna Vendivel | Liberal |

### Opposition's Ticket
#### Team Roxas

United Nationalist Alliance/Team Reporma/Team Roxas/United Opposition :
| Name | Party |
| For House Of Representatives |||
| Atty. Sonny Quial | Independent |
| For Mayor |||
| Dr. Lito Roxas | UNA |
| For Vice Mayor |||
| Marlon Pesebre | NPC |
| For Councilor (1st District) |||
| Pat Ibay | Akbayan |
| Ariel Pesebre | NPC |
| Bing Petallo | UNA |
| Jenny Roxas | UNA |
| Tino Santos | NPC |
| Nelfa Trinidad | UNA |
| For Councilor (2nd District) |||
| Ileana Ibay | Akbayan |
| Allan Panaligan | PMP |
| Bong Tolentino | PDP–Laban |
| Guest Candidates |||
| Jimboy Baliad | Independent |
| Onie Bayona | UNA |
| Ramon Yabut | PRP |

#### Team Pag-asa

Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/Team Pag-asa/Team Jorge del Rosario :
| Name | Party |
| For House Of Representatives |||
| Jose Bong Tebelin | Independent |
| For Mayor |||
| Jorge Del Rosario | PDP–Laban |
| For Councilor (1st District) |||
| Lolita Miranda | PDP–Laban |
| For Councilor (2nd District) |||
| Zyrus Ronn Bernasor | PDP–Laban |
| Christopher Tan | PDP–Laban |
| Ramon Yabut | PRP |

## Results

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

### For Representative

Rep. Imelda Calixto-Rubiano defeated former Acting City Administrator Santiago "Sonny" Quial, Jose Allan "Bong" Tebelin, and Deo Laguipo.
Congressional Elections in Pasay's Lone District :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Imelda Calixto-Rubiano | 140,774 | 80.52 |
| | Independent | Santiago "Sonny" Quial | 30,890 | 17.66 |
| | Independent | Jose Allan “Bong” Tebelin | 1,929 | 1.10 |
| | Independent | Deo Laguipo | 1,265 | 0.72 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 174,828 | 100.00 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
Popular vote percentage
Calixto-Rubiano
80.52%
Quial
17.66%
Tebelin
1.10%
Laguipo
0.72% :

### For Mayor

Mayor Antonino "Tony" Calixto defeated his closest rival former Rep. Jose Antonio “Lito” Roxas.
Pasay Mayoral Elections :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Antonino "Tony" Calixto | 113,751 | 62.28 |
| | UNA | Jose Antonio “Lito” Roxas | 42,694 | 23.38 |
| | Independent | Joselito "Lito" Roxas | 13,526 | 7.41 |
| | PDP–Laban | Jorge del Rosario | 10,580 | 5.79 |
| | Independent | Pastor "Daddy Jo" de Castro Jr. | 943 | 0.52 |
| | Independent | Albert Bañez | 756 | 0.41 |
| | Independent | Romulo “Rome” Marcelo | 381 | 0.21 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 182,631 | 100.00 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
Popular vote percentage
Calixto
62.28%
Roxas
23.38%
Roxas
7.41%
Del Rosario
5.79%
De Castro
0.52%
Bañez
0.41%
Marcelo
0.21% :

### For Vice Mayor

Vice Mayor Marlon Pesebre was defeated by BPLO Sec. Noel "Boyet" Del Rosario.
Pasay Vice Mayoral Elections :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Noel "Boyet" Del Rosario | 94,829 | 53.69 |
| | NPC | Marlon Pesebre | 81,799 | 46.31 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 176,628 | 100.00 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
Popular vote percentage
Del Rosario
53.69%
Pesebre
46.31% :

### For Councilors
#### First District

Only Alberto "Abet" Alvina was re-elected incumbent. Newly elected and returning councilors were:
* NEWLY ELECTED: Mark Anthony Calixto, son of Mayor Antonino "Tony" Calixto.
* NEWLY ELECTED: Jerome Advincula, son of term-limited Councilor Richard Advincula, replaced his father.
* RETURNING: Former Liga ng Barangay President and former Councilor Ma. Antonia Cuneta, daughter-in-law of former Mayor Pablo Cuneta and wife of former Liga ng Barangay President Generoso Cuneta.
* NEWLY ELECTED: Ricardo "Ding" Santos, who was a former mayoral and vice mayoral candidate in several previous elections and the former security aide of former Mayor Pablo Cuneta, was elected as one of the newly posted councilor of the district.
* NEWLY ELECTED: Consertino "Tino" Santos replaced his wife, term-limited Councilor Mary Grace Santos.
Losing incumbents and former councilors were:
* INCUMBENT Councilor Jennifer "Jenny" Roxas, wife of mayoral candidate and former Rep. Jose Antonio "Lito" Roxas, 7th.
* FORMER Councilor Ma. Luisa "Bing" Petallo, 13th.
Nelfa Delfin-Trinidad, former City First Lady and wife of the late former Mayor Wenceslao "Peewee" Trinidad, 12th.
City Council Elections in Pasay's First District :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Mark Anthony Calixto | 51,369 |
| | Liberal | Jerome Advincula | 45,986 |
| | Liberal | Ma. Antonia "Tonya" Cuneta | 41,835 |
| | Liberal | Alberto "Abet" Alvina | 36,994 |
| | Liberal | Ricardo "Ding" Santos | 35,796 |
| | NPC | Consertino "Tino" Santos | 34,291 |
| | UNA | Jennifer Roxas | 33,798 |
| | NPC | Ariel Pesebre | 32,409 |
| | Independent | Ron Jay Advincula | 29,946 |
| | Akbayan | Pat Ibay | 27,066 |
| | Liberal | Margarita "Margie" Molina | 26,068 |
| | UNA | Nelfa Trinidad | 20,340 |
| | UNA | Maria Luisa "Bing" Petallo | 13,789 |
| | PDP–Laban | Lolita Miranda | 10,233 |
| | Independent | Eleazar "Boyet" Garpa | 8,473 |
| | Independent | Jon Bautista | 6,441 |
| | KBL | Alex Canon | 1,969 |
| | Independent | Oscar Ng | 1,689 |
| | Independent | Joe Sato | 1,484 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | |

#### Second District

Three of the six incumbents were re-elected:
* Arnel "Moti" Arceo
* Allan Panaligan
* Aileen Padua-Lopez
Other incumbents were:
* LOST: Arvin "Bong" Tolentino ran and lost, placing 7th.
* TERM-LIMITED: Ian Vendivel, replaced by his wife, Donnabel.
* TERM-LIMITED: Reynaldo "Rey" Padua Sr.,replaced by Reynaldo Jr. but lost, placing 8th.
Newly elected councilors were:
* Donnabel Vendivel, who replaced his husband Ian Vendivel who was term-limited.
* businesswoman Edith "Wowee" Manguerra, owner of Wowee Market along Taft Avenue.
* Jose "Joey" Isidro Jr. Isidro, nephew of siblings Rep.Emi" Calixto-Rubiano and Mayor Antonino "Tony" Calixto.
Former Councilors Ileana Ibay and Noel "Onie" Bayona failed to seek city council comeback, placing 10th and 9th, respectively.
City Council Elections in Pasay's Second District :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Arnel Regino "Moti" Arceo | 50,866 |
| | PMP | Allan Panaligan | 46,893 |
| | Liberal | Edith "Wowee" Manguerra | 46,459 |
| | Liberal | Jose "Joey" Isidro Jr. | 42,579 |
| | Liberal | Donnabel Vendivel | 41,790 |
| | Liberal | Aileen Padua-Lopez | 39,693 |
| | PDP–Laban | Arvin "Bong" Tolentino | 38,847 |
| | Liberal | Reynaldo Padua Jr. | 31,163 |
| | UNA | Noel "Onie" Bayona | 29,928 |
| | Akbayan | Ileana Ibay | 27,053 |
| | Independent | Jimboy Baliad | 24,097 |
| | Independent | Danilo "Danny" Cuneta | 14,354 |
| | Independent | Col. Reynaldo "Rey" Ulic | 9,908 |
| | Independent | Edgar "Eddie" Monton | 4,319 |
| | KBL | Reynold "RC" Campo | 3,894 |
| | Independent | Ricardo "Ric" Suva Jr. | 2,994 |
| | Independent | Rolando "Rolly" Bacar | 2,941 |
| | PDP–Laban | Zyrus Ronn Bernasor | 2,822 |
| | Independent | Dedick "Dicky" Enriquez | 2,145 |
| | Independent | Weng Estrella | 2,123 |
| | PRP | Ramon Yabut | 2,045 |
| | PDP–Laban | Christopher Tan | 1,903 |
| | Independent | Rafael Marcelo | 1,626 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | |