# 2016 Marikina local elections

Local elections were held in Marikina on May 9, 2016, as part of the Philippine general election. Held concurrently with the national elections, the electorate voted to elect a mayor, a vice mayor, sixteen city council members and two district representatives to congress. Those elected took their respective offices on June 30, 2016, for a three-year-long term. 181,019 out of 217,711 registered voters voted in this election.
Outgoing Representative Marcelino Teodoro was elected to the mayoralty, defeating incumbent mayor Del De Guzman. In a rematch for the vice mayoralty, Jose Fabian Cadiz was re-elected for a third term as mayor, defeating former vice mayor Marion Andres. The Liberal Party, despite losing the mayoralty maintained their majority in the City Council, winning 12 seats in the legislature. The Nationalist People's Coalition gained four seats in the city council.
Bayani Fernando and Miro Quimbo were elected as the representatives for the first and second districts respectively, with the former being elected for his first term and the latter being re-elected for his third.

## Background

In the 2013 elections, Del de Guzman and Jose Fabian Cadiz were re-elected to the mayoralty and vice mayoralty respectively.

## Mayoral election

The incumbent mayor is Del De Guzman, who was re-elected in 2013 with 88.21% of the vote.
De Guzman's sole opponent is the incumbent representative from the first district Marcelino Teodoro.

### Candidates

* Del De Guzman (Liberal), Mayor of Marikina (2010 - 2016) Representative for the Lone District, then 2nd District (2001 - 2010)
* Marcelino Teodoro (NPC), Representative for the 1st District (2007 - 2016)

### Results

Marikina mayoral election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | NPC | Marcelino Teodoro | 90,810 | 50.17% |
| | Liberal | Del De Guzman (incumbent) | 85,823 | 47.41% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,987 | 2.76% |
| Valid ballots | Valid ballots | Valid ballots | 176,633 | 97.58% |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 4,386 | 2.42% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 181,019 | 100% |
| | NPC gain from Liberal | NPC gain from Liberal | NPC gain from Liberal | NPC gain from Liberal |

## Vice mayoral election

The incumbent is mayor is Jose Fabian Cadiz, who was re-elected in 2013 with 55.32% of the vote.
In a rematch, Cadiz's sole opponent is former mayor Marion Andres, who had previously challenged Cadiz for the vice mayoralty in 2013.

### Candidates

* Jose Fabian Cadiz (Liberal), Vice Mayor of Marikina (2010 - 2019)
* Marion Andres (NPC), Vice Mayor of Marikina (2001 - 2010)

### Results

Marikina Vice Mayoral election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Jose Fabian Cadiz (incumbent) | 99,122 | 54.76% |
| | NPC | Marion Andres | 69,487 | 38.39% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 29,635 | 16.37% |
| Valid ballots | Valid ballots | Valid ballots | 168,609 | 93.14% |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 12,410 | 6.86% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 181,019 | 100% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

## House of Representatives elections

Held concurrently with the local elections, two representatives from the city's congressional districts were elected to represent their respective districts in the House of Representatives. In the 2013 elections Marcelino Teodoro and Miro Quimbo were elected to represent the first and second districts respectively. Both representatives are in the majority bloc.
2016 Philippine House of Representatives Elections in Marikina :
| Party | Party | Candidates | Seats Before | Seats Won | Seat Change | Votes | Percentage |
| | Liberal Party | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 115,534 | 63.82% |
| | Nationalist People's Coalition | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 43,127 | 23.82% |
| | Independents | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 3,490 | 1.93% |
| Invalid/Blank Ballots | Invalid/Blank Ballots | Invalid/Blank Ballots | Invalid/Blank Ballots | Invalid/Blank Ballots | Invalid/Blank Ballots | 18,868 | 10.42% |
| Total | Total | 4 | 2 | 2 | | 181,019 | 100% |

### First district

The incumbent representative is Marcelino Teodoro, who was re-elected in 2013 with 89.54% of the vote. Teodoro is term-limited and challenged incumbent mayor Del De Guzman in the mayoral race.
Former Mayor and MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando was nominated by Nationalist People's Coalition to run for this seat. On the other hand the Liberal Party slated Councilor Samuel Ferriol to challenge Fernando for the seat. Ipaglaban Mo! host Jopet Sison also ran for the seat as an independent candidate.

#### Candidates

* Bayani Fernando (NPC), Mayor of Marikina (1992 - 2001) MMDA Chairman (2002 - 2009)
* Samuel Ferriol (Liberal), Councilor for the 1st District (2010 - 2019)
* Jopet Sison (Independent), Lawyer and Ipaglaban Mo! host

#### Results

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Marikina's 1st District :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | NPC | Bayani Fernando | 43,127 | 54.21% |
| | Liberal | Samuel Ferriol | 29,619 | 37.23% |
| | Independent | Jopet Sison | 3,490 | 4.39% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 13,508 | 16.98% |
| Valid ballots | Valid ballots | Valid ballots | 76,236 | 95.83% |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 3,321 | 4.17% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 79,557 | 100% |
| | NPC hold | NPC hold | NPC hold | NPC hold |

### Second district

The incumbent representative is Miro Quimbo, who was re-elected in 2013 with 88.57% of the vote. Quimbo is running unopposed.

#### Candidate

* Miro Quimbo (Liberal) Incumbent Representative (2010 - 2019)

#### Results

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Marikina's 2nd District :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Miro Quimbo | 85,915 | 84.68% |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 15,547 | 15.32% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 101,462 | 100% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

## City Council elections
### First district

Marikina 1st District council election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Eva Aguirre-Paz | 43,008 | 8.39% |
| | NPC | Leanor "Lea" Carlos | 40,338 | 7.88% |
| | Liberal | Ronnie "Kambal" Acuña | 36,678 | 7.16% |
| | NPC | Serafin "Bojie" Bernardino | 34,689 | 6.77% |
| | Liberal | Joseph Banzon | 33,422 | 6.52% |
| | Liberal | Mario De Leon | 32,113 | 6.26% |
| | Liberal | Thaddeus Antonio "Boy Bolok" Santos Jr. | 31,832 | 6.21% |
| | NPC | Manny Sarmiento | 31,357 | 6.12% |
| | Liberal | Ferdinand "Ferdie" Marco | 30,731 | 5.99% |
| | Liberal | Cloyd Casimiro | 28,731 | 5.60% |
| | PDP–Laban | Ama Almocera | 22,852 | 4.46% |
| | Liberal | Willie "Manager" Chavez | 22,845 | 4.46% |
| | NPC | Boyet Mascariña | 21,686 | 4.23% |
| | NPC | Efren Lahuc-Angeles | 20,243 | 3.95% |
| | PDP–Laban | Kenneth Lozendo | 17,924 | 3.49% |
| | Independent | Celso Mendoza | 17,913 | 3.49% |
| | NPC | Romeo "Hugo" Cruz, Jr. | 17,238 | 3.36% |
| | Independent | Boyet Llabres | 11,391 | 2.22% |
| | Independent | Doc Uro Cruz | 10,988 | 2.14% |
| | Independent | Direk Andrade | 3,929 | 0.76% |
| | Independent | Jahn Alejaga | 2,234 | 0.43% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 489,297 | 100% |

### Second district

Marikina 2nd District council election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Paul Dayao | 52,183 | 7.84% |
| | Liberal | Ruben "Bogs" Reyes | 52,015 | 7.82% |
| | Liberal | Xyza "Xhy" Diazen-Santos | 49,562 | 7.45% |
| | Liberal | Levy De Guzman | 47,102 | 7.08% |
| | Liberal | Mark Del Rosario | 46,081 | 6.93% |
| | NPC | Donn Carlo Favis | 46,007 | 6.91% |
| | Liberal | Susana "Judy" Magtubo | 41,756 | 6.28% |
| | Liberal | Ernesto Flores | 41,445 | 6.23% |
| | Liberal | Ariel Cuaresma | 41,243 | 6.20% |
| | NPC | Hilario "Larry" Punzalan | 30,721 | 4.62% |
| | NPC | Pecho Candazo | 29,707 | 4.46% |
| | NPC | Erick Habijan | 28,692 | 4.31% |
| | NPC | Elvis Tolentino | 27,583 | 4.14% |
| | NPC | Anna Cruz | 26,002 | 3.91% |
| | NPC | Rommel Ortiz | 25,677 | 3.86% |
| | Independent | Tito Ortiz | 24,019 | 3.61% |
| | NPC | Eric De Torres | 20,622 | 3.10% |
| | Independent | Roberto Ponce | 12,260 | 1.84% |
| | PBM | Socrates Tolentino | 9,953 | 1.49% |
| | Independent | Paul Lardizabal | 6,520 | 0.98% |
| | Independent | Mark Laurence Pitero | 4,123 | 0.62% |
| | KBL | Dave Salac | 1,623 | 0.24% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 664,896 | 100% |