# 2016 Zamboanga City local elections

Local elections were held in Zamboanga 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, and eight councilors per district.

## Retiring and term-limited elective officials

* Luis Biel III, incumbent District I councilor, term-limited in 2016
* Cesar Jimenez, Jr., incumbent District I councilor, term-limited in 2016
* Melchor Sadain, incumbent District I councilor, term-limited in 2016
* Rogelio Valesco, Jr., incumbent District I councilor, term-limited in 2016
* Eduardo Saavedra, incumbent District II councilor, term-limited in 2016

## Results

The candidates for district representative, mayor, and vice mayor, with the highest number of votes, wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore they may be of different parties when elected.

### House of Representatives election
#### 1st District

Incumbent Congressman Celso Lobregat is running for reelection.
2016 Philippine House of Representatives election at Zamboanga City's 1st district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | LDP | Celso Lobregat (incumbent) | 62,218 | 52.5 |
| | NPC | Crisanto "Monsi" Dela Cruz | 36,150 | 30.3 |
| | Independent | Cesar Climaco | 15,540 | 13.0 |
| | Independent | Abdulbasir Yasin "Deejay" Tamsilani | 2,881 | 2.4 |
| | PDP–Laban | Taib Nasaron | 1,872 | 1.6 |
| | Independent | Elmer Pangan | 372 | 0.3 |
| | PBM | Anito Tilos | 145 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | 100.00 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |

#### 2nd District

District II Representative Lilia Macrohon-Nuño is running for reelection.
2016 Philippine House of Representatives election at Zamboanga City's 2nd district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | NPC | Mannix Dalipe | 69,100 | 55.3 |
| | Nacionalista | Lilia Macrohon-Nuño (incumbent) | 48,497 | 39.2 |
| | PDP–Laban | Abdul Karim Ladjamatli | 3,983 | 3.2 |
| | PBM | Abu Bakar Barahama | 2,973 | 2.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | |
| | NPC gain from Nacionalista | NPC gain from Nacionalista | NPC gain from Nacionalista | NPC gain from Nacionalista |

### Mayoral elections

Incumbent Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco Salazar is running for reelection.
2016 Zamboanga City mayoral election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Beng Climaco (incumbent) | 175,599 | 69.6 |
| | Independent | Mario Yanga | 63,066 | 25.0 |
| | PDP–Laban | Alberto Cajayon | 8,766 | 3.5 |
| | Independent | Nashier Hajim | 2,983 | 1.2 |
| | PBM | Nur Sahibul | 1,819 | 0.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### Vice-mayoral elections

Incumbent Vice Mayor Cesar Iturralde is running for reelection. Although he considered to run for Congress representing District 2, Iturralde decided to back down in attempt to prevent a show-off between incumbent Mayor Beng Climaco and incumbent 1st district representative Celso Lobregat.
2016 Zamboanga City Vice Mayoral Election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Cesar Iturralde (incumbent) | 132,437 | 54.1 |
| | PDP–Laban | Melchor Rey Sadain | 74,415 | 30.4 |
| | Independent | Noning Biel | 31,244 | 12.8 |
| | PBM | Alih Andaing Adjarani | 4,701 | 1.9 |
| | Independent | Long Tagayan | 2,172 | 0.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### City Council elections

Each of Zamboanga City's two legislative districts elects eight councilors to the City Council. The eight candidates with the highest number of votes wins the seats per district.
| Party | Party | Party leader | Total votes | Total votes | Total seats | Total seats |
| Party | Party | Party leader | Total | % | Total | % |
| | LDP | Celso Lobregat | | | 7 | 36.8% |
| | Liberal | Maria Isabelle Climaco Salazar | | | 6 | 31.6% |
| | UNA | Juan Climaco Elago II | | | 3 | 15.7% |
| | Independents | Varies | | | 0 | 0.0% |
| Total valid votes cast | Total valid votes cast | Total valid votes cast | | N/A | | |
| Total turnout | Total turnout | Total turnout | | | | |
| Total partisan seats | Total partisan seats | Total partisan seats | Total partisan seats | Total partisan seats | 16 | 84.2% |
| Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President | Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President | Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President | Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President | Seat for Association of Barangay Captains President | 1 | 5.2% |
| Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President | Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President | Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President | Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President | Seat for Association of Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen President | 1 | 5.2% |
| Seat for Mandatory Representative for Indigenous Peoples | Seat for Mandatory Representative for Indigenous Peoples | Seat for Mandatory Representative for Indigenous Peoples | Seat for Mandatory Representative for Indigenous Peoples | Seat for Mandatory Representative for Indigenous Peoples | 1 | 5.2% |
| Total non-partisan seats | Total non-partisan seats | Total non-partisan seats | Total non-partisan seats | Total non-partisan seats | 3 | 15.7% |
| Total seats | Total seats | Total seats | Total seats | Total seats | 19 | 100.0% |

#### 1st District

Council election at Zamboanga City's 1st district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Rodolfo Bayot (incumbent) | 72,684 |
| | Liberal | Josephine Pareja (incumbent) | 66,154 |
| | Liberal | Cesar Jimenez, Sr. | 64,163 |
| | LDP | Charlie Mariano (incumbent) | 60,246 |
| | Liberal | Elbert Atilano | 55,649 |
| | LDP | Myra Paz Abubakar (incumbent) | 52,820 |
| | LDP | Rodolfo Lim | 43,888 |
| | LDP | Marxander Jaime "Boday" Cabato | 42,623 |
| | LDP | Joselito Macrohon | 39,594 |
| | Independent | King Omaga | 33,589 |
| | Liberal | Michael Kelly Tiu-Lim | 31,959 |
| | AZAP | Kaiser Adan Olaso | 29,434 |
| | Liberal | Rodrigo Pagotaisidro | 27,642 |
| | Independent | Hado Edding | 26,523 |
| | Liberal | Rey "Boy" P. Modillas | 25,140 |
| | LDP | Katala Liozo | 22,850 |
| | Independent | Abraham Sakandal | 17,165 |
| | LDP | Haj Sandag | 9,600 |
| | PBM | Yasser Amin | 8,908 |
| | KBL | Marlon Torres | 8,809 |
| | PDP–Laban | Sulaiman Sali | 7,831 |
| | Independent | Ronnie Gregorio | 7,825 |
| | KBL | Rene Salazar | 7,813 |
| | PDP–Laban | Rustan Mohammad | 6,499 |
| | KBL | Joselito Bernardo | 6,167 |
| | PBM | Jemar Barahim | 5,804 |
| | PBM | Habib Sabrie Jul | 5,281 |
| | Independent | Dan-Dan Antonio | 4,099 |
| | PBM | Zulfikar Jadjurie | 3,941 |
| | Independent | Edris Salahiron | 3,734 |
| | PBM | Datu Luis Mandiade, Sr. | 3,629 |
| | PDP–Laban | Nard Dolloso | 3,583 |
| | PDP–Laban | Nicole Anne Hapas | 2,792 |
| | PBM | Ibnohajar Binang | 2,684 |
| | PDP–Laban | Hams Ferwin Bernal | 2,613 |
| | PBM | Nihang Arkan | 2,532 |
| | Independent | Ramada Jose | 2,257 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | |

#### 2nd District

Council election at Zamboanga City's 2nd district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | UNA | Juan Climaco Elago II (incumbent) | 63,123 |
| | LDP | Miguel Alavar III (incumbent) | 55,990 |
| | UNA | Rommel Agan (incumbent) | 55,006 |
| | LDP | Benjamin Guingona IV (incumbent) | 54,617 |
| | Liberal | Jimmy Villaflores | 51,473 |
| | UNA | Jihan Edding | 49,057 |
| | LDP | Lilibeth Nuño | 45,892 |
| | Liberal | Teodyver Arquiza | 45,732 |
| | Liberal | Roel Natividad (incumbent) | 39,315 |
| | LDP | Percival Ramos (incumbent) | 39,156 |
| | Liberal | Ramon Saavedra | 38,480 |
| | LDP | Rey Candido | 34,739 |
| | Independent | Fred Atilano | 31,601 |
| | AZAP | Vincent Paul Elago (incumbent) | 26,132 |
| | Liberal | Rudy Quinday | 24,990 |
| | LDP | Kit Barredo | 24,208 |
| | Independent | Abelardo Climaco, Jr. | 22,783 |
| | Independent | Efren Perez | 15,766 |
| | Independent | Gerasimo Acuña | 13,910 |
| | LDP | Agustin Graciano, Jr. | 10,990 |
| | PBM | Hadji Jhay Abdulkahil | 10,869 |
| | Independent | Quirico Duterte, Jr. | 10,574 |
| | PDP–Laban | Pendatun Talib | 8,789 |
| | PBM | Abdilla Jamhali | 8,501 |
| | NPC | MM Lozano | 7,798 |
| | PBM | Alsim Kasim | 7,310 |
| | PDP–Laban | Albino Perez | 6,989 |
| | PBM | Jonatahan Roxas | 5,962 |
| | PBM | Jumahalia Amiradjam | 5,701 |
| | PDP–Laban | Hussayin Arpa | 4,396 |
| | PBM | Sonny Boy Hussein | 3,840 |
| | PDP–Laban | Dorita Ortega | 3,508 |
| | PDP–Laban | Robinson Wee | 2,774 |
| | PDP–Laban | Florinda Teves | 2,630 |
| | PDP–Laban | Rosemary Beldan | 2,472 |
| | PBM | Arola Tingkong | 2,292 |
| | PBM | Arsadap Asta | 1,661 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | |