2016 Batangas City local elections

Local elections were held in Batangas City on May 9, 2016 within the Philippine general election. The voters will elect candidates for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the congressman (which will represent Batangas' fifth district which is composed of just the city), two provincial board members, and the 12 members of its city council.

2016 Batangas mayoral election
May 9, 2016
 
Nominee Beverley Rose Dimacuha Kristine Balmes
Party Liberal PDP–Laban
Running mate N/A Emilio Francisco Berberabe, Jr.

Incumbent Mayor

Eduardo Dimacuha
Liberal


Unlike in the 2013 elections, voters of the city will be electing its first member in the House of Representatives, two representatives to the Batangas provincial board, and two more councilors thus bringing the councilors' total to 12 as opposed to the previous 10.

Background

Mayoral and Vice Mayoral elections

Incumbent Mayor Eduardo Dimacuha is running for his eighth nonconsecutive term as Mayor of Batangas. He assumed the mayorship in 1988 and until 1998. He again ran for Mayor in 2001 and was elected in 2004 and 2007. He then elected again in 2013. He will run for his tenth nonconsecutive term as Mayor without a vice mayoral candidate under the Liberal Party.

His opponent is councilor Kristine Balmes, incidentally his former daughter-in-law under the PDP–Laban.

On December 9, 2015, Dimacuha withdrew his candidacy for Mayor. Substituting him is his youngest and only daughter, Beverly Rose Dimacuha, also wife of incumbent Board Member Mario Vittorio "Marvey" Mariño. This will be the first time, that women will be battling the mayoralty post. Whoever wins will be the second female mayor next to former Mayor Vilma Dimacuha who was elected in 2010.

Candidates

District Representative

Incumbent Board Member Mario Vittorio Mariño will run for the newly created 5th District against Danilo Berberabe.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Batangas's 5th District (Lone District of Batangas City)
Party Candidate Votes %
PGP Felipe Baroja 5,587 3.69%
UNA Danilo Berberabe 46,967 31.00%
PDP–Laban Carlito Bisa 4,145 2.74%
Liberal Mario Vittorio Mariño 69,577 45.92%
Independent Hernando Perez 15,951 10.53%
Invalid or blank votes 9,284 6.13%
Total votes 151,511 100%

Provincial Board Members

Batangas 5th District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Claudette Ambida
UNA Angelito Bagui
Liberal Arthur Blanco
PDP–Laban Jose Virgilio Tolentino
Total votes

Mayor

Incumbent Mayor Eduardo Dimacuha is running for reelection. Running without his vice mayoralty partner, his opponent is incumbent councilor Kristine Balmes, incidentally his former daughter-in-law. On December 10, Mayor Dimachua withdrew his bid for reelection bid to give way to his daughter Beverley Rose Dimacuha-Mariño, wife of congressional candidate and incumbent board member Marvey Mariño.

Batangas City mayoralty elections
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP–Laban Maria Kristine Balmes 55,866 36.87%
Liberal Beverley Rose Dimacuha-Mariño 85,963 56.74%
Invalid or blank votes 9,682 6.39%
Total votes 141,829 100%

Vice Mayor

Incumbent Vice Mayor Emilio "Jun" Berberabe is running unopposed. He is Balmes' running mate.

Batangas City Vice Mayoralty Election
Party Candidate Votes %
UNA Emilio Berberabe Jr. 123,317 81.39%
Invalid or blank votes 28,194 18.61%
Total votes 151,511 100%

Team Dimacuha

Liberal Party/Team Dimacuha
NameParty
Glen Aldover Liberal
Sergie Rex Atienza Liberal
Karlos Emmanuel Buted Liberal
Nelson Chavez Nacionalista
Alyssa Renee dela Cruz-Atienza Liberal
Gerardo Dela Roca Liberal
Armando Lazarte Liberal
Oliver Macatangay Liberal
Aileen Grace Montalbo Liberal
Juan Pedro Pastor Liberal
Julian Villena Liberal

Team Balmes

PDP–Laban/Team Balmes
NameParty
Rosalina Abalos PDP–Laban
Carlos Bagon PDP–Laban
Aissa Dianne Marie Cabrera PDP–Laban
Benjamin Espina, Jr. PDP–Laban
Eduardo Garcia PDP–Laban
Zester Carlo Hernandez UNA
Raoul Mendoza PDP–Laban
Porfirio Pagsinohin PDP–Laban
2016 Batangas City Council Elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Aileen Grace Montalbo
Liberal Glenn Aldover
Liberal Sergie Rex Atienza
PGP Hamilton Blanco
Liberal Alyssa Renee dela Cruz-Atienza
Liberal Oliver Macatangay
Liberal Armando Lazarte
Liberal Karlos Emmanuel Buted
Liberal Julian Villena
Liberal Gerardo Dela Roca
NPC Nestor Dimacuha
PGP Nelson Chavez
UNA Zester Carlo Hernandez
PMP Micah Pargas
Liberal Juan Pedro Pastor
Lakas Michael Joel Guevarra
Lakas Mickel Borgas
PDP–Laban Aissa Dianne Marie Cabrera
PDP–Laban Benjamin Espina, Jr.
PDP–Laban Porfirio Pagsinohin
PDP–Laban Carlos Bagon
Lakas Frederick Cantos
PDP–Laban Rosalina Abalos
PDP–Laban Raoul Mendoza
PDP–Laban Eduardo Garcia
PGP Victorino Magpulhin
Lakas Juan William Ilagan
Lakas Zosimo Dimaandal
PMP Willord Tomulac
Total votes
PGP Belen Betonio
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