2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Western Visayas

Elections were held in Western Visayas for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 9, 2016.^[1]

Summary[edit]

Party		Popular vote	Seats won	Change
	Liberal	904,091	7	1
	NPC	287,102	2	2
	NUP	226,827	2	1
	UNA	215,911	0	1
	Nacionalista	124,686	0
	Independent	69,565	0	1
	LM	3,748	0
	KBL	1,093	0
Valid votes		1,833,023	11
Invalid votes		353,696
Turnout		2,186,719
Registered voters

Aklan[edit]

Teodorico Haresco Jr. is the incumbent. He is running against former governor Carlito Marquez.^[2]

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Aklan's Lone district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Carlito Marquez	137,144	52.37
	Nacionalista	Teodorico Haresco Jr.	124,686	47.62
Invalid or blank votes			35,289
Total votes			297,119
	NPC gain from Nacionalista

Antique[edit]

Paolo Everardo Javier is the incumbent.^[3]

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Antique's Lone district
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Paolo Everardo Javier	120,096
	UNA	Raymundo Roquero	86,727
	NPC	Robert Delfin	11,060
	Independent	Junior Combong	3,791
	LM	Narzal Mallares	3,748
	Independent	Rodelio Pidoy	1,700
	KBL	Antero Villaflor	1,093
Invalid or blank votes			46,624
Total votes			274,839

Capiz[edit]

Each of Capiz's two legislative districts will elect each representative to the House of Representatives. The candidate with the highest number of votes wins the seat.

1st District[edit]

Antonio Del Rosario is the incumbent but ineligible for reelection. Instead, he ran for governor.^[4]

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Capiz' 1st District
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Emmanuel Billones Sr.	103,872
	UNA	Medardo Pestaño	28,639
Invalid or blank votes			68,110
Total votes			200,621

2nd District[edit]

Fredenil Castro is the incumbent and running unopposed.^[5]

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Capiz' 2nd District
Party		Candidate	Votes
	NUP	Fredenil Castro	118,433
Invalid or blank votes			63,800
Total votes			182,233
	NUP hold

Guimaras[edit]

Joaquin Carlos Rahman A. Nava is the incumbent. His party nominated his wife Ma. Lucille Nava for the seat governor Carlito Marquez.^[6]

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Guimaras' Lone district
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ma. Lucille Nava	50,922
	UNA	Henry Babiera	31,738
	NPC	Vicente de Asis	3,005
Invalid or blank votes			6,824
Total votes			92,489

Iloilo[edit]

Each of Iloilo's five legislative districts will elect each representative to the House of Representatives. The candidate with the highest number of votes wins the seat.^[7]

1st District[edit]

Oscar "Richard" Garin, Jr. is the incumbent.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Iloilo's 1st District
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Oscar Garin Jr.	133,811
	NPC	Gerardo Flores	18,283
Invalid or blank votes			19,267
Total votes			171,361

2nd District[edit]

Arcadio Gorriceta is the incumbent.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Iloilo's 2nd District
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arcadio Gorriceta	99,957
	UNA	June Mondejar	41,585
Invalid or blank votes			14,032
Total votes			155,574

3rd District[edit]

Arthur Defensor Jr. is the incumbent and running unopposed.^[7]

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Iloilo's 3rd District
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Defensor Jr.	148,941
Invalid or blank votes			38,616
Total votes			187,557
	Liberal hold

4th District[edit]

Hernan G. Biron Jr. is the incumbent but he is not seeking for reelection. His party nominated former congressman Ferjenel Biron.^[7]

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Iloilo's 4th District
Party		Candidate	Votes
	NUP	Ferjenel Biron	108,394
	Independent	Rita Monfort-Bautista	63,465
	Independent	Felicito Dolar Jr.	609
Invalid or blank votes			16,182
Total votes			188,650

5th District[edit]

Neil Tupas, Jr. is the incumbent but ineligible for reelection. He is running for vice-governor instead.^[8] His party nominated his wife Yvonne Angeli Tupas, who is also running against his brother, incumbent vice governor Raul Tupas.^[7]

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Iloilo's 5th District
Party		Candidate	Votes
	NPC	Raul Tupas	117,610
	Liberal	Yvonne Angeli Tupas	79,833
Invalid or blank votes			20,054
Total votes			217,497

Iloilo City[edit]

Jerry Treñas is the incumbent.

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Iloilo City's Lone District
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Geronimo "Jerry" Perez Treñas	166,659
	UNA	Daniel Cartagena	27,222
Invalid or blank votes			24,898
Total votes			218,779

References[edit]

^ "List of Local Candidates for Verification". COMELEC. January 22, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
^ "Elections 2016 - List of Local Candidates in the Province of Aklan". COMELEC. October 30, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
^ "Elections 2016 - List of Local Candidates in the Province of Antique". COMELEC. October 30, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
^ "Elections 2016 - List of Local Candidates in the Province of Capiz". COMELEC. October 30, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
^ "3 LP bets in Capiz unopposed". Balita.ph. October 30, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
^ Nestor P. Burgos Jr. (October 15, 2015). "Wife seeks to Take Over post of Guimaras congressman Nava". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Florence F. Hibionada (October 17, 2015). "Who's running in Iloilo province". The Daily Guardian. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
^ "Elections 2016 - List of Local Candidates in the Province of Iloilo". COMELEC. October 30, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2016.

External links[edit]

Official COMELEC results 2016
COMELEC - Official website of the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC)
NAMFREL - Official website of National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL)
PPCRV - Official website of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV)

[list-1] "List of Local Candidates for Verification". COMELEC. January 22, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2016.

[2] "Elections 2016 - List of Local Candidates in the Province of Aklan". COMELEC. October 30, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2016.

[3] "Elections 2016 - List of Local Candidates in the Province of Antique". COMELEC. October 30, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2016.

[4] "Elections 2016 - List of Local Candidates in the Province of Capiz". COMELEC. October 30, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2016.

[5] "3 LP bets in Capiz unopposed". Balita.ph. October 30, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2016.

[6] Nestor P. Burgos Jr. (October 15, 2015). "Wife seeks to Take Over post of Guimaras congressman Nava". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 30, 2016.

[wv-7] Florence F. Hibionada (October 17, 2015). "Who's running in Iloilo province". The Daily Guardian. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2016.

[8] "Elections 2016 - List of Local Candidates in the Province of Iloilo". COMELEC. October 30, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2016.

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