Local elections were held in

Cebu City Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu, is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 964,169 people, making ...

on May 9, 2016, within the Philippine general election. Registered voters of the city elected candidates for the following elective local posts: mayor, vice mayor, district representatives, and eight councilors for each district—there are two legislative districts in the city.

Tomas Osmeña Tomas "Tommy" de la Rama Osmeña (; born July 26, 1948) is a Filipino politician who was recently elected as the Vice Mayor of Cebu City in 2025 elections. He previously served as Mayor from 1987 to 1995, 2001 to 2010, and 2016 to 2019. He als ...

, who previously served as

Mayor of Cebu City The ''Mayor of Cebu City'' () is the chief executive of the government of Cebu City in the Philippines. The mayor leads the city's departments in executing ordinances and delivering public services. The mayorship is a three-year term and each ma ...

, defeated incumbent Michael Rama who was seeking for his third and last term by a margin of 33,894 votes.

Mayoralty and vice mayoralty elections

Mayor

Michael Rama ran for his third and last term as the

but was defeated by former Mayor

, who ran against Rama for the second time since losing to him in the 2013 elections.

Vice Mayor

Edgardo Labella Edgardo Colina Labella (; May 22, 1951 – November 19, 2021) was a Filipino politician and lawyer who served as the mayor of Cebu City from 2019 until his death in 2021. Prior to becoming mayor, he was the city's vice mayor from 2013 to 2019 ...

ran for his second term as the Vice Mayor of Cebu City and defeated incumbent Cebu City Councilor for the North District

Nestor Archival Nestor Dionson Archival Sr. (born June 2, 1958) is a Filipino politician, engineer, businessman, and environmentalist who is the mayor-elect of Cebu City, following the 2025 Cebu City local elections. Before being elected mayor, he had served ...

District representatives

1st District

Raul del Mar Raul Veloso del Mar (March 20, 1941 – November 16, 2020) was a Filipino politician who served as the Representative of Cebu City's 1st district three times: from 1987 to 1998, from 2001 to 2010, and from 2013 until his death in 2020. He w ...

ran for his second term, and won.

2nd District

Rodrigo Abellanosa Rodrigo "Bebot" Abellana Abellanosa (born December 2, 1961) is a Filipino politician who served as the representative for the 2nd district (south district) of Cebu City from 2013 to 2022. He was a member of the Cebu City Council representing ...

ran for his second term, and won.

City Council

Incumbents The incumbent is the current holder of an office or position. In an election, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the position that is up for election, regardless of whether they are seeking re-election. There may or may not be a ...

are expressed in italics. Number indicates the ballot number assigned for the candidates by the

Commission on Elections An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of electioneering process of any country. The formal names of election commissions vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and may be styled an electoral commission, a c ...

(COMELEC).

By ticket

Liberal Party/ Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan

United Nationalist Alliance/ Barug Team Rama

Nacionalista Party

Kilusang Bagong Lipunan

Philippine Green Republican Party

Independents

By district

1st District

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2nd District

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References

{{Central Visayas elections 2016 Philippine local elections Elections in Cebu City