Local elections were held in

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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

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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 Marcelino "Marcy" Reyes Teodoro (born August 2, 1970) is a Filipino politician and former publisher who is the representative-elect for Marikina's first district. He previously held the seat from 2007 to 2016 and has served as the mayor of Mar ...

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

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. The

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, 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.

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and

Miro Quimbo Romero Federico Saenz "Miro" Quimbo (born December 12, 1969) is a Filipino politician who is the representative-elect for Marikina's second district, a seat he previously held from 2010 to 2019. A graduate of University of the Philippines Dili ...

were elected as the representatives for the

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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

Candidates

* Del De Guzman ( Liberal), Mayor of Marikina (2010 - 2016) Representative for the Lone District, then 2nd District (2001 - 2010) *

( NPC), Representative for the 1st District (2007 - 2016)

Results

Vice mayoral election

The incumbent vice 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

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.

First district

The incumbent representative is

, 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

was nominated by

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to run for this seat. On the other hand the Liberal Party slated Councilor Samuel Ferriol to challenge Fernando for the seat.

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host Jopet Sison also ran for the seat as an independent candidate.

Candidates

( NPC), Mayor of Marikina (1992 - 2001) MMDA Chairman (2002 - 2009) * Samuel Ferriol ( Liberal), Councilor for the 1st District (2010 - 2019) * Jopet Sison (

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), Lawyer and

host

Results

Second district

The incumbent representative is

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

Candidate

( Liberal) Incumbent Representative (2010 - 2019)

Results

City Council elections

First district

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Second district

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References

{{Metro Manila elections 2016 Philippine local elections Elections in Marikina 2016 elections in Metro Manila