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Parañaque City Parañaque, officially the City of Parañaque ( fil, Lungsod ng Parañaque, ), is a first class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 689,992 people. It is ...
on May 9, 2016 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the congressman, and the councilors, eight of them in the two districts of the city.


Background

Incumbent City Mayor Edwin Olivarez will be seeking a reelection this 2016 election, running under the
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unopposed. Jeremy Marquez, the son of former city mayor
Joey Marquez Joselito Perez Marquez (born Artemio Perez Marquez Jr.; October 7, 1957) better known as Joey Marquez, is a Filipino actor, comedian, politician and former professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was born t ...
will be running for vice mayor against Olivarez's running mate and incumbent vice mayor Rico Golez. Celebrities and prominent personalities will also try to get a seat in the city council. This includes dancer Brilliante Inciong of Masculados, comedians Ryan Yllana and Vandolph Quizon, singer Roselle Nava, actor
Jomari Yllana José María "Jomari" Garchitorena Yllana (born August 16, 1976) is a Filipino actor, model, racing driver, concert producer, promoter, and politician. He rose to fame as one of the members of 1990s teen group ''"Gwapings"'' together with Mark ...
, basketball coach
Binky Favis Vincent Kenneth Marasigan Favis, better known as Binky Favis, is a Filipino former professional basketball head coach and politician. Coaching career He was also a former player of the UST Growling Tigers and was an assistant coach of the 19 ...
, and Hubert Webb, who is known to be the primary mastermind in the 1991 Vizconde Massacre.


Results

Names written in bold-Italic are the re-elected incumbents while in italic are incumbents lost in elections.


For Mayor

Mayor
Edwin Olivarez Edwin de Leon Olivarez (born August 14, 1963) is a Filipino politician, athlete, and businessman currently serving as a Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Parañaque's 1st District since 2022 and previously from 2010 to 2013. ...
was re-elected unopposed.


Vice Mayor

Vice Mayor Jose Enrico "Rico" Golez defeated Jeremy Marquez in a tight election.


For Representative


First District

Rep. Eric Olivarez was re-elected.


Second District

Rep. Gustavo Tambunting won over former Rep.
Roilo Golez José Roilo Solís Gólez (January 9, 1947 – June 11, 2018) was a Filipino politician who last served his sixth term as Member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing the Second District of Parañaque,Metro winners known, pro ...
in a tight election.


City Councilors


First District

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Second District

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References

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