For specific elections, see 2016 Philippine presidential election, 2016 Philippine Senate election, 2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections, and 2016 Philippine gubernatorial elections.
2016 Philippine general election
← 2013
2019 →
Registered
55,739,911
Turnout
44,979,151
2016 Philippine presidential election
← 2010
May 9, 2016 (2016-05-09)
2022 →
Turnout
81.5% 7.2%
Candidate
Rodrigo Duterte
Mar Roxas
Grace Poe
Party
PDP–Laban
Liberal
Independent
Running mate
Alan Peter Cayetano
Leni Robredo
Francis Escudero
Popular vote
16,601,997
9,978,175
9,100,991
Percentage
39.02%
23.45%
21.39%
President before election
Benigno Aquino III
Liberal
Elected President
Rodrigo Duterte[1]
PDP–Laban
2016 Philippine vice presidential election
← 2010
May 9, 2016
2022 →
Candidate
Leni Robredo
Bongbong Marcos
Alan Peter Cayetano
Party
Liberal
Independent
Independent
Popular vote
14,418,817
14,155,344
5,903,379
Percentage
35.11%
34.77%
14.38%
Vice President before election
Jejomar Binay
UNA
Elected Vice President
Leni Robredo
Liberal
2016 Philippine Senate election
← 2013
May 9, 2016 (2016-05-09)
2019 →
← outgoing members
Senators elected →
12 (of the 24) seats to the Senate of the Philippines 13 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Franklin Drilon
Tito Sotto
Gregorio Honasan
Party
Liberal
NPC
UNA
Alliance
Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid
PGP
United Nationalist Alliance
Seats won
7
4
1
Popular vote
140,756,973
32,154,139
24,660,722
Percentage
43.81%
30.83%
7.68%
Senate President before election
Franklin Drilon
Liberal
Elected Senate President
Koko Pimentel
PDP–Laban
2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections
← 2013
May 9, 2016 (2016-05-09)
2019 →
All 297 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines 149 seats needed for a majority
Party
%
Seats
+/–
Liberal
41.72
115
+6
NPC
17.04
42
0
NUP
9.67
23
−1
Nacionalista
9.42
24
+6
UNA
6.62
11
+3
PDP–Laban
1.90
3
+3
Lakas
1.54
4
−10
Asenso Manileño
0.50
2
+2
Kusog Baryohanon
0.46
1
+1
Partido Tinig ng Masa
0.39
1
+1
PCM
0.38
1
+1
Bukidnon Paglaum
0.35
1
0
Lingap Lugud
0.34
1
+1
LDP
0.30
2
0
AR
0.23
1
+1
KABAKA
0.19
1
0
Independent
5.83
4
−2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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A general election in the Philippines took place on May 9, 2016, for executive and legislative branches for all levels of government – national, provincial, and local, except for the barangay officials.
At the top of the ballot was the election for successors to Philippine President Benigno Aquino III and Vice President Jejomar Binay. There were also elections for:[2]
12 seats to the Senate;
All 297 seats to the House of Representatives;
All governors, vice governors, and 772 seats to provincial boards for 81 provinces;
All mayors and vice mayors for 145 cities and for 1,489 municipalities;
All members of the city councils and 11,924 seats on municipal councils; and
Governor, vice governor and all 24 seats in the regional assembly of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
The regional elections for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) were scheduled for May 9, but that would have changed if the Bangsamoro political entity had replaced the ARMM. The ARMM elections pushed through, as scheduled.
Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections were scheduled for October 2016, but were postponed to 2017. Congress postponed anew to barangay elections to May 2018.
Elections are organized, run, and adjudicated by the Commission on Elections better known as COMELEC with appeals under certain conditions allowed to the Regional Trial Courts, the Congress of the Philippines, or the Supreme Court of the Philippines sitting as the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal, the Senate Electoral Tribunal, or the Presidential Electoral Tribunal.
^"Philippines election: Maverick Rodrigo Duterte wins presidency". BBC. May 10, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
^Uy, Jocelyn R. (October 12, 2015). "Election season starts: Bets can have fun but …". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
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