2016 Philippine general election

2016 Philippine general election

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Registered	55,739,911
Turnout	44,979,151
Presidential election
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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
Vice presidential election
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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
Senate election
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12 (of the 24) seats to the Senate of the Philippines 13 seats needed for a majority
Alliance KDM PGP UNA 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
House of Representatives election
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All 297 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines 149 seats needed for a majority
Party Vote % 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 Others 12.41 22 −2 Party-list — 59 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Speaker before Speaker after Feliciano Belmonte Jr. Liberal Pantaleon Alvarez PDP–Laban

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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.