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2016 Olongapo mayoral election

May 9, 2016

Nominee Rolen Paulino James Gordon Jr. Octavio Galvezo Party Liberal Bagumbayan Independent Running mate Jong Cortez Rodel Cerezo Popular vote 66,815 20,002 549 Percentage 76.48% 22.89% 0.63%

Mayor before election Rolen Paulino Liberal Elected mayor Rolen Paulino Liberal

Local elections were held in Olongapo City on May 9, 2016, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected candidates for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, and ten councilors.

Mayoralty Election

Incumbent Mayor Rolen Paulino was running for reelection as Mayor under the Liberal Party, his running mate was Councilor Jong Cortez.

His opponent were former Mayor James L. Gordon Jr., set to make a political comeback after 3 years, and his running under the Bagumbayan-VNP and the incumbent Vice Mayor Rodel Cerezo, and Independent mayoral candidate Octavio Galvezo.

Candidates

Mayor

Olongapo City Mayoralty Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rolen Paulino	66,815	76.48%
	Bagumbayan	James "Bong" Gordon Jr.	20,002	22.89%
	Independent	Octavio Galvezo	549	0.63%
Total votes			87,366	100.00%

Vice Mayor

Olongapo City Vice Mayoralty Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jong Cortez	47,704	57.73%
	Bagumbayan	Rodel Cerezo	34,932	42.27%
Total votes			82,636	100.00%

Councilors

Team Paulino

Liberal Party/Team Paulino

Name	Party
Noel Atienza		Liberal
Linus Bacay		Liberal
BJ Cajudo		Liberal
Edna Elane		Liberal
Ed Guerrero		Liberal
Lugie Lipumano		Liberal
Erma Manalang		Liberal
Winnie Ortiz		Liberal
Bas Palo		Liberal

Straight Gordon Ticket

Bagumbayan-VNP/Straight Gordon Ticket

Name	Party
Zar Batapa		Bagumbayan
Genia Eclarino		Bagumbayan
Eyrma Marzan-Estrella		Bagumbayan
Ferdie Magrata		Bagumbayan
Jimmy Mendoza		Bagumbayan
Cornelio Niro		Bagumbayan
Gina Perez		Bagumbayan
Ed Piano		Bagumbayan
Mike Pusing		Bagumbayan
Ronald Villegas		Bagumbayan

Olongapo City Council Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lugie Lipumano	51,763
	Liberal	BJ Cajudo	47,135
	Liberal	Noel Atienza	45,235
	Liberal	Ed Guerrero	42,557
	Liberal	Winnie Ortiz	42,525
	Liberal	Edna Edlane	40,878
	Liberal	Linus Bacay	33,756
	Bagumbayan	Ed Piano	30,271
	Liberal	Basilio Palo	29,803
	Aksyon	Jerome Michael Bacay	29,471
	Liberal	Erma Manalang	29,096
	Bagumbayan	Zar Batapa	27,770
	Bagumbayan	Eyrma Marzan-Estrella	26,644
	Bagumbayan	Gina Perez	26,118
	Independent	Kaye Legaspi	19,707
	Aksyon	Joe Madria	19,526
	Bagumbayan	Mike Pusing	16,757
	UNA	Filipina Tablan	15,758
	Bagumbayan	Ferdie Magrata	13,990
	Independent	Jojo Perez	12,000
	Bagumbayan	Ronald Villegas	10,833
	Bagumbayan	Genia Eclarino	10,671
	Independent	Edwin De Guzman	10,361
	Aksyon	Michael Alop	10,084
	Independent	Valiente De Leon	8,778
	Bagumbayan	Cornelio Niro	8,352
	Independent	Dante Hondo	8,277
	Bagumbayan	Jimmy Mendoza	7,827
	Independent	Mike Fanugao	6,822
	Independent	Roberto Buenafe	6,239
	Independent	Charles Burns Jr.	4,652
	Independent	Ricky Basañez	4,170
	Independent	Brenda Peralta	3,356
	Independent	Mondy Gutierrez	2,910
	Independent	Sevando Cesar Reyes	2,761
	Independent	Michael Talapiero	1,526
	Independent	Fernandito Lañada	1,161
Total votes			709,540	100.00%