Manila local elections, 2016
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Manila held its local elections on Monday, May 9, 2016, as a part of the 2016 Philippine general election. Voters elected candidates for Mayor, Vice Mayor, 6 Congressmen, and the 36 councilors that will be members of the City Council. Incumbent Mayor and reelectionist Joseph Estrada won the elections, securing him to serve his second 3-year term as the Mayor of Manila. He won by a slim margin at only over than 2,000 votes against his closest rival, former Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim. Dr. Maria Shielah “Honey” Lacuna-Pangan, daughter of former Manila Vice Mayor Danny Lacuna, Estrada’s running-mate, topped the vice mayoral race with 268,969 votes.
Incumbent mayor and former President Joseph "Erap" Estrada was first elected as mayor in 2013. He defeated then-incumbent mayor Alfredo Lim in a closely contested election, winning 53% of the vote to Lim's 47%.
Mayor Estrada announced in April 2015 that he is running for re-election. This is in total contrast to his May 9, 2012 pronouncement that he will only serve for one term should he be elected to the post back then, after which he would subsequently retire from politics.
Unlike Estrada, his running mate in 2013, three-term incumbent vice mayor Isko Moreno is term limited as he served for three consecutive terms. He is running for the Senate.
Sources indicate that although Manila leaders identified with Estrada under the local Asenso Manileño party, Moreno included, are pushing for former Manila vice mayor Danilo Lacuna to be his running mate, Estrada is said to be seriously considering his current city administrator, Jojo Alcovendaz, to be his vice mayoral candidate under his party, despite the latter's San Juan City residence. However, the Estrada camp, upon further consultation, eventually chose former 4th District councilor and current city social services head Maria Sheilah "Honey" Lacuna-Pangan as his runningmate.
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