Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2016

Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2016

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All 297 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. 147 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   NPC NP Leader Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. Jack Duavit Ronaldo Zamora Party Liberal NPC Nacionalista Leader's seat Quezon City–4th Rizal-1st San Juan Last election 113 seats, 39.03% 42 seats, 17.50% 17 seats, 8.53% Seats before 119 38 26 Seats won 115 42 24 Seat change 4 4 2 Popular vote 15,403,160 6,344,267 3,512,975 Percentage 41.73% 17.19% 9.52%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   NUP Leader Karlo Nograles Toby Tiangco Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Party NUP UNA Lakas-CMD Leader's seat Davao City–1st Navotas Pampanga–2nd Last election 24 seats, 8.59% 10 seats, 11.40% 14 seats, 4.97% Seats before 26 10 5 Seats won 23 11 4 Seat change 3 1 1 Popular vote 3,604,266 2,311,859 573,843 Percentage 9.76% 6.26% 1.55%
Election results; map refers to results from congressional districts, with Metro Manila at the inset, while the boxes to the right represent party-list seats.
Speaker before election Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. Liberal Elected Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez PDP–Laban

Feliciano Belmonte, Jr.
Liberal

Pantaleon Alvarez
PDP–Laban

The 2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections were the 34th lower house elections in the Philippines. They were held on May 9, 2016 to elect members to the House of Representatives of the Philippines. The winning candidates were to comprise the House's contingent in the 17th Congress of the Philippines that would serve from June 30, 2016 to June 30, 2019.

The House of Representatives elections were part of the 2016 general election where elections for President, Vice President, Senators, and all local officials, including those from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, were also held.

The Philippines uses parallel voting in its lower house elections. There are 297 seats in the House; 238 of these are district representatives, and 59 are party-list representatives. The law mandates that there should be 1 party-list representative for every 4 district representatives. District representatives are elected under the plurality voting system from single-member districts. Party-list representatives are elected via the nationwide vote with a 2% "soft" election threshold, with a 3-seat cap. The party in the party-list election with the most number of votes usually wins 3 seats, the other parties with more than 2% of the vote 2 seats, and the parties with less than 2% of the vote winning a seat each if the 20% quota isn't met.

The election for seats in the House of Representatives is done via parallel voting. A voter has two votes: one for one's local district, and another via the party-list system. A candidate is not allowed to stand for both ballots, and parties participating in the district elections would have to ask for permission on the Commission on Elections, with major parties not allowed to participate, in the party-list election.