Elections in the Philippines 2016

The 2016 election in the Philippines took place on May 9, 2016 . In addition to the president and vice-president, the House of Representatives , twelve senators, and all statewide governors and vice-governors were elected.

Candidates

Presidency

• Jejomar Binay , United Nationalist Alliance (UNA)
• Miriam Defensor Santiago , People's Reform Party (Partido ng Repormang Pantao)
• Rodrigo Duterte , Democratic Party of the Philippines / People's Power (Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan)
• Mary Grace Natividad Poe-Llamanzares , non-party
• Manuel "Mar" Roxas II , Liberal Party of the Philippines ( Partido Liberal ng Pilipinas )
• Roy Señeres , Workers 'and Peasants' Party (Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka), died three months before the election

Vice Presidency

• Alan Peter Cayetano , a member of the Nationalist Party ( Partido Nacionalista ), started as an independent, running mate of Duterte
• Francis Joseph Escudero , independent, running mate of Poe
• Gregorio "Gringo" Honsasan II , UNA, Binay's running mate
• Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. , Nacionalista, started as an independent, running mate of Defensor
• Maria Leonor "Leni" Robredo , Liberal, Roxas running mate
• Antonio Trillanes IV, Nacionalista, but entered as an independent, supported Poe

Electoral process

Both the president and the vice-president are directly elected by the people; the two elections are independent of each other. The presidential candidates can nominate a “ running mate ” and the vice presidential candidates can nominate a president under whom they would prefer to serve, but this is not binding on the voters.

A simple majority is sufficient for both elections , so there is no runoff.

Election campaign

President-elect Rodrigo Duterte

Almost two years before the election, the 71-year-old opposition leader and incumbent Vice President Jejomar Binay was considered the most promising candidate.

Rodrigo Duterte, candidate of the populist PDP-Laban and former mayor of Davao City , announced that he would reintroduce the publicly executed death penalty as president . According to Duterte, up to 100,000 criminals should die. During his tenure as mayor he cooperated - as he himself admits - with paramilitaries (so-called " death squads ") who are said to have carried out more than 1,400 extrajudicial killings . In this way, he promised, he would be able to defeat crime in the Philippines within six months. He attracted attention during the election campaign with vulgar remarks against rape victims and Pope Francis , whom he described as a “son of a bitch”. He also threatened the US with a break in diplomatic relations. Should the parliamentary majority not cooperate with him in the event of his election, he has announced the dissolution of parliament and the establishment of a "revolutionary government".

On October 5, 2015, Ferdinand R. Marcos Junior (known as Bongbong Marcos), son of the former Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos , declared his candidacy for the office of Vice President. He is one of three members of the Nacionalista Party who ran for this office, but none of whom was nominated by the party.

Result

Presidency

Presidential election results

candidate	Political party		Result
			be right	%
Rodrigo Duterte		PDP-Laban	16,601,997	39.01%
Mar Roxas		Liberal party	9,978,175	23.45%
Grace Poe		Non-party	9,100,991	21.39%
Jejomar Binay		United Nationalist Alliance	5,416,140	12.73%
Miriam Defensor Santiago		People's Reform Party	1,455,532	3.42%
Valid votes			42,552,835	94.61%
Roy Señeres (deceased) *		Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka	25,779	0.06%
Votes cast			44.979.151	81.5%
Registered voters			55,739,911	100.00%

• Roy Señeres died before the election. Votes cast for him were considered invalid.

Vice Presidency

Results of the vice presidential election

candidate	Political party		Results
			be right	%
Leni Robredo		Liberal party	14,418,817	35.11%
Ferdinand Marcos Jr.		Nacionalista Party, competed as an independent	14,155,344	34.47%
Alan Peter Cayetano		Nacionalista Party, competed as an independent	5,903,379	14.38%
Francis Escudero		Non-party	4,931,962	12.01%
Antonio Trillanes		Nacionalista Party, competed as an independent	868.501	2.11%
Gringo Honasan		United Nationalist Alliance	788.881	1.92%
Valid votes			41,066,884	91.30%
Votes cast			44.979.151	81.5%
Registered voters			55,739,911	100.00%

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Foreign Office: Philippines. Domestic politics
2. ↑ Wilfried Arz: Stormy times in Manila. In: Eurasisches Magazin , August 31, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
3. ↑ Duterte wants the death penalty back. ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from philippinen-nachrichten.info, December 28, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2016. 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Rodrigo Duterte: With the gun in hand in the Philippine presidential palace , DerStandard.at, May 9, 2016. Retrieved on May 10, 2016.
5. ↑ Holger Senzel: Rodrigo Duterte - The Filipino rabble populist. Deutschlandradio Kultur, May 9, 2016. Accessed May 10, 2016.
6. ↑ Bongbong to run for VP on abs-cbn.com, October 5, 2015. Accessed May 10, 2016.