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MANILA, Philippines – With Filipinos set to cast their ballots just two weeks from now, Rappler takes a look at the composition of the candidates in the 2016 elections.
Based on Comelec Resolution 10002, signed on October 13, 2015, there are 18,083 positions up for grabs in this year’s polls.
The number of candidates, though, is much higher – 44,871.
Elective position | Number of positions | Number of candidates |
President | 1 | 5 |
Vice President | 1 | 6 |
Senator | 12 | 50 |
Party-list representatives | 59 seats | 115 groups / 673 nominees |
District representatives | 238 | 634 |
Governors | 81 | 275 |
Vice governors | 81 | 206 |
Provincial board members | 776 | 1,813 |
City mayors | 145 | 407 |
City vice mayors | 145 | 350 |
City councilors | 1,624 | 3,996 |
Municipal mayors | 1,489 | 3,751 |
Municipal vice mayors | 1,489 | 3,446 |
Sangguniang Bayan members | 11,916 | 29,741 |
ARMM regional governor | 1 | 4 |
ARMM regional vice governor | 1 | 4 |
ARMM regional assemblymen | 24 | 68 |
TOTAL | 18,083 | 44,871 |
There are 673 nominees across the 115 party-list groups, but these nominees are not voted for directly. Each voter only votes for one party list. (READ: 2016 party-list representatives: Taking a ‘shortcut’ to Congress?)
National race record
With so many candidates vying for the same positions, the elections can be quite tight. Since 1992, no fewer than 4 candidates have fought for the two top government posts.
A presidential candidate has yet to be voted by a majority.
For instance, in the 1992 elections, Fidel Ramos obtained only 23.6% of the total votes then – meaning, only less than a quarter of the population got the president they wanted.
In 2010, Benigno Aquino III only got around 42% of the votes. (READ: Electing a president: Picked by some, rejected by many)
For this year’s senatorial elections, a total of 172 filed their certificates of candidacy, but only 50 candidates were allowed to run. In 1992, more than thrice as many got their senatorial bids approved.
Local polls record
Local races are just as tight as the national polls. And while some candidates have to compete with many opponents for a government seat, there are those who are practically certain to win because they are running unopposed.
There are a total of 545 local candidates who are running unopposed. The breakdown is as follows:
39 | district representatives | |
21 | city mayors | |
27 | city vice mayors | |
14 | governors | |
14 | vice governors | |
201 | municipal mayors | |
229 | municipal vice mayors |
The most number of candidates running unopposed are in the Ilocos Region, where there are 63 uncontested bids for the following positions:
2 | district representatives | |
3 | city mayors | |
4 | city vice mayors | |
2 | governors | |
2 | vice governors | |
26 | municipal mayors | |
24 | municipal vice mayors |
In contrast, competition is much fiercer in other provinces and cities. These are the areas with the highest number of candidates for a certain position:
- In the municipality of Sultan Dumalondong (Lanao del Sur), there are 19 candidates running for mayor
- In the city of Tanjay (Negros Oriental), 10 candidates want to be mayor
- In Bulacan, it is an 11-way battle for governor
- In the district of Iligan City, there are 9 candidates running for representative
See the list of all national and local candidates in the links below:
- National: President & vice president | Party list | Senate
- Luzon: NCR | CAR | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 3 | Region 4A | Region 4B | Region 5
- Visayas: Region 6 | Negros Island Region | Region 7 | Region 8
- Mindanao: Region 9 | Region 10 | Region 11 | Region 12 | Region 13 | ARMM
– Rappler.com
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