2016 Philippine presidential election in Sorsogon

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The 2016 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections in Sorsogon were held on Monday, May 9, 2016, as part of the 2016 Philippine general election in which all 81 provinces, all 145 cities, and all 1,489 municipalities participated. Voters voted the president and the vice president separately.

Registered425,025
Turnout85.64%[1]
2016 Philippine presidential election in Sorsogon

 2010
May 9, 2016 (2016-05-09)
2022 
Registered425,025
Turnout85.64%[1]
 
Candidate Grace Poe Mar Roxas
Party Independent Liberal
Alliance PGP KDM
Running mate Francis Escudero Leni Robredo
Popular vote 143,420 108,068
Percentage 41.64% 31.38%

 
Candidate Rodrigo Duterte Jejomar Binay
Party PDP–Laban UNA
Running mate Alan Peter Cayetano Gregorio Honasan
Popular vote 44,560 5,716
Percentage 12.94% 1.66%

President before election

Benigno Aquino III
Liberal

Elected President

Rodrigo Duterte
PDP–Laban

2016 Philippine vice presidential election in Sorsogon

 2010
2022 
 
Candidate Francis Escudero Leni Robredo
Party Independent Liberal
Alliance PGP KDM
Popular vote 203,689 97,129
Percentage 60.43% 28.82%

Vice President before election

Jejomar Binay
UNA

Elected Vice President

Leni Robredo
Liberal

Senator Grace Poe won the province of Sorsogon defeating DILG Secretary Mar Roxas, Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte, Vice president Jejomar Binay, and fellow senator Miriam Defensor Santiago.

Senator Francis Escudero won in a landslide in his home province and the only province he won in this election, he defeated Camarines Sur's 3rd house representative Leni Robredo, fellow senators Bongbong Marcos, Alan Peter Cayetano, Gregorio Honasan, and Antonio Trillanes.

This is the only province in this election that was won by the Partido Galing at Puso in both presidential and vice presidential races.

According to the Constitution of the Philippines, the elections are held every six years after 1992, on the second Monday of May. The incumbent president is term limited and ineligible for re-election. The incumbent vice president is eligible to run for re-election and may run for two consecutive terms. The plurality voting system is used to determine the winner: the candidate with the highest number of votes, whether or not one has a majority, wins the presidency. The vice presidential election is a separate election, is held on the same rules, and voters may split their ticket. Both winners will serve six-year terms commencing on the noon of June 30, 2016, and ending on the same day six years later.

Candidates

List of Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates on the ballot[2][3]
Presidential candidate Vice presidential candidate Campaign
Candidate name and party Position Candidate name and party Position
Jejomar Binay

UNA

Vice President
Gregorio Honasan

UNA

Senator

(campaign)

Miriam Defensor Santiago

PRP

Senator Bongbong Marcos

Independent[a]

Senator

(campaign)

Rodrigo Duterte

PDP–Laban

Mayor of Davao City
Alan Peter Cayetano

Independent[a]

Senator

(campaign)

Grace Poe

Independent

Senator
Francis Escudero

Independent

Senator

(campaign)

Mar Roxas

Liberal

Former secretary of the Interior and Local Government
Leni Robredo

Liberal

House representative from Camarines Sur's 3rd district

(campaign)

None
Antonio Trillanes

Independent[a]

Senator

Results

Notes

References

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