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At most 20% of the seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines are reserved for party-list representatives. The election was via the party-list system, with a 2% "soft" election threshold via the Hare quota, except that no party can win more than 3 seats, and if the seats won do not reach the 20% of the seats of the entire House of ...
The law mandates that there should be one party-list representative for every four 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 ...
Former representative won election unopposed. Davao del Sur: Nacionalista: Mercedes Cagas Nacionalista: Incumbent won reelection. New District, municipalities of Sulop, Kiblawan, Malalag from 2nd district were added to form the new 1st district. Davao Occidental: Liberal: Lorna Bautista-Bandigan Liberal: New representative won election unopposed.
139 party-list groups were part of the "initial list" of candidates for the 2016 elections, released by the Commission of Elections on January 22, 2016. [1] The party-list slots were drawn via electronic raffle. [2] It only trimmed down to 115 after the COMELEC released the final list of party-list groups that would be included in the printed ...
A general election in the Philippines took place on May 9, 2016, for executive and legislative branches for all levels of government – national, provincial, and local, except for the barangay officials. At the top of the ballot was the election for successors to Philippine President Benigno Aquino III and Vice President Jejomar Binay.
Regional elections were not synchronized with general elections above, but on 2013 and 2016, they were. The 2016 election was the last ARMM election. After the approval of the Bangsamoro in a plebiscite, there was a transition period, and the first Bangsamoro election is expected to be held on 2022.
Benigno Aquino III, the outgoing president, whose term expired on June 30, 2016 Map of the results of the 2010 vice presidential election.. Senator Benigno Aquino III of the Liberal Party, who ran on an anti-corruption platform, won the 2010 election with 42.08% of the votes defeating Joseph Estrada, a former president who was deposed in 2001 after scandals of massive corruption, and several ...
On 8 March 2016, the Supreme Court determined that Poe is a natural-born Filipino and she returned to the Philippines from the U.S. in 2004, therefore she meets the 10-year residency requirement to run in the presidential election. On April 9, 2016, the Supreme Court declared their ruling as final and executory and she is qualified to become ...