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Philippine Senate election, 2016. Filipino Senate candidate and boxer Manny Pacquiao calls LGBT people "less than animals" when asked about his opposition to same-sex marriage, prompting condemnation from prominent Filipino LGBT figures such as Aiza Seguerra, John Lapus and Vice Ganda. Pacquiao later apologizes. (The New York Times)
Campaigning for the Senate elections began on February 9, 2016. The United Nationalist Alliance's campaign started with a proclamation rally held in Mandaluyong on that same day. [31] The 10-person senatorial line-up of Miriam Defensor Santiago's campaign were unveiled during a campaign event at the Ynares Sports Arena on February 14, 2016. [32]
The senators elected in 2016, together with those elected in 2013, comprise the Senate's delegation in the 17th Congress. The proclamation of all the 12 senators was done ten days after Election Day, on May 19. three incumbents that ran successfully defended their seats, while four former and five new senators were elected.
Senate president Male 16 Larry Gadon: KBL: Male 17 Win Gatchalian: Partido Galing at Puso NPC: ... Candidates in the 2016 Philippine Senate election.
Candidate Party or alliance Votes % Franklin Drilon: Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid: Liberal Party: 18,607,391: 41.37: Joel Villanueva: Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid [a]: Liberal Party
Rodrigo Duterte. The 2016 presidential campaign of Rodrigo Duterte, the incumbent mayor of Davao City, was announced on November 21, 2015.Duterte had repeatedly refused to run for several months and turned down other presidential and vice-presidential aspirants' offers to be his running mate, including Jejomar Binay, Miriam Defensor-Santiago and Bongbong Marcos.
41.72 115 +6 NPC 17.04 42 0 NUP 9.67 23 −1 Nacionalista 9.42 24 +6 UNA 6.62 11 +3 Others 12.41 22 −2 Party-list — 59 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Speaker before Speaker after Feliciano Belmonte Jr. Liberal Pantaleon Alvarez PDP–Laban Politics of the Philippines Government Constitution of the Philippines Charter Change Laws Legal codes Taxation ...
January 9, 2016 Start of election gun ban [18] January 10, 2016 Start of Election period [19] February 5, 2015 Roy Señeres withdraws his presidential campaign citing health reasons. [20] February 9, 2016 Start of Campaign period for president, vice president, senators and party-lists [19] March 24–25, 2016 Campaign ban [19] March 26, 2016