2016 Philippine gubernatorial elections

2016 Philippine gubernatorial elections

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All 81 provincial governorships
First party Second party Third party   Party Liberal NPC NUP Last election 33 13 8 Seats before 40 8 9 Seats after 39 9 9 Seat change 1 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Nacionalista UNA Aksyon Last election 6 3 0 Seats before 8 4 1 Seats after 9 3 1 Seat change 1 1
Results of the election

Gubernatorial elections were held in the Philippines on May 9, 2016. All provinces elected their provincial governors for three-year terms, who will be inaugurated on June 30, 2016, after their proclamation. Governors that are currently serving their third consecutive terms are prohibited from running as governors (they may run for any other posts however).

Highly urbanized cities and independent component cities such as Angeles City, Bacolod, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu City, Davao City, Iloilo City and Metro Manila with the municipality of Pateros are outside the jurisdiction of any province and thus would not run elections for governors of their mother provinces (Pampanga, Negros Occidental, Benguet, Misamis Oriental, Cebu, Davao del Sur and Iloilo for Angeles, Bacolod, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu City, Davao City and Iloilo City, respectively). These cities and Pateros would elect mayors instead.

Davao Occidental held its first gubernatorial election on this day.