| Election Name: | 2016 Philippine gubernatorial elections |
| Country: | Philippines |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2013 Philippine gubernatorial elections |
| Previous Year: | 2013 |
| Next Election: | 2019 Philippine gubernatorial elections |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
| Seats For Election: | All 81 provincial governorships |
| Election Date: | May 9, 2016 |
| Party1: | Liberal Party (Philippines) |
| Last Election1: | 33 |
| Seats Before1: | 40 |
| Seats After1: | 39 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Party2: | Nationalist People's Coalition |
| Last Election2: | 13 |
| Seats Before2: | 8 |
| Seats After2: | 9 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Party3: | National Unity Party (Philippines) |
| Last Election3: | 8 |
| Seats Before3: | 9 |
| Seats After3: | 9 |
| Party4: | Nacionalista Party |
| Last Election4: | 6 |
| Seats Before4: | 8 |
| Seats After4: | 9 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Party5: | United Nationalist Alliance |
| Last Election5: | 3 |
| Seats Before5: | 4 |
| Seats After5: | 3 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Party6: | Aksyon Demokratiko |
| Last Election6: | 0 |
| Seats Before6: | 1 |
| Seats After6: | 1 |
| Map Size: | 250px |
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.
| Party | width=40px | 2013 elections ! | width=40px | Before elections ! | width=40px | Gains ! | width=40px | Holds ! | width=40px | Losses ! | width=40px | Total ! | width=40px | % ! | width=40px | Change (vs. before) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 40 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 39 | 48.1% | 1 | ||||||||||
| 13 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 11.1% | 1 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 11.1% | |||||||||||
| 6 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 11.1% | 1 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.7% | 1 | ||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.2% | |||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | ||||||||||
| Local parties | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7.4% | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6.2% | 3 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 80 | 80 | 14 | 67 | 13 | 81 | 100% | 1 | |||||||||
Incumbent governor Imee Marcos is running for reelection unopposed.
Incumbent governor Ryan Singson is running for reelection unopposed.
Incumbent governor Manuel Ortega is term limited
Incumbent governor Amado Espino, Jr. is term limited
Incumbent Vicente Gato is running for reelection
Incumbent governor Alvaro Antonio is term limited
Incumbent governor Faustino Dy III is running for reelection.
Incumbent governor Ruth Padilla is running for Congresswoman.
Incumbent governor Junie Cua is running for reelection unopposed.
Incumbent governor Eustaquio Bersamin is term limited
Incumbent governor Elias Bulut, Jr. is running for reelection unopposed.
Incumbent governor Nestor Fongwan is term limited
Incumbent Denis Habawel is running for reelection
Incumbent Jocel Baac is running for reelection
Incumbent governor Leonard Mayaen was running unopposed for reelection to a third term, but died in office from a heart attack on March 31, 2016.[1] His daughter, Kathy Jyll, is the substitute candidate.[2]
Incumbent governor Gerardo Noveras is running for reelection unopposed.
Incumbent governor Albert Garcia is running for reelection unopposed.
Incumbent governor Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado is running for re-election.
Incumbent governor Aurelio Umali is term limited and is running for congressman for Nueva Ecija's 3rd District.
Incumbent governor Lilia Pineda is running for reelection unopposed.
Incumbent governor Victor Yap is term limited
Incumbent Hermogenes Ebdane is running for reelection
Incumbent governor Vilma Santos Recto is term limited and is running for Congress. Her party nominated incumbent Vice Governor Mark Leviste.
Current provincial governor Jonvic Remulla will not run for reelection.
The current governor, Ramil Hernandez, the former vice-governor, will run for his first full term against ex-governor ER Ejercito, who was unseated in 2014 by a COMELEC decision.[3]
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Incumbent governor Joey Salceda is term limited.
Exequiel Javier is the incumbent governor. However, in January 2015, the Commission on Elections en banc disqualifies Javier (voting 4-2) for violating the Omnibus Election Code after suspending Valderrama, Antique Mayor Joyce Roquero.[4] The then Vice Governor, Rhodora Cadiao assumed the vacated Office of Antique Provincial Governor on February 3, 2015 after the Department of Interior and Local Government imposed the disqualification. However, on January 12, 2016; The Supreme Court overruled and reversed the decision of the Commission on Elections en banc, reinstating Javier into office on March 28, 2016.[5]
Incumbent governor Victor Tanco, Sr. is term limited
Incumbent governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. is running for reelection unopposed.
Incumbent governor Gerardo Espina, Jr. is running for reelection unopposed.
Incumbent governor Jurdin Jesus Romualdo is term limited and is running for Mayor of Mambajao.
Incumbent governor Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo is term limited.
Incumbent governor Arturo Uy is term limited.
Incumbent governor Rodolfo del Rosario, Sr. is term limited.
The first governor of Davao Occidental will be determined. Since Claude Bautista was the sole candidate, he will stand unopposed for election.
Incumbent governor Corazon Malanyaon is term limited.
Incumbent governor Suharto Mangudadatu is term limited.
Incumbent governor Johnny Pimentel is running for congressman.
Incumbent governor Jum Jainudin Akbar is term limited.
Incumbent governor Mamintal Alonto Adiong Jr. is term limited.