2016 Bohol local elections

2016 Bohol gubernatorial election

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Nominee Edgar Chatto Rosemarie Lim-Imboy Wenceslao Garcia Party Liberal PDP–Laban LM Running mate Concepcion Lim Dionisio Balite Popular vote 332,855 223,190 9,939 Percentage 58.42% 39.17% 1.74%   Nominee Kary Balagosa Cipriano Gaudicos Party Independent KBL Popular vote 2,527 1,299 Percentage 0.44% 0.23%

Governor before election Edgar Chatto Liberal Elected Governor Edgar Chatto Liberal

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Local elections were held in Bohol on May 9, 2016, as part of the 2016 Philippine general election. Registered voters elected leaders for local positions: a city or town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as three to four members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and three representatives for the three districts of Bohol.

By the end of voters' registration last October 2015, the total number of registered voters in Bohol is 798,768.^[1][2] There is 2.96% or equivalent to 22,983 increase in the number of voters registered from 775,785 voter population last 2013.^[3]

37 hopefuls filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) for 15 provincial elective positions in time for the deadline for the filing of certificates of candidacy on October 16, 2012. Based on the official list of provincial Commission on Elections, 5 aspirants run for governor, 2 for vice-governors, 23 for provincial board members, and 7 for congressman in three districts.^[4] Also in the whole province, there 104 candidates for mayor, 103 aspirants are vying for vice mayor, and 812 bets for municipal or city councilor.^[5]