section_path: 2016 presidential campaign/Election to the presidency
section_name: Election to the presidency
paragraph_text: Election to the presidency
  
  On May 30, 2016, the 16th Congress of the Philippines proclaimed Duterte as the president-elect of the Philippines after he topped the official count by the Congress of the Philippines for the 2016 presidential election with 16,601,997 votes, 6.6 million more than his closest rival, Mar Roxas. Camarines Sur representative Leni Robredo on the other hand, was proclaimed as the vice president-elect of the Philippines with 14,418,817 votes, narrowly defeating Senator Bongbong Marcos by 263,473 votes.
  
  Duterte's election victory was attributed to growing public dissatisfaction on the perceived failures of administrations that followed the 1986 EDSA Revolution. It was also aided by a strong social media and grassroots fanbase: 8–10 and the endorsement of the influential Iglesia ni Cristo, known for its block-voting.