2016 ISC Liga Nusantara, Teams
Each Provincial Association only given one representative to the national round.


2016 ISC Liga Nusantara, National Round
National round will take place in Central Java and Special Region of Yogyakarta.


2016 ISC Liga Nusantara, National Round, Group Stage
32 teams from each provincial association will compete. Matches for the Group stage will be played from 19–25 November 2016. All group will play half season round-robin.


2016 ISC Liga Nusantara, National Round, Group Stage, Group A
This group will be held in Jenderal Hoegeng Stadium, Pekalongan and Moh Sarengat Stadium, Batang Regency.


2016 ISC Liga Nusantara, National Round, Group Stage, Group B
This group will be held in Jatidiri Stadium, Semarang and Citarum Stadium, Semarang.


2016 ISC Liga Nusantara, National Round, Group Stage, Group D
This group will be held in Gelora Bumi Kartini Stadium, Jepara.


2016 ISC Liga Nusantara, National Round, Group Stage, Group E
This group will be held in Wergu Wetan Stadium, Kudus.


2016 ISC Liga Nusantara, National Round, Group Stage, Group F
This group will be held in Sapta Marga Stadium, Magelang.


2016 ISC Liga Nusantara, National Round, Group Stage, Group H
This group will be held in Sultan Agung Stadium, Bantul.


2016 ISC Liga Nusantara, National Round, Knockout Stage, Round of 16
Matches for the Round of 16 will be played at 28 November 2016.


2016 ISC Liga Nusantara, National Round, Knockout Stage, Quarter-finals
Matches for the Quarter-finals will be played at 2 December 2016.


2016 ISC Liga Nusantara, National Round, Knockout Stage, Semi-finals
Matches for Semi-finals will be played at 6 December 2016.


2016 ISC Liga Nusantara, National Round, Knockout Stage, Third Place
Matches for Third Place Play-off will be played at 11 December 2016.


2016 ISC Liga Nusantara, National Round, Knockout Stage, Final
Matches for Final will be played at 11 December 2016.


2016 ISSF Junior World Cup
The 2016 ISSF Junior World Cup is the annual edition of the ISSF Junior World Cup, governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation.


2016 ISSF World Cup
The 2016 ISSF World Cup is the annual edition of the ISSF World Cup in the Olympic shooting events, governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation.


2016 ITF Men's Circuit
The 2016 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2016 edition of the second-tier tour for men's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the ATP Tour. The ITF Men's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $25,000.


2016 ITF Men's Circuit, Participating host nations
Countries that are hosting a tournament in 2016, but did not in 2015.


2016 ITF Men's Circuit (April–June)
The 2016 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2016 edition of the second tier tour for men's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the ATP Tour. The ITF Men's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $25,000.


2016 ITF Men's Circuit (January–March)
The 2016 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2016 edition of the second tier tour for men's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the ATP Tour. The ITF Men's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $25,000.


2016 ITF Men's Circuit (July–September)
The 2016 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2016 edition of the second tier tour for men's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the ATP Tour. The ITF Men's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $25,000.


2016 ITF Men's Circuit (October–December)
The 2016 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2016 edition of the second tier tour for men's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the ATP Tour. The ITF Men's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $25,000.


2016 ITF Women's Circuit
The 2016 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Circuit is a second-tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organized by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 to $100,000.


2016 ITF Women's Circuit (April–June)
The 2016 ITF Women's Circuit is the 2016 edition of the second tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000.


2016 ITF Women's Circuit (January–March)
The 2016 ITF Women's Circuit is the 2016 edition of the second tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000.


2016 ITF Women's Circuit (July–September)
The 2016 ITF Women's Circuit is the 2016 edition of the second tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000.


2016 ITF Women's Circuit (October–December)
The 2016 ITF Women's Circuit is the 2016 edition of the second tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000.


2016 ITF Women's Circuit UBS Thurgau
The 2016 ITF Women's Circuit UBS Thurgau was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, on 22–28 February 2016.


2016 ITF Women's Circuit UBS Thurgau, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 ITF Women's Circuit UBS Thurgau – Doubles
Lyudmyla and Nadiia Kichenok were the defending champions, but they chose to participate in Doha instead.


2016 ITF Women's Circuit UBS Thurgau – Doubles
Antonia Lottner and Amra Sadiković won the title, defeating Tena Lukas and Bernarda Pera in the final, 5–7, 6–2, [10–5].


2016 ITF Women's Circuit UBS Thurgau – Singles
Olga Govortsova was the defending champion, but she chose to participate in Acapulco instead.


2016 ITF Women's Circuit UBS Thurgau – Singles
Kristýna Plíšková won the title, defeating Amra Sadiković in the final, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3).


2016 ITF Women's Circuit – Shenzhen
The 2016 ITF Women's Circuit – Shenzhen was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Shenzhen, China, on 11–17 April 2016.


2016 ITF Women's Circuit – Shenzhen, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 ITF Women's Circuit – Shenzhen Longhua
The 2016 ITF Women's Circuit – Shenzhen Longhua was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000 in prize money. It took place in Shenzhen, China, on 14–20 November 2016.


2016 ITF Women's Circuit – Shenzhen Longhua, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2016 ITF Women's Circuit – Shenzhen Longhua – Doubles
Nina Stojanović and You Xiaodi won the inaugural title, defeating Han Xinyun and Zhu Lin in the final, 6–4, 7–6(8–6).


2016 ITF Women's Circuit – Shenzhen Longhua – Singles
Peng Shuai won the inaugural title, defeating Patricia Maria Țig in the final, 3–6, 7–5, 6–4.


2016 ITF Women's Circuit – Shenzhen – Doubles
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn and Lu Jiajing were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2016 ITF Women's Circuit – Shenzhen – Doubles
Shuko Aoyama and Makoto Ninomiya won the title, defeating Liang Chen and Wang Yafan in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–4.


2016 ITF Women's Circuit – Shenzhen – Singles
Hsieh Su-wei was the defending champion, but chose to participate in Istanbul instead.


2016 ITF Women's Circuit – Shenzhen – Singles
Wang Qiang won the title, defeating Mayo Hibi in the final, 6–2, 6–0.


2016 ITF Women's Circuit – Wuhan
The 2016 ITF Women's Circuit – Wuhan was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Wuhan, China, on 25–31 July 2016.


2016 ITF Women's Circuit – Wuhan, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2016 ITF Women's Circuit – Wuhan – Doubles
Chang Kai-chen and Han Xinyun were the defending champions, but chose not to partner each other. Chang partnered Duan Yingying, while Han partnered Zhang Kailin. The two teams faced in the quarterfinals with Chang and Duan prevailing.


2016 ITF Women's Circuit – Wuhan – Doubles
Shuko Aoyama and Makoto Ninomiya won the title, defeating Chang and Duan in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2016 ITF Women's Circuit – Wuhan – Singles
Zhang Yuxuan was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Shuko Aoyama.


2016 ITF Women's Circuit – Wuhan – Singles
Wang Qiang won the title, defeating Luksika Kumkhum in the final, 7–5, 6–2.


2016 ITM Auckland SuperSprint
The 2016 ITM Auckland SuperSprint was a motor racing event for Supercars, held on the weekend of 4 to 6 November 2016. The event was held at Pukekohe Park Raceway near Pukekohe, New Zealand, and consisted of four races at 100 kilometres in length. It was the 13th event of fourteen in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 24, 25, 26 and 27 of the season. It was the eleventh running of the Auckland SuperSprint.


2016 ITS Cup
The 2016 ITS Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Olomouc, Czech Republic, on 11–17 July 2016.


2016 ITS Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2016 ITS Cup – Doubles
Lenka Kunčíková and Karolína Stuchlá were the defending champions, but they chose to participate in Bucharest instead.


2016 ITS Cup – Doubles
Ema Burgić Bucko and Jasmina Tinjić won the title, defeating Katharina Lehnert and Anastasiya Shoshyna in the final, 7–5, 6–3.


2016 ITS Cup – Singles
Barbora Krejčíková was the defending champion, but chose to participate in Bucharest instead.


2016 ITS Cup – Singles
Elizaveta Kulichkova won the title, defeating Ekaterina Alexandrova in an all-Russian final, 4–6, 6–2, 6–1.


2016 ITTF World Tour
The 2016 ITTF World Tour was the 21st season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour. 2016 also marked the tour's 20th anniversary.


2016 ITTF World Tour
The events of the 2016 tour were split into three tiers: Super Series, Major Series and Challenge Series. The Super Series events offered the highest prize money and the most points towards the ITTF World Tour standings, which determined the qualifiers for the 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in December. The Major Series was the middle tier, with the Challenge Series being the lowest tier.


2016 ITTF World Tour, Standings, Singles
The 15 men and 16 women who played in at least five events and accumulated the largest number of points during the 2016 ITTF World Tour were invited to play in the Grand Finals in December. Qatar's Li Ping was also invited to take part in the men's singles event, to ensure that the host nation was represented.


2016 ITTF World Tour, Standings, Doubles
The eight men's pairs and eight women's pairs who played in at least four events and accumulated the largest number of points, as a pair, during the 2016 ITTF World Tour were invited to play in the Grand Finals in December.


2016 ITTF World Tour, Grand Finals
The 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals took place from 8–11 December at the Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena in Doha, Qatar.


2016 ITTF World Tour, ITTF Star Awards
The 2016 ITTF Star Awards ceremony was held on the first evening of the Grand Finals at the Sheraton Grand Doha on 8 December.


2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
The 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals was the final competition of the 2016 ITTF World Tour, the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour. It was the 21st edition of the competition, and was held from 8–11 December 2016 in Doha, Qatar.


2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
The competition featured events in six categories: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and under-21 men's and women's singles.


2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, Qualification
Individual players and doubles pairs earned points based on their performances in the 20 events of the 2016 ITTF World Tour. The top 16 men's and women's singles players, the top eight men's and women's doubles pairs and the top eight under-21 men's and women's players who satisfied the qualification criteria were invited to compete. The seedings for the tournament draws were based on final tour standings, not the official ITTF world ranking.


2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, Qualification, Withdrawals
China's Liu Shiwen and Singapore's Yu Mengyu were not included on the list of confirmed players published on 25 November for the women's singles tournament, despite having finished in qualifying positions in the tour standings. It was later reported on 28 November that Liu Shiwen has been suspended from international competition by the Chinese team. On 1 December, China's Zhang Jike was forced to withdraw from the men's singles tournament because of a foot injury.


2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, Qualification, Withdrawals
After winning her first round match, defending champion Ding Ning was forced to withdraw from the women's singles tournament due to illness.


2016 ITU World Triathlon Series
The 2016 ITU World Triathlon Series was a series of nine World Championship Triathlon events that lead up to a Grand Final held in Cozumel. The Series was organised under the auspices of the world governing body of triathlon, the International Triathlon Union (ITU).


2016 ITU World Triathlon Series, Calendar
The 2016 series visited nine cities around the world. This figure, one lower than 2015, due to the triathlon at Rio 2016.


2016 ITU World Triathlon Series, Overall standings
The athlete who accumulates the most points throughout the 8 race season is declared the year's world champion. The final point standings are:


2016 Iba local elections
Local elections were held in Iba, Zambales on May 9, 2016, within the Philippine general election. The voters will elect candidates for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, and eight councilors.


2016 Iba local elections, Background
The incumbent Mayor Rundstedt Jun Ebdane will be facing former Mayor Ad Hebert Deloso for the mayoralty position. Ebdane will be teaming up with Irene Maniquiz, cousin of Botolan incumbent Mayor Bing Maniquiz. On the other hand, Deloso will be teaming up with Virgilio Riberal.


2016 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics
The 17th Ibero-American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between May 14-16, 2016. Since the event served also as the athletics event test for the 2016 Summer Olympics, countries that do not compete at Ibero-American Championships attended the event, including United States, Saudi Arabia and Australia. However, medals won by those athletes did not count toward the total medal tally.


2016 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics
A total of 44 events were contested, 22 by men and 22 by women.


2016 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics, Participating nations
According to an unofficial count, 355 athletes from 28 countries participated, including five guest nations (*). Missing Ibero-American countries were Andorra, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Nicaragua, and São Tomé and Príncipe.


2016 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results
These are the official results of the 2016 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics which took place on 14–16 May 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


2016 Iceland Open darts
2016 Iceland Open is a darts tournament, which took place in Selfoss, Iceland on March 12–13, 2016.


2016 Icelandic Cup
The 2016 Icelandic Cup, also known as Borgunarbikar for sponsorship reasons, was the 57th edition of the Icelandic national football cup.


2016 Icelandic Cup, Calendar
Below are the dates for each round as given by the official schedule:


2016 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
The 2016 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup was the 21st season of the Icelandic Men's League Cup, a pre-season professional football competition in Iceland. The tournament started on 12 February and was conclude on 21 April. KR won the league cup after defeating Víkingur R. in the final 2–0.


2016 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
The top two teams of each group entered the quarter-finals stage, with ties being played  between 7 and 14 April 2016.


2016 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
The semi-final matches were contested on 15 and 18 April 2016.


2016 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup, Knockout stage, Final
The final was played on 21 April 2016 at Egilshöll in Reykjavík.


2016 Icelandic Women's Football Cup
The 2016 Icelandic Women's Football Cup, also known as Borgunarbikar kvenna for sponsorship reasons, was the 36th edition of the Icelandic national football cup.


2016 Icelandic Women's Football Cup, Calendar
Below are the dates for each round as given by the official schedule:


2016 Icelandic Women's Football Cup, Round of 16
The Round of 16 were played on 10–12 June 2016.


2016 Icelandic anti-government protests
The 2016 Icelandic anti-government protests were a series of protests against the Icelandic government following the release of the Panama Papers.


2016 Icelandic anti-government protests, Background
In 2007, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson and his wife, Anna Sigurlaug Pálsdóttir, set up Wintris Inc via the law firm Mossack Fonseca. The company was registered in the British Virgin Islands, "a well-known offshore tax haven." In January 2009, Sigmundur Davíð was elected as the Chairman of the Progressive Party, and in the 2009 parliamentary election was elected as a member of the Althing.


2016 Icelandic anti-government protests, Background
On the last day of 2009, Sigmundur Davíð sold his share in the company to his wife for $1, just before a new law came into force that would have forced him to declare his ownership as a conflict of interest. Wintris Inc lost millions of dollars as a result of the financial crisis.


2016 Icelandic anti-government protests, Background
Following the 2013 parliamentary election, the Progressive Party and the Independence Party, both of which had won 19 seats, formed a coalition government. Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, as Chairman of the Progressive Party, became Prime Minister, and Bjarni Benediktsson, Chairman of the Independence Party, became Minister of Finance. As Prime Minister, Sigmundur Davíð pledged to fight demands from foreign creditors for full repayment by the Icelandic banks.


2016 Icelandic anti-government protests, Background
In March 2016, it was revealed that Anna Sigurlaug Pálsdóttir, the wife of the Prime Minister, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, was a creditor for Iceland's three failed banks, Landsbanki, Kaupthing Bank and Glitnir. Her company, Wintris Inc, was claiming a total of ISK 515 million from the three banks, due to losses incurred during the financial crisis. Following this revelation, a number of Icelandic MPs criticised the arrangement, with Svandís Svavarsdóttir, a former minister, calling for the government to resign and for new elections.


2016 Icelandic anti-government protests, Background
In the Panama Papers, released on 3 April 2016, not only Sigmundur Davíð, but also the finance minister, Bjarni Benediktsson, and the interior minister, Ólöf Nordal, were implicated in having offshore tax arrangements. The news was also broadcast in Iceland on a special edition of the current affairs program, Kastljós.


2016 Icelandic anti-government protests, Initial protests
In the wake of the Panama Papers revelations, on 3 April people began to use Facebook to organise a protest for the following day. According to Facebook, 10,000 people were planning to attend the protest.


2016 Icelandic anti-government protests, Initial protests
At midday on 4 April, Sigmundur Davíð did a live television interview during which he said he would not be resigning, but did apologise for his performance in an earlier television interview. The protest was scheduled to take place at 5pm, and people slowly began gathering in Austurvöllur, the park just outside of Alþingishúsið, the building that houses the Althing. One early protester was arrested for throwing tubs of skyr at the building. When the protests began, members of the Althing were still sitting in a parliamentary session. The size of the crowd was estimated to be between 9,000 and 23,000 people by different sources, although was acknowledged to be one of the biggest political demonstrations in Iceland's history. The planned parliament session for the following day, 5 April, was cancelled.


2016 Icelandic anti-government protests, Initial protests
On the morning of 5 April, Sigmundur Davíð announced via Facebook his intention to dissolve parliament and call early elections. Later on that morning, he met with the President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, who had just returned from a private visit to the United States. During the meeting, the Prime Minister asked the President to dissolve parliament and call new elections. Ólafur Ragnar refused this request, on the grounds that the Prime Minister had not consulted his coalition partner, the Independence Party, on this issue. The President also said that it was "inappropriate" to drag him into disputes between political parties.


2016 Icelandic anti-government protests, Initial protests
In the afternoon on 5 April, a meeting of Progressive Party MPs concluded that Sigmundur Davíð should resign as Prime Minister. The meeting proposed Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, who was Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, as his successor. The same day, another protest took place in Austurvöllur, with a smaller crowd than the day before. At 6:30pm, the protesters left Austurvöllur and began protesting outside the Progressive Party headquarters in Hverfisgata, a different part of Reykjavik. Protesters were calling for the government to resign and for new elections.


2016 Icelandic anti-government protests, Initial protests
That evening, foreign correspondents revealed a government press release saying that the Prime Minister "has not resigned" and was handing over the office to Sigurður Ingi "for an unspecified amount of time." This confusion of the matter was condemned by a number of opposition politicians, as well as Icelandic historian Guðni Th. Johannesson.


2016 Icelandic anti-government protests, New government
On 7 April, a new government was appointed, with Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson as the Prime Minister. Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, the former foreign affairs minister, replaced Sigurður Ingi as the agriculture and fisheries minister. Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir, who is not a sitting MP, was brought in as the new foreign affairs minister, on the personal recommendation of former Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð. The government announced early elections for autumn, saying that it was necessary for them to stay in power to complete the removal of capital controls. Protests taking place in Reykjavík coincided with the appointment of the new government, which took place at Bessastaðir.


2016 Icelandic anti-government protests, New government
On 8 April, the new government was in parliament for the first time. In the morning, ministers discussed their plans, strategies and ongoing projects. In the afternoon, the focus was on the opposition's motion of no confidence, and vote on a new election. At least three coalition MPs had expressed dismay at the government's actions before the votes were taken. The government survived the two votes put forward by the opposition parties, winning the no confidence 38-25, and the vote for new elections 37-26. Following the votes, Bjarni Benediktsson told reporters that it had been "a very tough week."


2016 Icelandic anti-government protests, Further protests
Protests resumed with increased further on 9 April, when some estimates put the number of protesters in attendance at 14,000.


2016 Icelandic parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 29 October 2016. They were due to be held on or before 27 April 2017, but following the 2016 Icelandic anti-government protests, the ruling coalition announced that early elections would be held "in autumn".


2016 Icelandic parliamentary election
The Independence Party emerged as the largest in the Althing, winning 21 of the 63 seats; the Progressive Party, which had won the most seats in 2013, lost more than half its seats as it was overtaken by the Left-Green Movement and the Pirate Party. Of the 63 elected MPs, 30 were female, giving Iceland the highest proportion of female MPs in Europe.


2016 Icelandic parliamentary election
A new coalition was formed on 10 January 2017, consisting of the Independence Party, the Reform Party and Bright Future, with Bjarni Benediktsson becoming Prime Minister on 11 January 2017.


2016 Icelandic parliamentary election, Background
In early April 2016, following revelations in the Panama Papers, leaks from law firm Mossack Fonseca about the financial dealings of then Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (Progressive Party) and his wife, there were calls for an early election from the opposition, who planned to present him with a motion of no confidence. Mass protests calling on the Prime Minister to quit followed. Although Sigmundur Davíð had stated he had no intention of resigning, he apparently resigned on 5 April. However, it was later stated by the Prime Minister's office that he had only taken a temporary leave of absence from his duties. The Progressive Party's deputy leader, Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, became acting Prime Minister the same day.


2016 Icelandic parliamentary election, Background
The President, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, then said he would speak to both coalition parties, Progressive Party and Independence Party, before considering whether to call new elections. Opposition parties continued to press for new elections. On 6 April, Sigurður announced, "We expect to have elections this autumn." On 11 August, Bjarni Benediktsson met with opposition parties and later announced that elections would be held on 29 October 2016.


2016 Icelandic parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 63 members of the Althing were elected using open list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies of 10 to 11 seats. Of the 63 seats, 54 were elected using constituency results and determined using the d'Hondt method. The remaining nine supplementary seats were awarded to parties that crossed the 5% national electoral threshold in order to give them a total number of seats equivalent to their national share of the vote.


2016 Icelandic parliamentary election, Participating parties
The final deadline for parties to apply for participation in the parliamentary election was 14 October 2016.


2016 Icelandic parliamentary election, Campaign
Sigurður Ingi replaced Sigmundur Davíð as the party chairman of the Progressive Party on 2 October 2016.


2016 Icelandic parliamentary election, Campaign
The Pirate Party announced on 16 October 2016 that they would not participate in post-election negotiations to form a coalition government with either the Progressive Party or the Independence Party. The party did send letters to Reform, Bright Future, Social Democratic Alliance and Left-Green Movement about the possibility of forming an alliance prior to the election.


2016 Icelandic parliamentary election, Government formation
Neither of the two main blocs — the outgoing coalition of the Independence Party and the Progressives, or the centre-left opposition (Left-Greens, Pirates, Bright Future and Social Democrats) — secured an overall majority, leaving the new centrist party Reform as possible kingmakers.


2016 Icelandic parliamentary election, Government formation
The leader of the Independence Party, Bjarni Benediktsson, expressed preference for a three-party coalition, although without saying which three parties. The Pirate Party proposed a five-party coalition with the Left-Green Movement, the Social Democrats, Bright Future and Reform, having previously ruled out working with either of the two outgoing coalition members. The Pirate Party then suggested a minority coalition of Left-Green Movement, Bright Future and Reform, with outside support from themselves and the Social Democrats, in order to simplify the process of government formation.


2016 Icelandic parliamentary election, Government formation
The leader of Reform ruled out a right-leaning three-party coalition with the Independence Party and the Progressives, and did not rule out supporting the centre-left bloc.


2016 Icelandic parliamentary election, Government formation
On 2 November, President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson gave the mandate to Bjarni to form a majority government. On 11 November, the Independence Party, Reform and Bright Future entered into formal coalition talks, but the three parties failed to agree with a new market-based fishing quota system and an EU referendum as the main stumbling blocks.


2016 Icelandic parliamentary election, Government formation
On 17 November, the mandate to form a majority government was in turn given to the leader of the Left-Greens, Katrín Jakobsdóttir. She instigated talks with Reform, Bright Future, the Pirates, and Social Democrats, and on 19 November the five parties agreed to start formal coalition talks. On 24 November, the coalition talks fell through and Katrín formally renounced the Presidential mandate to form a government.


2016 Icelandic parliamentary election, Government formation
On 2 December, the mandate to form a majority government was given to the leader of the Pirate Party, Birgitta Jónsdóttir. The Pirates were unable to form a government and the President chose not to give a new mandate to form a government, but asked the party leaders to discuss the matter informally.


2016 Icelandic parliamentary election, Government formation
On 2 January 2017, the Independence Party started official talks about a possible coalition deal with the Reform Party and Bright Future. Morgunblaðið also reported that the Left-Green Movement and the Progressive Party had also discussed possible coalition deals with the Independence Party. A new coalition was formed on 10 January 2017 between Independence Party, Reform Party and the Bright Future with Bjarni Benediktsson becoming Prime Minister on 11 January 2017.


2016 Icelandic presidential election
Presidential elections took place in Iceland on 25 June 2016. President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, elected in 1996, stepped down after serving five consecutive terms. The history professor Guðni Th. Jóhannesson was elected after receiving a plurality of 39.1% of the vote. He took office on 1 August, as the first new president of Iceland in twenty years.


2016 Icelandic presidential election, Electoral system
The President of Iceland is elected by plurality in a single round of voting. Candidates must be Icelandic citizens and at least 35 years of age on election day.


2016 Icelandic presidential election, Campaign
On 1 January 2016, incumbent president Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson announced that he would not seek a sixth term in the office, wanting "to transfer the responsibilities of the president onto other shoulders". He later retracted and decided to run in April, citing political unrest after the fallout of the Panama Papers leak, which implicated Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson and forced him to resign after large anti-government protests. In the following ten days five other candidates suspended their campaigns, one of them after endorsing Ólafur Ragnar. Former Prime Minister Davíð Oddsson declared his candidacy on 8 May, and Ólafur Ragnar withdrew from the race the following day, stating that there was now a supply of qualified candidates. A poll showing Ólafur Ragnar with only 25% support had been published the same day.


2016 Icelandic presidential election, Campaign
Davíð Oddsson attacked Guðni Th. Jóhannesson in two TV-debates for allegedly having an unpatriotic view of the Cod Wars. Guðni, a historian of the Cod Wars, dismissed these charges and explained that his take on the Cod Wars was nuanced and supported by research. Davíð has also said that Guðni supported Icelandic responsibility for Icesave and is in favor of EU membership.


2016 Icelandic presidential election, Campaign
Guðni responded, saying that his words were taken out context in both instances, and that he as President would make sure that the public would have a say in a referendum both on the resumption of EU accession negotiations and approval of any accession treaty. Furthermore, Davíð has alleged that Guðni will "undermine the Constitution" by supporting constitutional change. Halla is personally against EU membership and Andri Snær is undecided.


2016 Icelandic presidential election, Campaign, End-of-campaign developments
Despite an initial anti-establishment feeling, interest in the campaign waned in the last days due to the performance of the Iceland national football team in the Euro 2016. Like his predecessor, Guðni is opposed to membership of the European Union. In the final debate the day before the vote, he said the result of the Brexit vote changes "much for the better for us Icelanders", implying that the European Economic Area agreement that non-EU members Norway and Iceland have with the EU could play a more important role with the United Kingdom on board. His campaign promises included vowing to "modernise political life" and give voters a chance of direct democracy initiatives.


2016 Icelandic presidential election, Candidates
Candidates had to formally declare their intention to run on or before 20 May (five weeks prior to the election) and "be proposed by not less than 1500 voters". The number of candidates in previous elections had been six at most, but the announced departure of the incumbent president prompted an unprecedented number of people to consider running. A total of 21 people publicly declared their intention to run, and around ten more were reported to be seriously considering it. Finally, nine candidates fulfilled the requirements for ballot access.


2016 Icelandic presidential election, Candidates, Failed to get ballot access
Two candidates failed to collect enough signatures before the deadline expired.


2016 Icelandic presidential election, Results
Guðni won the election with 39.1% of the votes. Halla received 27.9%, Andri Snær 14.3%, Davíð 13.7% and Sturla 3.5%. The turnout was 75.7%.


2016 Icelandic presidential election, Results
After voting on his birthday, Guðni said that he was satisfied he had "managed to present to the people my vision of the presidency." He said that should he win, he would first "go to France on Monday and see Iceland play England."


2016 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses
The 2016 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses took place on March 22 in the U.S. state of Idaho as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.


2016 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses
Voters convened in each of Idaho's 44 counties at 7 p.m. Mountain Standard Time/6 p.m Pacific Standard Time to proportionally allocate the state's 27 delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in July.


2016 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses, Campaigning
Both major candidates made efforts to either send surrogates or campaign themselves in Idaho before the caucuses took place. On March 17, Olympian Michelle Kwan campaigned for Hillary Clinton at Boise State University, where she spoke to about 150 supporters. On March 18, Bernie Sanders spoke at a local high school in Idaho Falls, Idaho drawing approximately 3,200 supporters. On March 21, the day before the Democratic caucuses, Senator Bernie Sanders spoke to approximately 7,000 supporters at the Taco Bell Arena on the campus of Boise State University.


2016 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses, Aftermath
The caucus was later regarded as having prepared the ground for the Paulette Jordan gubernatorial campaign two years later, inasmuch as it demonstrated the popularity of progressive policy proposals amongst the Idahoan left.


2016 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses, Gallery
Sen. Sanders speaks to a packed arena at Boise State University the day before the caucuses


2016 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses, Gallery
A portion of the Bernie Sanders side at the Ada County caucus


2016 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis
Sanders won Idaho by a four-to-one margin over Hillary Clinton, a similarly large landslide win that Barack Obama had enjoyed over Clinton in the Idaho caucuses eight years prior. In a majority white, rural, and ideologically libertarian electorate, Sanders had the upper hand. He won all counties but one on election day, carrying the major cities of Boise in Ada County, Pocatello in Bannock County, and Idaho Falls in Bonneville County. He was also bolstered by rural support from Southern Idaho to the Northern Panhandle, and in Central Idaho including Treasure Valley. Such regions are among the most remote and radically conservative areas of the country.


2016 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis
The Ada County caucus, held at CenturyLink Arena, which was the largest caucus in U.S. history, easily broke the 2008 record, with many voters waiting in line for three or four hours in brisk wind chill. The mile-long line stretched for several city blocks; more than 9,100 voters participated in what was called a "massive" turnout, especially given Idaho's status as a Republican stronghold.


2016 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis
Sanders won 78.0% of the vote statewide; only his home state of Vermont, Alaska, and Utah have given him a wider margin of victory.


2016 Idaho State Bengals football team
The 2016 Idaho State Bengals football team represented Idaho State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bengals were led by sixth year head coach Mike Kramer and played their home games at Holt Arena. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 2–9, 1–7 in Big Sky play to finish in last place.


2016 Idaho State Bengals football team
On March 30, 2017, head coach Mike Kramer announced his retirement. He finished at Idaho State with a six-year record of 18–50.


2016 Idaho Vandals football team
The 2016 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Paul Petrino and played their home games at Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho. The Vandals were football-only members of the Sun Belt Conference, and finished the season at 9–4, with a 6–2 record in conference to tie for third place. They were invited to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in Boise, where they defeated Colorado State.


2016 Idaho Vandals football team, Schedule
Idaho announced their 2016 football schedule on March 3, with five of the twelve games at home.


2016 Idol Star Athletics Rhythmic Gymnastics Futsal Archery Championships
The 2016 Idol Star Athletics Rhythmic Gymnastics Futsal Archery Championships (Korean: 추석특집 2016 아이돌스타 육상 리듬체조 풋살 양궁 선수권대회) was held at Goyang Gymnasium in Goyang, South Korea on August 29 and was broadcast on MBC on September 15, 2016 at 17:15 (KST) for two episodes.


2016 Idol Star Athletics Rhythmic Gymnastics Futsal Archery Championships, Synopsis
The episode features male and female K-pop entertainers, which competes in various sports competitions. At the championships, a total number of 8 events (4 in athletics, 2 in archery, 1 in rhythmic gymnastics and 1 in futsal) were contested: 4 by men and 4 by women. There were around 200 K-pop singers and celebrities who participated, divided into 7 teams.


2016 Idol Star Athletics Ssireum Futsal Archery Championships
The 2016 Idol Star Athletics Ssireum Futsal Archery Championships (Hangul: 아이돌스타 육상 씨름 풋살 양궁 선수권대회) was held at Goyang Gymnasium in Goyang, South Korea on January 18 and 19 and was broadcast on MBC on February 9 and 10, 2016. At the championships, a total number of 9 events (4 in athletics, 2 in ssireum, 2 in archery and 1 in futsal) were contested: 4 by men, 4 by women and 1 mixed. There were around 180 K-pop singers and celebrities who participated, divided into seven teams.


2016 Il Lombardia
The 2016 Il Lombardia (also known as the Giro di Lombardia or the Tour of Lombardy) took place in Lombardy in Northern Italy on 1 October 2016. It was the 110th edition of the Il Lombardia road bicycle race and the closing event of the 2016 UCI World Tour.


2016 Il Lombardia
Colombian rider Esteban Chaves won the race in a three-man sprint in Bergamo with Italian Diego Rosa and his countryman Rigoberto Urán.


2016 Il Lombardia, Teams
The 18 UCI World Tour teams were automatically invited and obliged to line up. The race organisation invited seven further UCI Professional Continental teams with wildcards. Each team had a maximum of eight riders:


2016 Iligan local elections
Local elections held in Iligan City on May 9, 2016 as part of the Philippine general election. The resident voters elected officials for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the one congressman, and twelve councilors.


2016 Iligan local elections
At the end of filing of certificates of candidacy (COC) last October 16, 2015, a total of 77 hopefuls have filed their COC for city's 15 elective positions: 10 are running for congressman, 5 for mayor, 2 for vice-mayor, and 60 for city councilors.


2016 Iligan local elections, Candidates for Lone District Representative
Vicente Belmonte, Jr. (LP) is the incumbent. However, he is already on his last term and ineligible for reelection. Instead, he decided to run for mayor. However, he later dropped his candidacy.


2016 Iligan local elections, Candidates for Lone District Representative
Three candidates from the ruling party are vying for the lone congressional seat; they are acting mayor Ruderic Marzo, former mayor Lawrence Lluch-Cruz and current councilor Frederick Siao. At the end, Cruz luckily received the certificate of nomination and acceptance (CONA) from Liberal Party. Later, Ruderic Marzo withdrew his candidacy for congressman.


2016 Iligan local elections, Candidates for Mayor
Suspended mayor Celso Regencia (NPC) is the incumbent. Vice Mayor Ruderic Marzo (LP) serves as the acting mayor.


2016 Iligan local elections, Candidates for Mayor
On November 16, 2015, Vicente Belmonte Jr. withdrew his candidacy for mayor citing security reasons. He later named incumbent vice-mayor Ruderic Marzo (LP) as his substitute, who filed his certificate candidacy on December 7, 2015.


2016 Iligan local elections, Candidates for Vice Mayor
Acting mayor Ruderic Marzo is the incumbent. Jemar Vera Cruz is a priest running for vice-mayor of the city. Parties are as stated in their certificates of candidacy.


2016 Iligan local elections, Candidates for City Councilors
Below is the complete list of candidates for city councilors.


2016 Illinois Comptroller special election
A special election for Illinois Comptroller took place on November 8, 2016. After comptroller Judy Baar Topinka died shortly after her reelection in 2014, Republican Governor Bruce Rauner appointed Leslie Munger, a former business executive and unsuccessful 2014 nominee for the Illinois House of Representatives, to fill her seat at the beginning of his term in 2015. Per Illinois state law, a special election was held to elect a comptroller to finish Topinka's term. Munger ran as the Republican nominee against Democratic Chicago City Clerk Susana Mendoza. State Senator Daniel Biss ran for the Democratic nomination, but dropped out in November 2015.


2016 Illinois Comptroller special election
Mendoza defeated Munger by 49.45% of the vote to Munger's 44.43%, becoming Illinois' tenth comptroller on December 5, 2016.


2016 Illinois Comptroller special election, Election information
The primaries and general elections coincided with those for federal elections (president, House and Senate), as well as those for other state offices.


2016 Illinois Comptroller special election, Election information, Background
Topinka died in December 2014, shortly after being re-elected to a second term in November, but before that second term began, outgoing Democratic Governor Pat Quinn (who lost his own bid for re-election) appointed his former budget chief Jerry Stermer to fill the remainder of Topinka's first term, allowing Governor-elect Bruce Rauner to make his own appointment for what would have been Topinka's second full term.


2016 Illinois Comptroller special election, Election information, Background
In an early January 2015 special session, the Democratic-led Illinois General Assembly approved a bill requiring that a special election be held at the next regular statewide election for any vacancy in any statewide executive office that occurs more than 28 months before the end of the term. Governor Quinn signed the bill shortly thereafter. Whoever incoming Governor Bruce Rauner appointed to fill Topinka's second term would serve only until a 2016 special election, instead of serving the full four-year term. The special election law received criticism from Republicans, who described it as a move to weaken Governor Rauner by shortening the term of his appointee.


2016 Illinois Comptroller special election, Election information, Turnout
For the state-run primaries (Democratic and Republican), turnout was 35.94%, with 2,755,220 votes cast. For the general election, turnout was 67.41%, with 5,412,543 votes cast.


2016 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
The 2016 Illinois Democratic presidential primary took place on March 15 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.


2016 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
On the same day, the Democratic Party held primaries in Florida, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio, while the Republican Party held primaries in the same five states, including their own Illinois primary, plus the Northern Mariana Islands.


2016 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
Clinton's win came thanks to African American neighborhoods of Chicago. Precinct-level results showed a close race with Latino voters: with Sanders performing in Mexican American neighborhoods and Clinton in Puerto Rican neighborhoods.


2016 Illinois Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Hillary Clinton won her birth state of Illinois by a 2-point margin, by winning with African American voters (70-30), women (55-45), and older voters (63-36), especially senior citizens (70-29). This margin was narrower than might have been expected, with Bernie Sanders winning with voters under the age of 45 (70%-30%) who made up 39% of the electorate and white voters (57-42) who made up 58% of the electorate. He also won men, 53-45. According to exit polls, the Hispanic/Latino vote was split, with Sanders narrowly winning 50-49.


2016 Illinois Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
As became a trend in the Democratic primary race, Hillary Clinton won Democrats (57-42), but Sanders won self-identified Independents (69-30).


2016 Illinois Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Clinton performed well in Chicago where the electorate is more diverse (she won 54-46) and in the Cook Suburbs (she won 53-46). Sanders performed well in the Collar Counties (he won 52-47) in the north (he won 53-46) and in the central/south part of the state which is whiter and more rural (he won 54-45).


2016 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The 2016 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Lovie Smith and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. They were members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 2–7 in Big Ten play to finish in sixth place in the West Division.


2016 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Schedule
The team will host all three non–conference games which are against the Murray State Racers from the Ohio Valley Conference, North Carolina Tar Heels from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), and the Western Michigan Broncos from the Mid-American Conference (MAC).


2016 Illinois House of Representatives election
The 2016 Elections for the Illinois House of Representatives were conducted on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. State Representatives are elected for two-year terms, with the entire House of Representatives elected every two years. The Democratic party lost a net of four seats and thus its three-fifths supermajority in the chamber. Republicans picked up five seats in the 63rd (McHenry County), 71st (Sterling), 76th (LaSalle), 79th (Kankakee), and 117th (Marion) districts, whilst the Democrats won the previously Republican held 112th district (Edwardsville/Collinsville)


2016 Illinois Senate election
The Illinois State Senate Election of 2016 determined, along with 19 senators not up for re-election, the membership of the 100th Illinois State Senate. The Democratic Party retained its majority, losing two seats - the 47th district in Western Illinois, and the 59th in the State's South - which were both won by Republicans.


2016 Illinois State Redbirds football team
The 2016 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Brock Spack and played their home games at Hancock Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 6–6, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Central Arkansas in the first round.


2016 Illinois State Redbirds football team, Game summaries, @ Northwestern
The Redbirds beat the Wildcats 9–7. The win came on an Illinois State field goal as time expired. This was ISU's first-ever victory over a Big Ten team.


2016 Illinois State Senate election
The 2016 elections for the Illinois Senate took place on November 8, 2016 to elect senators from 40 of the state's 59 Senate districts to serve in the 100th General Assembly, with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2010 United States Census. Under the Illinois Constitution of 1970, senators are divided into three groups, each group having a two-year term at a different part of the decade between censuses, with the rest of the decade being taken up by two four-year terms. The Democratic Party retained the majority that they had held in the Senate since 2003.


2016 Illinois elections
The Illinois general election was held on November 8, 2016.


2016 Illinois elections
In addition to federal races for President, Senate, and House, all 118 seats of the Illinois House of Representatives and 40 seats (out of 59) of the Illinois Senate were up for election, a special election was held for Illinois Comptroller, judicial elections were held, and a statewide ballot measure was voted upon.


2016 Illinois elections, Election information, Turnout, Primary election
For the primary election, turnout was 46.56%, with 3,569,960 votes cast. Over 520,000 of votes cast were done so as early votes.


2016 Illinois elections, Election information, Turnout, General election
For the general election, turnout was 70.56%, with 5,666,118 votes cast.


2016 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States House
All of Illinois' 18 seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2016.


2016 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States House
The Democratic Party flipped one Republican-held seat, making the composition of Illinois' House delegation 11 Democrats and 7 Republicans.


2016 Illinois elections, State elections, State House of Representatives
Democrats retained the majority in the State House of Representatives. However, they lost their veto-proof supermajority, as Republicans gained seats.


2016 Illinois elections, State elections, Judicial elections
Judicial elections were held. These consisted of both partisan and retention elections, including those for seven seats in the Illinois Appellate Court.


2016 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures
Illinois voters voted  a single ballot measure in 2016. In order to be approved, the measure required either 60% support among those specifically voting on the amendment or 50% support among all ballots cast in the elections.


2016 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment
Illinois voters approved a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that would prohibit lawmakers from using transportation funds for anything other than their stated purpose. In order to be approved, the measure required either 60% support among those specifically voting on the amendment or 50% support among all ballots cast in the elections.


2016 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment
The proposed amendment adds a new section to the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution.


2016 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment
The proposed amendment provides that no moneys derived from taxes, fees, excises, or license taxes, relating to registration, titles, operation, or use of vehicles or public highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, or airports, or motor fuels, including bond proceeds, shall be expended for other than costs of administering laws related to vehicles and transportation, costs for construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and betterment of public highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, airports, or other forms of transportation, and other statutory highway purposes, including the State or local share to match federal aid highway funds. You are asked to decide whether the proposed amendment should become part of the Illinois Constitution.


2016 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment
The proposed amendment adds a new Section to the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution that provides revenue generated from transportation related taxes and fees (referred to as “transportation funds”) shall be used exclusively for transportation related purposes. Transportation related taxes and fees include motor fuel taxes, vehicle registration fees, and other taxes and user fees dedicated to public highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit (buses and rail), ports, or airports.


2016 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment
Under the proposed amendment, transportation funds may be used by the State or local governments only for the following purposes: (1) costs related to administering transportation and vehicle laws, including public safety purposes and the payment of obligations such as bonds; (2) the State or local share necessary to secure federal funds or for local government transportation purposes as authorized by law; (3) the construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair, maintenance, and operation of highways, mass transit, and railroad crossings; (4) expenses related to workers’ compensation claims for death or injury of transportation agency employees; and (5) to purchase land for building highways or buildings for to be used for highway purposes.


2016 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment
This new Section is a limitation on the power of the General Assembly or a unit of local government to use, divert, or transfer transportation funds for a purpose other than transportation. It does not, and is not intended to, impact or change the way in which the State and local governments use sales taxes, including the sales and excise tax on motor fuel, or alter home rule powers granted under this Constitution.


2016 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment
It does not seek to change the way in which the State funds programs administered by the Illinois Secretary of State, Illinois Department of Transportation, and operations by the Illinois State Police directly dedicated to the safety of roads, or entities or programs funded by units of local government. Further, the Section does not impact the expenditure of federal funds, which may be spent for any purpose authorized by federal law


2016 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment
The measure added the following a Section 11 to Article IX of the Illinois Constitution which reads


2016 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment
(a) No moneys, including bond proceeds, derived from taxes, fees, excises, or license taxes relating to registration, title, or operation or use of vehicles, or related to the use of highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, airports, or to fuels used for propelling vehicles, or derived from taxes, fees, excises, or license taxes relating to any other transportation infrastructure or transportation operation, shall be expended for purposes other than as provided in subsections (b) and (c).


2016 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment
(b) Transportation funds may be expended for the following: the costs of administering laws related to vehicles and transportation, including statutory refunds and adjustments provided in those laws; payment of highway obligations; costs for construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and betterment of highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, airports, or other forms of transportation; and other statutory highway purposes.


2016 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment
Transportation funds may also be expended for the State or local share of highway funds to match federal aid highway funds, and expenses of grade separation of highways and railroad crossings, including protection of at-grade highways and railroad crossings, and, with respect to local governments, other transportation purposes as authorized by law.


2016 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment
(c) The costs of administering laws related to vehicles and transportation shall be limited to direct program expenses related to the following: the enforcement of traffic, railroad, and motor carrier laws; the safety of highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, or airports; and the construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair, maintenance, operation, and administration of highways, under any related provisions of law or any purpose related or incident to, including grade separation of highways and railroad crossings.


2016 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment
The limitations to the costs of administering laws related to vehicles and transportation under this subsection (c) shall also include direct program expenses related to workers' compensation claims for death or injury of employees of the State's transportation agency; the acquisition of land and the erection of buildings for highway purposes, including the acquisition of highway rights-of-way or for investigations to determine the reasonable anticipated future highway needs; and the making of surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates for the construction and maintenance of flight strips and highways.


2016 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment
The expenses related to the construction and maintenance of flight strips and highways under this subsection (c) are for the purpose of providing access to military and naval reservations, defense-industries, defense-industry sites, and sources of raw materials, including the replacement of existing highways and highway connections shut off from general use at military and naval reservations, defense-industries, and defense-industry sites, or the purchase of rights-of-way.


2016 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment
(d) None of the revenues described in subsection (a) of this Section shall, by transfer, offset, or otherwise, be diverted to any purpose other than those described in subsections (b) and (c) of this Section.


2016 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment
(e) If the General Assembly appropriates funds for a mode of transportation not described in this Section, the General Assembly must provide for a dedicated source of funding.


2016 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment
(f) Federal funds may be spent for any purposes authorized by federal law.


2016 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment
The amendment had been sponsored in the legislature by Democrat Brandon Phelps.


2016 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment
Only four members of the Illinois House of Representatives voted against placing the amendment on the ballot (Democrats Barbara Flynn Currie, Laura Fine,  Elaine Nekritz, and Pamela Reaves-Harris). The four published an op-ed in which they argued, "Experience has demonstrated that unexpected events can have drastic impacts on our state budget. A major natural disaster or economic turmoil can blow huge holes in a budget, even in states in healthy financial condition - which Illinois is decidedly not. This amendment would severely curtail the ability of the state to react to these types of events."


2016 Illinois elections, Local elections
Local elections were held. These included county elections, such as the Cook County elections.


2016 Illinois judicial elections
The 2016 Illinois judicial elections consisted of both partisan and retention elections, including those for seven seats in the Illinois Appellate Court. Primary elections were held on March 15, 2016, and general elections were held on November 8, 2016. These elections were part of the 2016 Illinois elections.


2016 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st district (4th division)
A vacancy was created after the retirement of Stuart Palmer. Democrat Eileen O'Neill Burke was elected to fill it, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election. This was a regular election, as Palmer's term would have expired in 2016.


2016 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st district (4th division), Republican primary
The Republican primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run.


2016 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st district (5th division)
Incumbent Bertina E. Lampkin, who was appointed on February 3, 2014 to fill the vacancy left after the death in office of Patrick Quinn, won reelection, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election. This was a regular election, as Appeton's term would have ended in 2016.


2016 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st district (5th division), Republican primary
The Republican primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run.


2016 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 5th district (Stewart vacancy)
A vacancy was created by the retirement of Bruce Stewart. Republican John B. Barberis Jr. was elected to fill the seat. This was a regular election, as Stewart's term ended in 2016.


2016 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 5th district (Wexstten vacancy)
A vacancy was created by the January 29, 2014 retirement of James M. Wexstten. Republican James R. Moore was elected to fill the seat. This was a regular election, as Wexstten's term would have ended in 2016.


2016 Imola Superbike World Championship round
The 2016 Imola Superbike World Championship round was the fifth round of the 2016 Superbike World Championship. It took place over the weekend of 29–30 April and 1 May 2016 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari.


2016 Imperial Basketball City Tournament
The 2016 Imperial Basketball City Tournament was a four nation international basketball tournament held in Bologna, Italy. All matches of the tournament scheduled from 25 to 26 June 2016 was hosted at the Land Rover Arena.


2016 Imperial Basketball City Tournament
The tournament follows a Single-elimination tournament with the winners of the initial two matches to contest at the final and the losers to participate at the 3rd place match.


2016 Imphal earthquake
The 2016 Imphal earthquake struck northeast India in the state of Manipur on January 4 with a moment magnitude of 6.7 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). Its epicentre was located in the Tamenglong district; about 30 kmwest of Imphal. At least eleven people were killed, 200 others were injured and numerous buildings were damaged. The quake was also strongly felt in Bangladesh. It was also extensively felt in eastern and north-eastern India. The earthquake, which hit at 4:35 a.m. on 4 January local time (23:05 UTC, 3 January), was centered in an isolated area. Imphal has a population of more than 250,000. It was one of the most damaging earthquakes in Manipur since 1880 and 1939.


2016 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team
The 2016 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team represented the University of the Incarnate Word in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. This was the Cardinals' final transition season of collegiate football at the FCS level. They were led by fifth-year head coach Larry Kennan. They played their home games at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium. They finished the season 3–8, 3–6 in Southland play to finish in a tie for eighth place.


2016 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team, TV and radio
All Incarnate Word games will be broadcast on Texas Sports Radio Network with the voices of Gabe Farias and Shawn Morris. will also produce a student media broadcast every week, that will be available online, and they will provide streaming of all non-televised home games via .


2016 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team, Previous season
The Cardinals finished the season 6–5, 5–4 in Southland play to finish in fourth place.


2016 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team, Postseason honors
The following Cardinals received postseason honors for the 2016 season:


2016 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team, Postseason honors
All-Southland Conference Second-TeamAP  Kody Edwards - JuniorLB  Josh Zellars - SeniorAll-Southland Conference Honorable MentionOL  Draven Taylor - JuniorPR   Jordan Hicks - Senior


2016 Incheon United FC season
The 2016 season is Incheon United's twelfth season in the K-League in South Korea. Incheon United competed in the K League Classic and the Korean FA Cup.


2016 Incheon United FC season, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Independence Bowl
The 2016 Independence Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 26, 2016 at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana. The 41st annual Independence Bowl featured the NC State Wolfpack of the ACC against the Vanderbilt Commodores of the SEC. Sponsored by Camping World, the game was officially known as the Camping World Independence Bowl.


2016 Independence Bowl, Team selection
The game featured the NC State Wolfpack against the Vanderbilt Commodores.


2016 Independence Bowl, Team selection
This was the third meeting between the schools, with Vanderbilt winning the two previous ones. The most recent meeting was in the 2012 Music City Bowl, where the Commodores defeated the Wolfpack by a score of 38–24.


2016 Independence Cup (Bangladesh)
The 2016 Independence Cup also known as KFC Independence Cup due to the sponsorship from KFC is the 7th edition of the tournament. A total of 12 teams completing in this tournament. Dhaka Mohammedan was the winner of previous edition of the tournament.


2016 Independence Cup (Bangladesh), Group stage
The twelve participants were divided into two groups. The top two teams for each group qualified for the semifinals.


2016 India Super Series
The 2016 India Super Series was the second super series tournament of the 2016 BWF Super Series. The tournament took place in Siri Fort Sports Complex, New Delhi, India from 29 March – 3 April 2016 and had a total purse of $300,000.


2016 Indian Air Force An-32 disappearance
On 22 July 2016, an Antonov An-32 twin engine turboprop transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force disappeared while flying over the Bay of Bengal. The aircraft was en route from Tambaram Air Force Station in the city of Chennai on the western coastline of the Bay of Bengal to Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. There were 29 people on board. Radar contact with the aircraft was lost at 9:12 am, 280 kilometres (170 mi) east of Chennai. The search and rescue operation became India's largest search operation for a missing plane on the sea in history. There were similar incidents in 1986 and 2019.


2016 Indian Air Force An-32 disappearance, Passengers
There were 29 people on board the aircraft: six crew members; 11 Indian Air Force personnel; two Indian Army soldiers; one each from the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard; and eight defence civilians working with Naval Armament Depot (NAD). The civilians were from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.


2016 Indian Air Force An-32 disappearance, Disappearance and search
The Antonov An-32 took off from Tambaram Air Force Station, Chennai at 08:30 local time on 22 July 2016. It was expected to land in Port Blair around 11:45 local time. The Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard launched a large search and rescue operation, using a submarine, 12 surface vessels and five aircraft.


2016 Indian Air Force An-32 disappearance, Disappearance and search
On the third day after the disappearance, 16 ships, a submarine and six aircraft were deployed to search for the missing An-32 in the Bay of Bengal, about 150 nautical miles east of Chennai. On 1 August, it was confirmed that the aircraft had no underwater locator beacon (ULB). It did have two emergency locator transmitters (ELTs).


2016 Indian Air Force An-32 disappearance, Disappearance and search
On 15 September 2016, the search and rescue mission was called off; all 29 people on board were presumed dead and their families were notified.


2016 Indian Banks data breach
2016 Indian Banks data breach was reported in October 2016. It was estimated 3.2 million debit cards were compromised. Major Indian banks, among them SBI, HDFC Bank, ICICI, YES Bank and Axis Bank, were among the worst hit. The breach went undetected for months and was first detected after several banks reported fraudulent use of their customers’ cards in China and the United States, while these customers were in India.


2016 Indian Banks data breach
This resulted in one of the India's biggest card replacement drive in banking history. The biggest Indian bank State Bank of India announced the blocking and replacement of almost 600,000 debit cards.


2016 Indian Banks data breach
An audit performed by SISA Information Security reports that the breach was due to malware injected into the payment gateway network of Hitachi Payment Systems.


2016 Indian Federation Cup Final
The 2016 Indian Federation Cup Final was a football match played on 21 May 2016 at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in Guwahati between Aizawl and Mohun Bagan.


2016 Indian Federation Cup Final
Mohun Bagan won the final by defeating Aizawl 5–0 with a brace from Jeje Lalpekhlua and goals each from Sony Norde, Dhanachandra Singh and Bikramjit Singh. This was a record 14th time that Mohun Bagan won the tournament, making them the most successful club in the history of the competition.


2016 Indian Federation Cup Final, Background
Mohun Bagan were playing a record 19th Federation Cup final. They had previously won 13, a record in itself. However, their most recent victory was way back in the 2008 edition against Dempo by a margin of 1–0. Their most recent defeat in the final was in the 2010 edition, where they lost 1–0 to arch rivals East Bengal.


2016 Indian Federation Cup Final, Background
It was Aizawl's debut in the Federation Cup final. The team had been relegated from the top division of I-League and were looking to create history by becoming the first ever team from the North-East to win the title.


2016 Indian Federation Cup Final, Background
Mohun Bagan and Aizawl had played twice during the season's I-League. While Mohun Bagan won their home match, it was the highlanders who spoiled the party for Mohun Bagan in the latter's away game. On 9 January 2016, Mohun Bagan won the opening match of the I-League 3–1 at the Barasat Stadium, with a brace from Cornell Glen and a solitary goal from Balwant. Aizawl's only goal was a result of an own goal from Bagan right back, Pritam Kotal.


2016 Indian Federation Cup Final, Background
In the return leg encounter at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Aizawl it was the highlanders who brought down high flying Mohun Bagan to ground with a 2–1 victory over the Kolkata club. Alfred Jaryan opened the scoring for the highlanders, while Cornell Glen equalised for Mohun Bagan. In the second half it was Lalchawnkima who converted from the spot to give Aizawl a much cherished victory.


2016 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final
The 2015–16 Indian Federation Cup, also known as  2015–16 Hero Federation Cup due to sponsorship reasons was the 37th edition of the Federation Cup, the main national football cup competition in India. The tournament was held from 30 April 2016 to 21 May 2016. The top 8 teams from the 2015–16 I-League participated in the tournament.


2016 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Mohun Bagan
Mohun Bagan had reached the finals 18 times previously and made their 19th appearance in the final in the 2015–16 Federation Cup. Mohun Bagan kicked off their campaign on a positive note when they defeated Salgaocar in a quarter final away encounter. Jeje Lalpekhlua opened the scoring for the Mariners within 30 seconds from kick-off as he headed in a Subhash Singh cross. Bagan however found themselves down 2–1 at the end of the first half, thanks to 26th and 30th-minute strikes from Martin Scott and Calvin Mbarga respectively.


2016 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Mohun Bagan
In the second half, substitute Abhishek Das drew Mohun Bagan level as he netted in a goal in the 77th minute from a Katsumi Yusa pass, minutes after he was introduced as a substitute. In the 86th minute, it was Jeje Lalpekhlua who sealed the fate of the match with a vicious half volley past the goalkeeper Karanjit Singh to put Mohun Bagan 3–2 ahead. The match ended with the same scoreline and Bagan had 3 crucial away goals in their kitty giving them a lot of confidence before the home leg.


2016 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Mohun Bagan
In the return leg of the quarter final tie, the Mariners demolished Salgaocar 4–0 riding on a brace from Haitian playmaker Sony Norde and goals from Katsumi Yusa and Jeje Lalpekhlua. It was Katsumi Yusa who started the scoring in the 25th minute reaching at the end of a Sony Norde cross and tapping it easily into an open net.


2016 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Mohun Bagan
Minutes away from the half time whistle Sony Norde scored his first of the match and the tournament as he beautifully cut in from the left and put the ball in the net past the goalkeeper to ensure that Bagan went into the lemon break with a 3-goal advantage on aggregate. The Green and Maroon brigade started off the second half where they ended the first.


2016 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Mohun Bagan
It was a piece of individual brilliance by Haitian playmaker Sony Norde as he went past three Salgaocar defenders and put the ball in the net with relative ease to score his second of the night. In the final minute of the match, a beautiful through ball from Cornell Glen saw Jeje Lalpekhlua tap it in with utter ease to put the icing on the cake of the Green and Maroon victory.


2016 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Mohun Bagan
Next, Mohun Bagan were up against a fairly confident Shillong Lajong side who had entered the semi-finals upsetting Kolkata giants East Bengal 4–3 on aggregate. The first 30 minutes of the semi-final was a closely contested tie. It took a moment of individual brilliance from Sony Norde in the 40th minute to open the scoring for Bagan. His long range effort rebounded off Lajong goalkeeper Vishal Kaith, and Jeje Lalpekhlua grabbed onto the opportunity as he toed the ball into the net. This goal opened the scoring floodgates for Mohun Bagan.


2016 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Mohun Bagan
In the final stages of the first half Bikramjit Singh scored a screamer from a Cornell Glen pass to put Mohun Bagan ahead 2–0. After the restart Jeje Lalpekhlua completed his hat-trick by scoring in the 51st and 56th minute. At the fag end of the match young star Azharuddin Mallick put the final nail in the Lajong coffin to secure a comprehensive 5–0 victory for the Mariners.


2016 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Mohun Bagan
Mohun Bagan had almost secured a place in the final as they went into the semi-final away encounter with a 5–0 advantage against Shillong Lajong. This however did not deter the Bagan gaffer, Sanjoy Sen from fielding his first side in the match. The Mariners however lacked motivation and played a defensive game. They failed to create significant positive moves as their opponents found it easier going in the centre of the field. Shillong Lajong had their best chance of the match when Brazilian striker Fábio Pena found an open net in front of him but still ended up hitting the woodwork. The match was fairly uneventful and ended a 0–0 stalemate guaranteeing Mohun Bagan progress on basis of the 5–0 aggregate scoreline.


2016 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Aizawl
Aizawl had a dream run in the Federation Cup before they made it to their first ever final. In the quarter final encounter, they were first up at home against the recently crowned I-League champions Bengaluru FC. Bengaluru FC opened the scoring in the 15th minute thanks to a strike from midfield general Eugeneson Lyngdoh. Aizawl however did not give up hope and drew level terms in the 38th minute from an Alfred Jaryan strike. In the final minutes of regulation time, it was striker Joel Sunday who gave Aizawl the elusive winning goal. This result meant that although Bengaluru FC had an away goal in their kitty, it was Aizawl who walked away the stronger, being a goal to the good before the return leg quarter final encounter.


2016 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Aizawl
The return leg match at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium started with Bengaluru FC needing a 1–0 victory to guarantee a place in the semi-finals. It was however, the visitors Aizawl who drew first blood from a Joel Sunday goal in the 26th minute. Bengaluru FC however were not too late to strike back. In the 28th minute, C.K. Vineeth found himself at the end of a Keegan Pereira pass and the Keralite did not make any mistake in finding the back of the net.


2016 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Aizawl
In the 38th minute however, the agony for the hosts mounted as Joel Sunday scored a scorcher of a goal to give Aizawl a 2–1 lead with 2 away goals, 1 more than Bengaluru FC. After the restart, post the lemon break, the fate of the match was sealed by the Aizawl captain David Lalrinmuana as he scored from a direct free-kick to give the visitors an almost unassailable 3–1 lead (5–2 on aggregate). Bengaluru FC pressed hard in the final half hour and did manage to pull one back through a penalty goal from Indian striker Sunil Chettri. However, that proved to be too little too late as the visitors booked their spot in the semi-final with a 3–2 victory on the night and an aggregate scoreline of 5–3 in their favour.


2016 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Aizawl
Aizawl were up against Sporting Goa in the semi-final encounter at home in the first leg. The match saw both teams playing safe and ended 0–0 leaving the teams' fate resting on the return leg encounter at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa. The match produced a few sporadic chances, most of which fell to the north eastern side. The best chance of the match came in the 53rd minute when captain David Lalrinmuana's free-kick found Emmanuel Chigozie in the box, but the latter failed to break the deadlock. In the 81st minute, Sporting Goa custodian Arindam Bhattacharya pulled off a brilliant save to deny the hosts the lead.


2016 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Aizawl
The fate of the semi-finalists rested on the return leg encounter in Goa. The match started off with nerves on both sides forcing rookie mistakes in both camps. It was however the visitors Aizawl, who drew first blood, all thanks to their wonderman Joel Sunday who put them ahead in the 37th minute. The 1–0 lead meant Aizawl had an away goal advantage and Sporting Goa would have to score two to progress into the final. The Goans however got their rescue act in place, seconds away from the lemon break whistle.


2016 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Aizawl
A Sumit Passi header found the back of the net to draw Sporting Clube de Goa to level terms. The visitors however made the Goan recovery more difficult after the referee awarded a penalty to the highlanders as their captain David Lalrinmuana was tripped in the box by a Sporting Goa defender. Lalchawnkima made no mistake in finding the net from the penalty spot to give Aizawl a 2–1 lead. In the 80th minute however, a butter-fingers moment from Aizawl goalkeeper Soram Poirei saw him push an easy shot right onto Glan Martins' boots.


2016 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Aizawl
The forward made no mistake in scoring from close range to draw the Goans 2–2. Sporting Goa however needed another goal to advance to the final. They had their best chance in injury time, but Sumit Passi failed to tap in an easy ball into an open net. The ending however was not very happy for the visitors. Aizawl captain David Lalrinmuana was given the marching orders by the referee when he tried to delay a free-kick from being taken. This made the vital midfielder unavailable for the all important final encounter. The match finished 2–2 on the night and the same on aggregate seeing Aizawl go through to the final having two more away goals than their opponents.


2016 Indian Line of Control strike
On 29 September 2016, India announced that it conducted surgical strikes against militant launch pads across the Line of Control in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, and inflicted "significant casualties". Indian media reported the casualty figures variously from 35 to 70.


2016 Indian Line of Control strike
Pakistan rejected India's claim, and instead claimed that Indian troops did not cross the Line of Control and had only skirmished with Pakistani troops at the border, resulting in the deaths of two Pakistani soldiers and nine wounded. Pakistan rejected India's reports of any other casualties. Pakistani sources reported that at least eight Indian soldiers were killed in the exchange, and one was captured. India confirmed that one of its soldiers was in Pakistani custody, but denied that it was linked to the incident or that any of its soldiers had been killed. Pakistan said India was hiding its casualties.


2016 Indian Line of Control strike
Media outlets noted that the details regarding the "attack" were still unclear. Earlier that month, four militants had attacked the Indian army at Uri on 18 September in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, and killed 19 soldiers. India's announcement of the claimed raid on 29 September marked the first time that the government had publicly acknowledged its forces crossing the Line of Control, amidst skepticism and disputing accounts. In the succeeding days and months, India and Pakistan continued to exchange fires along the border in Kashmir, resulting in dozens of military and civilian casualties on both the sides.


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Background
On 18 September 2016, a fedayeen attack was made by four armed militants on an army base near the town of Uri. Nineteen Indian Army soldiers were killed. India accused Jaish-e-Muhammad, a Pakistan-based terrorist organisation. Having come after similar fidayeen attacks in Gurdaspur and Pathankot, the Uri attack gave rise to high degree of concern in India. The following day, the Indian army said that it had displayed considerable restraint in the wake of the attacks, but it reserved the right to respond "at the time and place of our own choosing".


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Background
The Guardian said that Indian patience had run out due to Pakistan's inaction in curbing the activities of terrorist organisations such as Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad. On 21 September, India summoned the Pakistan High Commission Abdul Bassit and gave a protest letter detailing the involvement of a terrorist group based in Pakistan. Pakistan later said that India had provided no evidence that the Uri attack was launched from Pakistan. Pakistan's defence minister suggested that India had carried out the Uri attack to deflect attention from the popular protests in Jammu and Kashmir. The Hindustan Times reported that the minister's comments made up an "inflection point", after which India decided to respond militarily.


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Background
Indian officials said that the cross-border infiltration across the Line of Control had surged since the unrest began in Kashmir. The persons crossing the border showed evidence of military training. According to a government source close to Home Minister Rajnath Singh, a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security was held on 24 September, at which "broad details of targeting terrorists" were discussed.


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Surgical strikes
On 29 September, eleven days after the Uri attack, the Indian Army conducted surgical strikes against suspected militants in Pakistani-administered Kashmir. Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, Indian Director General of Military Operations (DGMO), said that it had received "very credible and specific information" about "terrorist teams" who were preparing to "carry out infiltration and conduct terrorist strikes inside Jammu and Kashmir and in various metros in other states". The Indian action was meant to pre-empt their infiltration. India presented its operation as preemptive self-defence against terrorism, striking against terrorist infrastructure along with "those who are trying to support them." Columnist Ankit Panda thought the latter included Pakistani soldiers or the elements of Pakistani state. On 30 September, Indian minister for information and broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said that there had been no aerial strikes and that the operation had been conducted "on the ground".


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Surgical strikes
Ranbir Singh said that his Pakistani counterpart had been informed. The Pakistani military said the DGMO communications discussed only the cross-border firing, which was part of the existing rules of engagement.


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Surgical strikes
Pakistan denied that such surgical strikes occurred. The Inter-Services Public Relations said that there had been only "cross border firing". Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the "unprovoked and naked aggression of Indian forces", and said that Pakistani military was capable of thwarting any attacks by India.


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Surgical strikes
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said that the UN Observer Group in Pakistani Kashmir did not directly observe any "firing across the Line of Control" relating to the incident. The Indian envoy at UN Syed Akbaruddin dismissed this statement, saying "facts on the ground do not change whether somebody acknowledges or not."


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Surgical strikes
Analyst Sandeep Singh, writing in The Diplomat, said that the operation is better characterised as a cross-border raid because "surgical strikes" involve striking deep into the enemy territory and typically using air power. Shaun Snow writing in The Diplomat questioned whether India had the capacity to conduct a "surgical strike", noting that Pakistan has a very comprehensive and modern air defence system.


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Surgical strikes
A cross border raid, if it occurred 1 km into Pakistani administered territory, is routine on either side with over a dozen incidents having occurred both ways, and does not qualify as a "surgical strike"  which by definition requires deep striking and air power as Sandeep Singh, cited earlier, attests to.


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Surgical strikes, Indian version
Indian officials said the strike targeted areas close to the Line of Control (LoC), where it believes militants congregate for their final briefings before sneaking across the LoC. An Indian security source said the operation began with Indian forces firing artillery across the frontier to provide cover for three to four teams of 70–80 soldiers from the 4th and 9th battalions of the Para Special Forces to cross the LoC at several separate points shortly after midnight IST on 29 September (18:30 hours UTC, 28 Sep).


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Surgical strikes, Indian version
Teams from 4 Para crossed the LoC in the Nowgam sector of Kupwara district, while teams from 9 Para simultaneously crossed the LoC in Poonch district. By 2 a.m. IST, according to army sources, the special forces teams had travelled 1–3 km on foot, and had begun destroying terrorist bases with hand-held grenades and 84 mm rocket launchers. The teams then swiftly returned to the Indian side of the Line of Control, suffering only one injury, a soldier wounded after tripping a land mine.


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Surgical strikes, Indian version
The Indian Army said the strike was a pre-emptive attack on militant bases, claiming that it had received intelligence that the militants were planning "terrorist strikes" against India. India said that, in destroying "terrorist infrastructure" it also attacked  "those who are trying to support them", indicating it attacked Pakistani soldiers too. India later briefed opposition parties and foreign envoys, but did not disclose operational details.


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Surgical strikes, Indian version
Some Indian media claimed that the Indian army infiltrated 2–3 km into Pakistani territory, but the Indian Army did not say whether its troops crossed the border or had simply fired across it. India said that none of its soldiers were killed though two soldiers were injured. It also stated that one of its soldiers, from 37 Rashtriya Rifles, was captured by Pakistan after he "inadvertently crossed over to the Pakistan side", though not during the "surgical strikes."


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Surgical strikes, Indian version
Initially, Indian media claimed that the army used helicopters during the skirmish. On 30 September, an Indian minister denied that there were any helicopters used, stating the operation was conducted "on the ground".


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Surgical strikes, Indian version
In 2018, the Indian government released an alleged footage of the strikes.


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Surgical strikes, Pakistani version
Pakistan rejected claims that any surgical strikes occurred. Pakistan's Foreign Office said the claim as "baseless" and said India was "deliberately" escalating conflict. The Pakistan Army claimed that there had only been "cross border firing". Pakistan warned that it would respond militarily should any surgical strike actually occur. The two soldiers killed were identified as Naik Imtiaz and Havildar Jumma Khan.


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Surgical strikes, Pakistani version
Pakistani sources claimed that hours after the strike, up to fourteen Indian soldiers were killed in retaliatory firing across the LOC and one was captured, Chandu Babulal Chavan. It further stated that India was concealing its casualty figures from the cross-border firing. It was later reported that the captured India soldier had wandered across the border in a different sector of the Line of control, where no conflict was reported. He was later returned to India.


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Surgical strikes, Pakistani version
Defence analysts in Pakistan said it was not possible for Indian forces to breach the heavily armed and fenced LoC border undetected, perform operations at multiple sites over several hours, and return without casualties and military resistance. According to one source, the Indian narrative matched a "fantastic movie script" created for public consumption. Ejaz Awan dismissed Indian claims of paratrooper involvement, stating: "For pulling out these troops, you need helicopters on the ground."


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Media reports
Lieutenant general Ranbir Singh, the Indian Army DGMO, only stated during his press conference on 29 September that the number of casualties inflicted had been "significant." Most accounts in the Indian media varied as to the number of militants killed, with most publications giving estimates of 35 to 50 killed. On 9 October, the Indian army said that it had intercepted radio messages of the Pakistan army and claimed that "around 20" Lashkar-e-Taiba militants had been killed, including at least 10 during the surgical strikes and nine killed at Balnoi (opposite of Poonch).


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Media reports
On 1 October, the Pakistani army gave international media outlets including BBC, CNN, VOA, Reuters, AP, AFP and Newsweek a tour of the sites which India claimed to have hit on 29 September. The Pakistan army claimed that had there been a "surgical strike", there would have been more damage. The journalists confirmed that the "area seemed intact", but added that they only saw what the Pakistani army showed them. The Economist remarked that they were taken to the border "under strict supervision, naturally".


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Media reports
On 5 October, The Indian Express stated it had managed to conduct covert interviews with eyewitnesses living across the Line of Control (LoC). The Express claimed that eyewitnesses corroborated the Indian account by describing fire engagements with militants and the destruction of some makeshift buildings that housed militants; but that there was little damage to infrastructure.


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Media reports
However, the Express said that according to eyewitness accounts, and classified documents, the number of militants killed was lower than the 38–50 number reported by Indian officials; there were reports that "five, perhaps six" bodies had been trucked out the morning after the raids from Dudhnial (4 km from the LoC), while three or four militants were killed near Khairati Bagh. The Express said that the militants, many of whom belonged to Lashkar-e-Taiba, were caught by surprise. Other accounts reported "fire and explosions" from the east bank of the Neelum River in Athmuqam.


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Media reports
On 5 October, India's CNN-News18 claimed that it conducted a "sting operation" where their news correspondent posing as an Inspector General of Police made a phone call to a Superintendent of Police (SP) Ghulam Akbar in Mirpur. In an audio conversation aired on the news channel, a voice claiming to be Akbar reveals details about the military action of 29 September including the places of strikes and the number of Pakistani casualties, quoted as 12 people including 5 military personnel.


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Media reports
The voice says that the bodies were said to have been carried away in coffins and buried in the villages, and that an unknown number of militants ("jihadis") had also died. On 6 October, Pakistan's Foreign Office said that the voice in the audio conversation did not belong to Ghulam Akbar, and that Akbar had denied the alleged phone conversation. The ministry called the story a fabrication, and hoped that CNN International would take action against its Indian affiliate.


2016 Indian Line of Control strike, Media reports
On 23 October, a BBC News article by M. Ilyas Khan quoted unnamed police officials and locals stating the Indians appeared to have crossed the LoC, in some cases by more than a kilometer, to attack Pakistani border posts. The article said the Indian Army had conducted a ground assault in the Pooch sector, destroying a Pakistani post and killing a soldier; setup their guns on a ridge in Leepa valley, hitting three posts and killing four Pakistani soldiers; and advanced in the Dudhnial sector injuring a Pakistani soldier, but were beaten back after their movements were detected.