These are the people who, at one time or another, had been considered, announced, declined or withdrew his or her candidacy in the Philippine Senate election, 2016.
| # | Nominee | Coalition | Party | Previous political title | Gender |
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| 1 | Shariff Albani{{party name with colour|Independent politician}} | Male |
| 2 | Aldin Ali{{party name with colour|Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka}} | Male |
| 3 | Rafael Alunan{{party name with colour|Independent politician}} | Secretary of the Interior and Local Government | Male |
| 4 | Ina Ambolodto | Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid{{party name with colour|Liberal Party (Philippines)}} | Maguindanao acting governor | Female |
| 5 | Godofredo Arquiza{{party name with colour|Independent politician}} | Senior Citizens party-list representative | Male |
| 6 | Levito Baligod{{party name with colour|Independent politician}} | Male |
| 7 | Greco Belgica{{party name with colour|Independent politician}} | Manila councilor | Male |
| 8 | Walden Bello{{party name with colour|Independent politician}} | Akbayan party-list representative | Male |
| 9 | Sandra Cam{{party name with colour|Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino}} | Female |
| 10 | Melchor Chavez{{party name with colour|Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka}} | Male |
| 11 | Neri Colmenares | Partido Galing at Puso{{party name with colour|Makabayan}} | Bayan Muna party-list representative | Male |
| 12 | Leila de Lima | Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid{{party name with colour|Liberal Party (Philippines)}} | Secretary of Justice | Female |
| 13 | Isko Moreno Domagoso | Partido Galing at Puso{{party name with colour|Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino}} | Manila vice mayor | Male |
| 14 | Ray Dorona{{party name with colour|Independent politician}} | Male |
| 15 | Franklin Drilon | Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid{{party name with colour|Liberal Party (Philippines)}} | Senate president | Male |
| 16 | Lorenzo Gadon{{party name with colour|Kilusang Bagong Lipunan}} | Male |
| 17 | Win Gatchalian | Partido Galing at Puso{{party name with colour|Nationalist People's Coalition}} | Representative from Valenzuela | Male |
| 18 | Richard J. Gordon | Partido Galing at Puso{{party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} | Former Senator/Phil. Red Cross Director | Male |
| 19 | TG Guingona | Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid{{party name with colour|Liberal Party (Philippines)}} | Senator | Male |
| 20 | Risa Hontiveros | Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid{{party name with colour|Akbayan}} | Akbayan party-list representative | Female |
| 21 | Eid Kabalu{{party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} | Spokesperson, Moro Islamic Liberation Front | Male |
| 22 | Lorna Kapunan | Partido Galing at Puso{{party name with colour|Aksyon Demokratiko}} | Female |
| 23 | Jacel Kiram{{party name with colour|United Nationalist Alliance}} | Sultanate of Sulu princess and daughter of Sultan Jamalul Kiram III | Female |
| 24 | Alma Moreno Lacsamana{{party name with colour|United Nationalist Alliance}} | Parañaque councilor | Female |
| 25 | Panfilo Lacson | Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid{{party name with colour|Independent politician}} | Senator and Philippine National Police (PNP) chief superintendent | Male |
| 26 | Rey Langit{{party name with colour|United Nationalist Alliance}} | Male |
| 27 | Mark Lapid | Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid{{party name with colour|Aksyon Demokratiko}} | Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) chief-operating-officer and Pampanga governor | Male |
| 28 | Dante Liban{{party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} | Representative from Quezon City | Male |
| 29 | Romeo Maganto{{party name with colour|Lakas-CMD}} | PNP chief superintendent | Male |
| 30 | Edu Manzano | Partido Galing at Puso{{party name with colour|Independent politician}} | Makati vice mayor and Optical Media Board chairperson | Male |
| 31 | Allan Montano{{party name with colour|United Nationalist Alliance}} | Male |
| 32 | Ramon Montaño{{party name with colour|Independent politician}} | Philippine Army general | Male |
| 33 | Getulio Napeñas{{party name with colour|United Nationalist Alliance}} | PNP Special Action Force chief | Male |
| 34 | Susan Ople | Partido Galing at Puso{{party name with colour|Nacionalista Party}} | Undersecretary of Labor and Employment | Female |
| 35 | Sergio Osmeña III{{party name with colour|Independent politician}} | Senator | Male |
| 36 | Manny Pacquiao{{party name with colour|United Nationalist Alliance}} | Representative from Sarangani | Male |
| 37 | Cresente Paez | Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid{{party name with colour|Independent politician}} | Coop-NATCCO party-list representative | Male |
| 38 | Samuel Pagdilao | Partido Galing at Puso{{party name with colour|Independent politician}} | ACT-CIS party-list representative | Male |
| 39 | Jovito Palparan{{party name with colour|Independent politician}} | Bantay party-list representative and Philippine Army general | Male |
| 40 | Francis Pangilinan | Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid{{party name with colour|Liberal Party (Philippines)}} | Senator | Male |
| 41 | Jericho Petilla | Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid{{party name with colour|Liberal Party (Philippines)}} | Secretary of Energy and Leyte governor | Male |
| 42 | Ralph Recto | Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid{{party name with colour|Liberal Party (Philippines)}} | Senator | Male |
| 43 | Martin Romualdez{{party name with colour|Lakas-CMD}} | Representative from Leyte | Male |
| 44 | Roman Romulo | Partido Galing at Puso{{party name with colour|Independent politician}} | Representative from Pasig | Male |
| 45 | Dionisio Santiago{{party name with colour|Independent politician}} | Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) director general | Male |
| 46 | Tito Sotto | Partido Galing at Puso{{party name with colour|Nationalist People's Coalition}} | Senator | Male |
| 47 | Francis Tolentino{{party name with colour|Independent politician}} | Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman | Male |
| 48 | Diosdado Valeroso{{party name with colour|Independent politician}} | PNP chief superintendent | Male |
| 49 | Joel Villanueva | Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid{{party name with colour|Liberal Party (Philippines)}} | Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) director general and Citizens' Battle Against Corruption (CIBAC) party-list representative | Male |
| 50 | Juan Miguel Zubiri | Partido Galing at Puso{{party name with colour|Independent politician}} | Senator and representative from Bukidnon | Male |
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1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.comelec.gov.ph/?r=Archives/RegularElections/2016NLE/Candidates/CertifiedListOfCandidates|title=List of National and Local Candidates for Verification|publisher=COMELEC|date=21 January 2016|accessdate=20 January 2016}}
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