The San Joaquin senatorial election is scheduled to take place on Friday, October 14, 2016 and will be the election for the 80th elected secession of the Parliament of Sierra. It will be held congruently alongside with the national election, the election for the state legislatures. Since 2014, the province enacted laws that placed all candidates on the same ballot on a blanket primary, although party indicators are still placed beside candidates names, the two candidates who acquired the most votes would continue to a runoff election in October, much in the manner of a jungle primary, the state also revoked candidates privileges to run two candidacies for two separate political positions.