2025 Manila local elections

2025 Manila local elections

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Mayoral election
Incumbent Mayor Honey Lacuna Asenso Manileño
Vice mayoral election
Incumbent Vice Mayor Yul Servo Asenso Manileño
City Council election
36 of 38 seats in the Manila City Council 20 seats needed for a majority
Party Asenso Manileño Independent Last election 34 seats, 68.56% 2 seats, 8.43%

Local elections are scheduled to be held in Manila on May 12, 2025, as part of the 2025 Philippine general election. The electorate will elect a mayor, a vice mayor, 36 members of the Manila City Council, and six district representatives to the House of Representatives of the Philippines. The officials elected in the election will assume their respective offices on June 30, 2025, for a three-year-long term.

Background

Mayor Honey Lacuna and Vice mayor Yul Servo are the incumbents; both of which are members of the Asenso Manileño, the city's ruling party. Both of them are expected to defend their positions.^{[citation needed]}

Mayoral election

The incumbent mayor is Honey Lacuna, who was elected in 2022 with 63.68% of the vote. Lacuna is eligible for reelection to a second term.

Candidates

Potential

• Honey Lacuna – incumbent mayor of Manila (2022–present), former vice mayor of Manila (2016–2022) and member of the Manila City Council from the 4th District (2004–2013)

Declined

• Isko Moreno – former mayor of Manila (2019–2022), vice mayor of Manila (2007–2016) and member of the Manila City Council from the 1st District (1998–2007)^[1]
• Imee Marcos – incumbent Senator of the Philippines (2019–present) (running for re-election)^[2][3]

Vice mayoral election

Candidates

Potential

• Yul Servo – incumbent vice mayor of Manila (2022–present), former member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Manila's 3rd district (2016–2022) and member of the Manila City Council from the 3rd district (2007–2016)

House of Representatives election

First district

Candidates

Potential

• Ernesto Dionisio Jr. - incumbent member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Manila's 1st district (2022–present)

Second district

Candidates

Potential

• Rolan Valeriano - incumbent member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Manila's 2nd district (2019–present)

Third district

Candidates

Potential

• Harry Angping - former member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Manila's 3rd district (1998–2004)
• Joel Chua - incumbent member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Manila's 3rd district (2022–present) and former member of the Manila City Council from the 3rd district (2019–2022)

Fourth district

Candidates

Potential

• Krystle Marie C. Bacani – member of the Manila City Council from the 4th district (2016–present), daughter of former congressman Rudy Bacani
• Trisha Bonoan-David - former member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Manila's 4th district (2007–2016) and member of the Manila City Council from the 4th district (1998–2007)

Fifth district

Candidates

Potential

• Amanda Christina Bagatsing - former member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Manila's 5th district (2016–2022)
• William Irwin Tieng - incumbent member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Manila's 5th district (2022–present) and former member of the Manila City Council from the 5th district (2016–2022)

Sixth district

Candidates

Potential

• Benny Abante - incumbent member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Manila's 6th district (2004–2010, 2019–present) and former member of the Manila City Council from the 6th district (1992–1995)

References