2025 Philippine Senate election

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2025 Philippine Senate election
← 2022 May 12, 2025 (2025-05-12) 2028 →
12 (of the 24) seats to the Senate of the Philippines
13 seats needed for a majority
Incumbent Senate President

Juan Miguel Zubiri
Independent



The 2025 Philippine Senate election will be the 35th election of members to the Senate of the Philippines for a six-year term. It will be held on May 12, 2025, within the 2025 general elections.

The seats of the 12 senators elected in 2019 will be contested in this election. The senators that will be elected in this election will serve until 2031, joining the winners of the 2022 election to form the Senate's delegation to the 20th Congress of the Philippines, with the senators elected in 2022 serving until 2028.

Background[edit]

Electoral system[edit]

Main article: Philippine Senate elections

The Philippines has a 24-member Senate elected at-large. Every three years since 1995, 12 seats are disputed. For 2025, the seats disputed in 2019 will be contested. Each voter has 12 votes, of which one can vote one to twelve candidates, or a multiple non-transferable vote; the twelve candidates with the most votes are elected.

Senators are limited to serving two consecutive terms, although they are eligible for a third (and succeeding) non-consecutive term.[1] Only half of the seats are up in every senatorial election.[2] The winning senators will succeed those elected in 2019, and will join those elected in 2022 to form the 20th Congress.

Each party or coalition endorses a slate of candidates, typically not exceeding a 12-person ticket.[3] A party may also choose to invite "guest candidates" to complete its slate.[4] The party may even include, with the candidates' consent, independent candidates and candidates from other parties as the party's guest candidates. Parties also may form coalitions to endorse a multi-party slate of candidates.

Winning candidates are proclaimed by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC). The NBOC usually proclaims senators-elect by batches, if that candidate can no longer fall to worse than twelfth place in the tally. Post-proclamation disputes are handled by the Senate Electoral Tribunal, a body composed of six senators and three justices from the Supreme Court.

Term-limited incumbents[edit]

The following are serving a successive six-year and are barred from seeking reelection.[5]

  1. Sonny Angara (LDP), intent unknown
  2. Nancy Binay (UNA), intent unknown
    On January 20, 2024, Binay stated in an interview with DWlZ Radio that she was "50 percent sure" that she would run for the mayoralty of Makati upon the end of her term as senator.[6]
  3. Koko Pimentel (PDP), intent unknown
  4. Grace Poe (Independent), intent unknown
  5. Cynthia Viliar (Nacionalista), intent unknown

Coalitions[edit]

Partido Demokratiko Pilipino[edit]

See also: Partido Demokratiko Pilipino § Post-Duterte administration

At the party's national council held on April 19, 2024, at the Nustar Resort and Casino in Cebu City, Former President Rodrigo Duterte endorsed the reelection bids of Incumbent Senators Ronald dela Rosa, Bong Go, and Francis Tolentino as well as the bid of actor Phillip Salvador as part of the party's slate for the election.[7][8]

Opposition Coalition[edit]

At a forum of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) on February 22, 2024, former Senator Leila de Lima announced that former senators Bam Aquino and Francis Pangilinan, as well as human rights lawyer and Chel Diokno, will be contesting the election as part of the opposition.[9][10]

Candidates[edit]

Declared candidates[edit]

The following have declared their intent to run in the election:

Potential candidates[edit]

Other incumbents eligible for reelection[edit]

Media outlets such as The Manila Times anticipate the following to seek reelection:[12]

Others[edit]

Opinion polling[edit]

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2025 Philippine Senate election

Opinion polling in the Philippines is conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS), Pulse Asia, OCTA Research, and other pollsters.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Term of Office and Privileges". Senate of the Philippines. Archived from the original on 2020-08-30. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  2. ^ "Why only 12 are elected every 3 years for the 24-member Senate?". www.pna.gov.ph. Archived from the original on 2022-04-15. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  3. ^ "Election for Senado (Philippine Senate)". Election Guide. Archived from the original on May 16, 2019.
  4. ^ Quezon, Manuel L. III (May 11, 2013). "The Great Divide: The midterm election of 2013 (Part 1)". Manuel L. Quezon III. Archived from the original on January 14, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  5. ^ Ismael, Javier Joe (2023-10-11). "Seven senators up for re-election in 2025". The Manila Times. Archived from the original on 2023-10-17. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  6. ^ "Binay vs Campos in 2025: Nancy eyes challenging brother-in-law for Makati mayor". politiko.com.ph. 2024-01-23. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  7. ^ Sitchon, Josh (2024-04-20). "PDP without 'Laban' endorses Go, Dela Rosa, Tolentino for 2025 polls". RAPPLER. Archived from the original on 2024-04-22. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  8. ^ Semilla, Nestle (2024-04-21). "PDP drops Laban from name, endorses 2025 bets". INQUIRER.net. Archived from the original on 2024-05-01. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  9. ^ Magsambol, Bonz (2024-02-22). "Opposition bares some Senate bets for 2025 elections". RAPPLER. Archived from the original on 2024-03-11. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  10. ^ a b c d e Tabuena, Jazmin (2024-02-23). "Ex-VP Robredo open to running in 2025 elections — spokesperson". Philstar.com. Archived from the original on 2024-02-25. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  11. ^ a b c Perez, Annie (2024-04-20). "Duterte stays with PDP; party drops 'Laban' from name". ABS-CBN. Archived from the original on 2024-04-20. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  12. ^ Ismael, Javier Joe (2023-10-11). "Seven senators up for re-election in 2025". The Manila Times. Archived from the original on 2023-10-17. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
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