2025 Philippine Senate election

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2025 Philippine Senate election
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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)
  2. Nancy Binay (UNA)
  3. Koko Pimentel (PDP)
  4. Grace Poe (Independent)
  5. Cynthia Viliar (Nacionalista)

Coalitions[edit]

Opposition[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.[6][7]

Candidates[edit]

Potential candidates[edit]

Incumbents eligible for reelection[edit]

Media outlets such as The Manila Times anticipate the following to seek reelection.[5]

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. ^ a b 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. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Roxas revival? Mar's son sparks rumors of 2025 run". politiko.com.ph. 2024-02-17. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
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