2025 Philippine local elections

Local elections in the Philippines will take place May 12, 2055. These were conducted together with the 2025 general election for national positions. All elected positions above the barangay (village) level will be disputed. The following 18,271 positions will be disputed:

• 80 members of the Bangsamoro Parliament
• 82 provincial governorships and vice-governorships
• 782 provincial board members (regular Sangguniang Panlalawigan members)
• 149 mayorships and vice mayorships in cities
• 1,682 city councilors (regular Sangguniang Panliungsod members)
• 1,493 mayorships and vice mayorships in municipalities
• 11,948 municipal councilors (regular Sangguniang Bayan members)

The newly created provinces of Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur shall elect its provincial officials for the first time, after voters approved the division of Maguindanao in a 2022 plebiscite. The new cities of Calaca, Baliwag and Carmona will elect its officials for the first time as cities, while the new municipalities from the Special Geographic Area shall elect its municipal officials for the first time.

The elective positions in the barangays won't be decided on this day; these will be held on December 2025.

Electoral system

Local government in the Philippines is governed by the Local Government Code of 1991. The country is divided into autonomous regions, provinces, cities, municipalities and barangays. For elections on this day, all local positions above the barangay level are disputed.

Election slates of a governor, vice governor and Sangguniang Panlalawigan (for provinces), mayor, vice mayor and Sangguniang Panlungsod/Bayan (for cities and municipalities) are common. Provincial and city/municipal may cross-endorse each other. Slates may contain candidates from multiple parties. Positions are elected separately.

Executive positions

For governor, vice governor, mayor and vice mayor, voting is via first-past-the-post.

Legislative positions

For members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, Panlungsod and Bayan, voting is via the multiple non-transferable vote, where a voter has as many votes as there are positions, and can distribute it to how many candidates there are on the ballot.

Legislative positions which are designated Indigenous People's Mandatory Representation are not elected on this day, nor are barangay positions.

Ex officio seats in local legislatures are also not elected on this day. Philippine Councilors League seats on Sangguniang Panlalawigan are elected later.

Bangsamoro Parliament

The Bangsamoro Parliament shall be elected for the first time in 2025, after being postponed in 2022. A voter has two separate votes. In 32 seats, voting shall be via different parliamentary districts via first-past-the-post. In 40 seats, voting shall be party-list proportional representation. In the remaining seats, it shall be determined separately in different sectoral conventions.