2025 Philippine Senate election

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.

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
 
Alliance Bagong Pilipinas Liberal

 
Alliance Makabayan PDP

Incumbent Senate President

Francis Escudero
NPC



Term-limited incumbents

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The following are serving a successive six-year term and are barred from seeking reelection.[1]

  1. Nancy Binay (UNA), running for mayor of Makati
    On January 20, 2024, Binay stated in an interview on DWIZ-AM that she was "50 percent sure" that she would run for mayor of Makati upon the end of her term as senator.[2] She confirmed her bid for the mayoralty on September 9.[3] The incumbent mayor and Binay's sister Abigail is running for senator until the Nationalist People's Coalition.[4]
  2. Koko Pimentel (Nacionalista), running for House representative from Marikina's 1st district
    Pimentel was rumored to run for representative from Marikina's 1st congressional district against Miro Quimbo.[5] Pimentel did file to run on this district, but against incumbent mayor Marcelino Teodoro, husband of incumbent representative Marjorie Ann.[6]
  3. Grace Poe (Independent)
  4. Cynthia Villar (Nacionalista), running for House representative from Las Piñas's at-large district
    On July 31, 2024, Villlar expressed her interest in running for public office in Las Piñas, either as mayor or representative for the city's at-large district.[7][8] Villar was then later seen as running for Congress.[5] Villar then filed to run as representative,[9] while her daughter Camille, the incumbent House representative is running for senator.[10]

Mid-term vacancies

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  1. Sonny Angara (LDP)
    On July 2, 2024, President Bongbong Marcos appointed Angara, a term-limited senator, as secretary of education.[11][12] On July 18, Angara resigned from the Senate a day before assuming office, leaving his seat vacant until his successor is elected in the regular election.[13][14] Angara was previously term-limited.

Political parties

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Parties in the Senate at the end of the 19th Congress of the Philippines
Party Current seats Bloc membership Political affiliation
Total Up Not Up Majority Minority Other 2022 2025
NPC
5 / 24
1 4 Some None Most Lacson–Sotto slate Bagong Pilipinas
Nacionalista
5 / 24
4 1 Most One None UniTeam Alliance Bagong Pilipinas
PDP
3 / 24
2 1 All None None Tuloy ang Pagbabago TBA
Akbayan
1 / 24
0 1 None One None Team Robredo–Pangilinan Liberal Party coalition
Lakas
1 / 24
1 0 One None None UniTeam Alliance Bagong Pilipinas
PFP
1 / 24
1 0 One None None UniTeam Alliance Bagong Pilipinas
PMP
1 / 24
0 1 One None None UniTeam Alliance TBA
UNA
1 / 24
1 0 None None One TBA
Independent
5 / 24
1 3 Most None Some
Vacant
1 / 24
1 0
Total 24 / 24 12 12

Candidates

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Liberal Party coalition
# Name Party Ref
5 Bam Aquino KANP [26]
50 Kiko Pangilinan Liberal [27]

Nacionalista
# Name Party Ref
39 Imee Marcos Nacionalista [28]
51 Ariel Querubin Nacionalista [29]

Oposisyon ng Bayan
# Name Party Ref
2 Jerome Adonis Makabayan [30]
4 Jocelyn Andamo Makabayan [31]
6 Ronnel Arambulo Makabayan [32]
13 Arlene Brosas Makabayan [33][34]
16 Teddy Casiño Makabayan [35]
17 France Castro Makabayan [36]
23 Mimi Doringo Makabayan [31]
26 Mody Floranda Makabayan [31]
37 Amirah Lidasan Makabayan [37]
44 Liza Maza Makabayan [38]
53 Danilo Ramos Makabayan [39]


Opinon polling

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Per candidate

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The top 16 candidates with the highest favourability in each poll are listed below, where the top 12 are marked with a "black line".

# Mar 6–10, 2024 Jun 17–24, 2024 Sep 6–13, 2024
Pulse Asia[54][55] Pulse Asia[56][57] Pulse Asia[58]
1 E. Tulfo 57.1 E. Tulfo 58.0 E. Tulfo 60..8
2 Sotto 51.8 Sotto 50.4 B. Tulfo 49.6
3 R. Duterte 47.7 Cayetano 42.7 Sotto 48.0
4 Go 44.2 B. Tulfo 40.9 Cayetano 41.3
5 Cayetano 37.7 R. Duterte 38.7 Go 40.3
6 Pacquiao 33.7 Go 36.6 R. Duterte 38.0
7 dela Rosa 33.2 Marcos 33.8 Binay 37.5
8 Marcos 33.1 Pacquiao 33.5 Revilla 35.9
9 Moreno 31.5 Lacson 32.2 Lacson 35.5
10 B. Tulfo 30.5 Moreno 31.7 Pacquiao 31.9
11 Revilla 29.6 dela Rosa 31.3 Marcos 29.8
12 Binay 29.1 Revilla 29.9 dela Rosa 26.2
13 Lacson 28.6 Santos 23.6 Lapid 24.7
14 Revillame 25.9 Lapid 21.4 Honasan 21.5
15 Lapid 25.4 Pangilinan 19.2 Villar 21.2
16 Ong 24.6 Binay 18.9 Pangilinan 20.5

Per party

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  • Parties (excluding independents) with the plurality of seats in boldface.
  • Parties (excluding independents) with the majority of seats are shaded by the party color.

Seats won

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  • Totals may not add up to 12 due to margin of error.
Date Pollster
Ind
2024
Sep 6–13, 2024 Pulse Asia[58] 0 0 2 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 2
Jun 17–24, 2024 Pulse Asia[56][57] 1 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 3
Mar 6–10, 2024 Pulse Asia[54][55] 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 2

Seats after the election

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Totals may not add up to 24 due to margin of error.

Date Pollster
Ind
2024
Sep 6–13, 2024 Pulse Asia[58] 1 0 0 2 0 3 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 6
Jun 17–24, 2024 Pulse Asia[56][57] 1 1 0 1 0 3 5 4 0 0 1 1 0 7
Mar 6–10, 2024 Pulse Asia[54][55] 1 1 0 1 0 3 6 4 0 0 1 1 0 6

Per coalition

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Coalitions are expected to release 12-person slates for the election by the start of campaigning on February 2025. On this section will be the surveys done after that day.

Date Pollster Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas Hakbang ng Maisug Oposisyon ng Bayan Others
Sep 6–13, 2024 Pulse Asia[58] 7 3 0 2
Jun 17–24, 2024 Pulse Asia[56][57] 7 3 0 2
Mar 6–10, 2024 Pulse Asia[54][55] 7 3 0 2

Results

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The Commission on Elections, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, is expected to proclaim the winners at least a week after election.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Before
election
Senate bloc Vacant Independent bloc Majority bloc Minority bloc
Party
Election results Up Not up Up Not up Up Not Up Up Not up
After
election
Party
Senate bloc
Key:
Seats up
* Gained by a party from another party
Held by the incumbent
+ Held by the same party with a new senator

Per party

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PartySeats
UpBeforeWonAfter+/−
Nationalist People's Coalition15
Nacionalista Party45
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino23
Akbayan01010
Lakas–CMD11
Partido Federal ng Pilipinas11
Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino01010
United Nationalist Alliance1100-1
Independent15
Vacancy1100−1
Total1224020

Sources

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