2025 Valenzuela local elections

2025 Valenzuela local elections
May 12, 2025 (2025-05-12)
Mayoral election
 
Candidate Wes Gatchalian
Party Nationalist People's Coalition
Running mate Marlon Alejandrino
Popular vote 295,876
Mayor before election

Wes Gatchalian
NPC

Elected mayor

Wes Gatchalian
NPC

Vice mayoral election
 
Candidate Marlon Alejandrino Gilbert Gamas
Party Nationalist People's Coalition Independent
Popular vote 244,708 54,931
Percentage 81.67% 18.33%
Vice mayor before election

Lorena Natividad-Borja
NPC

Elected Vice mayor

Marlon Alejandrino
NPC

City Council election
12 of 14 seats in the Valenzuela City Council
8 seats needed for a majority
 
Party NPC Lakas PFP
Last election 10 seats, 63.68% 1 seat, 6.23% 1 seat, 5.61%
Elections in Valenzuela
Mayoral elections

Local elections were held in Valenzuela on May 12, 2025, as part of the 2025 Philippine general election. The electorate will elect a mayor, a vice mayor, 12 members of the Valenzuela City Council, and two 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.

Electoral system

Local elections in the Philippines are held in every second Monday of May, every three years starting in 1992. Single-seat positions (mayor, vice mayor and House representative) are elected via first-past-the-post-voting. The mayor and vice mayor are elected by the city at-large, while the House representative and city councilors are elected per district.

City council elections are done via plurality block voting; for the Valenzuela City Council, the city is divided into two districts, with each district sending six councilors. There are two other ex officio seats, from the federation presidents of the Liga ng mga Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan; these will be determined later in the year at the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections.

Voters in Valenzuela shall also elect senators and party-list representatives on this day.

Candidates

Administration coalition

Team Tuloy ang Progreso, Valenzuela
# Position Name Party
1. Mayor Wes Gatchalian NPC
1. Vice mayor Marlon Idol Alejandrino NPC
2. 1st district House representative Kenneth Gatchalian NPC
2. 2nd district House representative Katherine Martinez NUP
1. 1st district councilor Kisha Ancheta NPC
2. Atty. Bimbo Dela Cruz NPC
3. Richard Enriquez Lakas
4. Cris Feliciano NUP
5. Ghogo Lee NPC
6. Goyong Serrano NPC
4. 2nd district councilor Chiqui Carreon NPC
8. Niña Lopez NPC
9. Lorie Natividad-Borja NPC
10. Louie Nolasco NPC
12. Mickey Pineda NPC
13. Sel Sabino-Sy NPC

Other candidates

Candidates not in tickets
# Position Name Party
2. Vice mayor Gilbert Gamas Independent
1. 1st district House representative Tony Espiritu Aksyon
3. Jing Hernandez Independent
1. 2nd district House representative Gerald Galang Independent
2. 2nd district councilor Jasper Barcelona Aksyon
3. Marvin Canengneng Independent
5. Leticia Castillo Makabayan
6. Danilo Cueto Independent
11. Rommel Ortega DPP

Mayoral election

Incumbent mayor Wes Gatchalian was elected to his first term as mayor in the 2022 Valenzuela local elections. Before being elected mayor, Gatchalian was the representative for Valenzuela's 1st congressional district from 2016.

Candidates

Results

2025 Valenzuela city mayoral election result
CandidatePartyVotes%
Wes GatchalianNationalist People's Coalition295,876100.00
Total295,876100.00
Valid votes438,55688.31
Invalid/blank votes58,06111.69
Total votes496,617100.00
Wes Gatchalian (NPC) hold
Source: COMELEC[2]

Vice mayoral election

Incumbent vice mayor Lorie Natividad-Borja was elected to her third term as vice mayor in the 2016 elections. Due to term limits, she is barred from running the same position and instead running for city councilor of 2nd district.

Candidates

Results

2025 Valenzuela city vice mayoral election result
CandidatePartyVotes%
Marlon Idol AlejandrinoNationalist People's Coalition244,70881.67
Gilbert GamasIndependent54,93118.33
Total299,639100.00
Valid votes438,55688.98
Invalid/blank votes54,29811.02
Total votes492,854100.00
Marlon Idol Alejandrino (NPC) won
Source: COMELEC[2]
Popular vote percentage
Marlon Idol Alejandrino
 
 81.67%
Gilbert Gamas
 
 18.33%

City council elections

The voters in the city elected six councilors on the district where they are registered. Each district elects its own set of councilors via multiple non-transferable vote.

PartyVotes%Seats
Nationalist People's Coalition1,080,86676.0410
National Unity Party109,7197.721
Lakas–CMD97,1196.831
Aksyon Demokratiko27,2831.920
Makabayan26,3251.850
Democratic Party of the Philippines17,4221.230
Independent62,6514.410
Ex officio seats2
Total1,421,385100.0014

Bimbo Dela Cruz, Cris Feliciano, and Ghogo Lee are incumbent city councilors from the 1st district first elected in 2019, 2022, and 2019, respectively. Meanwhile, Chiqui Carreon, Niña Lopez, Louie Nolasco, Mickey Pineda, and Sel Sabino-Sy are incumbent city councilors from the 2nd district first elected in 2019, 2019, 2022 and 2022, respectively.

First district

2025 Valenzuela city council election in the 1st district
CandidatePartyVotes%
Cris FelicianoNational Unity Party109,71919.07
Ghogo LeeNationalist People's Coalition99,73517.33
Richard EnriquezLakas–CMD97,11916.88
Bimbo Dela CruzNationalist People's Coalition97,08916.87
Kisha AnchetaNationalist People's Coalition87,43615.19
Goyong SerranoNationalist People's Coalition84,39514.66
Total575,493100.00
Valid votes1,261,980100.00
Invalid/blank votes00.00
Total votes1,261,980100.00
NPC hold
Source: COMELEC[2]

Second district

2025 Valenzuela city council election in the 2nd district
CandidatePartyVotes%
Lorie Natividad-BorjaNationalist People's Coalition134,24515.87
Niña LopezNationalist People's Coalition122,57114.49
Sel Sabino-SyNationalist People's Coalition117,69313.91
Chiqui CarreonNationalist People's Coalition113,94313.47
Mickey PinedaNationalist People's Coalition112,95513.35
Louie NolascoNationalist People's Coalition110,80413.10
Marvin CanengnengIndependent43,4255.13
JV BarcelonaAksyon Demokratiko27,2833.23
Leticia CastilloMakabayan26,3253.11
Danilo CuetoIndependent19,2262.27
Rommel OrtegaDemocratic Party of the Philippines17,4222.06
Total845,892100.00
Valid votes845,89298.35
Invalid/blank votes14,2021.65
Total votes860,094100.00
NPC hold
Source: COMELEC[2]

House of Representatives elections

First district

In 2022, Rex Gatchalian was elected as the first district representative after serving as the mayor since 2013. However, President Bongbong Marcos appointed him as the Secretary of Social Welfare and Development on January 31, 2023, making the seat vacant. From this time of appointment, Quezon's first district representative Mark Enverga was appointed as the legislative caretaker of the district.[5][6]

Candidates

Results

2025 Valenzuela 1st District Representative election result
CandidatePartyVotes%
Kenneth GatchalianNationalist People's Coalition80,41049.45
Tony EspirituAksyon Demokratiko79,62948.96
Jing HernandezIndependent2,5861.59
Total162,625100.00
Valid votes210,33095.99
Invalid/blank votes8,7844.01
Total votes219,114100.00
Kenneth Gatchalian (NPC) won
Source: COMELEC[2]
Popular vote percentage
Kenneth Gatchalian
 
 49.45%
Tony Espiritu
 
 48.96%
Jing Hernandez
 
 1.59%

Second district

Incumbent representative Eric Martinez was first elected in 2016. Due to term limits, he is barred from running as the second district representative and chose to run for the Philippine Senate.

Candidates

Results

2025 Valenzuela 2nd District Representative election result
CandidatePartyVotes%
Gerald GalangIndependent95,87854.36
Kat MartinezNational Unity Party (Philippines)80,49045.64
Total176,368100.00
Valid votes176,36897.60
Invalid/blank votes4,3302.40
Total votes180,698100.00
Gerald Galang (Independent) won
Source: COMELEC[2]
Popular vote percentage
Gerald Galang
 
 54.36%
Kat Martinez
 
 45.64%

References

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