2025 Ilocos Norte local elections

2025 Ilocos Norte local elections

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Gubernatorial election
NP IND Candidate Cecilia Marcos Joy Butay Party Nacionalista Independent Running mate Matthew Manotoc None Popular vote 299,037 14,089 Percentage 95.5% 4.5%
Governor before election Matthew Manotoc Nacionalista Elected Governor Cecilia Marcos Nacionalista
Vice gubernatorial election
Candidate Matthew Manotoc Party Nacionalista Popular vote 313,943 Percentage 100%
Vice Governor before election Cecilia Marcos Nacionalista Elected Vice Governor Matthew Manotoc Nacionalista
Provincial Board election
10 of 13 seats in the Ilocos Norte Provincial Board 7 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Nacionalista Reporma Independent Last election 65.68%, 8 seats 0.46%, 0 seats 12.55%, 1 seats Seats before 8 0 1 Seats won 7 2 1 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 808,924 192,899 157,220 Percentage 69.79% 16.64% 13.56%

Local elections were held in Ilocos Norte on May 12, 2025, as part of the 2025 Philippine general election. Ilocos Norte voters will elect a governor, a vice governor, and 10 out of 13 members of the Ilocos Norte Provincial Board.

Governor

Incumbent Matthew Manotoc (Nacionalista Party) was initially running for a third term, but withdrew on October 8, 2024, to run for vice governor unopposed. He was substituted by Cecilia Marcos, the incumbent vice governor. ^[1]

Manotoc was re-elected as governor with 73.51% of the vote in 2022.

Candidates

The following are the candidates who are included in the ballot: ^{[2] [3]}

No.	Candidate	Party
1	Joy Butay		Independent
2	Cecilia Marcos		Nacionalista Party

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Cecilia Marcos	Nacionalista Party	299,037	95.50
	Joy Butay	Independent	14,089	4.50
Total			313,126	100.00

Vice governor

Incumbent Cecilia Marcos (Nacionalista Party) was initially running for a third term, but withdrew on October 8, 2024, to run for governor. She was substituted by Matthew Manotoc, the incumbent governor. ^[1]

Marcos was elected with 92.77% of the vote in 2022.

Candidates

The following are the candidates who are included in the ballot: ^{[2] [3]}

No.	Candidate	Party
1	Matthew Manotoc		Nacionalista Party

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Matthew Manotoc	Nacionalista Party	313,943	100.00
Total			313,943	100.00

Provincial Board

The Ilocos Norte Provincial Board is composed of 13 board members, 10 of whom are elected.

In the 2022 election, the Nacionalista Party won eight seats, achieving a majority in the provincial board.

Term-limited board members

The following board members are term-limited:

• Donald Nicolas (Nacionalista, 1st District)

Overview

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Nacionalista Party	808,924	69.79	7
	Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma	192,899	16.64	2
	Independent	157,220	13.56	1
Ex officio seats				3
Total		1,159,043	100.00	13

1st District

Ilocos Norte's 1st provincial district consists of the same area as Ilocos Norte's 1st legislative district. Five board members are elected from this provincial district.

Candidates

The following are the candidates who are included in the ballot: ^{[2] [3]}

No.	Candidate	Party
1	Edison Bonoan		Independent
2	Hanson Chua		Nacionalista Party
3	Bong Crisostomo		Independent
4	Junior Fariñas (incumbent)		Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma
5	RJ Fariñas		Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma
6	Saul Lazo (incumbent)		Nacionalista Party
7	Franklin Dante Respicio (incumbent)		Nacionalista Party
8	Portia Salenda (incumbent)		Nacionalista Party
9	Marlon Sales		Nacionalista Party

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	RJ Fariñas	Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma	104,726	16.29
	Hanson Chua	Nacionalista Party	98,834	15.38
	Junior Fariñas (incumbent)	Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma	88,173	13.72
	Marlon Sales	Nacionalista Party	84,725	13.18
	Saul Lazo (incumbent)	Nacionalista Party	78,157	12.16
	Franklin Dante Respicio (incumbent)	Nacionalista Party	72,103	11.22
	Portia Salenda (incumbent)	Nacionalista Party	69,071	10.75
	Edison Bonoan	Independent	40,965	6.37
	Bong Crisostomo	Independent	6,049	0.94
Total			642,803	100.00

2nd District

Ilocos Norte's 1st provincial district consists of the same area as Ilocos Norte's 2nd legislative district. Five board members are elected from this provincial district.

Candidates

The following are the candidates who are included in the ballot: ^{[2] [4]}

No.	Candidate	Party
1	Gian Crisostomo (incumbent)		Nacionalista Party
2	Medeldorf Gaoat (incumbent)		Nacionalista Party
3	Rafael Salvador Medina (incumbent)		Nacionalista Party
4	James Paul Nalupta		Independent
5	Joefrey Saguid		Nacionalista Party
6	Aladine Santos (incumbent)		Independent
7	Jonathan Torralba (incumbent)		Nacionalista Party

Julu Nalupta (Independent) was included in the list of candidates as of December 3, 2024, but was not included in the ballot. ^[2]

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rafael Salvador Medina (incumbent)	Nacionalista Party	107,725	20.87
	Joefrey Saguid	Nacionalista Party	85,392	16.54
	Medeldorf Gaoat (incumbent)	Nacionalista Party	82,669	16.01
	Gian Crisostomo (incumbent)	Nacionalista Party	76,657	14.85
	Aladine Santos (incumbent)	Independent	68,310	13.23
	Jonathan Torralba (incumbent)	Nacionalista Party	53,591	10.38
	James Paul Nalupta	Independent	41,896	8.12
Total			516,240	100.00

References

1. Adriano, Leilanie (October 9, 2024). "Ilocos Norte gov withdraws reelection bid, switches with aunt instead". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
2. "ILOCOSNORTE_ILOCOS_NORTE" (PDF). Commission on Elections.
3. "CITYOFLAOAG" (PDF). Commission on Elections.
4. "CITYOFBATAC" (PDF). Commission on Elections.