2025 Makati local elections

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2025 Makati local elections
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  2022 May 12, 2025 (2025-05-12)2028 
Mayoral election
 
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Rep. Luis Campos Jr. (19th Congress).jpg
Candidate Nancy Binay Luis Campos
Party UNA NPC
Alliance Team Nancy Team United
Running mate Monsour del Rosario Kid Peña
Popular vote114,89885,664
Percentage56.3041.97

Mayor before election

Abigail Binay
MKTZNU

Elected mayor

Nancy Binay
UNA

Vice mayoral election
 
HoR Official Portrait Romulo Pena Jr.jpg
Monsour Del Rosario III 2016.jpg
Candidate Kid Peña Monsour del Rosario
Party NPC UNA
Alliance Team United Team Nancy
Popular vote146,77154,290
Percentage73.0027.00

Vice Mayor before election

Monique Lagdameo
MKTZNU

Elected Vice Mayor

Kid Peña
NPC

City Council election

16 of 18 seats in the Makati City Council
10 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party MKTZNU RP [a] UNA
Last election15 seats, 93.75%1 seat, 6.25%Did not participate
Seats after9 seats, 56.25%Did not participate7 seats, 43.75%
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 6Decrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 7

Majority Party before election

Makatizens United Party

Majority Party

Makatizens United Party

Local elections were held in Makati on May 12, 2025, as part of the 2025 Philippine general election. The electorate elected a mayor, a vice mayor, and the sixteen councilors, eight per district, that would be members of the Makati City Council, and two district representatives to the House of Representatives of the Philippines.

Contents

This was the first elections in which the residents of the Embo barangays did not participate as a result of the Makati–Taguig boundary dispute ruling. [1]

Background

The hotly contested 2019 local elections between Mayor Abigail Binay and her brother, former mayor Junjun Binay, has caused the deterioration of relations between the incumbent mayor's family and the rest of her siblings. [2] [3] Mayor Abigail Binay and her administration easily won reelection in 2022 without opposition from her siblings.

On April 3, 2023, the Supreme Court of the Philippines denied the motion of reconsideration filed by Makati to override its earlier ruling that upheld the 2011 Pasig Regional Trial Court ruling that recognized Taguig's jurisdiction over the ten Embo barangays, resulting in Makati formally ceding control of the barangays to Taguig. [4] The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) began the administrative transfer of the 212,613 Embo voters and electoral precincts from Makati to Taguig in August 2023, ahead of the 2023 Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (BSKE) elections, where Embo residents voted as residents of Taguig for the first time. [5] [6]

The transfer of the Embo barangays also put into question the continued existence of Makati's 2nd congressional district, which had three remaining barangays that do not meet the constitutional requirement of at least 250,000 residents per congressional district. However, COMELEC Chairman George Garcia has assured that the three remaining barangays could still elect a representative, pending legislation that will redistrict the affected area between the two cities. [7] In September 2024, the 10 former Makati barangays of the second district were formally redistributed to the two legislative and city council districts of Taguig by the COMELEC, effectively leaving the district with three remaining barangays. [8]

Tickets

Candidates underlined are incumbents seeking reelection.

Administration coalition

Team United
PositionNameParty
Mayor Luis Campos NPC
Vice Mayor Kid Peña NPC
1st District House Representative Monique Lagdameo MKTZNU
2nd District House RepresentativeDennis "Alden" Almario MKTZNU
1st District City CouncilorDuka Alvarez MKTZNU
Martin John Pio Arenas MKTZNU
Virgilio Hilario Sr. MKTZNU
Carmina Ortega MKTZNU
Armando Padilla MKTZNU
Rene Andrei Saguisag MKTZNU
Jose Villena IV MKTZNU
Alcine Yabut MKTZNU
2nd District City CouncilorHein Angeles MKTZNU
Doris Arayon MKTZNU
Bong Ariones MKTZNU
Bodik Baniqued MKTZNU
Maffy Soler Calimbahin MKTZNU
Edralyn Marquez MKTZNU
Kristina Sarosa MKTZNU
Bel Vitales MKTZNU

Opposition coalition

Team Nancy
PositionNameParty
Mayor Nancy Binay UNA
Vice Mayor Monsour Del Rosario UNA
2nd District House RepresentativeVincent Sese UNA
1st District City CouncilorMayeth Casal-Uy UNA
Lennie Cosing UNA
Ferdie Eusebio UNA
Dino Imperial UNA
Romy Medina UNA
Arlene Ortega UNA
2nd District City CouncilorJeff Baluyut UNA
Mario Hechanova UNA
Levy Ramboyong UNA
Bernadette "Badet" Sese UNA
Ruth Tolentino UNA
Nemesio "King" Yabut Jr. UNA

Other candidates

Candidates not in tickets
PositionNameParty
Mayor Victor Neri Independent
Orlando Stephen Solidum Independent
1st District House RepresentativeMinnie Antonio Independent
Angelo Base Independent
1st District City CouncilorVic Calinawan Independent
Dan Jason Cuaresma Independent
Manny Dizon Independent
Tito Kanin Garcia Independent
JC Lingad Independent
Jessy Trinidad Independent
2nd District City CouncilorReynante Saludo Independent

Mayoral election

The incumbent mayor is Abigail Binay, who was reelected for her third term in 2022, and is ineligible for reelection. Binay has indicated her preference for her husband, Representative Luis Campos to succeed her. [9]

The incumbent's sister, Senator Nancy Binay, first indicated a run for the city's mayoralty on January 20, 2024, where she shared with DWIZ-AM that she was "50 percent sure" that she would seek the office upon the end of her term as senator. [10] She would confirm her bid for the mayor on September 9. [11] [12] [13]

Candidates

Declined

Results

2025 Makati mayoral election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Nancy Binay United Nationalist Alliance 114,89856.30
Luis Campos Nationalist People's Coalition 85,66441.97
Victor Neri Independent 2,1721.06
Orlando Stephen Solidum Independent 1,3520.66
Total204,086100.00
United Nationalist Alliance gain from Makatizens United Party

Vice mayoral election

The incumbent vice mayor is Monique Lagdameo, who was reelected for her third term in 2022, and is ineligible for reelection.

Candidates

Results

2025 Makati vice mayoral election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Kid Peña Nationalist People's Coalition 146,77173.00
Monsour del Rosario United Nationalist Alliance 54,29027.00
Total201,061100.00
Nationalist People's Coalition gain from Makatizens United Party

House of Representatives election

First District

The district consists of barangays in western Makati, namely Bangkal, Bel-Air, Carmona, Dasmariñas, Forbes Park, Kasilawan, La Paz, Magallanes, Olympia, Palanan, Pio del Pilar, Poblacion, San Antonio, San Isidro, San Lorenzo, Santa Cruz, Singkamas, Tejeros, Urdaneta, and Valenzuela.

The incumbent is Kid Peña, who was re-elected for his second term in 2022 with 94.87% of the vote.

Candidates

Results

2025 Philippine House of Representatives election in the 1st District of Makati
CandidatePartyVotes%
Monique Lagdameo Makatizens United Party 130,35589.82
Angelo Base Independent 8,3245.74
Minnie Antonio Independent 6,4584.45
Total145,137100.00
Valid votes145,13767.15
Invalid/blank votes71,01532.85
Total votes216,152100.00
Makatizens United Party gain from Nationalist People's Coalition

Second District

The district, as it stands, consists of three barangays: Guadalupe Nuevo, Guadalupe Viejo, and Pinagkaisahan.

The incumbent is Luis Campos, who was re-elected for his third term in 2022 with 91.75% of the vote and is therefore ineligible for re-election.

Candidates

Results

2025 Philippine House of Representatives election in the 2nd District of Makati
CandidatePartyVotes%
Dennis Almario Makatizens United Party 19,83455.19
Vincent Sese United Nationalist Alliance 16,10144.81
Total35,935100.00
Valid votes35,93566.44
Invalid/blank votes18,15333.56
Total votes54,088100.00
Makatizens United Party gain from Nationalist People's Coalition

City council election

Each of Makati's two city council districts elects eight councilors to the City Council. The eight candidates with the highest number of votes wins the seats per district.

PartyVotes%Seats
Makatizens United Party 709,88956.209
United Nationalist Alliance 478,88237.917
Independent74,2875.880
Ex officio seats2
Total1,263,058100.0018

First district

The last election saw the administration slate sweep the district, getting all eight seats.

Term-limited incumbents

2025 Makati City Council election - District 1
CandidatePartyVotes%
Virgilio "Virjhong" Hilario Sr. Makatizens United Party 96,4299.41
Anna Alcina "Alcine" Yabut (incumbent) Makatizens United Party 85,6888.36
Martin John Pio Arenas (incumbent) Makatizens United Party 73,6947.19
Marie Althea "Mayeth" Casal-Uy United Nationalist Alliance 71,8207.01
Ma. Arlene Ortega United Nationalist Alliance 68,8156.71
Ferdinand "Ferdie Tangol" Eusebio United Nationalist Alliance 66,7296.51
Armando Padilla (incumbent) Makatizens United Party 64,5316.29
Fernando Felix "Atty. Dino" Imperial United Nationalist Alliance 64,3266.27
Rene Andrei Saguisag (incumbent) Makatizens United Party 64,2986.27
Rolando "Duka" Alvarez Jr. Makatizens United Party 63,6776.21
Jose "Joey" Villena IV (incumbent) Makatizens United Party 62,7426.12
Carmina Ortega (incumbent) Makatizens United Party 60,0295.86
Romeo Medina United Nationalist Alliance 59,5055.80
Lennie "Jolly Bee" Cosing United Nationalist Alliance 51,1464.99
Jessielin "Jessy" TrinidadIndependent20,9612.04
Manuel "Manny" DizonIndependent14,3171.40
Victorino "Vicbisaya" CalinawanIndependent9,8920.96
Dan Jason CuaresmaIndependent9,5030.93
John Christian "JCL" LingadIndependent8,9300.87
Herman Marco "Tito Kanin" GarciaIndependent8,1320.79
Total1,025,164100.00
TBD

Second district

The last election saw the administration slate get a supermajority the district by winning seven of the eight available seats. It was also the last election that featured candidates from the Embo barangays.

Term-limited incumbents

Not running for reelection

  • Arnold Cruz (resigned upon election as Barangay Captain of Rizal, Taguig, and later ran for Taguig 1st district councilor) [22]
2025 Makati City Council election - District 2
CandidatePartyVotes%
Kristina Sarosa (incumbent) Makatizens United Party 21,7879.16
Doris Arayon (incumbent) Makatizens United Party 19,6328.25
Hein Angeles Makatizens United Party 18,3677.72
Bernadette "Badet" Sese United Nationalist Alliance 18,2957.69
Bong Ariones (incumbent) Makatizens United Party 17,3867.31
Levy Ramboyong United Nationalist Alliance 17,1237.20
Nemesio "King" Yabut Jr. United Nationalist Alliance 16,6196.99
Bel Vitales Makatizens United Party 15,8746.67
Bodik Baniqued (incumbent) Makatizens United Party 15,6306.57
Ruth Tolentino United Nationalist Alliance 15,5996.56
Jeff Baluyut United Nationalist Alliance 15,5796.55
Edralyn Marquez (incumbent) Makatizens United Party 15,4596.50
Maffy Soler Calimbahin Makatizens United Party 14,6666.16
Mario Hechanova United Nationalist Alliance 13,3265.60
Reynante SaludoIndependent2,5521.07
Total237,894100.00
TBD

Notes

  1. The Reform PH was known as Reform Party during the last election

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