2025 Quezon City local elections

2025 Quezon City local elections

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Mayoral election
IND Candidate Joy Belmonte Diosdado Velasco Party SBP Independent Alliance Serbisyo sa Bayan Running mate Gian Sotto Popular vote 1,030,730 21,195 Percentage 95.96 1.97
Mayor before election Joy Belmonte SBP Elected Mayor Joy Belmonte SBP
Vice mayoral election
IND Candidate Gian Sotto Dante Villarta Party SBP Independent Popular vote 938,686 27,077 Percentage 93.48 2.70
Vice Mayor before election Gian Sotto SBP Elected Vice Mayor Gian Sotto SBP
City Council election
36 of 38 seats in the Quezon City Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party SBP Lakas Independent Alliance SBP Last election 25 seats, 69.44% 5 seats, 13.88% 1 seat, 2.77% Seats before 29 4 1 Seats won 28 3 2 Seat change 1 1 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Nacionalista PFP Aksyon Last election 2 seats, 5.55% 1 seat, 2.77% Did not participate Seats before 1 1 0 Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 1 1

Local elections are scheduled to be held in Quezon City on May 12, 2025, as part of the 2025 Philippine general election. The electorate will elect a mayor, a vice mayor, 36 members of the Quezon City Council, and six 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.

Background

In the previous elections, the Serbisyo sa Bayan Party attained a landslide victory, winning 28 out of 36 seats for Quezon City Council, and five out of six seats to the House of Representatives of the Philippines. Incumbents Joy Belmonte and Gian Sotto were elected as mayor and vice mayor respectively. ^[1]

Incumbent mayor Joy Belmonte is running for her third term against independent candidates Jonathan Cabalo, Rolando Jota, Noli Navat, and Diosdado Velasco. ^[1]

Incumbent vice mayor Gian Sotto is running for his third term against independent candidates June Faelangco, Jose Ingles, and Dante Villarta. ^[2]

In the congressional race, all six incumbent representatives are running for their second term, Arjo Atayde, Ralph Tulfo, Franz Pumaren, Marvin Rillo, and PM Vargas are running for re-election in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th districts respectively, while Marivic Co-Pilar is running for re-election in the 6th district unopposed. ^[3]

Mayoral election

Incumbent Joy Belmonte (Serbisyo sa Bayan Party) is running for a third term. Belmonte was re-elected with 60.43% of the vote in 2022.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Joy Belmonte (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	1,030,730	95.56
	Diosdado Velasco	Independent	21,195	1.97
	Jonathan Cabalo	Independent	13,809	1.28
	Rolando Jota	Independent	8,586	0.80
	Noli Navat	Independent	4,253	0.39
Total			1,078,573	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,454,411	–
	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party hold
Source: Commission on Elections [4]

Vice mayoral election

Incumbent Gian Sotto (Serbisyo sa Bayan Party) is running for a third term. Sotto was re-elected with 56.51% of the vote in 2022.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Gian Sotto (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	938,686	93.48
	Dante Villarta	Independent	27,077	2.70
	Jose Ingles	Independent	19,821	1.97
	June Faelangco	Independent	18,598	1.85
Total			1,004,182	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,454,411	–
	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party hold
Source: Commission on Elections [4]

Congressional elections

First district

Incumbent Arjo Atayde (Nacionalista Party) is running for a second term. He was elected as an independent with 66.85% of the vote in 2022. His opponent is former representative Vincent Crisologo. ^[5]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Arjo Atayde (incumbent)	Nacionalista Party	93,999	58.53
	Vincent Crisologo	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	66,606	41.47
Total			160,605	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			217,676	–
	Nacionalista Party hold
Source: Commission on Elections [6] [7]

Second district

Incumbent Ralph Tulfo (Partido Federal ng Pilipinas) is running for a second term. He was elected as an independent with 53.81% of the vote in 2022.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ralph Tulfo (incumbent)	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	185,164	81.70
	Virgil Garcia	Independent	31,412	13.86
	Francisco Palma	Independent	6,432	2.84
	Roel Bernido	Independent	3,638	1.61
Total			226,646	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			328,316	–
	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas hold
Source: Commission on Elections [6] [7]

Third district

Incumbent Franz Pumaren (National Unity Party) is running for a second term. He was elected with 50.68% of the vote in 2022.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Franz Pumaren (incumbent)	National Unity Party	73,946	56.10
	Allan Benedict Reyes	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	57,874	43.90
Total			131,820	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			172,497	–
	National Unity Party hold
Source: Commission on Elections [6] [7]

Fourth district

Incumbent Marvin Rillo (Lakas–CMD) is running for a second term. He was elected with 50.59% of the vote in 2022.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Bong Suntay	United Nationalist Alliance	91,504	50.07
	Marvin Rillo (incumbent)	Lakas–CMD	91,243	49.93
Total			182,747	100.00
	United Nationalist Alliance gain from Lakas–CMD
Source: Commission on Elections [8]

Fifth district

Incumbent PM Vargas (Lakas–CMD) is running for a second term. He was elected under PDP–Laban with 50.69% of the vote in 2022.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	PM Vargas (incumbent)	Lakas–CMD	104,266	50.06
	Rose Lin	Independent	92,984	44.65
	Rose de Guzman	Workers' and Peasants' Party	6,112	2.93
	Fidela Mallari	Independent	3,078	1.48
	Angel Rustia Jr.	Independent	1,829	0.88
Total			208,269	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			281,197	–
	Lakas–CMD hold
Source: Commission on Elections [6] [7]

Sixth district

Incumbent Marivic Co-Pilar (National Unity Party) is running for a second term unopposed. She was elected with 60.01% of the vote in 2022.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Marivic Co-Pilar (incumbent)	National Unity Party	141,794	100.00
Total			141,794	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			220,275	–
	National Unity Party hold
Source: Commission on Elections [6] [7]

City council elections

The Quezon City Council is composed of 38 councilors, 36 of whom are elected.

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	3,836,122	72.61	28
	Lakas–CMD	283,072	5.36	3
	Aksyon Demokratiko	133,048	2.52	1
	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	91,753	1.74	1
	Nacionalista Party	77,201	1.46	1
	Nationalist People's Coalition	65,350	1.24	0
	Akay National Political Party	54,617	1.03	0
	Makabayan	11,243	0.21	0
	Independent	731,078	13.84	2
Ex officio seats				2
Total		5,283,484	100.00	38
Registered voters/turnout		1,454,411	–

First district

Quezon City's 1st councilor district consists of the same area as Quezon City's 1st legislative district. Six councilors are elected from this councilor district.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	TJ Calalay (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	111,194	14.33
	Bernard Herrera (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	108,265	13.95
	Doray Delarmente (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	108,159	13.94
	Sep Juico (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	98,036	12.63
	Charm Ferrer (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	90,727	11.69
	Nikki Crisologo (incumbent)	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	83,257	10.73
	Gab Atayde	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	81,261	10.47
	Doland Castro	Akay National Political Party	54,617	7.04
	Casa Honasan	Independent	13,755	1.77
	Roland Manansala	Independent	9,173	1.18
	Melodino Villanueva	Independent	8,832	1.14
	Benjamin Aromin Jr.	Independent	8,749	1.13
Total			776,025	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			217,676	–
Source: Commission on Elections [6] [7]

Second district

Quezon City's 2nd councilor district consists of the same area as Quezon City's 2nd legislative district. Six councilors are elected from this councilor district.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mikey Belmonte (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	198,502	16.74
	Candy Medina (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	190,790	16.09
	Bong Liban (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	184,273	15.54
	Aly Medalla (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	179,818	15.17
	Dave Valmocina (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	172,663	14.56
	Rannie Ludovica (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	151,307	12.76
	Nido Perez	Independent	26,943	2.27
	Manuel Tenorio	Independent	26,110	2.20
	Noel Navat	Independent	20,584	1.74
	Josie Fresnillo	Independent	18,316	1.55
	Leonardo Taoingan	Independent	16,193	1.37
Total			1,185,499	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			328,316	–
Source: Commission on Elections [6] [7]

Third district

Quezon City's 3rd councilor district consists of the same area as Quezon City's 3rd legislative district. Six councilors are elected from this councilor district.

Term-limited

• Kate Abigael Coseteng

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Geleen Lumbad (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	93,422	14.75
	Tope Liquigan	Independent	82,857	13.08
	Chuckie Antonio (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	78,409	12.38
	Wency Lagumbay (incumbent)	Nacionalista Party	77,201	12.19
	Don de Leon (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	75,672	11.94
	Luigi Pumaren	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	72,733	11.48
	Julian Coseteng	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	71,457	11.28
	Anton Reyes (incumbent)	Nationalist People's Coalition	65,350	10.32
	Pau Planas	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	8,496	1.34
	Norma Rufo	Independent	7,942	1.25
Total			633,539	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			172,497	–
Source: Commission on Elections [6] [7]

Fourth district

Quezon City's 4th councilor district consists of the same area as Quezon City's 4th legislative district. Six councilors are elected from this councilor district.

Term-limited

• Irene Belmonte
• Marra Suntay

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vincent Belmonte	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	125,388	13.96
	Egay Yap (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	111,887	12.46
	Nanette Daza (incumbent)	Lakas–CMD	101,988	11.36
	Imee Rillo (incumbent)	Lakas–CMD	96,062	10.70
	Migs Suntay	Independent	94,426	10.51
	Raquel Malañgen (incumbent)	Lakas–CMD	85,022	9.47
	Kiko del Mundo	Independent	83,712	9.32
	Ivy Lim	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	79,653	8.87
	Ali Forbes	Independent	48,523	5.40
	Bayani Hipol	Independent	29,876	3.33
	Lorevie Caalaman	Makabayan	11,243	1.25
	Awin Aquino	Independent	9,697	1.08
	James Ibañez	Independent	8,219	0.92
	Nestor Andal	Independent	7,902	0.88
	Flocerfida Sernias	Independent	4,531	0.50
Total			898,129	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			234,450	–
Source: Commission on Elections [6] [7]

Fifth district

Quezon City's 5th councilor district consists of the same area as Quezon City's 5th legislative district. Six councilors are elected from this councilor district.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Joseph Visaya (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	157,534	15.17
	Aiko Melendez (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	144,700	13.93
	Alfred Vargas (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	135,104	13.01
	Karl Castelo	Aksyon Demokratiko	133,048	12.81
	Shay Liban (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	124,572	12.00
	Ram Medalla (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	120,696	11.62
	Enzo Pineda	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	102,722	9.89
	Jonel Quebal	Independent	81,930	7.89
	Angel Ortigas	Independent	17,755	1.71
	Arpee Sabe	Independent	10,799	1.04
	Johnny Gadong	Independent	9,619	0.93
Total			1,038,479	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			281,197	–
Source: Commission on Elections [6] [7]

Sixth district

Quezon City's 6th councilor district consists of the same area as Quezon City's 6th legislative district. Six councilors are elected from this councilor district.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ellie Juan (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	120,687	16.05
	Banjo Pilar (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	119,831	15.94
	Kristine Matias (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	118,362	15.74
	Vic Bernardo (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	107,295	14.27
	Vito Sotto Generoso (incumbent)	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	106,186	14.12
	Cocoy Medina	Serbisyo sa Bayan Party	94,817	12.61
	Louie Saludes	Independent	49,166	6.54
	Helen Francisco	Independent	20,094	2.67
	Oscar Gomez Jr.	Independent	15,375	2.05
Total			751,813	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			220,275	–
Source: Commission on Elections [6] [7]

References

1. Domingo, Katrina (October 1, 2024). "Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte runs for re-election with same allies". ABS-CBN News . Retrieved January 17, 2025.
2. Casucian, Jiselle Anne (October 1, 2024). "Belmonte, Sotto seek 3rd term as QC mayor, vice mayor". GMA News . Retrieved January 17, 2025.
3. "Atayde files for re-election as Quezon City solon". Manila Standard . October 1, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
4. "QUEZON CITY" (PDF). Commission on Elections.
5. Cabato, Luisa (October 5, 2024). "Crisologo to run in QC 1st District; blasts Atayde for lack of projects". Inquirer.net. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
6. "Data on the Total Number Established and Clustered Precincts, Registered Voters and Voting Centers" (PDF). Commission on Elections.
7. "COC Results". Commission on Elections.
8. Gaborne, King Kenneth (2025-05-13). "Lawyer Bong Suntay edges out Marvin Rillo in hotly contested QC congressional race". abogado.com.ph. Archived from the original on May 31, 2025. Retrieved 2025-05-31.