2025 Philippine Senate election

2025 Philippine Senate election

May 12, 2025 (2025-05-12)
12 (of the 24) seats to the Senate of the Philippines 13 seats needed for a majority
Incumbent Senate President Francis Escudero NPC

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.

Term-limited incumbents

The following are serving a successive six-year and are barred from seeking reelection.

1. Nancy Binay (UNA)

   On January 20, 2024, Binay stated in an interview with DWlZ Radio that she was "50 percent sure" that she would run for the mayoralty of Makati upon the end of her term as senator.

2. Koko Pimentel (PDP–Laban)
3. Grace Poe (Independent)
4. Cynthia Viliar (Nacionalista)

Mid-term vacancies

1. Sonny Angara (LDP)

   On July 2, 2024, President Bongbong Marcos appointed Angara to succeed Vice President Sara Duterte as secretary of education after the latter's resignation comes into effect on July 19. After assuming the office, Angara's seat will remain vacant until his successor is elected in the regular election.

Candidates

Declared candidates

The following have declared their intent to run in the election:

Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas

#	Name	Party		Ref
	Lito Lapid		NPC
	Manny Pacquiao		PROMDI
	Bong Revilla		Lakas

Makabayan

#	Name	Party		Ref
	France Castro		Makabayan

Hakbang ng Maisug

#	Name	Party		Ref
	Ronald dela Rosa		PDP
	Paolo Duterte		HNP
	Rodrigo Duterte		PDP
	Sebastian Duterte		HNP
	Bong Go		PDP
	Phillip Salvador		PDP
	Francis Tolentino		PDP

Nacionalista

#	Name	Party		Ref
	Imee Marcos		Nacionalista

Oposisyon Koalisyon

#	Name	Party		Ref
	Bam Aquino		KANP
	Chel Diokno		KANP
	Kiko Pangilinan		Liberal

Potential candidates

Other incumbents eligible for reelection

Media outlets such as The Manila Times anticipate the following to seek reelection:

• Pia Cayetano (Nacionalista)

Others

• Benhur Abalos (PFP), secretary of the interior and local government
• Abby Binay (NPC), incumbent mayor of Makati
• Richard Gomez (PFP), incumbent representative of Leyte's 4th district
• Gringo Honasan (Independent), former senator
• Ping Lacson (Independent), former senator
• Isko Moreno (Aksyon), former mayor of Manila and candidate for president in 2022
• Willie Ong (Aksyon), cardiologist and media personality and candidate for vice president in 2022
• Ariel Querubin (Nacionalista), retired military officer and candidate for senator in 2010
• Apollo Quiboloy (Independent), religious leader
• Rufus Rodriguez (CDP), incumbent representative of Cagayan de Oro's 2nd district
• Martin Romualdez (Lakas–CMD), speaker of the House of Representatives
• Yedda Marie Romualdez (Lakas–CMD), incumbent representative of Tingog Party List
• Tito Sotto (NPC), former senate president of the Philippines
• Gilbert Teodoro (PRP), secretary of national defense
• Erwin Tulfo (Independent), incumbent representative of ACT-CIS Partylist
• Camille Villar (Nacionalista), incumbent representative of Las Piñas's at-large district

Opinon polling

See the main article: Opinion polling for the 2025 Philippine Senate election

Per candidate

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
	Pulse Asia
1		E. Tulfo	57.1
2		T. Sotto	51.8
3		R. Duterte	47.7
4		Go	44.2
5		Cayetano	37.7
6		Pacquiao	33.7
7		dela Rosa	33.2
8		Marcos	33.1
9		Moreno	31.5
10		B. Tulfo	30.5
11		Revilla	29.6
12		A. Binay	29.1
13		Lacson	28.6
14		Revillame	25.9
15		Lapid	25.4
16		Ong	24.6

Per party

• 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

• Totals may not add up to 12 due to margin of error.

Date	Pollster	Aksyon	KANP	Lakas	LP	NP	NPC	PDP–Laban	PFP	PRP	PROMDI	UNA	Ind
2024
Mar 6–10, 2024	Pulse Asia	1	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	0	2

Seats after the election

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

Date	Pollster	Akbayan	Aksyon	KANP	Lakas	LP	NP	NPC	PDP–Laban	PFP	PRP	PROMDI	PMP	UNA	Ind
2024
Mar 6–10, 2024	Pulse Asia	1	1	0	1	0	3	6	4	0	0	1	1	0	6

Results

		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