2025 Valenzuela local 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.

2025 Valenzuela local elections

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Mayoral election
Candidate Wes Gatchalian Party NPC 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 NPC 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%

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

• Weslie "Wes" T. Gatchalian (Nationalist People's Coalition) - incumbent mayor and reelectionist.^[1]

Results

2025 Valenzuela city mayoral election result

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Wes Gatchalian	Nationalist People's Coalition	295,876	100.00
Total			295,876	100.00
Valid votes			438,556	88.31
Invalid/blank votes			58,061	11.69
Total votes			496,617	100.00
	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

• Marlon Paulo "Marlon Idol" D. Alejandrino (Nationalist People's Coalition) - former city councilor from 1st district.^[1][3]
• Gilbert I. Gamas (Independent)^[4]

Results

2025 Valenzuela city vice mayoral election result

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Marlon Idol Alejandrino	Nationalist People's Coalition	244,708	81.67
	Gilbert Gamas	Independent	54,931	18.33
Total			299,639	100.00
Valid votes			438,556	88.98
Invalid/blank votes			54,298	11.02
Total votes			492,854	100.00
	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.

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Nationalist People's Coalition	1,080,866	76.04	10
	National Unity Party	109,719	7.72	1
	Lakas–CMD	97,119	6.83	1
	Aksyon Demokratiko	27,283	1.92	0
	Makabayan	26,325	1.85	0
	Democratic Party of the Philippines	17,422	1.23	0
	Independent	62,651	4.41	0
Ex officio seats				2
Total		1,421,385	100.00	14

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Cris Feliciano	National Unity Party	109,719	19.07
	Ghogo Lee	Nationalist People's Coalition	99,735	17.33
	Richard Enriquez	Lakas–CMD	97,119	16.88
	Bimbo Dela Cruz	Nationalist People's Coalition	97,089	16.87
	Kisha Ancheta	Nationalist People's Coalition	87,436	15.19
	Goyong Serrano	Nationalist People's Coalition	84,395	14.66
Total			575,493	100.00
Valid votes			1,261,980	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			1,261,980	100.00
	NPC hold
Source: COMELEC[2]

Second district

2025 Valenzuela city council election in the 2nd district

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Lorie Natividad-Borja	Nationalist People's Coalition	134,245	15.87
	Niña Lopez	Nationalist People's Coalition	122,571	14.49
	Sel Sabino-Sy	Nationalist People's Coalition	117,693	13.91
	Chiqui Carreon	Nationalist People's Coalition	113,943	13.47
	Mickey Pineda	Nationalist People's Coalition	112,955	13.35
	Louie Nolasco	Nationalist People's Coalition	110,804	13.10
	Marvin Canengneng	Independent	43,425	5.13
	JV Barcelona	Aksyon Demokratiko	27,283	3.23
	Leticia Castillo	Makabayan	26,325	3.11
	Danilo Cueto	Independent	19,226	2.27
	Rommel Ortega	Democratic Party of the Philippines	17,422	2.06
Total			845,892	100.00
Valid votes			845,892	98.35
Invalid/blank votes			14,202	1.65
Total votes			860,094	100.00
	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

• Antonio Espiritu (Aksyon Demokratiko) - former city councilor and vice mayor.^[7]
• Kenneth Gatchalian (Nationalist People's Coalition) - businessman, brother to senator Win Gatchalian, DSWD secretary Rex Gatchalian, and incumbent mayor and reelectionist Wes Gatchalian.^[3]
• Evelyn Hernandez (Independent) - former vice mayor.^[8][9][10]

Results

2025 Valenzuela 1st District Representative election result

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Kenneth Gatchalian	Nationalist People's Coalition	80,410	49.45
	Tony Espiritu	Aksyon Demokratiko	79,629	48.96
	Jing Hernandez	Independent	2,586	1.59
Total			162,625	100.00
Valid votes			210,330	95.99
Invalid/blank votes			8,784	4.01
Total votes			219,114	100.00
	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

• Gerald Galang (Independent) - incumbent city councilor from the 2nd district^[7]
• Katherine Martinez (National Unity Party) - wife of incumbent representative Eric Martinez^[7][11]

Results

2025 Valenzuela 2nd District Representative election result

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Gerald Galang	Independent	95,878	54.36
	Kat Martinez	National Unity Party (Philippines)	80,490	45.64
Total			176,368	100.00
Valid votes			176,368	97.60
Invalid/blank votes			4,330	2.40
Total votes			180,698	100.00
	Gerald Galang (Independent) won
Source: COMELEC[2]

Popular vote percentage Gerald Galang   54.36% Kat Martinez   45.64%