2025 Parañaque local elections

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Mayoral election


Candidate	Edwin Olivarez	John Andrew Uy
Party	Lakas	Independent
Running mate	Joan Villafuerte	—
Popular vote	142,561	63,556
Percentage	53.69%	23.94%


Candidate	Julius Anthony Zaide
Party	Aksyon
Running mate	—
Popular vote	49,386
Percentage	18.60%

Mayor before election

Eric Olivarez
PDP–Laban

Elected mayor

Edwin Olivarez
Lakas-CMD

Vice mayoral election


Candidate	Benjo Bernabe	Joan Villafuerte
Party	PFP	Lakas
Popular vote	130,291	123,193
Percentage	51.40%	48.60%

Vice Mayor before election

Joan Villafuerte
Liberal

Elected Vice Mayor

Benjo Bernabe
PFP

Local elections were held in Parañaque on May 12, 2025, as part of the 2025 Philippine general election. The electorate will elect a mayor, a vice mayor, sixteen members of the Parañaque City Council, and two district representatives to the House of Representatives of the Philippines.

Team Bagong Parañaque, led by brothers incumbent Mayor Eric Olivarez and incumbent first district representative Edwin Olivarez, dominated the 2022 Parañaque local elections. However, rumors started to circulate that similar to some of the other ruling political families in Metro Manila, the Olivarez family were also on the verge of splitting up over who should run for mayor between the two.^[1] While the brothers eventually resolved their differences to run together under a reformed Team Bagong Parañaque ticket,^[2] some of their relatives chose to break away from the family by either running directly against them, or joining rival political factions.^[3]

Meanwhile, a mix of old and new political rivals are also independently vying unseat the incumbent Olivarezes and their allies.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Candidates

Candidates in italics indicate incumbents seeking reelection.

Administration coalition

Team Bagong Parañaque^[7]
Position	#	Name

Mayor	3.	Edwin Olivarez	Lakas
Vice mayor	2.	Joan Villafuerte	Lakas
1st district House representative	1.	Eric Olivarez	Lakas
2nd district House representative	4.	Gustavo Tambunting	NUP
1st district councilor	1.	Daniel Eric Baes	Lakas
	7.	Rina Gabriel	Lakas
	8.	Guada Golez	Lakas
	9.	Brillante Inciong	Lakas
	11.	Yeoj Marquez	Lakas
	13.	Paolo Olivarez	Lakas
	17.	Allen Ford Tan	Lakas
	19.	Abby Viduya	Lakas
2nd district councilor	1.	Florencia Amurao	Lakas
	2.	Sheilla Benzon	Lakas
	4.	Rafael Lito Dela Peña	Lakas
	5.	Maria Kristine Esplana	Lakas
	8.	Jerome Bart Frias	Lakas
	9.	Rico Golez	Lakas
	15.	Wahoo Sotto	NPC
	16.	John Ryan Yllana	Lakas

Other coalitions

Team At Your SerVice
Position	#	Candidate

Vice mayor	1.	Benjo Bernabe	PFP
2nd district House representative	5.	Brian Yamsuan	Independent
1st district councilor	2.	Ron Catunao	PFP
	3.	Joey Delos Santos	PFP
	14	Shannin Mae Olivarez-Bernardo	PFP
	18.	Roberto Vazquez	Independent
2nd district councilor	3.	Tess De Asis	PFP
2nd district councilor	6.	Binky Favis	Independent

Team Drew Uy 2025
Position	#	Candidate

Mayor	6.	John Andrew Uy	Independent
1st district councilor	12.	Christian Eric Martinez	Independent

Labor Party Philippines
Position	#	Candidate

Mayor	5.	Nathan Pineda	WPP
2nd district Representative	3.	Rodel Espinola	WPP

Other parties

Partido Demokratiko Pilipino
Position	#	Name	Party

1st district councilor	4.	Julius Disamburun		PDP

Aksyon Demokratiko
Position	#	Name	Party

Mayor	7.	Jun Zaide		Aksyon

Kilusang Bagong Lipunan
Position	#	Name	Party

2nd district councilor	13.	Dante B. Peolino Jr.		KBL

Independents
Position	#	Name

Mayor	1.	Rhodora Mendoza	Independent
	2.	Aileen Claire Olivarez	Independent
	4.	Anabel Pantila	Independent
2nd District Representative	1.	Rolando Aguilar	Independent
2nd District Representative	2.	Florentino Baguio	Independent
1st District Councilor	5.	Ariel G. Fernandez	Independent
	6.	Raquel Gabriel-Velasco	Independent
	10.	Razel C. Lagman	Independent
	15.	Christopher H. Rivera	Independent
	16.	Melencio R. Santos	Independent
2nd District Councilor	7.	Nicolai B. Felix	Independent
	10.	Gaspar A. Hachuela	Independent
	11.	Glenn J. Manio	Independent
	12.	Menandro D. Molina	Independent
	14.	Felix G. Resuello	Independent

Mayoral election

The incumbent mayor is Eric Olivarez, who has served since 2022 after being elected with 64.3% of the vote. He was eligible for reelection for a second consecutive term, but instead chose to run for representative. His party nominated his brother and former mayor Edwin Olivarez to run for the position.^[3]

The main opponents for the position are the incumbent's wife Aileen Claire Olivarez and the 2022 mayoral candidates, the incumbent Barangay Baclaran Chairman Jun Zaide running under Aksyon Demokratiko, and John Andrew Uy also known as "Drew Uy" running as an independent candidate, who gained strong support from the youth and emerged as a relatively fresh challenger for the mayoral seat.^[3]^[8]

Results

2025 Parañaque mayoral election
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Edwin Olivarez	Lakas–CMD	142,561	53.69
	John Andrew Uy	Independent	63,556	23.94
	Jun Zaide	Aksyon Demokratiko	49,386	18.60
	Aileen Claire Olivarez	Independent	6,127	2.31
	Rhodora Mendoza	Independent	2,204	0.83
	Nathan Pineda	Labor Party Philippines	964	0.36
	Anabel Pantila	Independent	737	0.28
Total			265,535	100.00

Vice mayoral election

The incumbent vice mayor is Joan Villafuerte, who has served since 2022 after being elected in a close election with 39.14% of the vote. She is eligible to run for a second consecutive term.

Her opponent is Benjo Bernabe, a former city councilor and son of former mayor Jun Bernabe.

Results

2025 Parañaque vice mayoral election
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Benjo Bernabe	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	130,291	51.40
	Joan Villafuerte (incumbent)	Lakas–CMD	123,193	48.60
Total			253,484	100.00

City Council election

The Parañaque City Council is composed of 18 members, 16 of which are elected through plurality block voting to serve three-year terms. The councilors represent the city's two legislative districts.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Lakas–CMD	956,708	59.10	11
	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	185,221	11.44	2
	Nationalist People's Coalition	92,854	5.74	1
	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	10,323	0.64	0
	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino	6,511	0.40	0
	Independent	367,047	22.68	2
Ex officio seats				2
Total		1,618,664	100.00	18

First district

The first city council district is composed of the city's western barangays, namely Baclaran, Don Galo, La Huerta, San Dionisio, San Isidro, Santo Niño, Tambo and Vitalez.

The last election saw the administration coalition win a supermajority in the district, winning seven out of eight seats.

Term-limited

Pablo Gabriel Jr.
- Term-limited. His wife, Rina Gabriel, is running for the position
Marvin Santos
Vandolph Quizon
- Term-limited.
Jomari Yllana
- Term-limited. His wife, actress Maria Isabel "Abby" Viduya, more commonly known as "Priscilla Almeda", is running for the position

Results

2025 Parañaque City Council election - District 1
Candidate		Party or alliance		Votes	%
	Raquel Gabriel-Velasco	Independent		59,299	56.23
	Pablo A. Olivarez II	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD	58,614	55.58
	Daniel Eric M. Baes	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD	56,319	53.40
	Allen Ford L. Tan	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD	53,219	50.46
	Charles Yeoj L. Marquez	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD	47,743	45.27
	Brillante V. Inciong	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD	47,617	45.15
	Carina S. Gabriel	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD	45,639	43.28
	Shannin Mae M. Olivarez-Bernardo	Team At Your SerVice	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	42,446	40.25
	Maria Guadalupe T. Golez	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD	41,912	39.74
	Roberto C. Vasquez	Team At Your SerVice	Independent	41,858	39.69
	Joey Delos Santos	Team At Your SerVice	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	26,490	25.12
	Maria Isabel R. Viduya	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD	25,213	23.91
	Christian Eric P. Martinez	Team Drew Uy	Independent	18,376	17.42
	Melencio R. Santos	Independent		16,697	15.83
	Ariel G. Fernandez	Independent		9,265	8.79
	Razel C. Lagman	Independent		8,443	8.01
	Christopher H. Rivera	Independent		7,300	6.92
	Julius C. Disamburun	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino		6,574	6.23
	Ronald Joseph Catunao	Team At Your SerVice	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	5,006	4.75
Total				618,030	100.00

Second district

The second city council district is composed of the city's eastern barangays, namely BF Homes, Don Bosco, Marcelo Green, Merville, Moonwalk, San Antonio, San Martin de Porres, and Sun Valley.

The last election saw the administration coalition win a supermajority in the district, winning seven out of eight seats.

Term-limited

Edwin Benzon
- His wife, Sheilla Benzon, is running for the position
Nina Sotto
- Her husband, Wahoo Sotto, is running for the position

Results

2025 Parañaque City Council election - District 2
Candidate		Party or alliance		Votes	%
	Jose Enrico T. Golez	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD	120,222	69.54
	Maritess B. De Asis	Team At Your SerVice	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	112,828	65.26
	Vincent Kenneth M. Favis	Team At Your SerVice	Independent	104,712	60.57
	Jerome Bart M. Frias	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD	103,389	59.80
	Viktor Eriko M. Sotto	Team Bagong Parañaque	Nationalist People's Coalition	93,739	54.22
	Maria Kristine G. Esplana	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD	90,177	52.16
	Shiella G. Benzon	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD	76,250	44.11
	John Ryan G. Yllana	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD	74,658	43.19
	Florencia N. Amurao	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD	74,300	42.98
	Rafael Lito V. Dela Peña	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD	49,443	28.60
	Nicolai B. Felix	Independent		25,543	14.78
	Menandro D. Molina	Independent		22,616	13.08
	Glenn J. Manio	Independent		18,210	10.53
	Felix G. Resuello	Independent		17,115	9.90
	Gaspar A. Hachuela	Independent		13,766	7.96
	Dante B. Peolino Jr.	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan		10,403	6.02
Total				1,007,371	100.00

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Brian Yamsuan	Independent	82,700	50.98
	Gustavo Tambunting	National Unity Party	72,765	44.85
	Rolando Aguilar	Independent	3,190	1.97
	Florentino Baguio	Independent	1,896	1.17
	Rodel Espinola	Labor Party Philippines	1,680	1.04
Total			162,231	100.00
	TBD

2025 Parañaque local elections

Candidates

Administration coalition

Other coalitions

Other parties

Mayoral election

Results

Vice mayoral election

Results

City Council election

First district

Term-limited

Results

Second district

Term-limited

Results

House of Representatives elections

First district

Results

Second district

Results

References

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Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Eric Olivarez	Lakas–CMD	73,351	100.00
Total			73,351	100.00
	TBD