2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Soccsksargen

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All 10 Soccsksargen seats in the House of Representatives

	Seats	+/–
Lakas	3	+1
PFP	3	+1
PDP	1	0
Nacionalista	1	0
Aksyon	1	+1
PMP	1	New

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Soccsksargen were held on May 12, 2025, as part of the 2025 Philippine general election.

Congressional district	Incumbent		Winner		Winning margin
Cotabato–1st	Joel Sacdalan	NPC	Edwin Cruzado	PMP	1.84%
Cotabato–2nd	Rudy Caoagdan	Nacionalista	Rudy Caoagdan	Nacionalista	89.48%
Cotabato–3rd	Samantha Santos	Lakas	Samantha Santos	Lakas	Unopposed
General Santos	Loreto Acharon	NPC	Shirlyn Bañas-Nograles	PDP	27.14%
Sarangani	Steve Solon	Lakas	Steve Solon	Lakas	62.64%
South Cotabato–1st	Ed Lumayag	PFP	Ed Lumayag	PFP	12.71%
South Cotabato–2nd	Peter Miguel	Lakas	Ferdinand Hernandez	PFP	16.16%
South Cotabato–3rd	New district		Dibu Tuan	Aksyon	4.66%
Sultan Kudarat–1st	Rihan Sakaluran	Lakas	Ruth Sakaluran	Lakas	Unopposed
Sultan Kudarat–2nd	Horacio Suansing Jr.	NUP	Bella Suansing	PFP	Unopposed

Cotabato

1st district

Incumbent Joel Sacdalan of the Nationalist People's Coalition ran for a third term.^[1] He was previously affiliated with PDP–Laban.

Sacdalan was defeated by provincial board member Edwin Cruzado of Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino.^[1]^[2]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Edwin Cruzado	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino	98,210	50.92
	Joel Sacdalan (incumbent)	Nationalist People's Coalition	94,679	49.08
Total			192,889	100.00

Valid votes			192,889	93.43
Invalid/blank votes			13,574	6.57
Total votes			206,463	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			246,037	83.92
	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino gain from Nationalist People's Coalition
Source: Commission on Elections^[3]^[4]

2nd district

Incumbent Rudy Caoagdan of the Nacionalista Party ran for a third term.^[1]

Caoagdan won re-election against former representative Greg Andolana (Independent).^[1]^[5]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rudy Caoagdan (incumbent)	Nacionalista Party	195,870	94.74
	Greg Andolana	Independent	10,874	5.26
Total			206,744	100.00

Valid votes			206,744	88.05
Invalid/blank votes			28,053	11.95
Total votes			234,797	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			276,804	84.82
	Nacionalista Party hold
Source: Commission on Elections^[3]^[4]

3rd district

Incumbent Samantha Santos of Lakas–CMD won re-election for a second term unopposed.^[1]^[6]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Samantha Santos (incumbent)	Lakas–CMD	169,867	100.00
Total			169,867	100.00

Valid votes			169,867	72.72
Invalid/blank votes			63,714	27.28
Total votes			233,581	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			274,768	85.01
	Lakas–CMD hold
Source: Commission on Elections^[3]^[4]

General Santos

Incumbent Loreto Acharon of the Nationalist People's Coalition ran for a second term.^[7]

Acharon was defeated by former South Cotabato's 1st district representative Shirlyn Bañas-Nograles of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino. Sterling Sañado (Independent) also ran for representative.^[7]^[8]^[9]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Shirlyn Bañas-Nograles	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino	163,511	62.74
	Loreto Acharon (incumbent)	Nationalist People's Coalition	92,771	35.60
	Sterling Sañado	Independent	4,337	1.66
Total			260,619	100.00

Valid votes			260,619	92.09
Invalid/blank votes			22,377	7.91
Total votes			282,996	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			368,454	76.81
	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino gain from Nationalist People's Coalition
Source: Commission on Elections^[3]^[4]

Sarangani

Incumbent Steve Solon of Lakas–CMD ran for a second term.^[10] He was previously affiliated with the People's Champ Movement.

Solon won re-election against two other candidates.^[11]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Steve Solon (incumbent)	Lakas–CMD	187,041	80.42
	Kingchopazar Belimac	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino	41,363	17.78
	Butch Baliao	Independent	4,185	1.80
Total			232,589	100.00

Valid votes			232,589	81.71
Invalid/blank votes			52,064	18.29
Total votes			284,653	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			373,178	76.28
	Lakas–CMD hold
Source: Commission on Elections^[3]^[4]

South Cotabato

1st district

Incumbent Ed Lumayag of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas ran for a second term.^[12]

Lumayag won re-election against Gerry Barrientos (Aksyon Demokratiko), Polomolok councilor Leo Cordova (Partido Demokratiko Pilipino) and Emer Ampo (Independent).^[13]^[14]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ed Lumayag (incumbent)	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	69,965	47.93
	Gerry Barrientos	Aksyon Demokratiko	51,409	35.22
	Leo Cordova	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino	23,644	16.20
	Emer Ampo	Independent	964	0.66
Total			145,982	100.00

Valid votes			145,982	90.80
Invalid/blank votes			14,791	9.20
Total votes			160,773	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			195,438	82.26
	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas hold
Source: Commission on Elections^[3]^[4]

2nd district

As a result of South Cotabato being redistricted in 2022, the district was reduced to the city of Koronadal and the municipalities of Banga and Tantangan.

Incumbent Peter Miguel of Lakas–CMD ran for a second term.^[15] He was previously affiliated with the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP).

Miguel was defeated by former representative Ferdinand Hernandez of the PFP.^[13]^[16]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ferdinand Hernandez	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	103,984	58.08
	Peter Miguel (incumbent)	Lakas–CMD	75,046	41.92
Total			179,030	100.00

Valid votes			179,030	97.77
Invalid/blank votes			4,083	2.23
Total votes			183,113	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			211,517	86.57
	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas gain from Lakas–CMD
Source: Commission on Elections^[3]^[4]

3rd district

As a result of South Cotabato being redistricted in 2022, the district was recreated with the municipalities of Lake Sebu, Norala, Santo Niño, Surallah and T'Boli, which used to be under South Cotabato's 2nd district.

Former T'Boli mayor Dibu Tuan (Aksyon Demokratiko) won the election against Surallah vice mayor Antonio Bendita (Partido Federal ng Pilipinas), provincial board member Mike Matinong (Independent) and Ahloy Mesias (Independent).^[12]^[13]^[17]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Dibu Tuan	Aksyon Demokratiko	81,365	46.80
	Antonio Bendita	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	73,262	42.14
	Mike Matinong	Independent	17,131	9.85
	Ahloy Mesias	Independent	2,112	1.21
Total			173,870	100.00

Valid votes			173,870	93.83
Invalid/blank votes			11,432	6.17
Total votes			185,302	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			222,412	83.31
	Aksyon Demokratiko gain
Source: Commission on Elections^[3]^[4]

2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Soccsksargen

Cotabato

1st district

2nd district

3rd district

General Santos

Sarangani

South Cotabato

1st district

2nd district

3rd district

Sultan Kudarat

1st district

2nd district

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Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ruth Sakaluran	Lakas–CMD	158,034	100.00
Total			158,034	100.00

Valid votes			158,034	67.23
Invalid/blank votes			77,021	32.77
Total votes			235,055	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			275,693	85.26
	Lakas–CMD hold
Source: Commission on Elections^[3]^[4]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Bella Suansing	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	138,151	100.00
Total			138,151	100.00

Valid votes			138,151	71.15
Invalid/blank votes			56,006	28.85
Total votes			194,157	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			257,691	75.34
	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas gain from National Unity Party
Source: Commission on Elections^[3]^[4]