2025 Zambales local elections
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May 12, 2025
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Gubernatorial election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vice gubernatorial election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Provincial Board election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 out of 14 seats in the Zambales Provincial Board 8 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Local elections were held in Zambales on May 12, 2025, as part of the 2025 Philippine general election. Zambales voters will elect a governor, a vice governor, and 10 out of 14 members of the Zambales Provincial Board.
Candidates
Incumbent Hermogenes Ebdane (Sulong Zambales Party) is running for a third term. Ebdane was re-elected with 59.69% of the vote in 2022.
The following candidates are included in the ballot:[1]
| No. | Candidate | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Chito Bulatao Balintay | Independent | |
2 |
Hermogenes Ebdane (incumbent)[2] | Sulong Zambales Party | |
Chito Bulatao Balintay was initially declared to be a nuisance candidate by the Commission on Elections. However, the Supreme Court ordered on January 14, 2025, to include Balintay in the ballot.[3]
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Hermogenes Ebdane (incumbent) | Sulong Zambales Party | 306,367 | 90.85 | |
| Chito Bulatao Balintay | Independent | 30,857 | 9.15 | |
| Total | 337,224 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 337,224 | 92.41 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 27,701 | 7.59 | ||
| Total votes | 364,925 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 429,237 | 85.02 | ||
| Sulong Zambales Party hold | ||||
| Source: Commission on Elections[4][5] | ||||