2025 Philippine Senate election
Senate elections in the Philippines
The 2025 Philippine Senate election was the 35th election of members to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on May 12, 2025, within the 2025 Philippine general election. The seats of the 12 senators elected in 2019 were contested in this election. The senators who will be elected in this election will serve until 2031, joining the winners of the 2022 election to form the Senate's delegation to the 20th Congress of the Philippines, with the senators elected in 2022 serving until 2028.
The election was shaped by several key issues, including employment and food security, concerns over the quality of public services such as healthcare, water, and education, and the demand for stronger anti-corruption measures and government accountability. Additionally, the impeachment of vice president Sara Duterte and the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte heightened political tensions, particularly between the Marcos and Duterte families.
The ruling administration of president Bongbong Marcos formed the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas, composed of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP), Lakas, Nacionalista, National Unity Party (NUP), and the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), to contest the election. The PDP–Laban, aligned with former president Duterte and the vice president, endorsed DuterTen. In the traditional opposition, Bam Aquino and Francis Pangilinan ran together under the Liberal-backed KiBam umbrella, whereas Makabayan fielded a full slate branded as the Oposisyon ng Bayan. The Alyansa won six seats against the DuterTen's three, plus two guest candidates, while both KiBam candidates won.
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