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.
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# PositionName Party 1.MayorWes Gatchalian 1.Vice mayorMarlon Idol Alejandrino 2.1st district House representativeKenneth Gatchalian 2.2nd district House representativeKatherine Martinez 1.1st district councilorKisha Ancheta 2. Atty. Bimbo Dela Cruz 3.Richard Enriquez 4.Cris Feliciano 5.Ghogo Lee 6.Goyong Serrano 4.2nd district councilorChiqui Carreon 8.Niña Lopez 9.Lorie Natividad-Borja 10.Louie Nolasco 12.Mickey Pineda 13.Sel Sabino-Sy
Other candidates +Candidates not in tickets # PositionName Party 2. Vice mayorGilbert Gamas 1.1st district House representativeTony Espiritu 3.Jing Hernandez 1.2nd district House representativeGerald Galang 2.2nd district councilor Jasper Barcelona 3.Marvin Canengneng 5.Leticia Castillo 6. Danilo Cueto 11. Rommel Ortega
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.
Results
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. Gilbert I. Gamas (Independent)
Results
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.
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
Second district
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. Candidates Antonio Espiritu (Aksyon Demokratiko) - former city councilor and vice mayor. Kenneth Gatchalian (Nationalist People's Coalition) - businessman, brother to senator Sherwin Gatchalian, DSWD secretary Rex Gatchalian, and incumbent mayor and reelectionist Wes Gatchalian. Evelyn Hernandez (Independent) - former vice mayor.
Results
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 Katherine Martinez (National Unity Party) - wife of incumbent representative Eric Martinez
Results
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