2025 Philippine general election explained

Election Name:2025 Philippine general election
Type:legislative
Country:Philippines
Previous Election:2022 Philippine general election
Previous Year:2022
Next Year:2028
Module:
Embed:yes
Election Name:Senate election
Type:legislative
Alliance Name:no
Ongoing:yes
Seats For Election:12 (of the 24) seats to the Senate of the Philippines
Majority Seats:13
Previous Year:2022
Previous Election:2022 Philippine Senate election
Next Year:2028
Before Election:Francis Escudero
Before Party:NPC
Module:
Embed:yes
Election Name:House of Representatives elections
Ongoing:yes
Noleader:yes
Type:parliamentary
Seats For Election:All 318 seats to the House of Representatives of the Philippines, including 63 party-list seats
Majority Seats:159
Previous Year:2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Previous Election:2022
Next Election:2028
Next Year:2028 Philippine House of Representatives election
Party1:Lakas–CMD
Party2:National Unity Party (Philippines)
Party3:Nacionalista Party
Party4:Nationalist People's Coalition
Party5:Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
Party6:Liberal Party (Philippines)
Party7:Others
Party8:Party-lists
Current Seats1:92
Current Seats2:36
Current Seats3:32
Current Seats4:33
Current Seats5:10
Current Seats6:10
Current Seats7:40
Current Seats8:61
Speaker
Before Election:Martin Romualdez
Before Party:Lakas–CMD

The 2025 Philippine general election will be held on May 12, 2025. During this midterm election, which will take place during the term of President Bongbong Marcos, all 318 seats in the House of Representatives and 12 of the 24 seats in the Senate will be contested to form the 20th Congress of the Philippines. Local elections will also be held for the executive and legislative branches in every province, city, and municipality in the country. The first regular election to the Bangsamoro Parliament will be held within the general election after it was postponed in 2022.

This will be the first general election to be held following the 2022 Maguindanao division plebiscite, which divided the province into Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur. This election will also be the first automated election to be overseen by the South Korean firm Miru Systems after the Commission of Elections (COMELEC) disqualified Smartmatic from participating in future elections.

Background

Voter registration

A valid Philippine passport and an age of at least 18 years old is required to vote for both Filipinos and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs).[1] [2] COMELEC implemented the Register Anywhere Program in July 2022, converting shopping malls, certain churches, and plazas as offices for the program.[3] [4] [5] OFWs are supposed to register for the elections by going to their nearest Filipino Embassy.[6]

On May 2023, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) recorded a total of 68 million registered voters. The commission estimated an increase of three million voters for the 2025 elections, creating a total of 71 million voters registered to vote in the election.[7]

Implementation of Miru Systems

See also: Vote counting in the Philippines.

Disqualification of Smartmatic

On November 29, 2023, the COMELEC disqualified Smartmatic from all procurement processes conducted by the agency amid the company's involvement with the alleged bribery schemes concerning COMELEC Chairman Andres D. Bautista, citing an "imminent threat to the strength and integrity" of the country's electoral process.[8] [9]

Public bidding for the automated voting system

On December 14, COMELEC conducted its first public bidding for a contract for the full automation system with the transparency audit count (FASTrAC) project amounting to a maximum of . The South Korean firm Miru Systems was the sole bidder for the contract in the first round of bidding; its bid for the contract was rejected due to issues with its associated documents.[10]

Later, on December 25, 2023, election watchdog Democracy Watch Philippines urged COMELEC to review Miru Systems' bid for the FASTrAC, expressing concern over electoral failures in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Iraq whose elections Miru Systems oversaw.[11] [12] The company denied such failures, asserting that the two countries had "continued to show trust" in the company.[13]

The second round of bidding was conducted on January 8, 2024, in which six companies expressed interest in placing a bid.[14] Of the six companies, only Miru Systems submitted a bid for the contract.[15] In its second bid, the company was deemed eligible in its bid after fully complying with the required documents.[16] COMELEC began its post-qualification evaluation of Miru Systems on January 23.[17]

COMELEC unanimously awarded the contract for the lease of automated vote counting machines (VCMs) to Miru Systems on February 21.[18] [19] [20] The contract, amounting to ₱17.9 billion, was finalized on March 11.[21]

Reactions and aftermath

After the contract was signed, Representative Rufus Rodriguez criticized COMELEC for not obtaining the report lodged by Miru Systems' critics, deeming it a "big negligence".[22] In her privilege speech, Senator Risa Hontiveros cast doubt in the lack of bidders for the FASTrAC contract and raised the possibility of "bid suppression" in the bidding process.[23] One of Miru Systems' local partners, St. Timothy Construction Corporation, was subpoenaed by the Senate electoral reforms panel due to its ties to companies blacklisted by the Department of Public Works and Highways and a "sudden infusion of money" into the company in 2022.[24]

On April 17, the Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled that the COMELEC committed a "grave abuse of discretion" in their disqualification of Smartmatic in bidding for the VCM contracts for the midterm election, but stated that its ruling does not nullify the bidding process that awarded Miru Systems the VCM contract, leaving the company as the provider of the VCMs for the election.[25] [26] In response, COMELEC filed a motion of reconsideration to the court.[27]

More than 100,000 VCMs will be replaced in preparation for the election.[28] Representative Emigdio Tanjuatco III called for the VCMs to be reused instead to allocate more funds to address the "high costs of goods".[29] Smartmatic called for COMELEC to "utilize the warranty" of 93,977 precinct-based optical mark reader (OMR) machines and their accompanying election management system (EMS) that remain under the ownership of the commission.[30]

On July 9, Representative Rodante Marcoleta alleged that Miru Systems bribed COMELEC to win its contract for the FASTrAC, attributing his claims to offshore bank accounts worth ₱120 million in deposits.[31] Garcia denied the allegations as "baseless", asserting that "he has no foreign bank account". Consequently, Garcia requested the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to probe the individuals responsible for Marcoleta's allegations.

On July 16, the Supreme Court en banc directed Former Representative Edgar Erice to file comment on the confidentiality and protective gag order motion filed by Miru Systems on the 2025 poll case. Earlier, Erice filed a certiorari case against the ₱18-billion contract awarded by the COMELEC to Miru Systems.[32] Erice also filed a motion with the High Tribunal to cite COMELEC Chairman George Garcia in contempt of court for violation of the sub judice rule alleging Garcia's prohibited remarks on the pending case.[33]

Other contracts awarded

On April 8, the ₱1.4 billion contract to provide secure electronic transmission services (SETS) was awarded to a joint venture of iOne Resources Incorporated and Ardent Networks.[34] On June 25, a joint venture of Sequent Tech and SMS Global Technologies won the contract to deliver an online voting tool for overseas voting.[35]

Proposed amendments to the 1987 Constitution

See main article: article and 2024 constitutional reform attempts in the Philippines.

On February 8, 2024, Constitution Day, President Bongbong Marcos affirmed his support for the efforts to amend the 1987 Constitution for "economic matters alone", pertaining to the Resolution of Both Houses No. 6 and 7, which largely aims to insert the phrase "unless otherwise provided by law" in select provisions to allow Congress to lift or relax present economic restrictions in the Constitution.[36] [37]

Marcos called for a constitutional plebiscite to be held in conjunction with the 2025 Philippine general election, noting the high costs of holding a separate vote.[38] [39] Garcia initially refused the notion of holding the plebiscite within the general election, citing a Supreme Court ruling prohibits the simultaneous conduct of a regular election and a constitutional plebiscite.[40] However, Garcia would later change his stance and support conducting the two votes at once, announcing plans to use new VCMs and extend voting hours in anticipation of a possible plebiscite.[41] [42]

Schedule of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections

On June 27, 2023, the Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled that Republic Act 11935, which postponed barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections scheduled in December 2022 to October 2023, was unconstitutional, but allowed the 2023 Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) elections to push through in its schedule, citing practical and legal implications.[43] In view of the decision, the Supreme Court also determined that the next BSKE elections will be held in December 1, 2025, while succeeding elections will be held every three years thereafter on the first Monday of the month.[44]

On July 17, Garcia filed a motion for reconsideration to the Supreme Court, seeking to move the 2025 BSKE elections to 2026 to ensure that the terms of the barangay officials elected in 2023 are "definite and regular". On May 8, 2024, Representative Luis Raymund Villafuerte filed House Bill 10344, which aims to postpone the next BSKE elections to October 26, 2026, arguing that a shortened term for barangay officials "diminishes the obligations" that they hold.[45] [46] [47]

Electoral reforms

On April 12, 2023, Garcia proposed a "hybrid election system", which entails the use of both automated and manual election systems for the 2025 election.[48]

Issues

Security concerns

On October 21, 2023, Senator Francis Tolentino urged COMELEC to formulate policies regulating artificial intelligence (AI) in campaign materials to uphold the "principle of truthfulness".[49] Later, on May 29, 2024, Garcia wrote to the COMELEC en banc seeking to prohibit the use of deepfakes and AI in campaigning for the 2025 election following the circulation of a deepfake of President Marcos appearing to have ordered an attack on China amid tensions in the West Philippine Sea.[50] [51] Garcia's proposal was backed by Senators Bong Revilla and Win Gatchalian, though the latter called for the commission to specify the policies on AI as soon as possible, remarking that "AI is evolving every day".[52]

Premature campaigning

In May 2024, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) published research indicating at least 14 potential Senatorial candidates collectively spent a total of ₱3.5 million to boost their posts on Facebook. The PCIJ indicated that Senator Bong Go spent ₱1 million alone on Facebook advertising, being followed by former Senator Bam Aquino and Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. As such spending is not subject to electoral policy limiting campaign expenditures, Garcia moved to begin the ban on premature campaigning on October 2024, when candidates are due to file their candidacies for public office.[53]

Electoral system

In the Philippines, congressional and local elections, excluding the regional and barangay levels, have been synchronized to be held on the second Monday of May every three years, starting in 1992. Presidents and vice presidents have six-year terms, so they are only elected in even-numbered years (1992, 1998, and so on). Elections where the presidency is not on the ballot are called midterm elections, and occur in odd-numbered years (1995, 2001, and so on).[54]

Every seat up for election is voted on separately. Since 2010, general elections have been automated, with voters shading an oval next to their chosen candidate.[55] For executive positions, elections are decided via the first-past-the-post voting (FPTP) system, where the voter has one choice. Elections to the Senate and local legislatures are held via multiple non-transferable vote, where the voter has x number of choices depending on the number of seats up for election (12 in the case of the Senate), and the x candidates with the highest number of votes win. For House elections, each voter has two votes, one via FPTP, and the other via a modified party-list proportional representation system.[56] The residents of the ten Embo barangays in Taguig, who were previously represented as part of Makati's 2nd congressional district, will not participate in the House elections after a Supreme Court ruling affirming Taguig's jurisdiction over the barangays removed them from their former district.[57]

Elections are organized, run, and adjudicated by the COMELEC, an independent governmental body.[58] Appeals are allowed under certain conditions to the Regional Trial Courts, the Congress, or the Supreme Court, sitting as the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal, the Senate Electoral Tribunal, or the Presidential Electoral Tribunal depending on the election being appealed.[59]

Schedule

On May 29, 2024, COMELEC released the schedule for activities on the conduct of the 2025 elections.[60]

ActivityStartEnd
Voter registrationFebruary 12, 2024September 30, 2024
Overseas voter registrationDecember 9, 2022
Holding of political conventions
Filing of certificates of candidaciesOctober 1, 2024October 8, 2024
Election period
  • Prohibition on carrying and usage of firearms
  • Prohibition on suspending from office of local elective officials
January 12, 2025June 11, 2025
Campaign period for nationally elected positionsFebruary 11, 2025May 10, 2025
Campaign period for locally elected positionsMarch 28, 2025
Voting for overseas votersApril 13, 2025May 12, 2025
Election silence (Maundy Thursday and Good Friday)April 17, 2025April 18, 2025
Voting for local absentee voters in the PhilippinesApril 28, 2025April 30, 2025
Liquor banMay 11, 2025May 12, 2025
Election day
voting for non-absentee voters in the Philippines
May 12, 2025
Term of office of winning candidates for local officials and House representativesJune 30, 2025June 30, 2028
Term of office of winning candidates for senatorsJune 30, 2031

Parties and coalitions

See also: List of political parties in the Philippines. Political parties in the Philippines forge political coalitions and alliances in the run-up to the general election as part of the country's multi-party system. The coalitions and alliances listed below are ordered alphabetically and reflect political agreements and endorsements as of June 2024.

Coalition! scope="col" class="unsortable"
Parties endorsedCurrent House SeatsCurrent Senate Seats
Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas
Formed May 8, 2024[61] 		[62] [63]
Liberal Party
Announced February 22, 2024[64] 		[65]
Makabayan
Announced June 26, 2024		 [66]
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino
Announced April 19, 2024[67]

Elections to be held

See main article: article, 2025 Philippine Senate election, 2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections and 2025 Bangsamoro Parliament election. COMELEC noted a total of 18,271 positions up for election in 2025.[68] The election will determine the composition of the 20th Congress of the Philippines, set to take office on June 30, 2025, for a term ending on June 30, 2028.[69] In the Senate of the Philippines, 12 of 24 seats are up for election. The seats up for election were previously contested in 2019 and will be contested again in 2031. In the House of Representatives of the Philippines, all 318 seats are up for election. 255 seats represent geographic congressional districts while 63 seats are apportioned among party-lists. Local elections above the barangay level will also be held, with the following positions being contested:

All 80 seats in the Parliament of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao will be contested for the first time within this election after the inaugural election for the legislature was postponed to 2025.[70] Of the 80 seats, 40 are elected through proportional representation, 32 are elected by single-member districts, and eight are reserved for sectoral representatives.[71] [72]

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL - CALGARY . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240519092057/https://philcongencalgary.org/overseas-voting . May 19, 2024 . 2024-06-21 . philcongencalgary.org.
  3. Web site: Journalism (PCIJ) . Philippine Center for Investigative . 2023-09-29 . Philippines prepares for 3 elections in next two years; 10 urgent tasks for Comelec, voters . 2024-06-21 . PCIJ.org . en-US.
  4. Web site: Reganit . Jose . 21 February 2024 . Filipino youth urged to go out, register for 2025 elections . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240621025754/https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1219232 . June 21, 2024 . 21 June 2024 . pna.gov.ph.
  5. Web site: Lao . Waya . 2024-07-03 . What you need to know about Comelec's Special Register Anywhere Program . 2024-07-13 . RAPPLER . en-US.
  6. Web site: Patinio . Ferdinand . 1 January 2024 . Filipinos abroad urged to sign up as voters for 2025 polls . 29 June 2024 . pna.gov.ph.
  7. Web site: Mendoza . John Eric . 2023-05-04 . Comelec expects 71 million registered voters for 2025 midterm elections . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240621024341/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1764798/comelec-expects-71-million-registered-voters-for-2025-midterm-elections . June 21, 2024 . 2024-06-21 . INQUIRER.net . en.
  8. Web site: de Leon . Dwight . 2023-11-29 . Comelec disqualifies Smartmatic from future Philippine elections . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240418111137/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/comelec-disqualifies-smartmatic-participation-elections/ . April 18, 2024 . 2024-06-19 . RAPPLER . en-US.
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  13. Web site: Cordero . Ted . 2024-01-16 . S.Korean firm Miru denies allegations of election failures in Iraq, Congo . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240228213926/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/894382/s-korean-firm-miru-denies-allegations-of-election-failures-in-iraq-congo/story/ . February 28, 2024 . 2024-06-26 . GMA News Online . en.
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  16. Web site: Bordey . Hana . 2024-01-08 . S. Korean firm Miru deemed eligible to bid in Comelec's 2025 poll system procurement . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240312070355/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/893477/s-korean-firm-miru-deemed-eligible-to-bid-in-comelec-s-2025-poll-system-procurement/story/ . March 12, 2024 . 2024-06-26 . GMA News Online . en.
  17. Web site: Casilao . Joahna Lei . 2024-01-23 . Comelec starts evaluation of Miru automated poll system . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240124013620/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/895074/comelec-starts-evaluation-of-miru-automated-poll-system/story/ . January 24, 2024 . 2024-06-26 . GMA News Online . en.
  18. Web site: Cabato . Luisa . 2024-02-22 . Comelec awards vote counting machine contract to Miru Systems . 2024-06-19 . INQUIRER.net . en.
  19. Web site: Leon . Dwight de . 2024-04-08 . Smartmatic out: iOne, Ardent Networks bag P1.4-B transmission deal for 2025 polls . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240411134732/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/ione-resources-ardent-networks-bag-comelec-contract-transmission-election-results-2025/ . April 11, 2024 . 2024-06-21 . RAPPLER . en-US.
  20. Web site: Leon . Dwight de . 2024-01-09 . How Korean firm Miru became front-runner in search for 2025 PH election provider . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240621035934/https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/explainers/how-korea-miru-became-front-runner-search-2025-election-provider-philippines/ . June 21, 2024 . 2024-06-21 . RAPPLER . en-US.
  21. Web site: Legaspi . Zeus . 2024-03-11 . Comelec, Miru ink P17.99 B pact for automated 2025 polls . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240403234206/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1917008/fwd-comelec-and-miru-on-contract-signing-for-2025-polls . April 3, 2024 . 2024-06-26 . INQUIRER.net . en.
  22. Web site: Lalu . Gabriel Pabico . 2024-03-12 . Solons hit Comelec for not getting the side of Miru Systems' foreign critics . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240328065643/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1917523/solons-hit-comelec-for-not-getting-the-side-of-miru-systems-foreign-critics . March 28, 2024 . 2024-06-26 . INQUIRER.net . en.
  23. Web site: Locus . Sundy . 2024-03-18 . Hontiveros: Comelec award of VCM contract to Miru 'disturbing' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240510070830/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/900903/hontiveros-comelec-award-of-vcm-contract-to-miru-disturbing/story/ . May 10, 2024 . 2024-06-26 . GMA News Online . en.
  24. Web site: Leon . Dwight de . 2024-03-19 . Miru's local partner under scrutiny over expired license, ties with blacklisted firm . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240404015345/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/st-timothy-construction-under-scrutiny-2025-election-contract-miru-local-partner/ . April 4, 2024 . 2024-06-26 . RAPPLER . en-US.
  25. Web site: Aning . Jerome . Bautista . Jane . 2024-04-18 . SC reverses Comelec ruling that barred Smartmatic from bidding . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240502024650/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1930917/sc-reverses-comelec-ruling-that-barred-smartmatic-from-bidding . May 2, 2024 . 2024-06-26 . INQUIRER.net . en.
  26. Web site: Laqui . Ian . Comelec committed grave abuse of discretion in disqualifying Smartmatic — SC . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240502123951/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/04/17/2348360/comelec-committed-grave-abuse-discretion-disqualifying-smartmatic-sc . May 2, 2024 . 2024-06-26 . Philstar.com.
  27. Web site: Casilao . Joahna Lei . 2024-04-18 . Comelec to ask SC to reconsider decision over Smartmatic . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240503080843/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/904007/comelec-sc-smartmatic/story/ . May 3, 2024 . 2024-06-26 . GMA News Online . en.
  28. Web site: Patinio . Ferdinand . 9 May 2022 . New VCMs to be used in 2025 midterm polls . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240621035934/https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1173984 . June 21, 2024 . 21 June 2024 . pna.gov.ph.
  29. Web site: Lalu . Gabriel Pabico . 2024-06-25 . Comelec should reuse Smartmatic VCMs for 2025 polls, says lawmaker . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240625074208/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1954752/fwd-another-solon-urges-comelec-use-existing-vcms-for-2025-polls-save-money . June 25, 2024 . 2024-06-26 . INQUIRER.net . en.
  30. Web site: Bajo . Anna Felicia . 2024-05-17 . Smartmatic calls on Comelec to use existing VCMs in 2025 polls . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240626220341/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/907078/smartmatic-calls-on-comelec-to-use-existing-vcms-in-2025-polls/story/ . June 26, 2024 . 2024-06-26 . GMA News Online . en.
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  35. Web site: de Leon . Dwight . 2024-06-25 . Comelec picks SMS Global, Sequent Tech to supply online voting tool for 2025 polls . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240626213607/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/comelec-picks-sequent-tech-sms-global-technologies-online-voting-contractor-2025/ . June 26, 2024 . 2024-06-26 . RAPPLER . en-US.
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