2025 Caloocan local elections
Local elections were held in Caloocan on May 12, 2025, as part of the 2025 Philippine general election. The electorate will elect a mayor, a vice mayor, 18 members of the Caloocan City Council, and three district representatives to the House of Representatives of the Philippines. The officials elected will assume their respective offices on June 30, 2025, for a three-year-long term.
Candidates
Incumbents are italicized.Mayoral election
The incumbent mayor is Along Malapitan, who is serving his first term as mayor after being elected in 2022 with 56.13% of the vote. Malapitan is eligible for a second term.Antonio Trillanes, a former senator and candidate for the Senate in 2022, expressed his interest in challenging Malapitan for the mayoralty in January 2024, signaling a 95% likelihood of running for the office in an interview with ANC. Trillanes later confirmed his bid for the office as a member of Aksyon Demokratiko on July 15, when he formally joined the party.
Candidates
Declared
- Along Malapitan, incumbent mayor of Caloocan
- Antonio Trillanes, former senator of the Philippines
Vice mayoral election
The incumbent vice mayor is Karina Teh-Limsico, who is serving her first term after being elected in 2022 with 62.28% of the vote. Teh-Limsico is eligible for a second term. She will face a rematch from former councilor PJ Malonzo, whom she defeated in the 2022 vice mayoral race.Candidates
Declared
- PJ Malonzo – former city councilor
- Karina Teh – incumbent vice mayor of Caloocan
City Council election
The Caloocan City Council is composed of 20 members, 18 of which are elected through plurality block voting to serve three-year terms. The councilors represent the city's three councilor districts, which are coextensive with the congressional districts, with six members being elected per district.House of Representatives elections
First district
The incumbent representative is Oscar Malapitan, who is serving his first term after being elected in 2022 with 74.27% of the vote. Malapitan is eligible for a second term.Former mayor Rey Malonzo is expected to challenge Malapitan; they last faced off for this position in 2004.
Second district
The incumbent representative is Mitch Cajayon-Uy, who is serving her first term after being elected in 2022 with 35.20% of the vote. Cajayon-Uy is eligible for a second term.Former representative and 2022 mayoral candidate Edgar Erice was expected to challenge Cajayon-Uy for the seat for the fourth time, with him winning the two previous contests. However, on November 22, 2024, he was disqualified by the Commission on Elections Second Division for "propagating false information across multiple platforms" in regards to his accusations against Comelec and Miru Systems of election rigging. His disqualification was deemed final by the Comelec en banc on December 27, but in January 2025, the Supreme Court issued a TRO in favor of Erice against the Comelec disqualification order.