2025 Pangasinan local elections


Local elections were held in the province of Pangasinan on May 12, 2025 as part of the 2025 Philippine general election. Pangasinan voters will elect a governor, a vice governor, 6 members of the House of Representatives that will represent the 6 congressional districts of the province, and 12 out of 15 members of the Pangasinan Provincial Board. The officials elected will assume their respective offices on June 30, 2025, for a three-year-long term.
Ramon Guico III and Mark Lambino were re-elected governor on his second term and vice governor on his third term respectively, defeating Amado Espino III and Noel Nacar.

Background

In the 2022 local elections, the newly formed Abante Pangasinan Ilokano Party dominated the provincial board elections, winning 8 of the 12 seats in the provincial board. Incumbent Governor Amado Espino III lost re-election to Ramon Guico III, a congressman representing the 5th congressional district of the province, by a margin of 12 percentage points.
On October 5, 2024, Espino, alongside his running mate, Former Dasol mayor Noel Nacar, filed their certificate of candidacies at the COMELEC Office of the Provincial Election Supervisor at the People’s Astrodome. This was the first election in which the candidates were the same as those who ran for governor in the previous election.

Electoral system

Local elections in the Philippines are held every second Monday of May starting in 1992 and every three years thereafter. Single-seat positions are elected via first-past-the-post-voting. The governor and vice governor are elected by the province at-large, while the House representative and provincial board members are elected per district.
provincial board elections are done via plurality block voting; Pangsinan is divided into six districts, with each district sending two board members. There are three other ex officio seats, the president of the Philippine Councilors’ League, the president of the Association of Barangay Captains, and the president of the Sangguniang Kabataan Provincial Federation; these will be determined later in the year at the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections.

Campaign

Security concerns and preparation

Pangasinan police increased their security measures ahead of the 2025 elections, assigning 2,408 police officers to safeguard 1,204 voting centers and 2,869 automatic counting machines. The deployment is intended to ensure safe and orderly voting operations in the province.
The Commission on Elections in Pangasinan removed 22,353 non-compliant campaign posters during Oplan Baklas as of March 28, 2025. These materials include posters, billboards, or tarpaulins that exceed size limits and those located outside the designated common poster areas.
The localities of Aguilar, Binmaley, Malasiqui, Mangaldan, San Quintin, Sual, Urdaneta, and Dagupan City were identified as under "areas of concern" due to intense political rivalries and past election-related incidents.

Vote buying

On May 2025, congressional candidate Gilbert Estrella was implicated in reports of widespread vote-buying in Pangasinan’s 6th district. Representative Marlyn Primicias-Agabas asked the Commission on Elections and the Philippine National Police to investigate claims that Estrella’s supporters distributed about ₱3,000 per voter in the municipalities of Rosales, Balungao, and Asingan.

Shootings

On December 7, 2024, Ponciano Onia Jr., a reelectionist councilor of Umingan and concurrent national president of Abono Partylist, was shot dead in an ambush by unidentified gunmen while driving.

Governor

Incumbent Governor Ramon Guico III is running for a second consecutive term. Guico was elected with 55.61% of the vote in 2022.

Candidates

Vice governor

Incumbent Mark Lambino is running for a third term. Lambino was re-elected with 61.45% of the vote in 2022.

Candidates

Provincial Board

The Pangasinan Provincial Board is composed of 15 board members, 12 of whom are elected.

Term-limited board members

The following board members are term-limited:

First district

Pangasinan's 1st provincial district consists of the same area as Pangasinan's 1st legislative district. Two board members are elected from this provincial district.

Candidates

  • Apple Bacay, provincial board member
  • Ricky Camba, municipal councilor of Bani
  • Napoleon Fontelera, Jr., provincial board member

2nd provincial district

Pangasinan's 2nd provincial district consists of the same area as Pangasinan's 2nd legislative district. Two board members are elected from this provincial district.

Candidates

  • Philip Theodore Cruz, provincial board member
  • Dondon Fernandez
  • Manuel Merrera
  • Haidee Pacheco, provincial board member
  • Nikiboy Reyes, provincial board member

3rd provincial district

Pangasinan's 3rd provincial district consists of the same area as Pangasinan's 3rd legislative district. Two board members are elected from this provincial district.

Candidates

  • Shiela Baniqued, provincial board member
  • Joseph Arman Bauzon, mayor of Calasiao
  • Eduardo Gonzales
  • Generoso Tulagan, Jr., provincial board member
  • Vici Ventanilla, provincial board member

4th provincial district

Pangasinan's 4th provincial district consists of the same area as Pangasinan's 4th legislative district, excluding the city of Dagupan. Two board members are elected from this provincial district.

Candidates

  • Noy de Guzman, provincial board member
  • Jerry Rosario, provincial board member
  • Aldrin Soriano, municipal councilor of Mangaldan

5th provincial district

Pangasinan's 5th provincial district consists of the same area as Pangasinan's 5th legislative district. Two board members are elected from this provincial district.

Candidates

  • Rose Apaga
  • Jesus "Isong" Basco, councilor of Urdaneta
  • Louie Sison, provincial board member
  • Hero Sumera, councilor of Urdaneta

6th provincial district

Pangasinan's 6th provincial district consists of the same area as Pangasinan's 6th legislative district. Two board members are elected from this provincial district.

Candidates

  • Walter Aquino
  • Noel Bince, provincial board member
  • Sheila Marie Perez
  • Ric Revita, mayor of Rosales
  • Rebecca Saldivar, mayor of San Nicolas
  • Ranjit Shahani, vice governor of Pangasinan

City elections

Dagupan">Dagupan City, Pangasinan">Dagupan

Two prominent businesswomen are set to compete for this city’s mayoral seat in next year’s elections as incumbent Mayor Belen Fernandez is being challenged by Councilor Celia Lim, who officially filed her certificate of candidacy on Monday, Oct. 7.
Lim, running under the Nacionalista Party, was joined by her son, former Mayor Brian Lim, who is her vice mayoral candidate, along with their full slate of councilors.

Urdaneta">Urdaneta, Pangasinan">Urdaneta

Maan Guico, wife of incumbent governor Ramon Guico III, ran for mayor of Urdaneta but was defeated by Incumbent mayor Julio F. Parayno III.

Municipal Elections

1st District">Pangasinan's 1st congressional district">1st District

Agno
Anda
Bani
Bolinao
Burgos
Dasol
Infanta
Mabini
Sual
Incumbent mayor Liseldo Calugay is running for reelection.

2nd District">Pangasinan's 2nd congressional district">2nd District

Municipalities: Aguilar, Basista, Binmaley, Bugallon, Labrador, Lingayen, Mangatarem, Urbiztondo
Aguilar
Basista
Binmaley
Incumbent Mayor Pedro "Pete" Merrera filed his candidacy for re-running as mayor of Binmaley.
Bugallon
Labrador
Lingayen
Mangatarem
'''Urbiztondo'''

3rd District">Pangasinan's 3rd congressional district">3rd District

Bayambang
Former actress and current Mayor of Bayambang, Pangasinan, Niña Jose-Quiambao is seeking reelection for the Mayor of Bayambang.
Calasiao
Patrick Caramat officially filed his certificate of candidacy for mayor of Calasiao, Pangasinan, following in the footsteps of his late mother, former Mayor Mamilyn Caramat. Patrick is running unopposed.
Malasiqui
Mapandan
Karl Vega runs for a 2nd term as Mayor of Mapandan. His opponent is Jaime Aquino, a publisher and correspondent of People's Journal, Manila Standard, The Daily Tribune at Manila Times.
'''Santa Barbara'''

4th District">Pangasinan's 4th congressional district">4th District

Manaoag
Mangaldan
Incumbent Mayor Bonafe De Vera-Parayno, Vice Mayor Dr. Mark Stephen Mejia, and former Mayor Marilyn Lambino will be against each other for the position in the 2025 Mangaldan Mayoralty Election. Marilyn Lambino filed her COC earlier on October 5, seeking to reclaim her position.
San Fabian
'''San Jacinto'''

5th District">Pangasinan's 5th congressional district">5th District

Alcala
Bautista
Binalonan
Laoac
Pozorrubio
Santo Tomas
Sison
'''Villasis'''

6th District">Pangasinan's 6th congressional district">6th District

Asingan
Balungao
Natividad
Rosales
San Manuel
San Nicolas
San Quintin
Santa Maria
Tayug
'''Umingan'''

House of Representatives elections

First District

Incumbent representative Arthur Celeste is running for re-election to a second term.

Candidates

Second district

Incumbent representative Mark Cojuangco will run for a second term. Former representative
Leopoldo Bataoil filed his certificate of candidacy on October 4, 2024.

Candidates

Third district

Incumbent representative and former Movie and Television Review and Classification Board chairperson Rachel Arenas is running for a second term.

Candidates

Fourth district

Manay Gina De Venecia, former representative from Pangasinan's 4th congressional district and husband of former House speaker Jose De Venecia is running for a term as representative of the district.

Candidates

Fifth district

Incumbent representative Ramon Guico, Jr., father of incumbent governor Ramon Guico III, is running for a second term.

Candidates

Sixth district

Incumbent 6th district representative Marlyn Primicias-Agabas is running for a second term.

Candidates

  • Marlyn Primicias-Agabas, vice governor of Pangasinan
  • Gillbert Estrella