2025 Batanes local elections

2025 Batanes local elections
	Gubernatorial election
Incumbent Governor; Marilou Cayco; PFP	; ;
	Vice gubernatorial election
Incumbent Vice Governor; Ignacio Villa; Liberal	; ;
	Provincial Board election
	8 out of 12 seats in the Batanes Provincial Board; 7 seats needed for a majority

Local elections were held in Batanes on May 12, 2025, as part of the 2025 Philippine general election. Batanes voters will elect a governor, a vice governor, and 8 out of 12 members of the Batanes Provincial Board.

Governor

Term-limited incumbent Marilou Cayco (Partido Federal ng Pilipinas) is running for the House of Representatives in Batanes's lone legislative district.^[1] Cayco was re-elected under the Liberal Party with 61.04% of the vote in 2022.

Candidates

The following candidates are included in the ballot:^[2]^[3]^[1]

No.	Candidate
1	Jun Abad	Nationalist People's Coalition
2	Jun Aguto	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
3	Telesforo Castillejos	Aksyon Demokratiko
4	Ignacio Villa	Liberal Party

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jun Aguto	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	3,947	35.31
	Jun Abad	Nationalist People's Coalition	3,738	33.44
	Ignacio Villa	Liberal Party	2,018	18.05
	Telesforo Castillejos	Aksyon Demokratiko	1,476	13.20
Total			11,179	100.00

Vice governor

Incumbent Ignacio Villa (Liberal Party) is running for governor of Batanes.^[1] Villa was re-elected with 33.10% of the vote in 2022.

Candidates

The following candidates are included in the ballot:^[2]^[3]^[1]

No.	Candidate
1	Ferdie Elica	Nationalist People's Coalition
2	Wally Estamo	Liberal Party
3	Jhong Nanud	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
4	Juan Redondo	Aksyon Demokratiko

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jhong Nanud	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	3,269	30.81
	Ferdie Elica	Nationalist People's Coalition	2,865	27.00
	Wally Estamo	Liberal Party	2,795	26.34
	Juan Redondo	Aksyon Demokratiko	1,682	15.85
Total			10,611	100.00

Provincial Board

Since Batanes' reclassification as a 4th class province in 2025, the Batanes Provincial Board is composed of 12 board members, eight of whom are elected.

Retiring and term-limited board members

The following board member is retiring:

Roland Cabitac (Partido Federal ng Pilipinas, 2nd provincial district), running for mayor of Ivana^[1]

The following board member is term-limited:

Juan Redondo (Aksyon Demokratiko, 1st provincial district), running for vice governor of Batanes^[1]

Overview


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Liberal Party	13,596	41.39	3
	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	9,107	27.72	3
	Nationalist People's Coalition	6,624	20.16	1
	Aksyon Demokratiko	1,558	4.74	0
	Independent	1,964	5.98	1
Ex officio seats				3
Reserved seats				1
Total		32,849	100.00	12

1st provincial district

Batanes's 1st provincial district consists of the municipalities of Basco and Mahatao. Five board members are elected from this provincial district.

Candidates

The following candidates are included in the ballot:^[2]^[3]

No.	Candidate
1	John Dave Ablat	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
2	Juanita Acacio	Aksyon Demokratiko
3	Pipin Castillo	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
4	Arlyne Castillo-Velayo	Nationalist People's Coalition
5	Benny Fajardo	Liberal Party
6	Celerina Navarro	Nationalist People's Coalition
7	Roel Nicolas (incumbent)	Liberal Party
8	Ann Viola (incumbent)	Liberal Party

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Roel Nicolas (incumbent)	Liberal	4,165	19.26
	Ann Viola (incumbent)	Liberal	3,982	18.41
	Pipin Castillo	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	3,156	14.59
	Benny Fajardo	Liberal	2,696	12.47
	John Dave Ablat	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	2,372	10.97
	Arlyne Castillo-Velayo	Nationalist People's Coalition	1,866	8.63
	Celerina Navarro	Nationalist People's Coalition	1,830	8.46
	Juanita Acacio	Aksyon Demokratiko	1,558	7.20
Total			21,625	100.00

2nd provincial district

Batanes's 2nd provincial district consists of the municipalities of Itbayat, Ivana, Sabtang and Uyugan. Three board members are elected from this provincial district.

Candidates

The following candidates are included in the ballot:^[2]^[4]

No.	Candidate
1	Juan Caballero	Nationalist People's Coalition
2	Juliet Cataluna (incumbent)	Liberal Party
3	Rogelio Delapa	Liberal Party
4	Cleo Gonzales	Independent
5	Leonardo Hostallero	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
6	Byron Peralta (incumbent)	Nationalist People's Coalition
7	Preciosa Rivera	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Leonardo Hostallero	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	2,072	18.46
	Cleo Gonzales	Independent	1,964	17.50
	Byron Peralta (incumbent)	Nationalist People's Coalition	1,589	14.16
	Preciosa Rivera	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	1,507	13.43
	Juliet Cataluna (incumbent)	Liberal	1,475	13.14
	Juan Caballero	Nationalist People's Coalition	1,339	11.93
	Rogelio Delapa	Liberal	1,278	11.39
Total			11,224	100.00

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Visaya, Vince Jacob (October 18, 2024). "Four Batanes aspirants vie for governor". The Manila Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "OPES_BATANES" (PDF). Commission on Elections.
^ ^a ^b ^c "BASCO" (PDF). Commission on Elections.
^ "ITBAYAT" (PDF). Commission on Elections.

[:0-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Visaya, Vince Jacob (October 18, 2024). "Four Batanes aspirants vie for governor". The Manila Times.

[batanes-2] "OPES_BATANES" (PDF). Commission on Elections.

[basco-3] "BASCO" (PDF). Commission on Elections.

[4] "ITBAYAT" (PDF). Commission on Elections.

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