2025 Cagayan local elections

2025 Cagayan local elections
	Gubernatorial election
Incumbent Governor; Manuel Mamba; Nacionalista	; ;
	Vice gubernatorial election
Incumbent Vice Governor; Melvin Vargas Jr.; Independent	; ;
	Provincial Board election
	10 out of 13 seats in the Cagayan Provincial Board; 7 seats needed for a majority

Local elections were held in Cagayan on May 12, 2025, as part of the 2025 Philippine general election. Cagayan voters elected a governor, a vice governor, and 10 out of 13 members of the Cagayan Provincial Board.

Governor

Term-limited incumbent Manuel Mamba (Nacionalista Party) is running for vice governor of Cagayan. Manuel was re-elected with 52.02% of the vote in 2022.

Candidates

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

No.	Candidate
1	Edgar Aglipay	Nacionalista Party
2	Zarah Lara	Nationalist People's Coalition
3	Melvin Vargas Jr.^[3]	Independent

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Edgar Aglipay	Nacionalista Party	258,470	40.45
	Zarah Lara	Nationalist People's Coalition	231,041	36.16
	Melvin Vargas Jr.	Independent	149,475	23.39
Total			638,986	100.00

Vice governor

Term-limited incumbent Melvin Vargas Jr. (Independent) is running for governor of Cagayan. Vargas was re-elected under PDP–Laban with 34.94% of the vote in 2022.

Candidates

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

No.	Candidate
1	Alvaro Antonio	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
2	Odi Fausto	Nationalist People's Coalition
3	Manuel Mamba^[3]	Nacionalista Party

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Manuel Mamba	Nacionalista Party	348,954	58.19
	Odi Fausto	Nationalist People's Coalition	130,980	21.84
	Alvaro Antonio	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	119,734	19.97
Total			599,668	100.00

Provincial Board

The Cagayan Provincial Board is composed of 13 board members, 10 of whom are elected.

Retiring and term-limited board members

The following board members are retiring:

Odi Fausto (Nationalist People's Coalition, 3rd provincial district), running for vice governor of Cagayan
Oliver Pascual (Nacionalista Party, 1st provincial district), running for mayor of Lal-lo
Mila Catabay-Lauigan (Nationalist People's Coalition, 3rd provincial district)

The following board members are term-limited:

Rodrigo de Asis (Nacionalista Party), 3rd provincial district) running for Councilor in Solana, Cagayan
Archie Layus (Lakas–CMD, 2nd provincial district) running for Vice Mayor in Claveria, Cagayan
Ross Resuello (Lakas–CMD, 3rd provincial district), running for vice mayor of Tuguegarao

Overview


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Lakas–CMD	644,366	41.33	7
	Nacionalista Party	564,055	36.18	3
	Nationalist People's Coalition	130,891	8.39	0
	Liberal Party	65,279	4.19	0
	Aksyon Demokratiko	45,006	2.89	0
	Independent	109,604	7.03	0
Ex officio seats				3
Total		1,559,201	100.00	13

1st provincial district

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

Candidates

The following candidates are included in the ballot:^[1]^[4]

No.	Candidate
1	Joaquin Agatep Jr.	Independent
2	Joan Cabildo-Dunuan	Nacionalista Party
3	Reymar Desiderio	Independent
4	Romeo Garcia (incumbent)	Nacionalista Party
5	Hang Liggayu	Aksyon Demokratiko
6	Kamille Ponce (incumbent)	Lakas–CMD
7	Bong Ramos	Nationalist People's Coalition
8	Weng Retoma	Lakas–CMD
9	Red Sac	Nacionalista Party

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Weng Retoma	Lakas–CMD	97,230	20.90
	Kamille Ponce (incumbent)	Lakas–CMD	87,057	18.72
	Romeo Garcia (incumbent)	Nacionalista Party	80,533	17.31
	Bong Ramos	Nationalist People's Coalition	47,126	10.13
	Joan Cabildo-Dunuan	Nacionalista Party	45,214	9.72
	Hang Liggayu	Aksyon Demokratiko	45,006	9.68
	Red Sac	Nacionalista Party	34,195	7.35
	Joaquin Agatep Jr.	Independent	21,097	4.54
	Reymar Desiderio	Independent	7,699	1.66
Total			465,157	100.00

2nd provincial district

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

Candidates

The following candidates are included in the ballot:^[1]^[5]

No.	Candidate
1	Wilfredo Aguinaldo II	Independent
2	Raquel dela Cruz	Nacionalista Party
3	Arvin Garcia	Nationalist People's Coalition
4	Lalaine Pamittan	Nacionalista Party
5	Marites Tacipit	Independent
6	Jose Tayawa	Nacionalista Party
7	Kevin Timbas (incumbent)	Lakas–CMD
8	Randy Ursulum (incumbent)	Lakas–CMD
9	Vilmer Viloria	Lakas–CMD

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Randy Ursulum (incumbent)	Lakas–CMD	98,159	25.41
	Kevin Timbas (incumbent)	Lakas–CMD	69,762	18.06
	Vilmer Viloria	Lakas–CMD	68,894	17.83
	Lalaine Pamittan	Nacionalista Party	41,348	10.70
	Jose Tayawa	Nacionalista Party	36,597	9.47
	Raquel dela Cruz	Nacionalista Party	32,604	8.44
	Arvin Garcia	Nationalist People's Coalition	14,523	3.76
	Marites Tacipit	Independent	14,480	3.75
	Wilfredo Aguinaldo II	Independent	9,983	2.58
Total			386,350	100.00

3rd provincial district

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

Candidates

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

No.	Candidate
1	Santi Balisi	Independent
2	Aldrin Bargado	Independent
3	Claire Callangan	Nationalist People's Coalition
4	Jojo Caronan	Nacionalista Party
5	Romar de Asis	Nacionalista Party
6	Odiboy Fausto	Lakas–CMD
7	Raymund Guzman	Nacionalista Party
8	Gilbert Labang	Independent
9	Pearl Mabasa	Nacionalista Party
10	Marj Martin	Liberal Party
11	Phil Pattaguan	Lakas–CMD
12	AJ Ponce	Lakas–CMD

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	AJ Ponce	Lakas–CMD	117,055	16.54
	Jojo Caronan	Nacionalista Party	89,092	12.59
	Romar de Asis	Nacionalista Party	82,879	11.71
	Odiboy Fausto	Lakas–CMD	73,286	10.36
	Raymund Guzman	Nacionalista Party	73,282	10.36
	Claire Callangan	Nationalist People's Coalition	69,242	9.78
	Marj Martin	Liberal Party	65,279	9.22
	Pearl Mabasa	Nacionalista Party	48,311	6.83
	Gilbert Labang	Independent	41,239	5.83
	Phil Pattaguan	Lakas–CMD	32,923	4.65
	Santi Balisi	Independent	8,617	1.22
	Aldrin Bargado	Independent	6,489	0.92
Total			707,694	100.00

Election-related incidents

In February 11, 2025, three people were arrested for trying to extort ₱90 million (US$1.83 million) from two municipal candidates in Enrile by claiming to be COMELEC-connected IT specialists who could rig the election results in their favor.^[6]

On April 23, Joel Ruma, the reelectionist mayor of Rizal, was shot dead by a suspected sniper while campaigning, with three people injured in the same incident.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "CAGAYAN_OPES" (PDF). Commission on Elections.
^ ^a ^b ^c "TUGUEGARAOCITY" (PDF). Commission on Elections.
^ ^a ^b Gabriel-Galban, Jasmin (October 8, 2024). "More notable personalities in Northern, Central Luzon file COC on last day". GMA Network.
^ "ALCALA" (PDF). Commission on Elections.
^ "ABULUG" (PDF). Commission on Elections.
^ "CIDG nabs 3 alleged IT experts selling 'election win' for P90-M". Philippine News Agency. February 11, 2025. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
^ Sigales, Jason (April 24, 2025). "Sniper may have shot dead Cagayan town mayor – PNP". Inquirer.net. Retrieved April 29, 2025.

[cagayan-1] "CAGAYAN_OPES" (PDF). Commission on Elections.

[tuguegarao-2] "TUGUEGARAOCITY" (PDF). Commission on Elections.

[:1-3] Gabriel-Galban, Jasmin (October 8, 2024). "More notable personalities in Northern, Central Luzon file COC on last day". GMA Network.

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

[5] "ABULUG" (PDF). Commission on Elections.

[6] "CIDG nabs 3 alleged IT experts selling 'election win' for P90-M". Philippine News Agency. February 11, 2025. Retrieved February 12, 2025.

[7] Sigales, Jason (April 24, 2025). "Sniper may have shot dead Cagayan town mayor – PNP". Inquirer.net. Retrieved April 29, 2025.

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