2025 Marinduque local elections

2025 Marinduque local elections
Registered	165,729 2.53%
Turnout	79.55% ( 7.53 pp)
	Gubernatorial election
Governor before election; Presbitero Velasco Jr.; PFP	Elected Governor ; Melecio Go; PDP
	Vice gubernatorial election
Vice Governor before election; Adeline Angeles; PFP	Elected Vice Governor ; Romulo Bacorro Jr.; Independent
	Provincial Board election
	10 out of 13 seats in the Marinduque Provincial Board; 7 seats needed for a majority

Local elections were held in Marinduque on May 12, 2025, as part of the 2025 Philippine general election. Voters selected candidates for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, a vice-governor, a governor and a representative for the province's at-large congressional district in the House of Representatives.

The election resulted in a significant political realignment in Marinduque, with the incumbent members of the Velasco family, the province's ruling political dynasty, being defeated by opposition politicians.^[1]

Background

The regional office of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), based in Calapan in neighboring Oriental Mindoro, confirmed that 165,729 voters were registered to vote in Marinduque for this election,^[2] up from the 159,000 who were registered in the previous election.^[3] The COMELEC also confirmed that all posts in the province would be contested by at least two candidates,^[2] the first time this has happened since the 2016 elections.

On November 6, 2024, the COMELEC released its final certified list of candidates running for provincial office, with 20 candidates vying for 13 posts.^[4]

Although the provincial elections were contested by multiple candidates, Rappler had concluded that the races for governor and congressman were not expected to be competitive as the incumbent candidates were expected to win handily.^[5]

Provincial elections

Governor

Incumbent governor Presbitero Velasco Jr. ran for congressman despite being eligible to run for a third term, swapping with his son Lord Allan Velasco who ran instead for governor.^[6] Unlike in the 2022 election where he ran for congressman under PDP–Laban, he ran in this election under the Nationalist People's Coalition. His opponent was Melecio Go, who last ran for governor in the 2016 election under the Nacionalista Party and had since run in this election as the PDP candidate.

Although the COMELEC initially accepted the nomination of Manuel Rejano, who was running as an independent,^[7] his candidacy was ultimately rejected with the release of the final list of candidates.^[4]

Marinduque gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP	Melecio Go	66,115	50.15
	NPC	Lord Allan Velasco	65,726	49.85
Total votes			131,841	100
	PDP gain from PFP

Opinion polling

Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE	Go PDP	Rejano Independent	Velasco NPC	Undecided
Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE
October 2024	Pahina^[8]	325	±3%	3.1%	15.1%	80.0%	1.8%

Vice Governor

Adeline Angeles, the incumbent vice governor, ran for re-election as the running mate of Lord Allan Velasco, although she ran under the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas, the same party as that of the elder Velasco. Her opponent was her immediate predecessor, Romulo Bacorro Jr., who ran for governor in the previous election under Aksyon but was now running in this election as an independent with Melecio Go as his running mate.^[4]

Marinduque vice gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Romulo Bacorro Jr.	75,930	59.36
	PFP	Adeline Angeles	51,982	40.64
Total votes			127,912	100
	Independent gain from PFP

Opinion polling

Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE	Angeles PFP	Bacorro Independent	Undecided
Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE
October–December 2024	Pahina^[9]	81	±5%	64.2%	32.1%	3.7%

Provincial Board

Sangunniang Panlalawigan districts of Marinduque. Areas shown in red represent the first district; blue represent the second district.

Party		Popular vote		Seats
Party		Total	%	Total	%
	PFP	234,079	59.92%	6	46.15%
	Independent	125,728	32.18%	3	23.08%
	Lakas	30,840	7.90%	1	7.69%
	Ex officio seats	—	—	3	23.08%
Total		390,647	100%	13	100%

In the final list of candidates running for provincial-level positions released by the COMELEC, 14 candidates were announced as running for seats in the Provincial Board, with seven candidates running in each district.^[4]

In 2024, Marinduque was one of 22 provinces whose income classification was upgraded by the Department of Finance. As a result, the COMELEC subsequently announed that the province's two board districts were to elect elect five members each to the Provincial Board starting with this election, as opposed to four per district as was the case in previous elections.^[10]

1st District

Municipality: Boac, Mogpog, Gasan

Marinduque 1st District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PFP	Mark Julius Caballes	41,396	19.02
	PFP	Antonio Mangcucang III	35,138	16.15
	Independent	Gilbert Daquioag	33,730	15.50
	PFP	Aurelio Leva III	29,520	13.56
	Independent	John R. Pelaez	28,518	13.10

	Independent	Luisito Majaba^[a]	27,302	12.54
	PFP	Robert Opis	22,031	10.12
Total votes			217,635	100.00

^ Majaba was subsequently endorsed by the PFP following the COMELEC's announcement expanding the Provincial Board to five members per district, but was nevertheless officially listed as an independent on the ballot.

2nd District

Municipality: Santa Cruz, Torrijos, Buenavista

Marinduque 2nd District Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Joam Morales	30,840	17.83
	PFP	Danilo Red	28,550	16.5
	PFP	Mercedes Rejano	27,938	16.15
	Independent	Primo Pamintuan	25,276	14.61
	PFP	Ishmael Lim	24,956	14.42

	PFP	Mel Encabo	24,550	14.19
	Independent	Michael Cabagon	10,902	6.3
Total votes			173,012	100.00

Congressional election

Incumbent congressman Lord Allan Velasco ran for governor after serving three terms in Congress, swapping with his father Presbitero Velasco Jr. who ran for congressman.^[6] Unlike in the 2022 election where he ran for governor under PDP–Laban, he was running in this election under the PFP. Velasco filed his certificate of candidacy on October 7, 2024.^[11]

Velasco's opponent was Reynaldo Salvacion, who ran for vice governor in the 2022 election as the candidate of the Alliance for Barangay Concerns and had decided to run in this election as an independent.^[4]

Philippine House of Representatives election in Marinduque
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Reynaldo Salvacion	73,677	56.59
	PFP	Presbitero Velasco Jr.	56,527	43.41
Total votes			130,204	100.00
	Independent gain from NPC

Opinion polling

Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE	Salvacion Independent	Velasco PFP	Undecided
Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE
October 2024	Pahina^[8]	189	±4%	39.9%	61.2%	2.2%

Municipal elections

Parties are as stated in their certificates of candidacy.

Boac

In Boac, the provincial capital, the municipal election was contested primarily between candidates from the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) and several independents,^[12] with Rappler citing the Boac mayoral election as being the most competitive race in the province.^[5]

Mayor

Incumbent Armi Carrion, the widow of former governor Jose Antonio Carrion, ran for re-election to her third and final term. Unlike in the 2022 election where she ran under PDP–Laban, she was running in this election as a candidate of the PFP. Her opponents in the election were James Dellosa, an engineer who ran against Carrion in the 2022 election under the PFP and who was now running as an independent, and Dindo Hidalgo, a lawyer who also ran as an independent.^[5]

Boac mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PFP	Armi Carrion	16,761	50.18
	Independent	James Dellosa	11,743	35.16
	Independent	Dindo Hidalgo	4,899	14.67
Total votes			33,403	100.00
	PFP hold

Opinion polling

Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE	Carrion PFP	Dellosa Independent	Hidalgo Independent
Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE
January–March 2025	Pahina^[13]	2,417	±1.99%	32.27%	34.22%	33.18%

Vice Mayor

Incumbent Mark Anthony Seño ran for re-election. Similar to his running mate Carrion, he ran as a candidate of the PFP after running as the candidate of PDP–Laban in the 2022 election. His opponent was municipal councilor Theresa Caballes, running as an independent together with Dellosa.^[5]

Boac vice mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PFP	Mark Anthony Seño	17,503	54.22
	Independent	Theresa Caballes	14,777	45.78
Total votes			32,280	100.00
	PFP hold

Opinion polling

Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE	Caballes Independent	Seño PFP
Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE
January–March 2025	Pahina^[14]	402	±4.78%	54.7%	45.3%

Mogpog

In Mogpog, the municipal election was contested primarily between candidates from the PFP and several independent candidates.^[15]

Mayor

Incumbent Augusto Leo Livelo ran for vice mayor after serving three terms as mayor. His brother, former mayor Senen Livelo Jr., ran in his stead. His opponents in the election were Marina Luna, running as an independent, and Vincent Michael Velasco, brother of Lord Allan Velasco and the PFP candidate.

Mogpog mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Senen Livelo Jr.	12,000	61.77
	PFP	Vincent Michael Velasco	7,085	36.47
	Independent	Marina Luna	341	1.76
Total votes			19,426	100.00
	Independent hold

Vice Mayor

Incumbent Jonathan Garcia ran for re-election. Unlike in the 2022 election where he ran under PDP–Laban, he was running in this election as a candidate of the PFP. His opponent was the incumbent mayor, Augusto Leo Livelo.

Mogpog vice mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Augusto Leo Livelo	13,471	70.54
	PFP	Jonathan Garcia	5,627	29.46
Total votes			19,098	100.00
	Independent gain from PFP

Opinion polling

Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE	Garcia PFP	Livelo Independent
Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE
January–March 2025	Pahina^[14]	503	±4.29%	51.89%	47.71%

Gasan

In Gasan, the municipal election was contested primarily between candidates from the PFP and the Alliance for Barangay Concerns.^[16]

Mayor

Incumbent Rolando O. Tolentino ran for re-election. Unlike in the 2022 election, where he ran under PDP–Laban, he was running in this election as a candidate of the PFP. His opponents in the election were Fortunato Hilvano Jr., running as an independent, and James Marty Lim, barangay captain of Barangay Dos and national chairman emeritus of the League of Barangays in the Philippines who also ran for governor in the 2022 election under the ABC.

Gasan mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	ABC	James Marty Lim	10,550	51.38
	PFP	Rolando O. Tolentino	9,270	45.14
	Independent	Fortunato Hilvano Jr.	714	3.48
Total votes			20,534	100.00
	ABC gain from PFP

Opinion polling

Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE	Hilvano Independent	Lim ABC	Tolentino PFP
Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE
January–March 2025	Pahina^[13]	216	±6.57%	13.89%	49.07%	36.11%

Vice Mayor

Incumbent Lidany Baldo ran for re-election as the running mate of James Marty Lim. Her opponent was municipal councilor Joy Raymond Isidro, running under the PFP as Tolentino's running mate.

Gasan vice mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	ABC	Lidany Baldo	11,126	55.09
	PFP	Joy Raymond Isidro	9,070	44.91
Total votes			20,196	100.00
	ABC hold

Opinion polling

Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE	Baldo ABC	Isidro PFP
Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE
January–March 2025	Pahina^[14]	42	±15.09%	59.52%	40.48%

Santa Cruz

In Santa Cruz, the municipal election was contested primarily between candidates from the NPC and the PFP.^[17]

Mayor

Incumbent Marisa Red-Martinez ran for re-election. Unlike in the 2022 election, where she ran under the NPC, she was running in this election as a candidate of the PFP. Her opponent was her immediate predecessor, Antonio Uy Jr., who was now running as the NPC candidate after running in the previous election as a candidate of the People's Reform Party.

Santa Cruz mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PFP	Marisa Red-Martinez	17,205	50.58
	NPC	Antonio Uy Jr.	16,812	49.42
Total votes			34,017	100.00
	PFP hold

Opinion polling

Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE	Red PFP	Uy NPC
Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE
January–March 2025	Pahina^[13]	3,688	±1.54%	50.79%	48.79%

Vice Mayor

Incumbent Medwin "Bobs" Manuel ran for re-election. His opponent was Isaganie "Agimat" Revilla, running under the PFP.

Santa Cruz vice mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Bobs Manuel	19,264	57.98
	PFP	Agimat Revilla	13,962	42.02
Total votes			33,226	100.00
	Independent hold

Opinion polling

Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE	Manuel Independent	Revilla PFP
Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE
January–March 2025	Pahina^[14]	2,992	±1.73%	50.94%	48.33%

Torrijos

In Torrijos, the municipal election was contested primarily between candidates from the PFP and the ABC.^[18]

Mayor

Incumbent Lorna Velasco, the wife of Presbitero Velasco Jr., was term-limited and did not seek any other office. Although three candidates filed certificates of candidacy to run for mayor in this election,^[19] the COMELEC ultimately certified only two candidates: Christopher "Toper" Laus, who ran under the PFP, and Joey Peñaflor, who ran against Velasco for mayor in the 2022 election under Aksyon and was now running under the ABC.^[18]

Torrijos mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	ABC	Joey Peñaflor	10,351	59.78
	PFP	Toper Laus	6,963	40.22
Total votes			17,314	100.00
	ABC gain from PFP

Opinion polling

Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE	Laus PFP	Peñaflor ABC
Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE
January–March 2025	Pahina^[13]	2,970	±1.12%	59.29%	39.93%

Vice Mayor

Incumbent Ricardo de Galicia was also term-limited and did not seek any other office. Two municipal councilors sought the position: Joel Cruzado, who ran under the PFP, and Edmar Frias, who ran under the ABC.

Torrijos vice mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	ABC	Edmar Frias	11,609	67.96
	PFP	Joel Cruzado	5,472	32.04
Total votes			17,081	100.00
	ABC gain from PFP

Opinion polling

Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE	Cruzado PFP	Frias ABC
Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE
January–March 2025	Pahina^[14]	363	±5.01%	53.17%	46.56%

Buenavista

In Buenavista, the municipal election was contested primarily between candidates from the PFP and several independent candidates.^[20]

Mayor

Incumbent Eduard Siena ran for re-election. Unlike in the 2022 election, where he ran under Aksyon, he was running in this election as an independent. His opponent was his immediate predecessor, Nancy Madrigal, who ran as the PFP candidate.

Buenavista mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Eduard Siena	8,570	63.08
	PFP	Nancy Madrigal	5,016	36.92
Total votes			13,586	100.00
	Independent hold

Opinion polling

Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE	Madrigal PFP	Siena Independent
Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE
January–March 2025	Pahina^[13]	1,465	±2.56%	43.55%	51.47%

Vice Mayor

Incumbent David Vitto ran for re-election. His opponent was municipal councilor Herminigildo Malapote Jr., who ran as the PFP candidate.

Buenavista vice mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Vitto	6,668	50.59
	PFP	Herminigildo Malapote Jr.	6,512	49.41
Total votes			13,180	100.00
	Independent hold

Opinion polling

Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE	Malapote PFP	Vitto Independent
Fieldwork Date(s)	Pollster	Sample Size	MoE
January–March 2025	Pahina^[14]	62	±12.36%	43.55%	54.84%

Aftermath

Go, Bacorro and Salvacion were officially proclaimed by the COMELEC as governor, vice governor and congressman-elect the day after the election,^[21] calling the election based on 98.58% of the received election returns.^[22] Lord Allan Velasco officially conceded shortly thereafter on Facebook, thanking his supporters for their trust in him throughout the campaign.^[1]

The election marked a stunning reversal of fortunes for the Velasco family,^[1] whose members first began pursuing elected public office in 2010 and which culminated in their domination of the province's politics after the 2019 elections,^[22] dislodging the family of Carmencita Reyes which until then had been the province's dominant political dynasty.^[23] While the governor's race was decided by a very small margin, the decisive victory of the other opposition candidates suggests that the attempt of the incumbent Velascos to switch positions was a mistake,^[1] and has also been interpreted as being reflective of Marinduque voters wanting to move away from entrenched political dynasties in favor of a more independent provincial leadership,^[1] as well as better governance.^[22]

Public reaction to the election results was positive, with the defeat of the Velascos being seen as heralding a new era for Marinduque politics.^[24] The Daily Tribune published a short editorial on Facebook calling it the "end of a dynasty", "overdue" and a "correction" by Marinduque voters,^[25] and Rappler attributed the results to Marinduque voters' protest of political dynasties.^[22]

In the context of the 2025 elections Marinduque was seen as an outlier in Mimaropa, the region where it is located, as political dynasties in the rest of the region continued to remain dominant in their respective provinces,^[26] but even well-entrenched dynasties have also lost in other provinces in the Philippines more broadly, suggesting that their grip on power may not be as strong as people believe it to be.^[27]

Recount attempt

Despite having already conceded the governor's race, Lord Allan Velasco requested a manual recount on May 23, 2025, insisting that he was the one who actually won the election.^[28] His campaign claimed in its protest that there were discrepancies in the results from 189 precincts, with over 10,000 votes unaccounted for which could influence the final outcome.^[29]

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[11] Majaba was subsequently endorsed by the PFP following the COMELEC's announcement expanding the Provincial Board to five members per district, but was nevertheless officially listed as an independent on the ballot.

[realignment-1] Ramones, Via Bianca (May 13, 2025). "Velasco concedes, ending political dynasty's reign". Daily Tribune. Retrieved May 13, 2025.

[voters-2025-2] Fos, Paul Jaysent F. (November 5, 2024). "MIMAROPA registered voters increased by 3.64% for May 2025 polls". Philippine Information Agency. Retrieved April 18, 2025.

[voters-2022-3] Mataac Jr., Romeo A. (September 29, 2021). "29 Sep 2021: rehistradong botante sa Marinduque, umabot na sa 159,000" [29 Sep 2021: number of registered voters in Marinduque reaches 159,000]. Balitaan sa Sentro ng Pilipinas (in Filipino). Marinduque News. Archived from the original on October 4, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2021.

[comelec-final-4] "Certified List of Candidates – Marinduque (Provincial)" (PDF). Commission on Elections. November 6, 2024. Retrieved April 19, 2025.

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[velasco-6] "Cong. Allan at Gov. Presby, palit pwesto sa 2025 elections" [Cong. Allan and Gov. Presby, switching positions in the 2015 elections]. Marinduque News (in Filipino). September 17, 2024. Retrieved April 18, 2025.

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[govcongpoll-8] "Marinduque Gubernatorial and Congressional Online Poll Survey Results" (in Filipino). Pahina ng Marinduque. December 31, 2024. Retrieved April 19, 2025.

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[upgrade-10] Locus, Sundy (December 10, 2024). "Comelec adds 42 provincial board member seats for Eleksyon 2025". GMA Integrated News. Retrieved April 18, 2025.

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