Draft:2025 Mountain Province local elections

2025 Mountain Province local elections
	Gubernatorial election
Incumbent Governor; Bonifacio Lacwasan; PDP–Laban	; ;
	Vice gubernatorial election
Incumbent Vice Governor; Francis Tauli; PDP–Laban	; ;
	Provincial Council election
8 of 12 seats in the Mountain Province Provincial Council; 7 seats needed for a majority

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Local elections are scheduled to be held in Mountain Province on May 12, 2025, as part of the 2025 Philippine general election. The electorate will elect a governor, a vice governor, 8 members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, and district representative to the House of Representatives of the Philippines. The officials elected in the election will assume their respective offices on June 30, 2025, for a three-year-long term.

Gubernatorial election

Incumbent Bonifacio Lacwasan (Partido Federal ng Pilipinas) is running for a third term. Lacwasan was re-elected under PDP–Laban with 89.30% of the vote in 2022.


Candidate		Party
	Bonifacio Lacwasan (incumbent)	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
	Eduardo Latawan Jr.	Independent
Total

Source: Commission on Elections^[1]

Vice gubernatorial election

Incumbent Francis Tauli (Partido Federal ng Pilipinas) is running for a third term. Tauli was re-elected under PDP–Laban with 51.28% of the vote in 2022.


Candidate		Party
	Miyo Carlos	Independent
	Cleto Chacapna Jr.	Independent
	Jet Dominguez	Independent
	Albert Paday-os	Independent
	Francis Tauli (incumbent)	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
Total

Source: Commission on Elections^[1]

Provincial council elections

The Mountain Province Provincial Board comprises 12 board members, eight of whom are elected.


Party
	Katipunan ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino
	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino
	Nacionalista Party
	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
	Independent
Total

First district

Mountain Province's 1st provincial district consists of the municipalities of Barlig, Bontoc, Natonin, Paracelis and Sadanga. Four board members are elected from this provincial district.


Candidate		Party
	Janice Barillo	Nacionalista Party
	Jose Biangalen	Nacionalista Party
	Mateo Chiyawan	Katipunan ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino
	Maximillian Claver	Independent
	Vidastos Focao	Independent
	Joshua Fronda (incumbent)	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
	Roy Gammonac	Nacionalista Party
	Ezra Samson Gomez (incumbent)	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino
	Tancio Miranda	Independent
	Federico Onsat (incumbent)	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
	John Pelew	Nacionalista Party
Total

Source: ^[1]

Second district

Mountain Province's 2nd provincial district comprises the municipalities of Bauko. Besao, Sabangan, Sagada and Tadian. Four board members are elected from this provincial district.


Candidate		Party
	Anselmo Andayan	Nacionalista Party
	Bartolo Badecao	Nacionalista Party
	Sally Banaken-Ullalim	Independent
	Johnson Bantog II (incumbent)	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
	Henry Bastian Jr. (incumbent)	Nacionalista Party
	Jimmy Cajigan	Independent
	Jowee Dominguez	Independent
	Perfecto Igid	Independent
	Akay Manodon	Independent
	Ricardo Masidong Jr. (incumbent)	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
	Andres Sapdoy	Independent
Total

Source: Commission on Elections^[1]

Congressional elections

Incumbent Maximo Dalog Jr. (Nacionalista Party) is running for a third term unopposed. Dalog was re-elected with 56.09% of the vote in 2022.


Candidate		Party
	Maximo Dalog Jr. (Incumbent)	Nacionalista Party
Total

Source: Commission on Elections^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "MPROVINCE_OPES" (PDF). Commission on Elections.
^ "MPROVINCE_OPES" (PDF). Commission on Elections.

[mountainprovince-1] "MPROVINCE_OPES" (PDF). Commission on Elections.

[2] "MPROVINCE_OPES" (PDF). Commission on Elections.

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