2025 Parañaque local elections

2025 Parañaque local elections
	Mayoral election
Incumbent Mayor; Eric Olivarez; PDP–Laban	; ;
	Vice mayoral election
Incumbent Vice Mayor; Joan Villafuerte; Liberal	; ;

Local elections are scheduled to be held in Parañaque on May 12, 2025, as part of the 2025 Philippine general election. The electorate will elect a mayor, a vice mayor, sixteen members of the Parañaque City Council, and two district representatives to the House of Representatives of the Philippines. The officials elected will assume their respective offices on June 30, 2025, for a three-year term.

Background

Team Bagong Parañaque, led by brothers incumbent Mayor Eric Olivarez and incumbent First District Representative Edwin Olivarez, dominated the 2022 Parañaque local elections. However, rumors started to circulate that similar to some of the other ruling political families in Metro Manila, the Olivarez family were also on the verge of splitting up over who should run for mayor between the two.^[1] While the brothers eventually resolved their differences to run together under a reformed Team Bagong Parañaque ticket,^[2] some of their relatives chose to break away from the family by either running directly against them, or joining rival political factions.^[3]

Meanwhile, a mix of old and new political rivals are also independently vying unseat the incumbent Olivarezes and their allies.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Candidates

Candidates in italics indicate incumbents seeking reelection.

Administration coalition

Team Bagong Parañaque^[7]
Position	#	Name

Mayor	3.	Edwin Olivarez	Lakas
Vice mayor	2.	Joan Villafuerte	Lakas
1st district House representative	1.	Eric Olivarez	Lakas
2nd district House representative	4.	Gustavo Tambunting	NUP
1st district councilor	1.	Daniel Eric Baes	Lakas
	7.	Rina Gabriel	Lakas
	8.	Guada Golez	Lakas
	9.	Brillante Inciong	Lakas
	11.	Yeoj Marquez	Lakas
	13.	Paolo Olivarez	Lakas
	17.	Allen Ford Tan	Lakas
	19.	Abby Viduya	Lakas
2nd district councilor	1.	Florencia Amurao	Lakas
	2.	Sheilla Benzon	Lakas
	4.	Rafael Lito Dela Peña	Lakas
	5.	Maria Kristine Esplana	Lakas
	8.	Jerome Bart Frias	Lakas
	9.	Rico Golez	Lakas
	15.	Wahoo Sotto	NPC
	16.	John Ryan Yllana	Lakas

Other coalitions

Team At Your SerVice
Position	#	Candidate

Vice mayor	1.	Benjo Bernabe	PFP
2nd district House representative	5.	Brian Yamsuan	Independent
1st district councilor	2.	Ron Catunao	PFP
	3.	Joey Delos Santos	PFP
	14	Shannin Mae Olivarez-Bernardo	PFP
	18.	Roberto Vazquez	Independent
2nd district councilor	3.	Tess De Asis	PFP
2nd district councilor	6.	Binky Favis	Independent

Team Drew Uy 2025
Position	#	Candidate

Mayor	6.	John Andrew Uy	Independent
1st district councilor	12.	Christian Eric Martinez	Independent

Labor Party Philippines
Position	#	Candidate

Mayor	5.	Nathan Pineda	WPP
2nd district Representative	3.	Rodel Espinola	WPP

Other parties

Partido Demokratiko Pilipino
Position	#	Name	Party

1st district councilor	4.	Julius Disamburun		PDP

Aksyon Demokratiko
Position	#	Name	Party

Mayor	7.	Jun Zaide		Aksyon

Kilusang Bagong Lipunan
Position	#	Name	Party

2nd district councilor	13.	Dante B. Peolino Jr.		KBL

Independents
Position	#	Name

Mayor	1.	Rhodora Mendoza	Independent
	2.	Aileen Claire Olivarez	Independent
	4.	Anabel Pantila	Independent
2nd District Representative	1.	Rolando Aguilar	Independent
2nd District Representative	2.	Florentino Baguio	Independent
1st District Councilor	5.	Ariel G. Fernandez	Independent
	6.	Raquel Gabriel-Velasco	Independent
	10.	Razel C. Lagman	Independent
	15.	Christopher H. Rivera	Independent
	16.	Melencio R. Santos	Independent
2nd District Councilor	7.	Nicolai B. Felix	Independent
	10.	Gaspar A. Hachuela	Independent
	11.	Glenn J. Manio	Independent
	12.	Menandro D. Molina	Independent
	14.	Felix G. Resuello	Independent

Mayoral election

The incumbent mayor is Eric Olivarez, who has served since 2022 after being elected with 64.3% of the vote. He was eligible for reelection for a second consecutive term, but instead chose to run for representative. His party nominated his brother and former mayor Edwin Olivarez to run for the position.^[3]

The main opponents for the position are the incumbent's wife Aileen Claire Olivarez, and 2022 mayoral candidate and incumbent Barangay Baclaran Chairman Jun Zaide.^[3]

Results

2025 Parañaque mayoral election
Candidate		Party
	Rhodora Mendoza	Independent
	Aileen Claire Olivarez	Independent
	Edwin Olivarez	Lakas–CMD
	Anabel Pantila	Independent
	Nathan Pineda	Labor Party Philippines
	John Andrew Uy	Independent
	Jun Zaide	Aksyon Demokratiko
Total
	TBD

Vice mayoral election

The incumbent vice mayor is Joan Villafuerte, who has served since 2022 after being elected in a close election with 39.14% of the vote. She is eligible to run for a second consecutive term.

Her opponent is Benjo Bernabe, a former city councilor and son of former mayor Jun Bernabe.

Results

2025 Parañaque vice mayoral election
Candidate		Party
	Benjo Bernabe	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
	Joan Villafuerte (incumbent)	Lakas–CMD
Total
	TBD

City Council election

The Parañaque City Council is composed of 18 members, 16 of which are elected through plurality block voting to serve three-year terms. The councilors represent the city's two legislative districts.

First district

The first city council district is composed of the city's western barangays, namely Baclaran, Don Galo, La Huerta, San Dionisio, San Isidro, Santo Niño, Tambo and Vitalez.

The last election saw the administration coalition win a supermajority in the district, winning seven out of eight seats.

Term-limited

Pablo Gabriel Jr.
- Term-limited. His wife, Rina Gabriel, is running for the position
Marvin Santos
Vandolph Quizon
- Term-limited.
Jomari Yllana
- Term-limited. His wife, actress Abby Viduya, more commonly known as "Priscilla Almeda", is running for the position

Results

2025 Parañaque City Council election - District 1
Candidate		Party or alliance
	Daniel Eric M. Baes	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD
	Ronald Joseph Catunao	Team At Your SerVice	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
	Joey Delos Santos	Team At Your SerVice	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
	Julius C. Disamburun	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino
	Ariel G. Fernandez	Independent
	Raquel Gabriel-Velasco	Independent
	Carina S. Gabriel	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD
	Maria Guadalupe T. Golez	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD
	Brillante V. Inciong	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD
	Razel C. Lagman	Independent
	Charles Yeoj L. Marquez	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD
	Christian Eric P. Martinez	Team Drew Uy	Independent
	Pablo A. Olivarez II	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD
	Shannin Mae M. Olivarez-Bernardo	Team At Your SerVice	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
	Christopher H. Rivera	Independent
	Melencio R. Santos	Independent
	Allen Ford L. Tan	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD
	Roberto C. Vasquez	Team At Your SerVice	Independent
	Maria Isabel R. Viduya	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD
Total

Second district

The second city council district is composed of the city's eastern barangays, namely BF Homes, Don Bosco, Marcelo Green, Merville, Moonwalk, San Antonio, San Martin de Porres, and Sun Valley.

The last election saw the administration coalition win a supermajority in the district, winning seven out of eight seats.

Term-limited

Edwin Benzon
- His wife, Sheilla Benzon, is running for the position
Nina Sotto
- Her husband, Wahoo Sotto, is running for the position

Results

2025 Parañaque City Council election - District 2
Candidate		Party or alliance
	Florencia N. Amurao	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD
	Shiella G. Benzon	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD
	Maritess B. De Asis	Team At Your SerVice	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
	Rafael Lito V. Dela Peña	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD
	Maria Kristine G. Esplana	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD
	Vincent Kenneth M. Favis	Team At Your SerVice	Independent
	Nicolai B. Felix	Independent
	Jerome Bart M. Frias	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD
	Jose Enrico T. Golez	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD
	Gaspar A. Hachuela	Independent
	Glenn J. Manio	Independent
	Menandro D. Molina	Independent
	Dante B. Peolino Jr.	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan
	Felix G. Resuello	Independent
	Viktor Eriko M. Sotto	Team Bagong Parañaque	Nationalist People's Coalition
	John Ryan G. Yllana	Team Bagong Parañaque	Lakas–CMD
Total

House of Representatives elections

Coinciding with the local elections, two representatives will be elected to represent the city in the House of Representatives in the 20th Congress.

First district

The incumbent representative is Edwin Olivarez, who was elected in 2022 with 90.16% of the vote. He was eligible to run for a second term, but chose to run for mayor instead.

His party chose his brother, incumbent mayor Eric Olivarez to run for the post. He is running unopposed.^[8]

Results

2025 Philippine House of Representatives election in Parañaque's 1st district
Candidate		Party
	Eric Olivarez	Lakas–CMD
Total
	TBD

Second district

The incumbent representative is Gustavo Tambunting, who was elected in 2022 with 52.89% of the vote. He is eligible to run for a second consecutive term.

His main opponent is incumbent Bicol Saro partylist representative Brian Yamsuan.^[9]

Results

2025 Philippine House of Representatives election in Parañaque's 2nd district
Candidate		Party
	Rolando Aguilar	Independent
	Florentino Baguio	Independent
	Rodel Espinola	Labor Party Philippines
	Gustavo Tambunting	National Unity Party
	Brian Yamsuan	Independent
Total
	TBD

References

^ Maderazo, Jake (September 17, 2024). "NCR political families must resolve disagreements in two weeks". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
^ Baroña, Franco Jose (October 8, 2024). "Olivarez, allies file CoCs in Parañaque". The Manila Times. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cruz, James Patrick (October 12, 2024). "Olivarez in-laws clash over mayoral post in Parañaque City". Rappler. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
^ "Aksyon Demokratiko swears in new members ahead of 2025 May polls". GMA News. October 12, 2024. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
^ "Former Parañaque Mayor's son Benjo Bernabe to run for vice mayor". GMA News. October 4, 2024. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
^ Tolentino, Reina (October 1, 2024). "Bicol lawmaker Brian Yamsuan files CoC as Parañaque 2nd district representative". The Manila Times. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
^ Fernando, Jean (October 7, 2024). "'Team Bagong Parañaque' candidates file COCs for 2025 polls". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
^ Lalu, Gabriel (October 9, 2024). "LIST: Aspirants for House seats in NCR; know the unopposed bets". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
^ Lalu, Gabriel (October 1, 2024). "Yamsuan assures: Running for Parañaque House seat won't affect duties". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 17, 2024.

[1] Maderazo, Jake (September 17, 2024). "NCR political families must resolve disagreements in two weeks". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 17, 2024.

[2] Baroña, Franco Jose (October 8, 2024). "Olivarez, allies file CoCs in Parañaque". The Manila Times. Retrieved October 17, 2024.

[Olivarez-3] Cruz, James Patrick (October 12, 2024). "Olivarez in-laws clash over mayoral post in Parañaque City". Rappler. Retrieved October 17, 2024.

[4] "Aksyon Demokratiko swears in new members ahead of 2025 May polls". GMA News. October 12, 2024. Retrieved October 17, 2024.

[5] "Former Parañaque Mayor's son Benjo Bernabe to run for vice mayor". GMA News. October 4, 2024. Retrieved October 17, 2024.

[6] Tolentino, Reina (October 1, 2024). "Bicol lawmaker Brian Yamsuan files CoC as Parañaque 2nd district representative". The Manila Times. Retrieved October 17, 2024.

[7] Fernando, Jean (October 7, 2024). "'Team Bagong Parañaque' candidates file COCs for 2025 polls". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved October 17, 2024.

[8] Lalu, Gabriel (October 9, 2024). "LIST: Aspirants for House seats in NCR; know the unopposed bets". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 17, 2024.

[9] Lalu, Gabriel (October 1, 2024). "Yamsuan assures: Running for Parañaque House seat won't affect duties". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 17, 2024.

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