Local elections were held in the province of Batangas on May 12, 2025, as part of the 2025 general election. Voters will select candidates for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and representatives for the six districts of Batangas.
Background Incumbent governor Hermilando Mandanas who was elected in 2016 and has served his third consecutive (sixth non-consecutive term) as governor and is ineligible for reelection.
Among those who announced their intention for the governorship is incumbent Mataasnakahoy Vice Mayor Jay Ilagan. Former party-list representative of 1st Consumer Alliance for Rural Energy (1-CARE) and former mayor of Padre Garcia Michael Angelo Rivera also expressed his intention to run for governor. Another candidate is Walter Ozaeta, currently captain of Barangay Poblacion IV, San Jose; he was endorsed by the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas as its gubernatorial candidate. Actress and former governor Vilma Santos-Recto also filed her certificate of candidacy for governor. Vilma Santos-Recto once served as governor of Batangas from 2007 to 2016.
All single-winner positions in contention use first-past-the-post voting, while all multi-winner positions use plurality block voting. The positions in contention, as well as the quantity of each position, are as follows: +DistrictMunicipality or CityRepresentativesGovernorVice GovernorMembers of the Sangguniang PanlalawiganMayorVice MayorMembers of the Sangguniang Panlungsod or Sangguniang Bayan 1st Calaca 1 1 1 21110Balayan118Calatagan118Lemery118Lian118Nasugbu118Taal118Tuy118 2ndBauan 1 2118Lobo118Mabini118San Luis118San Pascual118Tingloy118 3rdSanto Tomas, Batangas 1 21110Tanauan1110Agoncillo118Alitagtag118Balete118Cuenca118Laurel118Malvar118Mataasnakahoy118San Nicolas118Santa Teresita118Talisay118 4thIbaan 1 2118Padre Garcia118Rosario118San Jose118San Juan118Taysan118 5thBatangas City1211126thLipa121112
Provincial elections Governor Incumbent Governor Hermilando Mandanas is term-limited and is running for Vice Governor. Running for the position are incumbent Mataasnakahoy Vice Mayor Jay Ilagan, barangay captain Walter Ozaeta, former 1-CARE partylist representative and former Padre Garcia mayor Michael Angelo Rivera and former governor Vilma Santos-Recto.
+2025 Batangas Gubernatorial Election Results
Per City/Municipality City/MunicipalityVilma Santos-RectoMichael Angelo RiveraJay IlaganWalter OzaetaVotes %Votes %Votes %Votes %Agoncillo7,12333.247,13533.29 6,000 28.00 1,174 5.48Alitagtag6,42043.74 4,557 31.05 3,290 22.42 419 2.79 Balayan20,34141.32 6,829 15.41 2,529 5.71 426 0.96 Balete4,84839.56 2,558 20.87 3,773 30.79 1,075 8.77 Batangas City76,39342.40 71,921 39.91 23,548 13.07 8,381 4.65 Bauan 12,854 26.8020,61042.97 12,688 26.45 1,813 3.78 Calaca22,37135.03 15,157 23.76 12,824 22.24 1,321 2.56 Calatagan17,61657.15 5,690 18.52 4,997 16.27 2,415 7.86 Cuenca7,78036.87 7,470 35.40 4,215 19.97 1,639 7.77 Ibaan14,60142.53 13,769 40.10 3,635 10.59 2,328 6.78 Laurel10,06842.76 7,197 30.56 5,494 23.33 788 3.35 Lemery19,32340.67 14,318 30.13 11,910 25.06 1,966 4.14 Lian12,92243.87 7,785 26.43 6,656 22.60 2,093 7.11Lipa119,70858.18 58,582 28.47 23,509 11.43 3,951 1.92Lobo11,53248.38 8,037 33.72 2,658 11.15 1,607 6.74Mabini13,54748.44 9,241 33.04 4,431 15.84 748 2.67 Malvar10,76735.71 10,022 33.24 5,242 17.39 4,121 13.67 Mataasnakahoy 8,634 44.78 1,631 8.468,63444.78 113 0.59 Nasugbu33,06548.63 18,031 26.52 15,061 22.15 1,840 2.71 Padre Garcia 2,523 8.5226,36889.07 513 1.73 201 0.68 Rosario 25,411 36.2734,15348.74 7,623 10.88 2,881 4.11 San Jose 12,717 24.30 8,235 15.73 3,522 6.7327,86353.24 San Juan 22,757 37.9527,23145.41 5,986 9.98 3,992 6.66 San Luis8,66739.22 7,936 35.91 4,894 22.15 601 2.72 San Nicolas5,83346.52 2,777 22.15 3,490 27.84 438 3.49 San Pascual 9,547 27.0016,00945.27 8,060 22.79 1,747 4.94 Santa Teresita6,49457.82 1,476 13.14 3,112 27.71 150 1.34 Santo Tomas39,62642.28 33,367 35.60 16,617 17.73 4,121 4.40 Taal10,39632.97 10,206 32.37 9,326 29.58 1,599 5.07 Talisay11,00745.47 6,340 26.19 4,713 19.47 2,147 8.87 Tanauan44,43970.97 42,601 36.10 23,869 20.22 7,114 6.03 Taysan 8,817 36.7111,73948.87 2,871 11.95 593 2.47 Tingloy3,18640.10 1,872 23.56 2,551 32.10 337 4.24 Tuy13,70156.02 6,367 26.03 3,725 15.23 664 2.71TOTAL655,03442.09 532,531 35.50 272,677 17.52 95,946 6.17
Vice Governor Incumbent Mark Leviste who has declared his intention for the governorship decided to run for congress. His party nominated incumbent governor Hermilando Mandanas. His opponents are incumbent Bauan mayor Ryanh Dolor and TV host Luis Manzano, son of former governor Vilma Santos.
+2025 Batangas Vice Gubernatorial Election Results
Per City/Municipality City/MunicipalityDodo MandanasLuis "Lucky" ManzanoRyanh DolorVotes %Votes %Votes %Agoncillo13,53765.43 5,905 28.54 1,246 6.02Alitagtag7,26151.08 5,436 38.24 1,518 10.68Balayan26,17855.1917,48637.133,4287.20Balete7,09159.92 4,471 37.78 273 2.31Batangas City102,77257.68 60,944 34.20 14,468 8.12Bauan 13,113 25.94 6,830 13.5130,61660.55Calaca32,25163.00 17,013 33.35 1,858 3.63Calatagan13,03244.0514,92550.451,6285.50Cuenca12,34761.28 6,435 31.94 1,368 6.79Ibaan19,42857.71 13,003 38.62 1,235 3.67Laurel12,66256.51 9,236 41.22 510 2.28Lemery26,028 56.03 14,923 32.12 5,502 11.84Lian18,55564.41 9,258 32.14 994 3.45Lipa 94,266 47.2596,80748.52 8,436 4.23Lobo13,05841.55 11,346 40.11 5,186 18.34Mabini11,75241.55 11,346 40.11 5,186 18.34Malvar17,96961.83 9,436 32.47 1,656 5.70Mataasnakahoy 8,732 47.698,85148.34 727 3.97Nasugbu36,69355.33 27,198 41.01 2,425 3.66Padre Garcia20,86577.28 5,231 19.38 902 3.34Rosario37,55255.63 27,449 40.66 2,508 3.72San Jose25,04953.12 18,448 39.12 3,658 7.76San Juan30,91453.69 24,516 42.58 2,151 3.74San Luis12,86659.09 6,425 29.51 2,481 11.40San Nicolas6,16550.48 5,404 44.25 644 5.27San Pascual16,26945.98 6,939 19.61 12,171 34.40Santa Teresita 5,120 46.335,40448.90 526 4.76Santo Tomas52,68057.94 33,157 36.47 5,090 5.60Taal20,82167.10 7,640 24.62 2,569 8.28Talisay12,36952.79 10,022 42.77 1,041 4.44Tanauan64,17056.59 43,333 38.21 5,893 5.20Taysan12,08053.09 9,302 40.88 1,373 6.03Tingloy4,76360.26 2,558 32.74 553 7.00Tuy12,59252.31 10,684 44.38 796 3.31TOTAL821,38054.29 565,077 37.32 127,036 8.39 2025 Batangas vice gubernatorial election by localityDist.LocalityRegistered votersTotal district registered votersCandidatesTotal votesNon-voters / InvalidTurnoutVote shareDodo MandanasLuis Lucky ManzanoRyanh DolorMandanasManzanoDolor1Calaca City63,857419,73532,25117,0131,85851,12212,73580.06%63.09%33.28%3.63%1Balayan59,82126,17817,4863,42847,09212,72978.72%55.59%37.13%7.28%1Calatagan38,19613,03214,9251,62829,5858,61377.45%44.05%50.45%5.50%1Lemery59,43726,02814,9235,50246,45312,98478.16%56.03%32.12%11.84%1Lian37,49318,5559,25899428,8078,68676.83%64.41%32.14%3.45%1Nasugbu89,37936,69327,1982,42566,31623,06374.20%55.33%41.01%3.66%1Taal40,45320,8217,6402,56931,0309,42376.71%67.10%24.62%8.28%1Tuy31,09712,59210,68479624,0727,02577.41%52.31%44.38%3.31%2Bauan60,835208,30813,1136,83030,61650,55910,27683.11%25.94%13.51%60.55%2Lobo29,03213,0588,9621,60623,6265,40681.38%55.27%37.93%6.80%2Mabini35,91311,75211,3465,18628,2847,62978.76%41.55%40.11%18.34%2San Luis26,87712,8666,4252,48121,7725,10581.01%59.09%29.51%11.40%2San Pascual44,26416,2696,93912,17135,3798,88579.93%45.98%19.61%34.40%2Tingloy11,3854,7632,5585537,8743,51169.16%60.49%32.49%7.02%3Santo Tomas City124,836515,37852,68033,1575,09090,92733,90972.84%57.94%36.47%5.60%3Tanauan City151,40064,17043,3335,893113,39638,00474.90%56.59%38.21%5.20%3Agoncillo27,38313,5375,9051,24620,6886,69575.55%65.43%28.54%6.02%3Alitagtag19,2497,2615,4361,51814,2155,03473.85%51.08%38.24%10.68%3Balete15,2067,0914,47127311,8353,37177.83%59.92%37.78%2.31%3Cuenca25,74212,3476,4351,36820,1505,59278.28%61.28%31.94%6.79%3Laurel28,92512,6629,23651022,4086,51777.47%56.51%41.22%2.28%3Malvar39,25617,9699,4361,65629,06110,19574.03%61.83%32.47%5.70%3Mataasnakahoy22,3118,7328,85172718,3104,00182.07%47.69%48.34%3.97%3San Nicolas16,0516,1655,40464412,2133,83876.09%50.48%44.25%5.27%3Santa Teresita14,2955,1205,40452611,0503,24577.30%46.33%48.90%4.76%3Talisay30,72412,36910,0221,04123,4327,29276.27%52.79%42.77%4.44%4Ibaan41,301329,71119,42813,0031,23533,6667,63581.51%57.71%38.62%3.67%4Padre Garcia34,54520,8655,23190226,9987,54778.15%77.28%19.38%3.34%4Rosario85,04537,55227,4492,50867,50917,53679.38%55.63%40.66%3.72%4San Jose62,23625,04918,4483,65847,15515,08175.77%53.12%39.12%7.76%4San Juan76,58430,91424,5162,15157,58119,00375.19%53.69%42.58%3.74%4Taysan30,00012,0809,3021,37322,7557,24575.85%53.09%40.88%6.03%5Batangas City228,263228,263102,77260,94414,468178,18450,07978.06%57.68%34.20%8.12%6Lipa City257,401257,40194,26696,8078,436199,50957,89277.51%47.25%48.52%4.23%Total1,958,744—821,380565,077127,0361,513,493184,17977.27%54.29%37.32%8.39%
Provincial board
1st District - (1987 - Present) City: Calaca Municipalities: Balayan, Calatagan, Lemery, Lian, Nasugbu, Taal, Tuy
Incumbent Roman Rosales Jr. is term-limited. Incumbent Armie Bausas is eligible for a second-term.
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2nd District - (2016 - Present) Municipalities: Bauan, Lobo, Mabini, San Luis, San Pascual, Tingloy
Incumbents Wilson Leandro Rivera and Arlina Magboo are term-limited. The Nacionalista Party has nominated two candidates: Jently Ona Rivera, wife of Wilson Rivera, and Dr. Reina Abu-Reyes, daughter of former Congressman Raneo Abu. Challenging them are term-limited Mabini councilor Richard Dieza, former board member Amelia Alvarez, Ramon Lagrana and Andro Hernandez.
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PartyCandidate2nd District LocalitiesTotal Valid Votes Per CandidateBauanLoboMabiniSan LuisSan PascualTingloyNacionalistaReina Abu-Reyes30,44313,03411,4059,45320,3561,53786,228NacionalistaJently Rivera27,20510,1898,7597,98717,0521,27872,470Lakas-CMDRichard Dieza15,3597,50417,80911,29312,3792,98467,328Lakas-CMDAmy Alvarez14,4508,24111,1669,03210,9016,42160,211PFPRamon Lagrana2,6374337495311,2606926,302IndependentAndro Hernandez740308781641655483,173TOTAL VOTES295,712
3rd District - (1987 - Present) Cities: Santo Tomas, Tanauan Municipalities: Agoncillo, Alitagtag, Balete, Cuenca, Laurel, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, San Nicolas, Santa Teresita, Talisay
Incumbents Alfredo Corona and Rodolfo Balba are running for re-election.
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4th District - (2016 - Present) Municipalities: Ibaan, Padre Garcia, Rosario, San Jose, San Juan, Taysan
Incumbents Jonas Patrick Gozos and Jesus De Veyra are term-limited. Running for the position are Melvin Vidal, a three-termer Padre Garcia councilor and outgoing Batangas PCL President, Marcus Mendoza, son of former 4th District representative Mark Mendoza, pastor Eric De Veyra, son of term-limited board member Jesus Del Veyra, incumbent San Jose councilor Jerick Mercado, and three-termer San Juan councilor Alvin Samonte.
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5th District - Lone District (2016 - Present) City: Batangas City
Incumbents Ma. Claudette Ambida and Arthur Blanco are term-limited in which both will run for the councilor of Batangas City. Former Batangas vice mayor Jun Berberabe and incumbent city councilor Hamilton Blanco will run for the board member of Batangas. Challenging them are Engr. Vicente Cantos of Lakas and independent candidate Ramil Cueto.
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6th District - Lone District (2016 - Present) City: Lipa
Incumbent Lydio Lopez Jr. is barred from seeking reelection due to term limits and will instead contest a seat in the Lipa City Council. His party has nominated Oscar Gozos II as its replacement candidate for the provincial board seat. Meanwhile, incumbent Aries Emmanuel Mendoza is eligible to run for reelection. Both Gozos and Mendoza are running without opposition.
Congressional elections
First district