The 2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections in the Ilocos Region were held on May 12, 2025, to elect twelve members of the House of Representatives from the four provinces of the Ilocos Region. The elections coincided with the national Senate election, other elections to the House, and local races as part of the 2025 midterm elections in the Philippines.
Summary Political parties belonging to Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas, the electoral alliance formed to support the administration of President Bongbong Marcos, won every district in the Ilocos Region. It is a stronghold for Marcos, who belongs to one of the most prominent Ilocano political families. In the 2022 Philippine presidential election, he won 84.7% of the popular vote, his second-highest total across the regions of the Philippines.
Lakas-CMD, the largest party in the House and the region by the end of the 19th Congress, won the most seats, securing both districts of La Union and four of Pangasinan's six districts. The Nationalist People's Coalition won three, dominating Ilocos Sur, while the Nacionalistas took two. The ruling party, Partido Federal ng Pilipinas, secured one seat in Ilocos Norte.
Congressional districtIncumbentIncumbent's partyWinnerWinner's partyWinningmarginIlocos Norte–1stPFPPFPUnopposedIlocos Norte–2ndNacionalistaNacionalistaUnopposedIlocos Sur–1stNPCNPC84.72%Ilocos Sur–2ndNPCNPC36.36%La Union–1stLakasLakas48.72%La Union–2ndLakasLakas63.00%Pangasinan–1stNacionalistaNacionalistaUnopposedPangasinan–2ndNPCNPC54.28%Pangasinan–3rdLakasLakas84.84%Pangasinan–4thLakasLakas69.50%Pangasinan–5thLakasLakas30.60%Pangasinan–6thLakasLakas17.92%
Ilocos Norte First district
The first district encompasses the northern portions of Ilocos Norte, including the capital city of Laoag. Incumbent representative Sandro Marcos, son of President Bongbong Marcos, was first elected in 2022 as a member of the Nacionalista Party. He won 56.6% of the vote.
This election, Marcos, now a member of Partido Federal ng Pilipinas, the party chaired by his father, was unopposed in his bid for a second term. He easily won reelection. Candidates Sandro Marcos (PFP), incumbent House representative and Senior Deputy Majority Leader
Second district
The second district covers most of southern Ilocos Norte, including the city of Batac. Angelo Marcos Barba, a member of the dominant Marcos family, is the incumbent representative. Barba won re-election in 2022 with 79.1% of the popular vote.
Facing no opponent, Barba sought and won a third term in the House unopposed. No one outside the Marcos family has won the seat since 1995. Candidates Angelo Marcos Barba (Nacionalista), incumbent House representative, former vice governor (2010-2019), former member of the Provincial Board (2001-2010), and former mayor of San Nicolas (1992-2001)
Ilocos Sur First district
The first district covers the northern portions of Ilocos Sur, including the capital city of Vigan. Incumbent Ronald Singson returned to the House in 2022, winning a fourth non-consecutive term with 57.5% of the vote. He is a member of the locally powerful Singson family, who have held the district for 12 of the last 18 years.
Seeking re-election, Singson's sole opponent was Charles Savellano, an unaffiliated farmer. He listed the initials "DB" as his name that would be printed on the ballot - similar initials to those of the late former representative Deogracias Victor Savellano, whom Singson had defeated in the 2022 elections. Following a petition by Singson, Savellano was declared a nuisance candidate by the Commission on Elections' First Division on December 12, 2024.
However, due to a temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by the Supreme Court on January 14, 2025, Savellano was still included in the ballot. Nevertheless, Singson won a second term with 92.4% of the vote, defeating Savellano.
Candidates
Charles "DB" Savellano (Independent), farmer Ronald Singson (NPC), incumbent and former House representative (2007-2011, 2013-2016)
Second district
The second district comprises the central and southern portions of Ilocos Sur, encompassing the city of Candon. The incumbent representative Kristine Singson-Meehan had won a second term in 2022 unopposed. She is a scion of the Singson family, the dominant political dynasty in the province. Since 1984, a Singson has continuously represented this area in Congress.
Singson-Meehan sought and won re-election to a third term with 68.2% against her only challenger, Roque Verzosa Jr., the term-limited mayor of Tagudin. She swept all but one municipality in the district. Despite winning nearly 32% of the vote, Verzosa only carried his home town.
Candidates
Kristine Singson-Meehan (NPC), incumbent House representative and Deputy Speaker Roque Verzosa Jr. (Independent), mayor of Tagudin
La Union First district
The first district contains the northern half of La Union, including the capital city of San Fernando. Starting in 1969, the Ortega family has represented this area in Congress without interruption. Incumbent representative Paolo Ortega, a member of said family, won election to the House in 2022 under the Nationalist People's Coalition. He took 76.8% of the popular vote.
He sought a second term this election. His main opponent was his first cousin, Joy Ortega, a member of the Provincial Board. Doctor Ed Banzon was the only other candidate in the race. Ortega won reelection in a landslide with a similar vote share of 73.5%, sweeping San Fernando and every municipality in the district.
Candidates
Ed Banzon (PDP), doctor and principal health specialist at the Asian Development Bank Joy Ortega (Nacionalista), member of the Provincial Board Paolo Ortega (Lakas), incumbent House representative and former member of the Provincial Board (2019-2022)
Second district
The second district contains the southern half of La Union. Incumbent representative Dante Garcia was first elected to the House in 2022 as a member of the People's Reform Party, taking 54.1% of the vote.
Garcia sought and won a second term in a landslide, winning 81.3% against former governor Francisco Ortega III, the father of then-incumbent governor Rafy Ortega-David who had previously represented the Abono Partylist in Congress; and Joel Fontanilla, a local journalist. Garcia won every municipality in the district.
Candidates
Joel Fontanilla (Independent), journalist and historian Dante Garcia (Lakas), incumbent House representative and former mayor of Tubao (2004-2013, 2016-2019) Francisco "Pacoy" Ortega III (NPC), former governor, former House representative for Abono (2007-2016), and former member of the Provincial Board (1998-2001)
Pangasinan First district
The first district comprises the westernmost portions of Pangasinan, centering on the city of Alaminos. The incumbent congressman, Arthur Celeste, a member of the Nacionalista Party, returned to the House in 2022 with 65.2% of the vote. No one outside the Celeste family has represented the district since he was first elected as a representative in 2001.
With Celeste being the sole candidate in the race, he was re-elected to a second term unopposed.
Candidates
Arthur "Art" Celeste (Nacionalista), incumbent and former House representative (2001-2010) and former mayor of Alaminos (2013-2019)
Second district
The second district contains western and central parts of Pangasinan, including the capital of Lingayen. Incumbent representative Mark Cojuangco is the son of powerful businessman and Marcos crony Danding Cojuangco. As a member of the Nationalist People's Coalition, the party founded by his father, he made a comeback bid for the House in 2022, narrowly winningwith 51.7%.
Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil of Lingayen, himself a former representative of the district, was his only challenger for re-election. Also a former police general and regional director for the PNP, Bataoil decided to forgo reelection to a third and final term to run against Cojuangco.
On election day, Cojuangco won 77.1% of the vote and secured a second term, defeating Bataoil in every municipality within the district. This includes Lingayen, where Cojuangco won over 60% of the vote.
Candidates
Leopoldo Bataoil (NUP), mayor of Lingayen and former House representative (2010-2019) Mark Cojuangco (NPC), incumbent and former House representative for the 5th district (2001-2010)
Third district
The third district comprises the centermost parts of the province, including the city of San Carlos. Maria Rachel Arenas, the incumbent congresswoman, won a first term in 2022 as a member of PDP-Laban, taking 90.5% of the vote. She sought a second term in the House.
Arenas faced two opponents in the election: former representative Gener Tulagan and engineer George Absolor, both independent candidates. Tulagan had served as the district's congressman for three terms until 2007, when he was succeeded by Arenas. Since then, she and her mother, Rosemarie Arenas, have been the only people elected to represent this district.
Despite the two candidates running against her, Arenas emerged victorious with 91.7% of the vote, easily defeating both men.
Candidates
George Absolor (Independent), engineer Maria Rachel "Baby" Arenas (Lakas), incumbent and former House representative (2007-2013) and former chairwoman of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (2017-2021) Gener Tulagan (Independent), former House representative (1998-2007)
Fourth district
The fourth district contains a small, coastal portion of northern Pangasinan, centered around the city of Dagupan. Christopher de Venecia won a third and final term as the district's representative in 2022 with 80.0% of the vote. Thus, he was term-limited and could not seek re-election this year.
As a result, Lakas-CMD, de Venecia's party, nominated his mother Gina de Venecia as their candidate to replace him. She is the wife of Jose de Venecia, the longest-serving House Speaker of the Fifth Republic. With the exception of 1998, a member of the de Venecia family has always been elected from this district. Alvin Fernandez, the former vice mayor of Dagupan, was her only opponent.
With 84.8% of the vote, de Venecia defeated Fernandez in the election, successfully returning to the House. She swept every municipality in the district.
Candidates
Gina de Venecia (Lakas), former House representative (2010-2016) Alvin Fernandez (Independent), former vice mayor of Dagupan (2001-2007)
Fifth district
The fifth district comprises a vertical stretch of eastern Pangasinan, with the largest city being Urdaneta. Incumbent representative and three-time mayor of Binalonan Ramon Guico Jr. won his first term in 2022 with 59.4% of the vote, succeeding his son, Mon-Mon, who was elected governor of the province.
Guico ran for and coasted to re-election against councilor Franco del Prado of Urdaneta, winning 65.3% of the vote. While he won most of the municipalities in the district, del Prado won his home city and Bautista.
Candidates
Franco del Prado (Independent), councillor and former vice mayor of Urdaneta (2013-2016) Ramon Guico Jr. (Lakas), incumbent House representative and mayor of Binalonan (1988-1998, 2001-2010, 2019-2022)
Sixth district
The sixth district is composed of the easternmost municipalities of Pangasinan. Congresswoman Marlyn Primicias-Agabas has, for all but three years between 2019 and 2022, represented this district since 2010. In her most recent re-election bid, she won 92.7% of the vote as a member of PDP–Laban.
Primicias-Agabas' opponent in this election was Gilbert Estrella, son of Secretary of Agrarian Reform Conrado Estrella III, who himself represented the district for 18 of the 27 years he served in Congress.
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