Local elections were held in the province of Pangasinan on May 12, 2025, as part of the 2025 Philippine general election. Pangasinan voters will elect a governor, a vice governor, 6 members of the House of Representatives that will represent the 6 congressional districts of the province, and 12 out of 15 members of the Pangasinan Provincial Board. The officials elected will assume their respective offices on June 30, 2025, for a three-year-long term.

Incumbent Governor Ramon Guico III, who first won the governorship in 2022, secured a second term by defeating former governor Amado Espino III of the Abante Pangasinan-Ilokano Party (API) by a vote margin of 5.81%. His running mate, Vice Governor Mark Ronald Lambino, was also re-elected to a third term, surpassing one million votes and defeating Noel Nacar by a commanding margin of over 72% of the valid votes cast.

In the provincial board elections, a total of nine board members were re-elected, mostly from Governor Guico's ticket, with the Nacionalista Party winning seven of the twelve elected seats and becoming the largest party in the provincial board. The API, which had dominated the board following the 2022 elections, was reduced to a single seat in the 5th district. Background

In the 2022 local elections, the newly formed API party dominated the provincial board elections, winning 8 of the 12 seats in the provincial board. Incumbent Governor Amado Espino III lost re-election to Ramon Guico III, a congressman representing the 5th congressional district of the province, by a margin of 187,807 votes or 12 percentage points.

On October 5, 2024, Espino, alongside his running mate, Former Dasol mayor Noel Nacar, filed their certificate of candidacies at the COMELEC Office of the Provincial Election Supervisor at the People's Astrodome. This was the first election in which the candidates were the same as those who ran for governor in the previous election.

Electoral system Local elections in the Philippines are held every second Monday of May starting in 1992 and every three years thereafter. Single-seat positions such as the governor, vice governor, and House representatives, are elected via first-past-the-post-voting, a voting system where the candidate with the most votes wins, even without a majority. The governor and vice governor are elected by the province at-large, while the House representative and provincial board members are elected per district.

Provincial board elections are done via plurality block voting; Pangsinan is divided into six districts, with each district sending two board members. There are three other ex officio seats: the president of the Philippine Councilors’ League, the president of the Association of Barangay Captains, and the president of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Provincial Federation.

Campaign

Security concerns and preparation

Pangasinan police increased their security measures ahead of the 2025 elections, assigning 2,408 police officers to safeguard 1,204 voting centers and 2,869 automatic counting machines (ACMs). The deployment is intended to ensure safe and orderly voting operations in the province.

The Commission on Elections in Pangasinan removed 22,353 non-compliant campaign posters during Oplan Baklas (nationwide poster removal operation) as of March 28, 2025. These materials include posters, billboards, or tarpaulins that exceed size limits and those located outside the designated common poster areas.

The localities of Aguilar, Binmaley, Malasiqui, Mangaldan, San Quintin, Sual, Urdaneta, and Dagupan City were identified as under "areas of concern" (yellow category) due to intense political rivalries and past election-related incidents.

Vote buying In May 2025, congressional candidate Gilbert Estrella was implicated in reports of widespread vote-buying in Pangasinan's 6th district. Representative Marlyn Primicias-Agabas asked the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and the Philippine National Police to investigate claims that Estrella's supporters distributed about ₱3,000 per voter in the municipalities of Rosales, Balungao, and Asingan.

Shootings On December 7, 2024, Ponciano Onia Jr., a reelectionist councilor of Umingan and concurrent national president of Abono Partylist, was shot dead in an ambush by unidentified gunmen while driving.

Provincial offices Governor

Guico, who has been serving as the governor of the province since 2022, was challenged by his predecessor, Amado Espino III, who as governor from 2016 until 2022. Candidates Ramon Guico III (Nacionalista), incumbent governor since 2022 Amado Espino III (API), former governor from 2016–2022

Results

By municipality and city + Results by municipality and cityCity/MunicipalityRamon Guico IIINacionalistaAmado Espino IIIAPIMarginTotal#%#%#%Agno9,45554.87%7,77745.13%1,6789.74%17,232Aguilar16,59463.12%9,69636.88%6,89826.24%26,290Alaminos City28,75159.59%19,49440.41%9,25719.19%48,245Alcala17,95069.21%7,98530.79%9,96538.42%25,935Anda9,90648.25%10,62651.75% -720 -3.51%20,532Asingan13,85340.30%20,51959.70% -6,666 -19.39%34,372Balungao9,53651.48%8,98748.52%5492.96%18,523Bani17,36067.20%8,47532.80%8,88534.39%25,835Basista10,31146.44%11,89253.56% -1,581 -7.12%22,203Bautista5,50728.43%13,86471.57% -8,357 -43.14%19,371Bayambang24,91638.13%40,43161.87% -15,515 -23.74%65,347Binalonan27,45585.42%4,68814.58%22,76770.83%32,143Binmaley28,03153.69%24,17646.31%3,8557.38%52,207Bolinao32,15182.20%6,96417.80%25,18764.39%39,115Bugallon22,09047.63%24,29152.37% -2,201 -4.75%46,381Burgos5,23144.68%6,47755.32% -1,246 -10.64%11,708Calasiao22,03939.53%33,71460.47% -11,675 -20.94%55,753Dasol11,10957.14%8,33242.86%2,77714.28%19,441Infanta7,16148.43%7,62551.57% -464 -3.14%14,786Labrador11,90570.63%4,95129.37%6,95441.26%16,856Laoac14,35873.59%5,15226.41%9,20647.19%19,510Lingayen36,02658.39%25,66941.61%10,35716.79%61,695Mabini8,29154.72%6,86145.28%1,4309.44%15,152Malasiqui32,00543.00%42,42357.00% -10,418 -14.00%74,428Manaoag22,00454.38%18,45945.62%3,5458.76%40,463Mangaldan28,52548.49%30,29751.51% -1,772 -3.01%58,822Mangatarem25,30755.72%20,10944.28%5,19811.45%45,416Mapandan9,90142.46%13,41957.54% -3,518 -15.09%23,320Natividad7,36846.60%8,44353.40% -1,075 -6.80%15,811Pozorrubio25,22560.92%16,17939.08%9,04621.85%41,404Rosales26,60965.47%14,03534.53%12,57430.94%40,644San Carlos City42,27740.32%62,58059.68% -20,303 -19.36%104,857San Fabian28,30863.82%16,04636.18%12,26227.65%44,354San Jacinto8,97537.08%15,22862.92% -6,253 -25.84%24,203San Manuel18,68867.53%8,98732.47%9,70135.05%27,675San Nicolas13,76058.30%9,84341.70%3,91716.60%23,603San Quintin12,25756.55%9,41643.45%2,84113.11%21,673Santa Barbara25,05450.05%25,00249.95%520.10%50,056Santa Maria9,82848.06%10,62151.94% -793 -3.88%20,449Santo Tomas6,44376.09%2,02523.91%4,41852.17%8,468Sison18,97368.98%8,53231.02%10,44137.96%27,505Sual11,98042.71%16,06857.29% -4,088 -14.58%28,048Tayug14,28152.54%12,90147.46%1,3805.08%27,182Umingan28,89961.38%18,18038.62%10,71922.77%47,079Urbiztondo16,90047.32%18,81152.68% -1,911 -5.35%35,711Urdaneta City39,69045.20%48,12254.80% -8,432 -9.60%87,812Villasis18,06447.34%20,09852.66% -2,034 -5.33%38,162 Totals881,30752.91%784,47047.09%96,8375.81%1,665,777 Vice governor

Mark Lambino is the incumbent vice governor serving since 2019. He was challenged by former Dasol mayor Noel Nacar. Lambino was re-elected for a third consecutive term. Candidates Mark Lambino (Lakas), incumbent vice governor since 2019 Noel Nacar (API), former mayor of Dasol from 2007–2016 and 2019–2022 Results

By municipality and city + Results by municipality and cityCity/MunicipalityMark LambinoLakasNoel NacarAPIMarginTotal#%#%#%Agno9,70465.12%5,19834.88%4,50630.24%14,902Aguilar17,85280.30%4,38119.70%13,47160.59%22,233Alaminos City32,88477.25%9,68522.75%23,19954.50%42,569Alcala17,34880.94%4,08519.06%13,26361.88%21,433Anda13,40077.49%3,89322.51%9,50754.98%17,293Asingan19,11371.62%7,57328.38%11,54043.24%26,686Balungao9,85564.88%5,33535.12%4,52029.76%15,190Bani18,22179.76%4,62420.24%13,59759.52%22,845Basista12,72669.88%5,48430.12%7,24239.77%18,210Bautista7,33544.28%9,23155.72% -1,896 -11.45%16,566Bayambang39,30870.64%16,33829.36%22,97041.28%55,646Binalonan23,26187.14%3,43312.86%19,82874.28%26,694Binmaley31,54669.71%13,70530.29%17,84139.43%45,251Bolinao31,67290.46%3,3409.54%28,33280.92%35,012Bugallon26,40166.22%13,46733.78%12,93432.44%39,868Burgos4,26340.46%6,27359.54% -2,010 -19.08%10,536Calasiao30,23565.08%16,22034.92%14,01530.17%46,455Dasol7,88840.66%11,51059.34% -3,622 -18.67%19,398Infanta6,92654.19%5,85545.81%1,0718.38%12,781Labrador10,10373.80%3,58726.20%6,51647.60%13,690Laoac12,18175.68%3,91424.32%8,26751.36%16,095Lingayen42,01177.09%12,48622.91%29,52554.18%54,497Mabini8,90165.40%4,71034.60%4,19130.79%13,611Malasiqui48,41274.87%16,24725.13%32,16549.75%64,659Manaoag27,48281.47%6,25118.53%21,23162.94%33,733Mangaldan41,51977.78%11,86322.22%29,65655.55%53,382Mangatarem30,85880.16%7,63919.84%23,21960.31%38,497Mapandan14,43472.41%5,50027.59%8,93444.82%19,934Natividad8,31663.38%4,80436.62%3,51226.77%13,120Pozorrubio28,08081.11%6,53818.89%21,54262.23%34,618Rosales25,45179.33%6,63320.67%18,81858.65%32,084San Carlos City67,24475.06%22,34524.94%44,89950.12%89,589San Fabian28,85680.22%7,11619.78%21,74060.44%35,972San Jacinto14,20671.13%5,76528.87%8,44142.27%19,971San Manuel17,81981.76%3,97618.24%13,84363.51%21,795San Nicolas13,46872.49%5,11027.51%8,35844.99%18,578San Quintin13,30177.34%3,89822.66%9,40354.67%17,199Santa Barbara30,23972.05%11,73227.95%18,50744.09%41,971Santa Maria11,82171.50%4,71328.50%7,10842.99%16,534Santo Tomas5,90683.03%1,20716.97%4,69966.06%7,113Sison16,78175.35%5,48924.65%11,29250.70%22,270Sual13,90757.30%10,36442.70%3,54314.60%24,271Tayug15,49372.56%5,85827.44%9,63545.13%21,351Umingan28,27676.52%8,67523.48%19,60153.05%36,951Urbiztondo21,11170.51%8,83129.49%12,28041.01%29,942Urdaneta City43,98158.60%31,07041.40%12,91117.20%75,051Villasis22,06570.20%9,36529.80%12,70040.41%31,430 Totals1,022,16072.62%385,31627.38%636,84445.25%1,407,476

Provincial board

The ruling API party suffered significant losses in the provincial board elections, losing 7 seats compared to its previous composition of 8 seats. Meanwhile, the Nacionalista Party made substantial gains, winning 5 additional seats and increasing its total representation to 7 seats. As a result, the Nacionalista Party secured majority control of the provincial Board, shifting the balance of power in the provincial legislature. Results + 2025 Pangasinan provincial board electionPartyVotesPercentageSeatsSeat changeNacionalista1,178,85244.64%7 5API484,91818.36%1 7NPC424,14416.06%1 1Lakas264,37010.01%1 1Independents198,9467.53%1 1Liberal89,5633.39%1NewTotals2,640,793100.00%12— Results summary by district ‡ - Incumbent term-limited + DistrictIncumbentsParty Elected board membersParty1st Napoleon Fontelera Jr. Nacionalista Apolonia Bacay Nacionalista Apolonia Bacay Nacionalista Napoleon Fontelera Jr. Nacionalista2nd Philip Theodore Cruz NPC Philip Theodore CruzNPC Haidee Pacheco API Haidee Pacheco Nacionalista3rd Shiela Baniqued API Shiela Baniqued Nacionalista Vici Ventanilla NPC Vici Ventanilla Nacionalista4th Noy De Guzman API Noy De Guzman Nacionalista Jerry Rosario API Jerry Rosario Nacionalista5th Chinky Perez‡ API Rose Apaga API Louie Sison API Louie Sison Lakas6th Noel Bince API Noel Bince Independent Salvador Perez Jr.‡ API Ranjit Shahani Liberal 1st district

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House of Representatives

Lakas won four of Pangasinan's six congressional districts, while the Nationalist People's Coalition secured the remaining seats. The results were largely consistent with incumbents retaining their seats, with Arthur Celeste of the Nacionalista Party running unopposed in the 1st district, and Gina de Venecia of Lakas winning the 4th district with 84.8% of the vote.