2025 Marikina local elections
Part of the 2025 Philippine general election
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Local elections are scheduled to be held in Marikina 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 Marikina 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-long term.
Background
In the 2022 elections, Marcelino Teodoro and Marion Andres were elected to the mayoralty and vice mayoralty respectively.[1] Their coalition, Team MarCy, attained outright control of the city council, winning 14 of the 16 elective seats in the legislature.[2]
Coalitions
As the mayor, vice mayor and the members of the city council are elected on the same ballot, mayoral candidates may present or endorse a slate of city council candidates. These slates usually run with their respective mayoral and vice mayoral candidates along with the other members of their slate. A group of candidates independent of any mayoral or vice mayoral candidate may also form a slate consisting of themselves.
Pimentel–Teodoro
Incumbent Mayor Marcelino Teodoro and his allies have been affiliated with the United Nationalist Alliance since 2022, following his ouster from the Nationalist People's Coalition after a verbal row with former mayor and former congressman Bayani Fernando over the aftermath of Typhoon Ulysses two years prior.[3] Following the landslide victory of his Team MarCy coalition in 2022, Teodoro's administration has partnered with Senator Koko Pimentel and his wife, diplomat Kathryna Yu-Pimentel, in implementing projects in the city, including a health caravan in April 2024.[4]
Mayoral election
The incumbent mayor is Marcelino Teodoro, who has served since 2016 and was reelected in 2022 with 82.08% of the vote. Teodoro is term-limited and is barred from seeking reelection. This will be the first election since 2010 in which an incumbent mayor is ineligible for reelection.
Early in the race, Representative Stella Quimbo expressed her interest in running for mayor to succeed Teodoro.[5][6] Despite facing scrutiny with her support of the Maharlika Wealth Fund and defense of Vice President Sara Duterte's use of confidential funds during the 19th Congress, Quimbo stated that she will remain with the Liberal Party for the 2025 election.[6][7] Her retention in the party was affirmed by party officials amid calls to sanction Quimbo as a party member, citing its recognition of the "freedom of expression and dissent".[8] Quimbo's husband, Miro, confirmed her bid for the mayoralty on July 22, 2024, prior to the 2024 State of the Nation Address.[9]
Candidates
Declared
- Stella Quimbo (Liberal), incumbent representative for the second district[9]
Potential
- Marjorie Ann Teodoro (UNA), incumbent representative for the first district[9]
Polling
Hypothetical polling
Vice mayoral election
The incumbent vice mayor is Marion Andres, who has served since 2019 and was reelected in 2022 with 69.94% of the vote. Andres is eligible for reelection to a third consecutive term.
City Council election
The 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 councilor districts, which are coextensive with the congressional districts, with eight members being elected per district.
First district
Term-limited incumbents
Second district
Term-limited incumbents
House of Representatives elections
Coinciding with the local elections, two representatives from the city's two congressional districts will be elected to represent their respective districts in the House of Representatives in the 20th Congress. In the 2022 elections, Marjorie Ann Teodoro and Stella Quimbo were elected to represent the first and second districts respectively. Both representatives are in the majority bloc in the 19th Congress.
First district
The first district covers the barangays of Barangka, Calumpang, Industrial Valley Complex, Jesus de la Peña, Malanday, San Roque, Santa Elena, Santo Niño, and Tañong. The incumbent representative is Marjorie Ann Teodoro, who has served since 2022 and was elected that year with 73.61% of the vote. Teodoro is eligible for reelection to a second term.
Second district
The second district covers the barangays of Concepcion Uno, Concepcion Dos, Fortune, Marikina Heights, Parang, Nangka, and Tumana. The incumbent representative is Stella Quimbo, who has served since 2019 and was reelected in 2022 with 82.70% of the vote. Quimbo is eligible for a third term but will not seek reelection to run for mayor.[9]
Former Representative Miro Quimbo, who held the seat from 2010 to 2019 and is the husband of the retiring representative, is running for the seat.[9]
Candidates
Declared
- Miro Quimbo, former representative for the second district[9]
References
- ^ Luna, Franco (2022-05-10). "Re-electionist Marcy Teodoro wins third term as Marikina mayor". PhilStar. Archived from the original on 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ Yalao, Kriscielle (2022-05-10). "Team Marcy claims historic clean sweep in Marikina City". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on 2023-01-19. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ Maderazo, Jake J. (2021-10-19). "15 out of 17 NCR mayors/kins will be "sure winners"". INQUIRER.net. Archived from the original on 2022-07-27. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ Nazario, Dhel (2024-04-25). "Pimentel turns over service vehicles to 9 Marikina barangays". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on 2024-05-23. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ "Dapat 'di nakatakbo! Did Stella Quimbo's 2019 congressional bid violate PH Competition Law? - POLITIKO". politiko.com.ph. 2023-09-24. Archived from the original on 2024-07-31. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
- ^ a b de Leon, Dwight (2023-10-02). "Stella Quimbo, controversial star at a political crossroads". RAPPLER. Archived from the original on 2024-01-05. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
- ^ de Leon, Dwight (2023-10-02). "In House of Representatives, Stella Quimbo's office endures staff turnovers". RAPPLER. Archived from the original on 2023-11-30. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
- ^ Casucian, Jiselle Anne (2023-10-07). "Quimbo stays as Liberal Party member despite calls for sanction". GMA News Online. Archived from the original on 2024-07-31. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
- ^ a b c d e f Quismorio, Ellson (2024-07-23). "Congresswoman Stella Quimbo eyeing mayoral seat in Marikina". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on 2024-07-26. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ^ ""BOSES NG BAYAN" 2025 ELECTIONS: MARIKINA CITY MAYOR". RP- Mission and Development Foundation Inc. 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-03-10 – via Facebook.
