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2025 Marikina local elections
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Registered315,980[1] Increase 21.18 pp
Mayoral election
 
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Marjorie Ann Teodoro 2023 Official Portrait (19th Congress).png
Candidate Stella Quimbo Marjorie Ann Teodoro
Party Lakas NUP
Alliance Bagong Marikina Marikina City
Running mate Del de Guzman Marion Andres

Incumbent Mayor

Marcelino Teodoro[a]
NUP



Vice mayoral election
 
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Rep. Del De Guzman (13th Congress, cropped).jpg
Candidate Marion Andres Del de Guzman
Party NUP Lakas
Alliance Marikina City Bagong Marikina

Incumbent Vice Mayor

Marion Andres[b]
NUP



City Council election

16 of 18 seats in the Marikina City Council
10 seats needed for a majority
 
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Party NUP Lakas
Alliance Marikina City Bagong Marikina
Last election Did not participate Did not participate
Current seats 11 4
Seats needed Steady Increase 6

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 term.

The election is expected to be competitive. To be held during the suspension of term-limited mayor Marcelino Teodoro and his administration, the ruling coalition is contesting the election as Team Marikina City. Representative Marjorie Ann Teodoro and her running mate Marion Andres lead the ticket as members of the National Unity Party. Representative Stella Quimbo and former mayor Del de Guzman, affiliates of Lakas–CMD, are challenging the administration as Team Bagong Marikina. Senator Koko Pimentel entered the race as a candidate for representative in the first district, following a failed attempt to ally with the ruling administration and a subsequent entry to the Quimbo-led coalition.

Background

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In the 2022 elections, Marcelino Teodoro and Marion Andres were elected to the mayoralty and vice mayoralty respectively.[2] Their coalition, Team MarCy, attained outright control of the city council, winning 14 of the 16 elective seats in the legislature.[3] Nationally, a majority of the Marikina electorate voted for the UniTeam ticket of Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte.[4][5]

Suspension of the administration

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Councilors Rommel and Ronnie Acuña have served as acting mayor and vice mayor respectively, following Teodoro's suspension.

On May 15, 2024, a technical malversation complaint was filed against Teodoro and three other city officials before the Office of the Ombudsman, arguing that a 2024 budgetary ordinance passed by the Marikina City Council allocated 130 million in PhilHealth reimbursements to "IT equipment, repair and maintenance of infrastructure and/or donations," rather than the improvement the city's healthcare system, thereby violating a provision of the Universal Health Care Act.[6] Teodoro's camp derided the complaint as a "mere product of misapprehension and misunderstanding of the facts."[6] Mayors for Good Governance, a group of local executives, deemed the complaints politically motivated and described Teodoro as transparent and accountable.[7]

On March 25, 2025, three days before the start of the campaign period, the Office of the Ombudsman issued a preventative suspension order against Teodoro, Andres, and their allies in the city council, in effect for six months, as a response to the complaint.[8][9] The constitutional body deemed that there was "strong evidence showing their guilt," that warrants the removal of the suspended officials from office, hence their granting of the suspension order.[10] In response, the Department of the Interior and Local Government appointed twin councilors Rommel and Ronnie Acuña as acting mayor and vice mayor, respectively, to ensure the continuity of government operations during the suspension.[11][12]

Teodoro's camp condemned the suspension as "a broader effort to derail" his coalition's campaign.[13][14] The Mayors for Good Governance urged the office to conduct a "just and transparent investigation" on the complaint against Teodoro.[15][16]

Coalitions

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The filing of certificates of candidacies were conducted from October 1 to 8, 2024, from which local slates were formalized and announced.[17]

Team Marikina City

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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 Representative Bayani Fernando over the aftermath of Typhoon Ulysses two years prior.[18] With Teodoro term-limited, his wife Representative Marjorie Ann will lead the administration ticket. The administration will contest the election as Team Marikina City, being affiliated with the National Unity Party, and being part of the wider Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas.[19]

Team Bagong Marikina

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Representative Stella Quimbo and Former Representative Miro Quimbo are running for mayor and representative respectively under Team Bagong Marikina (lit.'Team New Marikina'; also stylized as Team Bagong Marik1na).[20][21] In an interview with the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Stella criticized the incumbent administration for "blocking" the programs she pushed in her capacity as a representative and cited their "political survival" as a motivation for running together, accusing the Teodoros of attempting to erase the couple from local politics.[22] Early in the campaign, Quimbo's coalition endorsed Senator Koko Pimentel as their candidate for representative in the first district.[23]

Former Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo has urged Ombudsman Samuel Martires to investigate the wealth of the Quimbos.[24]

Coalitions dissolved prior to election

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Teodoro–Pimentel

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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.[25] After Teodoro filed to run in the first district for the elections to the House of Representatives, Pimentel followed suit, pitting the two together and rendering the partnership moot.[26]

In an October 2024 interview, amid the filing of the certificates of candidacies, the former Pimentel revealed that he and Teodoro had agreed that he would run for representative in the first district while Teodoro would run in the second after forming informal arrangements from December 2023 to February 2024.[26] In response, Teodoro clarified that Pimentel's camp left the alliance on July 28, leaving the administration without a candidate in the first district, hence his decision to contest the congressional seat there.[27]

Tickets

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Candidates italicized indicate incumbents seeking reelection.

Campaign

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The Marikina Freedom Park in Santa Elena, a perennial site of political events.

The campaign period for local elections began on March 28, 2025.[28] The contest has been competitive between the two major political factions in local politics—the National Unity Party-affiliated Teodoro camp and the Lakas–CMD-affiliated Quimbo camp.[29] With each faction led by couples, James Patrick Cruz of Rappler has described Marikina as being under a "conjugal leadership," regardless of the election's outcome.[29]

During the campaign, the candidates and coalitions held motorcades in support of their candidacies.[21] The election period has been defined as being more clamorous than past elections, owing to the legal battles that characterized its run.[30]

Before the campaign period began, supporters of Mayor Teodoro gathered at the Marikina Freedom Park for a protest and prayer vigil over the mayor's suspension.[31]

Platforms

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Team Marikina City's platform seeks to make the city "climate-resilient" and more business-friendly with "digitalization" and "ease of doing business" policies.[19]

Team Bagong Marikina's platform revolves around managing the city's debt, carrying out their vision of transforming Marikina into a "business-friendly" start-up city, and attending to the needs of the city's health centers.[32]

Issues

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Vote buying
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Alleged incidents of vote buying and abuse of state resources from the camp of Team Bagong Marikina prompted the COMELEC to issue a show-cause order against Stella and Miro Quimbo on April 25 to clarify their actions on the matter.[33][34]

Debates and forums

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On January 15, 2025, Rappler announced that they will organize a public forum for candidates for the mayoralty, vice mayoralty, and Congress on February 9.[35]

Legend
 P  Participated  A  Absent  I  Invited  NI  Not invited
Date Organizers Media partners Location Moderators Candidates Ref.
For mayor For vice mayor For Congress
First district Second district
Fajardo Quimbo Teodoro Andres de Guzman Retes Pimentel Teodoro Arce Enage Favis Quimbo
February 9, 2025 Rappler N/A Rustic Mornings, San Roque Pia Ranada NI P A NI P NI P NI NI NI NI P [35]

Mayoral election

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Incumbent mayor Marcelino Teodoro is term-limited.

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. Teodoro is also preventatively suspended from the position, with Rommel Acuña being appointed by the Department of the Interior and Local Government as acting mayor. Acuña is seeking reelection to the city council. This will be the first election since 2010 in which an incumbent mayor is ineligible for reelection. Cristina Chi of the Philippine Star has assessed the mayoral race as a "high-stakes" battle.[36]

Media outlets, including the Philippine Daily Inquirer and the Manila Bulletin, have speculated that Representative Marjorie Ann Teodoro will run for mayor and head the administration ticket in 2025.[37][38] Teodoro formally filed her certificate of candidacy for the office on October 7, 2024.[39]

Early in the race, Representative Stella Quimbo expressed her interest in running for mayor.[40][41] 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.[41][42] 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".[43] Quimbo's husband, Miro, confirmed her bid for the mayoralty on July 22, 2024, prior to the 2024 State of the Nation Address.[37]

Former mayor Marides Fernando was in talks for a mayoral run; she ultimately declined to launch a bid for the mayoralty.[44] Independent candidate Luisa Fajardo, a lawyer specializing in tribal customary law who previously advocated for federalism, is also seeking the office, but was not included in the ballot.[45][46][47]

Candidates

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Declared

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Declined

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Withdrew

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Endorsements

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Stella Quimbo (Lakas)
Marjorie Ann Teodoro (NUP)


Polling

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Fieldwork Date(s) Pollster Sample Size MoE Quimbo
Lakas
Teodoro
NUP
Und./
None
Lead
Mar 28 Campaign for local positions begin
Feb 20–25 RPMDinc[51] 1,200 62 37 3 Quimbo +25
Nov 15–20 RPMDinc[52] 1,200 58 39 3 Quimbo +19
Oct 1–8 Filing of certificates of candidacies occur
Feb 15–22 RPMDinc[53] 1,200 ±3% 57 36 7 Quimbo +21

Results

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2025 Marikina mayoral election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Stella QuimboLakas–CMD
Marjorie Ann TeodoroNational Unity Party
Total
Registered voters/turnout315,980
TBD

Vice mayoral election

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The incumbent vice mayor is Marion Andres, who has served since 2019 and was reelected in 2022 with 69.94% of the vote. Andres previously held the office from 2001 to 2010 under the administration of Marides Fernando. As the running mate of Marjorie Ann Teodoro, Andres is running for reelection to a third consecutive (sixth nonconsecutive) term.[19] Andres is preventatively suspended from the position, with Ronnie Acuña being appointed by the Department of the Interior and Local Government as acting vice mayor. Acuña is seeking reelection to the city council.

Del de Guzman, a former mayor and the running mate of Stella Quimbo, is challenging Andres for the office.[36] Independent Annie Retes, a lawyer specializing in tribal customary law, also launched a bid for the office as the running mate of Luisa Fajardo.[45][46][47]

Candidates

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Declared

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Results

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2025 Marikina vice mayoral election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Marion AndresNational Unity Party
Del de GuzmanLakas–CMD
Annie RetesIndependent
Total
Registered voters/turnout315,980
TBD

City Council election

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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.

2025 Marikina City Council election
Party or allianceVotes%Seats
National Unity Party
Bagong MarikinaLakas–CMD
Independent
Makabayan
Independent
Ex officio seats2
Total2
Registered voters/turnout315,980

First district

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The first district is coextensive with the first congressional district.

Term-limited incumbents

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  • Bodjie Bernardino (UNA)
  • Manny Sarmiento (UNA)

Candidates

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Declared
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  • Team Bagong Marikina[21]
    • Rommel Acuña, acting mayor and former councilor
    • Carl Africa, incumbent councilor
    • Medick Ferrer
    • Sam Ferriol
    • Bruce Fortuno
    • Ces Reyes
    • VJ Tambuli Sabiniano
    • Jasper So
  • Team Marikina City[19]
    • Jojo Banzon, incumbent councilor
    • Adams Bernardino
    • Cloyd Casimiro, incumbent councilor
    • Kate de Guzman, incumbent councilor
    • Hazel Golangco
    • Ginny Santos Pioquinto
    • Rossette Sarmiento
    • Pat Sicat

Results

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2025 Marikina City Council election in the 1st district
CandidateParty or alliance
Rommel AcuñaBagong MarikinaLakas–CMD
Carl Africa (incumbent)Bagong MarikinaLakas–CMD
Jahn AlejagaIndependent
Rosie AquinoIndependent
Jojo Banzon (incumbent)Marikina CityNational Unity Party
Adams BernardinoMarikina CityNational Unity Party
Cloyd Casimiro (incumbent)Marikina CityNational Unity Party
Kate de Guzman (incumbent)Marikina CityNational Unity Party
Benedicto dela CruzIndependent
Medick FerrerBagong MarikinaLakas–CMD
Sam FerriolBagong MarikinaIndependent
Bruce FortunoBagong MarikinaLakas–CMD
Hazel GolangcoMarikina CityNational Unity Party
Tope IliganIndependent
Imee MascariñaIndependent
Ginny Santos PioquintoMarikina CityNational Unity Party
Ces ReyesBagong MarikinaLakas–CMD
VJ Tambuli SabinanoBagong MarikinaLakas–CMD
Rosette SarmientoMarikina CityNational Unity Party
Pat SicatMarikina CityNational Unity Party
Jasper SoBagong MarikinaLakas–CMD
Total

Second district

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The second district is coextensive with the second congressional district.

Term-limited incumbents

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  • Levy De Guzman (UNA)
  • Donn Carlo Favis (UNA), running for representative in the second district[54]

Candidates

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Declared
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  • Team Bagong Marikina[21]
    • Ronnie Acuña, acting vice mayor and former councilor
    • Ziffred Ancheta, former barangay captain of Tumana and candidate for vice mayor in 2022
    • Vincent Calanoga
    • Miguel De Guzman
    • Yuri Edullan
    • Bong Magtubo, incumbent councilor
    • Rizza Teope
    • Indigo Valentin
  • Team Marikina City[19]
    • Fe Dayao, incumbent councilor
    • Jaren Feliciano
    • Estelita Makiramdam
    • Michael Mojica
    • Angel Nuñez, incumbent councilor
    • Larry Punzalan, incumbent councilor
    • Bogs Reyes, incumbent councilor
    • Elvis Tolentino, incumbent councilor

Results

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2025 Marikina City Council election in the 2nd district
CandidateParty or alliance
Ronnie Acuña (incumbent)Bagong MarikinaLakas–CMD
Ziffred AnchetaBagong MarikinaLakas–CMD
Vincent CalanogaBagong MarikinaLakas–CMD
Fe Dayao (incumbent)Marikina CityNational Unity Party
Miguel De GuzmanBagong MarikinaLakas–CMD
Yuri EdullanBagong MarikinaLakas–CMD
Jaren FelicianoMarikina CityNational Unity Party
Ed GilleraIndependent
Ram Haveria Jr.Independent
Jimsen JisonIndependent
Bong Magtubo (incumbent)Bagong MarikinaLakas–CMD
Beny MadrigalIndependent
Marvie MadrigalIndependent
Estelita MakiramdamMarikina CityNational Unity Party
Michael MojicaMarikina CityNational Unity Party
Rene MiraMakabayan
Angel Nuñez (incumbent)Marikina CityNational Unity Party
Kuya Jep OrdoñezIndependent
Larry Punzalan (incumbent)Marikina CityNational Unity Party
Jenilyn RetesIndependent
Bogs ReyesMarikina CityNational Unity Party
Susan RomeroIndependent
Nico RondinaIndependent
Dindo RosalesIndependent
Josephine San DiegoIndependent
Patricia SenerataIndependent
Rizza TeopeBagong MarikinaLakas–CMD
Greg TevesIndependent
Elvis Tolentino (incumbent)Marikina CityNational Unity Party
Indigo ValentinBagong MarikinaLakas–CMD
George VillanuevaIndependent
Cris VitangcolIndependent
Total

House of Representatives elections

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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.

Summary of the 2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Marikina
Party Coalitions Candidates Seats Before Seats Won Seat Change Votes Percentage
National Local
Lakas–CMD ABP Bagong Marikina 1 1
Nacionalista Party ABP Bagong Marikina 1 0
National Unity Party ABP Marikina City 2 1
Independent 2 0
Valid Votes
Invalid or Blank Votes
Total

First district

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2025 Marikina's 1st congressional district election

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2028 →
 
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Marcelino Teodoro at the Palarong Pambansa (cropped).png
Candidate Koko Pimentel Marcelino Teodoro
Party Nacionalista NUP
Alliance
Alliances
Alliances

Incumbent Philippine Representative

Marjorie Ann Teodoro
NUP



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 but will not seek reelection to run for mayor. Marcelino Teodoro, the outgoing mayor and husband of the incumbent representative, was slated to run for the seat under the National Unity Party, an affiliate of the national Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas.[55][56][57]

Senator Koko Pimentel, whom briefly entered in an alliance with the local administration, is challenging Teodoro for the seat.[58][59] Pimentel filed his certificate of candidacy for representative on October 6, 2024. He has panned Teodoro for having "no word of honor" and attributed the city's per capita debt to his administration.[60][61][62] Pimentel has made the revitalization of the local shoe industry and solving the city's flood issues as core messages of his campaign.[60]

Pimentel and three others filed a petition before the first division of the COMELEC to disqualify Teodoro from the contest, citing Section 78 of the Omnibus Election Code, which establishes material misrepresentation as a ground for disqualification.[63] On December 11, 2024, the COMELEC granted the petition, thereby cancelling Teodoro's candidacy.[64] Teodoro's camp criticized the ruling as an act of "political maneuvering" and filed a motion of reconsideration.[65] Teodoro's name will remain on the ballot until the COMELEC en banc rules on the case.[66][67] Following Teodoro's suspension as mayor along with his allies, Pimentel urged the COMELEC to expedite the processing of his case.[68]

Candidates

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Declared
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Results

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2025 Philippine House of Representatives election in Marikina's 1st district
CandidateParty
Koko PimentelNacionalista
Marcelino TeodoroNational Unity Party
Total
TBD

Second district

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2025 Marikina's 2nd congressional district election

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2028 →
 
Candidate Mauro Arce Jose Jaime Enage
Party Independent Independent

 
Donn Carlo Favis (cropped 2).jpg
Rep. Miro Quimbo (17th Congress).jpg
Candidate Donn Carlo Favis Miro Quimbo
Party NUP Lakas
Alliance
Alliances
Alliances

Incumbent Philippine Representative

Stella Quimbo
Lakas



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.[37]

Miro Quimbo, the husband of the incumbent and a former representative who held the seat from 2010 to 2019, is running for the seat under Lakas–CMD, being affiliated with the wider Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas.[37] Councilor Donn Carlo Favis, who previously ran for the seat in 2010, is contesting the seat as a member of the National Unity Party.[54] Perennial candidate Mauro Arce, who ran in 2019 and 2022, and Jose Jaime Enage, the chairman of advocate group Baybayin Buhayin, are also seeking election to the seat.[69][70]

Candidates

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Declared
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Results

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2025 Philippine House of Representatives election in Marikina's 2nd district
CandidateParty
Mauro ArceIndependent
Jose Jaime EnageIndependent
Donn Carlo FavisNational Unity Party
Miro QuimboLakas–CMD
Total
TBD


Notes

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  1. ^ Suspended since March 25, 2025. Rommel Acuña serves as acting mayor.
  2. ^ Suspended since March 25, 2025. Ronnie Acuña serves as acting vice mayor.

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