More than 18,000 elective positions will be contested by candidates across the country in the 2025 National and Local Elections, data from the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) showed.
A total of 18,280 seats covering 14 posts in 254 legislative districts will be up for grabs.
In the national race, 12 senatorial seats, 63 seats for party-list representatives, and 254 seats for congressional district representatives will be available.
For the local polls, the number of available seats are:
- Governor — 82
- Vice Governor — 82
- Member, Sangguniang Panlalawigan — 800
- City Mayor — 149
- City Vice Mayor — 149
- Member, Sangguniang Panlungsod — 1,690
- Municipal Mayor — 1,493
- Municipal Vice Mayor — 1,493
- Member, Sangguniang Bayan — 11,948
- BARMM Members of the Parliament — 25
- BARMM Party Representatives — 40
The 254 legislative districts are broken down as follows:
- National Capital Region — 33
- Cordillera Administrative Region — 7
- Region I — 12
- Region II — 12
- Region III — 24
- Region IV-A — 31
- Region IV-B — 8
- Region V — 16
- Region VI — 12
- Negros Island Region — 11
- Region VII — 14
- Region VIII — 13
- Region IX — 11
- Region X — 14
- Region XI — 11
- Region XII — 10
- Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao — 6
- CARAGA — 9
As of Sept. 17, the COMELEC has logged a total of 6,250,050 new registered voters, of which 3,214,403 were female and 3,035,647 were male.
Calabarzon recorded the highest number of new voters, with 1,041,179.
It was followed by the National Capital Region with 824,239; Central Luzon with 705,530; Davao Region with 356,854; and Central Visayas with 331,033.
The Comelec main office registered 9,201 new voters.
The voter registration period for the May 2025 midterm polls started on Feb. 12 and will end on Sept. 30, 2024.
Comelec Chairperson George Erwin Garcia has said there would be no extension of the Sept. 30 voter registration deadline. — VDV, GMA Integrated News
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