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Local elections were held in the province of Cavite on Monday, May 12, 2025, as part of the 2025 Philippine general election. Voters selected candidates for all local positions: a mayor, vice mayor, and councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the governor, vice governor, and representatives for the eight districts of Cavite.

Incumbent Governor Jonvic Remulla and Vice Governor Athena Tolentino initially intended to seek reelection in 2025, having filed their certificates of candidacy on October 1, 2024. However, they withdrew their candidacies on October 7, 2024, as Remulla would be appointed by President Bongbong Marcos as Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government on the next day. Tolentino made history as the youngest provincial governor at 26 years old, and the first woman to assume office. As a result, she will only serve as governor for nine months and 22 days, as she has decided not to run for any other position. Provincial board member Shernan Jaro, representing Cavite's 3rd congressional district, took over the vice governorship. He is seeking a seat in the city council of Imus.

Incumbent seventh district board member Francisco Gabriel Remulla, son of former governor and incumbent secretary of the Department of Justice Jesus Crispin Remulla filed his certificate of candidacy for governor. Remulla assumed as board member to fill the position vacated by his brother Crispin Diego Remulla upon his election as representative in the special elections held in 2023. Remulla's running mate is incumbent second district board member Ramon Vicente Bautista, son of former governor and incumbent senator Bong Revilla and incumbent representative Lani Mercado.

All single-winner positions in contention use first-past-the-post voting, while all multi-winner positions use plurality block voting. The positions in contention, as well as the quantity of each position, are as follows:

District	Municipality or City	Representatives	Governor	Vice Governor	Members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan	Mayor	Vice Mayor	Members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod or Sangguniang Bayan
1st	Cavite City	1	1	1	2	1	1	10
Kawit	1	1	8
Noveleta	1	1	8
Rosario	1	1	8
2nd	Bacoor	1	2	1	1	12 (2 districts, 6 per district)
3rd	Imus	1	2	1	1	12
4th	Dasmariñas	1	2	1	1	12
5th	Carmona	1	2	1	1	10
Silang	1	1	8
General Mariano Alvarez	1	1	8
6th	General Trias	1	2	1	1	12
7th	Trece Martires	1	2	1	1	10
Amadeo	1	1	8
Indang	1	1	8
Tanza	1	1	8
8th	Tagaytay	1	2	1	1	10
Alfonso	1	1	8
General Emilio Aguinaldo	1	1	8
Magallanes	1	1	8
Maragondon	1	1	8
Mendez	1	1	8
Naic	1	1	8
Ternate	1	1	8

Incumbent Athena Tolentino, who assumed post after the appointment of Jonvic Remulla as DILG Secretary, initially ran for vice governor but later withdrew her candidacy with Remulla and decided not to run for any other position. Her party nominated incumbent board member Francisco Gabriel Remulla.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	1,058,412	73.56
	Independent	270,207	18.78
	Independent	60,713	4.22
	Independent	49,419	3.43
1,438,751	100
	NUP hold

Incumbent Shernan Jaro, who assumed office after Athena Tolentino was elevated to governor, is running for councilor of Imus. He was the incumbent third district board member before becoming vice governor. Running for the position unopposed is incumbent board member Ramon Vicente Bautista.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	1,178,445	100
1,178,445	100
	Lakas hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	109,098	52.69
	Lakas	97,945	47.31
207,043	100

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	122,888	54.89
	Lakas	100,995	45.11
223,883	100

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	112,747	50.06
	NUP	112,485	49.94
225,232	100

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	191,691	43.18
	NUP	151,960	34.23

	Reporma	54,560	12.29
	Independent	45,707	10.30
443,918	100

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	139,970	50.10
	NUP	139,414	49.90
279,384	100

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	97,802	50.86
	NUP	94,943	49.14
192,295	100

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	135,998	38.42
	Aksyon	119,202	33.68

	UNIDO	81,474	23.02
	Independent	17,271	4.88
353,945	100

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	132,723	42.12
	NUP	97,793	31.03

	NUP	84,619	26.85
315,135	100

Incumbent Jolo Revilla is running for a second term. His opponent is Paul Abaya, his opponent in 2022.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	147,263	77.93
	Liberal	41,710	22.07
188,973	100
	Lakas hold

Incumbent Lani Mercado-Revilla is running for a second term unopposed.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	172,694	100
172,694	100
	Lakas hold

Incumbent Adrian Jay Advincula is running for a second term. His opponents are former Imus mayor Emmanuel Maliksi and Atty. Marvyn Maristela.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	98,072	53.10
	Aksyon	78,916	42.73
	WPP	7,700	4.17
184,688	100
	NUP hold

The seat was vacant after the death of Elpidio Barzaga Jr. His party's nominee is his son, Dasmariñas councilor and ex-officio Cavite board member Francisco Barzaga. One of his opponents will be former five-term councilor Jacinto Frani Jr., who happens to be a cousin of the elder Barzaga.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	165,942	50.37
	Independent	150,316	45.63
	Independent	9,583	2.91
	PLM	3,591	1.09
329,432	100
	NUP hold

Incumbent Roy Loyola is running for a second term.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	149,622	61.00
	Independent	95,646	39.00
245,268	100
	NPC hold

Incumbent Antonio Ferrer is running for a second term unopposed.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	121,284	100
121,284	100
	NUP hold

Incumbent Crispin Diego Remulla is running for his first full term.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	190,499	80.88
	Independent	27,505	11.68
	WPP	17,531	7.44
235,535	100
	NUP hold

Incumbent Aniela Bianca Tolentino is running for a second term. Her opponent is 8th District Provincial Board Member Irene Bencito.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	167,163	76.60
	Aksyon	45,398	20.80
	Independent	5,676	2.60
218,237	100
	NUP hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	50,325	100
50,325	100
	Lakas hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	42,506	78.26
	Liberal	11,809	21.74
54,315	100
	Lakas hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	26,878	52.56
	Liberal	24,258	47.44
51,136	100
	Lakas hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	29,541	58.53
	Liberal	20,934	41.47
50,475	100
	Lakas hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	17,012	69.10
	Aksyon	7,606	30.90
24,618	100
	Lakas hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	17,017	69.83
	Aksyon	7,351	30.17
24,368	100
	Lakas gain from Aksyon

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	57,390	100
57,390	100
	Lakas hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	54,234	100
54,234	100
	Lakas hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	172,187	100
172,187	100
	Nacionalista hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	158,270	100
158,270	100
	NPC hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	71,509	18.54
	NPC	68,908	17.87
	Lakas	64,756	16.79
	Lakas	61,938	16.06
	NPC	60,643	15.72
	NPC	57,914	15.02
385,668	100

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	60,925	16.85
	Lakas	58,277	16.12
	Nacionalista	53,529	14.81
	NPC	52,778	14.60
	Nacionalista	49,470	13.69
	Lakas	43,481	12.03

	Independent	21,572	5.97
	Independent	21,449	5.93
361,481	100

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	119,636	65.58
	Aksyon	58,344	31.98
	WPP	4,455	2.44
182,435	100
	NUP hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	140,016	86.47
	Independent	12,516	7.73
	WPP	9,396	5.80
161,928	100
	NUP hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	260,308	78.12
	Reporma	65,797	19.75
	Independent	6,228	1.87
	PM	871	0.26
333,204	100
	NUP hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	245,088	77.86
	Reporma	49,784	15.82
	Independent	19,911	6.33
314,783	100
	NUP hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	196,258	6.89
	NUP	193,234	6.79
	NUP	178,096	6.26
	NUP	162,307	5.70
	NUP	147,594	5.18
	NUP	142,714	4.99
	NUP	142,089	4.99
	NUP	138,410	4.85
	NUP	135,357	4.75
	NUP	135,109	4.75
	NUP	130,896	4.60
	Independent	127,097	4.46

	NUP	105,201	3.70
	Independent	86,146	3.03
	Independent	84,321	2.96
	Independent	79,011	2.78
	Akbayan	48,417	1.70
	Reporma	47,760	1.68
	Reporma	46,588	1.64
	Reporma	45,063	1.58
	Reporma	41,403	1.45
	Reporma	40,845	1.43
	Independent	37,313	1.31
	Reporma	36,062	1.27
	Independent	32,946	1.16
	Reporma	31,241	1.10
	Reporma	30,724	1.08
	Reporma	28,895	1.02
	Reporma	28,309	0.99
	Independent	27,914	0.98
	Reporma	27,525	0.97
	Independent	26,656	0.94
	Independent	22,563	0.79
	Reporma	22,384	0.79
	Independent	22,175	0.78
	Independent	18,974	0.67
2,846,787	100

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	48,744	92.33
	Independent	4,052	7.67
52,796	100
	NPC hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	43,361	87.80
	Independent	6,024	12.20
49,385	100
	NPC hold

Incumbent Mayor Edward Carranza is running for his first full term against former Mayors Kevin Anarna and Emilia Poblete.

On May 5, 2025, a Commission on Elections (COMELEC) task force filed a disqualification case against Anarna for remarks made during a campaign event that were deemed discriminatory toward single parents. The poll body cited a possible violation of Resolution No. 11116, which upholds anti-discrimination and fair campaigning rules in line with the Safe Spaces Act. Anarna, who has since apologized, was earlier issued a show-cause order over the statements.

Kevin Anarna was initially proclaimed as the winner. However, the COMELEC en banc nullified his proclamation, after the Office of the Ombudsman found Anarna guilty of grave misconduct and is perpetually disqualified from holding public office. As a result, second placer Ted Caranza was declared the duly-elected mayor and Anarna's votes were considered stray votes. Carranza then took his oath as mayor on June 26.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	54,787	41.80
	NPC	40,447	30.86
	PMP	34,154	26.06
	Independent	1,691	1.29
131,079	100
	NPC hold

Incumbent Vice Mayor Mark Anthony Toledo is running for his first full term against Former Provincial Board Member Marcos Amutan, ABC President Crispin Reyes & Dra. Armin Guarin.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	40,709	32.35
	NPC	37,496	29.79
	NUP	35,725	28.39
	Aksyon	11,923	9.47
125,853	100
	Liberal gain from NPC

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	64,999	8.02
	NUP	56,405	6.96
	NUP	48,990	6.05
	NPC	48,524	5.99
	NUP	43,004	5.31
	NUP	39,953	4.93
	NUP	37,922	4.68
	NUP	37,681	4.65

	NUP	36,914	4.56
	UNIDO	36,461	4.50
	Liberal	35,912	4.43
	NPC	34,336	4.24
	Independent	33,168	4.09
	Independent	30,528	3.77
	Independent	29,229	3.61
	PMP	27,966	3.45
	NPC	26,202	3.23
	Lakas	26,148	3.23
	PMP	17,693	2.18
	Aksyon	17,628	2.18
	Aksyon	17,587	2.17
	Liberal	14,287	1.76
	PMP	11,523	1.42
	Independent	11,428	1.41
	PMP	10,628	1.31
	Independent	8,040	0.99
	Independent	7,195	0.89
810,531	100

Incumbent Mayor Maricel Torres is running for re-election to her 2nd full term against Medardo Custodio.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	KBL	35,595	51.37
	NUP	33,695	48.63
69,290	100
	KBL gain from NUP

Incumbent Vice Mayor Percival Cabuhat is running for re-election against Incumbent Councilor Mike Virata and Provincial Board Member Paolo Crisostomo.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Aksyon	32,035	46.72
	NUP	18,560	27.07
	Lakas	17,972	26.21
68,567	100
	Aksyon hold

Incumbent Mayor Luis Ferrer IV is running for re-election to his second term unopposed.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	128,077	100
128,077	100
	NUP hold

Incumbent Vice Mayor Jonas Labuguen is running to his second term unopposed.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	120,278	100
120,278	100
	NUP hold

Incumbent Mayor Gemma Lubigan is running for re-election to her 3rd and last term, her opponent are former Mayor Melencio De Sagun Jr.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	57,450	64.98
	PDP–Laban	30,963	35.02
88,413	100
	NUP hold

Incumbent Vice Mayor Romeo Motehermoso is running for re-election to his 3rd and last term, his opponent are Alex Penalba.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	55,878	68.80
	PDP–Laban	25,343	31.20
81,221	100
	NUP hold

Incumbent Mayor Redel John Dionisio is running for re-election, his opponent are Jojo Domingo.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	10,472	64.25
	NUP	5,826	35.75
16,298	100
	Independent gain from NUP

Incumbent Vice Mayor Joseph Legaspi is running for re-election unopposed.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	15,059	100
15,059	100
	NUP hold

Incumbent Mayor Perfecto Fidel is term-limited, his party nominated his cousin, Brgy. Calumpang Cerca Chairman Virgilio Fidel, his opponents are Incumbent Vice Mayor Sammy Rodil and Resty Vejerano

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	21,861	56.84
	WPP	13,741	35.73
	Independent	2,856	7.43
38,458	100
	NUP hold

Incumbent Vice Mayor Sammy Rodil is term-limited and is running for Mayor, running for the position are Incumbent Councilor Ferdinand Papa, independent candidate Alvin Pio De Roda and Racquel Quiambao.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	23,685	64.46
	WPP	10,589	28.82
	Independent	2,471	6.72
36,475	100
	NUP gain from Independent

Incumbent Mayor Yuri Pacumio is term-limited, running for the position are Incumbent Vice Mayor Archangelo Matro, Incumbent Councilor Maricel Del Rosario-Morales and independent candidate Elsie Aribal.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	67,949	51.02
	Aksyon	63,922	47.99
	Independent	1,314	0.99
133,185	100
	NUP hold

Incumbent Vice Mayor Archangelo Matro is eligible for re-election but he instead will run for Mayor, his party nominated former Municipal Administrator John Rodgie Sanariz, his opponents are Incumbent Provincial Board Member Raymundo Del Rosario and independent candidate Prescilla Givera.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Aksyon	65,289	52.31
	NUP	55,239	44.26
	Independent	4,276	3.43
124,804	100
	Aksyon gain from NUP

Incumbent Mayor Abraham Tolentino is not seeking re-election. His son, City Councilor Aizack Brent Tolentino, will run in his place.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	36,590	100
36,590	100
	NUP hold

Incumbent Vice Mayor Agnes Tolentino is running for re-election unopposed.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	36,662	100
36,662	100
	NUP hold

Incumbent Mayor Randy Salamat is running for re-election unopposed.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	25,873	100
25,873	100
	NUP hold

Incumbent Vice Mayor Madonna Pel is running for re-election unopposed.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	23,945	100
23,945	100
	NUP hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	19,742	12.33
	NUP	17,519	10.94
	NUP	16,931	10.58
	Independent	14,875	9.29
	NUP	14,236	8.89
	NUP	13,895	8.68
	NUP	13,565	8.47
	NUP	12,508	7.81

	NUP	11,372	7.10
	Independent	9,478	5.92
	Independent	9,396	5.87
	Independent	6,562	4.10
160,079	100

Incumbent Mayor Dennis Glean is running for re-election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	8,235	54.81
	NPC	6,790	45.19
15,025	100
	NUP hold

Incumbent Louel Golfo is running for re-election, his opponent are Michael Manalo.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	7,730	52.57
	NPC	6,973	47.43
14,703	100
	NUP hold

Incumbent Mayor Jasmin Maligaya is term-limited and is running for Provincial Board Member, her party nominated her sister, Janessa Ann Maligaya and her opponent are Ernesto Dastas.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	10,934	74.62
	NUP	3,718	25.38
14,652	100
	NPC hold

Incumbent Vice Mayor Jess Antazo is running for re-election against Aina Sisante.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	7,653	51.73
	NUP	7,142	48.27
14,795	100
	NPC gain from NUP

Incumbent Mayor Lawrence Arca is running for re-election against former Mayor Reynaldo Rillo.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	17,238	63.16
	NUP	10,056	36.84
27,294	100
	NPC hold

Incumbent Vice Mayor Bernie Ilagan is running for re-election against Aldous Angeles and independent candidate Reagan Gulapa.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	13,056	48.67
	NPC	11,003	41.01
	Independent	2,769	10.32
26,828	100
	NUP gain from NPC

Incumbent Mayor Francisco Mendoza Jr. is running for re-election unopposed.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	14,238	100
14,238	100
	NUP hold

Incumbent Raygan Dimapilis is running for re-election against Roilan Ortiz.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	10,757	53.63
	NUP	9,302	46.37
20,059	100
	NPC hold

Incumbent Mayor Ruperto Dualan is not seeking re-election, his brother, Incumbent Vice Mayor Junio Dualan will run in his place, his opponents are Incumbent Councilor Rommel Magbitang and independent candidates Benjie Medina and Isabela Nopuente.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	UNIDO	45,828	54.47
	NPC	37,802	44.93
	Independent	316	0.38
	Independent	196	0.23
84,142	100
	UNIDO gain from NPC

Incumbent Vice Mayor Junio Dualan is running for Mayor, his party nominated Jacinta Maria Remulla, daughter of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla, her opponent are independent candidate Antonio Autentico Jr. while Incumbent Councilor Maria Teresa Puno withdrew her candidacy.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	61,108	87.74
	Independent	8,539	12.26
69,647	100
	NPC hold

Incumbent Mayor Lamberto Bambao is running for re-election against Incumbent Vice Mayor Salvador Gubio Jr. and independent candidate Clemencia Garcia. Former mayor Herminio Lindo withdrew his candidacy.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	7,767	54.85
	NUP	6,067	42.84
	Independent	327	2.31
14,161	100
	NPC hold

Incumbent Vice Mayor Salvador Gubio Jr. is running for Mayor, running for the position are Lolita Nacis and Calvin Kenneth Soberano.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	PMP	10,283	75.02
	NPC	3,424	24.98
13,707	100
	PMP gain from NUP

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