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Local elections were held in the Province of Sarangani on May 12, 2025, within the Philippine general election. Voters will select candidates for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and a representative for the lone district of Sarangani.

Provincial Elections

Candidates for Governor

Incumbent Rogelio Pacquiao (PFP) is running for a second term. He was elected under the People's Champ Movement with 73.42% of the vote in 2022.

Pacquiao is running against Bong Aquia (PDP) and Gladden Lim (Independent).^[1]


Candidate		Party
	Bong Aquia	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino
	Gladden Lim	Independent
	Rogelio Pacquiao (incumbent)	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
Total

Candidates for Vice Governor

Term-limited incumbent Elmer de Peralta (Partido Federal ng Pilipinas) is running for the Sarangani Provincial Board in the 1st provincial district. He was elected under the People's Champ Movement with 73.26% of the vote in 2022.

There are four candidates for vice governor, including former Kiamba mayor Danny 'Bogi' Martinez (PCM), former Glan mayor Enrique 'Yoyong' Yap, Jr(Ind), former board member Eleanor 'Nene' Saguiguit(PDP) and Elson Formoso(Aksyon), a former candidate for Congressman in 2016 and for board member in 2019.


Candidate		Party
	Elson Formoso	Aksyon Demokratiko
	Bogi Martinez	People's Champ Movement
	Nene Saguiguit	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino
	Yoyong Yap	Independent
Total

Candidates for Congressman

Incumbent Steve Solon (Lakas–CMD) is running for a second term.^[2] He was elected in 2022 under the People's Champ Movement with 92.38% of the vote.

Solon is running against two other candidates.^[3]


Candidate		Party
	Butch Baliao	Independent
	Kingchopazar Belimac	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino
	Steve Solon (incumbent)	Lakas–CMD
Total

Sangguniang Panlalawigan Elections

All 2 Districts of Sarangani will elect Sangguniang Panlalawigan or provincial board members.


Party
	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino
	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
	Independent
Total

1st district

Sarangani's 1st provincial district consists of the municipalities of Kiamba, Maasim and Maitum. Four board members are elected from this provincial district.

Seven candidates were included in the ballot.^[4]


Candidate		Party
	Arnold Abequibel (incumbent)	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
	Tito Balazon	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
	Elmer de Peralta	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
	Arturo Lawa	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino
	Cornelio Martinez Jr.	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
	Musa Solaiman	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino
	Bong Tuballes	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino
Total

2nd district

Sarangani's 2nd provincial district consists of the municipalities of Alabel, Glan, Malapatan and Malungon. Six board members are elected from this provincial district.

17 candidates were included in the ballot.^[5]


Candidate		Party
	Eugene Alzate	Independent
	Irish Arnado (incumbent)	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
	Gerry Bomes	Independent
	Joseph Calanao (incumbent)	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
	Lito Cerna	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino
	Moreb Dalama	Independent
	Tata Galzote (incumbent)	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
	Corazon Grafilo (incumbent)	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
	Jorge Liansing Jr.	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino
	Jonilo Lumacad	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino
	Abdilla Morsal	Independent
	Hanna Jane Navarro	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino
	Clarito Palalisan	Independent
	Tongco Pangolima	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino
	Jose Tranquilino Ruiz (incumbent)	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
	Gwynn Singcoy (incumbent)	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
	Cyril John Rustico Yap	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino
Total

Mayoralty Elections

All municipalities of Sarangani will elect mayor and vice-mayor this election. The candidates for mayor and vice mayor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected. Below is the list of mayoralty candidates of each city and municipalities per district.

1st District (West Coast)

Municipalities: Kiamba, Maasim, Maitum

Kiamba

Incumbent mayor George 'Jong' Falgui is running for re-election against his former ally, outgoing board member Russell 'Odoy' Jamora.^[6]

Kiamba mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	PFP	George 'Jong' Falgui
	PCM	Russell 'Odoy' Jamora
Total votes

Kiamba vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PCM	Marie Jess Ancheta
Total votes

Maasim

Incumbent mayor Zyrex Pacquiao is running for his last term against his outgoing councilor Zenaida Gomez.^[7]

Maasim mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	PDP	Zenaida Gomez
	PCM	Zyrex Pacquiao
Total votes

Maasim vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PCM	Visitation Nambatac
Total votes

Maitum

After serving for 3 terms, term-limited incumbent mayor Alexander Bryan Reganit endorses his son, incumbent councilor James Mark Reganit to take over as mayor for this election.^[8]

Maitum mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PCM	Mark James Reganit
Total votes

Maitum vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	PCM	Freddie Balazon
	Independent	Jess Bascuña
Total votes

2nd District (East Coast)

Municipalities: Alabel, Glan, Malapatan, Malungon

Alabel

After serving for 3 terms, term-limited incumbent mayor Vic Paul Salarda endorses his wife, Former Municipal Administrator Lilibeth 'Ybing' Salarda to run as mayor for this election against her main opponent, outgoing councilor Tungko Sadavao. ^[9]

Alabel mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	Independent	Albert Beldad
	Independent	Ephraim Defiño
	Independent	Robert Lumayag
	PDP	Tungko Sadavao
	PCM	Ybing Salarda
Total votes

Alabel vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	PDP	Berting Gonzaga
	PCM	Lente Salway Jr.
Total votes

Glan

Incumbent mayor Tata Yap is running for re-election against Leandro Dagoy.^[10]

Glan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	Independent	Alano Abdulhalim
	PDP	Leandro Dagoy
	PCM	Victor James 'Tata' Yap, Sr.
Total votes

Glan vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	PDP	Sheron 'Dondon' Wata
	PCM	Victor James Yap, Jr.
Total votes

Malapatan

Incumbent mayor Salway Sumbo Jr. is running for his last term for mayor.^[11]

Malapatan mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PCM	Salway Sumbo Jr.
Total votes

Malapatan vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate
	Independent	Samrod Abdul
	PCM	Jean Delos Santos
Total votes

Malungon

After serving for 3 terms, incumbent mayor Tessa Constantino is term-limited. So, she is running for vice mayor for this election with his father, Reynaldo 'Bong-Bong' Constantino as her mayor.^[12]

Malungon mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PCM	Bong-Bong Constantino
Total votes

Malungon vice mayoralty election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PCM	Tessa Constantino
Total votes

References

^ Aquia originally picked Eleanor Saguiguit as running-mate, but Saguiguit later dropped by Aquia.

^ "ALABEL" (PDF). Commission on Elections.
^ "Steve Solon seeks second term as Sarangani congressman". Politiko Mindanao. 3 October 2024.
^ "ALABEL" (PDF). Commission on Elections.
^ "KIAMBA" (PDF). Commission on Elections.
^ "ALABEL" (PDF). Commission on Elections.
^ "KIAMBA" (PDF). Commission on Elections.
^ "MAASIM" (PDF). Commission on Elections.
^ "MAITUM" (PDF). Commission on Elections.
^ "ALABEL" (PDF). Commission on Elections.
^ "GLAN" (PDF). Commission on Elections.
^ "MALAPATAN" (PDF). Commission on Elections.
^ "MALUNGON" (PDF). Commission on Elections.

[f9-1] Aquia originally picked Eleanor Saguiguit as running-mate, but Saguiguit later dropped by Aquia.

[2] "ALABEL" (PDF). Commission on Elections.

[3] "Steve Solon seeks second term as Sarangani congressman". Politiko Mindanao. 3 October 2024.

[4] "ALABEL" (PDF). Commission on Elections.

[5] "KIAMBA" (PDF). Commission on Elections.

[6] "ALABEL" (PDF). Commission on Elections.

[7] "KIAMBA" (PDF). Commission on Elections.

[8] "MAASIM" (PDF). Commission on Elections.

[9] "MAITUM" (PDF). Commission on Elections.

[10] "ALABEL" (PDF). Commission on Elections.

[11] "GLAN" (PDF). Commission on Elections.

[12] "MALAPATAN" (PDF). Commission on Elections.

[13] "MALUNGON" (PDF). Commission on Elections.

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