Local elections were held in the province of Pangasinan on May 12, 2025 as part of the 2025 Philippine general election. Pangasinan voters will elect a governor, a vice governor, 6 members of the House of Representatives that will represent the 6 congressional districts of the province, and 12 out of 15 members of the Pangasinan Provincial Board. The officials elected will assume their respective offices on June 30, 2025, for a three-year-long term.
Ramon Guico III and Mark Lambino were re-elected governor on his second term and vice governor on his third term respectively, defeating Amado Espino III and Noel Nacar.
In the 2022 local elections, the newly formed Abante Pangasinan Ilokano Party dominated the provincial board elections, winning 8 of the 12 seats in the provincial board. Incumbent Governor Amado Espino III lost re-election to Ramon Guico III, a congressman representing the 5th congressional district of the province, by a margin of 12 percentage points.
On October 5, 2024, Espino, alongside his running mate, Former Dasol mayor Noel Nacar, filed their certificate of candidacies at the COMELEC Office of the Provincial Election Supervisor at the PeopleâÂÂs Astrodome. This was the first election in which the candidates were the same as those who ran for governor in the previous election.
Local elections in the Philippines are held every second Monday of May starting in 1992 and every three years thereafter. Single-seat positions (governor, vice governor, and House representative) are elected via first-past-the-post-voting. The governor and vice governor are elected by the province at-large, while the House representative and provincial board members are elected per district.
provincial board elections are done via plurality block voting; Pangsinan is divided into six districts, with each district sending two board members. There are three other ex officio seats, the president of the Philippine Councilorsâ League, the president of the Association of Barangay Captains, and the president of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Provincial Federation; these will be determined later in the year at the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections.
Pangasinan police increased their security measures ahead of the 2025 elections, assigning 2,408 police officers to safeguard 1,204 voting centers and 2,869 automatic counting machines (ACMs). The deployment is intended to ensure safe and orderly voting operations in the province.
The Commission on Elections in Pangasinan removed 22,353 non-compliant campaign posters during Oplan Baklas (nationwide poster removal operation) as of March 28, 2025. These materials include posters, billboards, or tarpaulins that exceed size limits and those located outside the designated common poster areas.
The localities of Aguilar, Binmaley, Malasiqui, Mangaldan, San Quintin, Sual, Urdaneta, and Dagupan City were identified as under "areas of concern" (yellow category) due to intense political rivalries and past election-related incidents.
On May 2025, congressional candidate Gilbert Estrella was implicated in reports of widespread vote-buying in PangasinanâÂÂs 6th district. Representative Marlyn Primicias-Agabas asked the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and the Philippine National Police to investigate claims that EstrellaâÂÂs supporters distributed about â±3,000 per voter in the municipalities of Rosales, Balungao, and Asingan.
On December 7, 2024, Ponciano Onia Jr., a reelectionist councilor of Umingan and concurrent national president of Abono Partylist, was shot dead in an ambush by unidentified gunmen while driving.
Incumbent Governor Ramon Guico III (Nacionalista Party) is running for a second consecutive term. Guico was elected with 55.61% of the vote in 2022.
Incumbent Mark Lambino (LakasâÂÂCMD) is running for a third term. Lambino was re-elected with 61.45% of the vote in 2022.
The Pangasinan Provincial Board is composed of 15 board members, 12 of whom are elected.
The following board members are term-limited:
Pangasinan's 1st provincial district consists of the same area as Pangasinan's 1st legislative district. Two board members are elected from this provincial district.
Pangasinan's 2nd provincial district consists of the same area as Pangasinan's 2nd legislative district. Two board members are elected from this provincial district.
Pangasinan's 3rd provincial district consists of the same area as Pangasinan's 3rd legislative district. Two board members are elected from this provincial district.
Pangasinan's 4th provincial district consists of the same area as Pangasinan's 4th legislative district, excluding the city of Dagupan. Two board members are elected from this provincial district.
Pangasinan's 5th provincial district consists of the same area as Pangasinan's 5th legislative district. Two board members are elected from this provincial district.
Pangasinan's 6th provincial district consists of the same area as Pangasinan's 6th legislative district. Two board members are elected from this provincial district.
Two prominent businesswomen are set to compete for this cityâÂÂs mayoral seat in next yearâÂÂs elections as incumbent Mayor Belen Fernandez is being challenged by Councilor Celia Lim, who officially filed her certificate of candidacy (COC) on Monday, Oct. 7.
Lim, running under the Nacionalista Party, was joined by her son, former Mayor Brian Lim, who is her vice mayoral candidate, along with their full slate of councilors.
Maan Guico, wife of incumbent governor Ramon Guico III, ran for mayor of Urdaneta but was defeated by Incumbent mayor Julio F. Parayno III.
Agno
Anda
Bani
Bolinao
Burgos
Dasol
Infanta
Mabini
Sual
Incumbent mayor Liseldo Calugay is running for reelection.
Municipalities: Aguilar, Basista, Binmaley, Bugallon, Labrador, Lingayen, Mangatarem, Urbiztondo
Aguilar
Basista
Binmaley
Incumbent Mayor Pedro "Pete" Merrera filed his candidacy for re-running as mayor of Binmaley.
Bugallon
Labrador
Lingayen
Mangatarem
Urbiztondo
Bayambang
Former actress and current Mayor of Bayambang, Pangasinan, Niña Jose-Quiambao is seeking reelection for the Mayor of Bayambang.
Calasiao
Patrick Caramat officially filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for mayor of Calasiao, Pangasinan, following in the footsteps of his late mother, former Mayor Mamilyn Caramat. Patrick is running unopposed.
Malasiqui
Mapandan
Karl Vega runs for a 2nd term as Mayor of Mapandan. His opponent is Jaime Aquino, a publisher and correspondent of People's Journal, Manila Standard, The Daily Tribune at Manila Times.
Santa Barbara
Manaoag
Mangaldan
Incumbent Mayor Bonafe De Vera-Parayno, Vice Mayor Dr. Mark Stephen Mejia, and former Mayor Marilyn Lambino will be against each other for the position in the 2025 Mangaldan Mayoralty Election. Marilyn Lambino filed her COC earlier on October 5, seeking to reclaim her position.
San Fabian
San Jacinto
Alcala
Bautista
Binalonan
Laoac
Pozorrubio
Santo Tomas
Sison
Villasis
Asingan
Balungao
Natividad
Rosales
San Manuel
San Nicolas
San Quintin
Santa Maria
Tayug
Umingan
Incumbent representative Arthur Celeste is running for re-election to a second term.
Incumbent representative Mark Cojuangco will run for a second term. Former representative <br />Leopoldo Bataoil filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) on October 4, 2024.
Incumbent representative and former Movie and Television Review and Classification Board chairperson Rachel Arenas is running for a second term.
Manay Gina De Venecia, former representative from Pangasinan's 4th congressional district and husband of former House speaker Jose De Venecia is running for a term as representative of the district.
Incumbent representative Ramon Guico, Jr., father of incumbent governor Ramon Guico III, is running for a second term.
Incumbent 6th district representative Marlyn Primicias-Agabas is running for a second term.