At Stake in this Election: 

• All seats in the Phillippines House of Representatives.  

Government Structure: 

• Chief of State: President Ferdinand “BongBong” MARCOS, Jr. (since 30 June 2022)  

• Head of Government: President Ferdinand “BongBong” MARCOS, Jr. (since 30 June 2022) 

• Assembly: bicameral Congress (Kongreso) comprised of a multi-seat* House of Representatives (Kapulungan Ng Mga Kinatawan) and a 24-seat Senate (Senado).  

Electoral System: 

• The President and Vice President are directly elected on separate ballots by simple majority vote for a single six-year term. 

• All members of the House of Representatives are directly elected, with 20% of seats elected using a party-list systems and the remaining from geographic districts. As of March 2025, there are 318 members, but the seat count varies over time according to population distribution. 

• All 24 members of the Senate are directly elected at-large and serve six-year terms. Half of the Senate (12 members) is renewed every three years. 

Last Election:  

The last election for the House of Representatives was held on May 9, 2022. The Philippine Democratic Party – People's Power (PDP Laban) won 66 seats, the Nacionalista Party won 36 seats, the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) won 35 seats, the National Unity Party (NUP) won 33 seats, Lakas – Christian Muslim Democrats won 35 seats. All other parties won 10 or fewer seats. Voter turnout was 84%.  

Information for Voters: 

Voter Education (in Tagalog) and 2025 NLE Information Materials (in Tagalog) 

New/Unique in this Election: 

In 2024, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) announced changes that reduced the time window in which candidates can be withdrawn or substituted. The changes aim to curb the practice of parties fielding “placeholder” candidates to make strategic substitutions closer to election day.  

Key Deadlines: 

• Candidate filing deadline: 8 October 2024 

• Voter registration deadline: 30 September 2024 

Main Parties in this Election:  

Note: There are 156 parties and coalitions participating in this election, including many that have been created since the 2022 general election. 

Population and Registered Voters: 

• Population: 114,891,199 (2023 est.) 

• Registered Voters: 68,618,667 (2024 est.) 

Gender Data: 

• Female Population: 57,580, 382 (2023 estimate)  

• CEDAW Status: Signed 15 Jul 1980, Ratified 5 August 1981 

• Gender Quota: No legislated quotas for either body of parliament, voluntary quotas adopted by political parties. 

• Female Candidates in this election: Yes 

• Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 7 out of 24 (30.4%) in the Senate and 86 out of 316 (28%) in the House of Representatives.  

• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 0.710 (High) (2022) 

• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: 49.7 (2025)  

Disability Data: 

• CRPD Status: Signed 25 Sep 2007, Ratified 15 Apr 2008  

• Projected population with a disability: 18,382,591 (2023 est.) 

IFES Resources: 

• ElectionJudgments: Yes, 2 judgments