2025 Dasmariñas local elections

2025 Dasmariñas local elections
May 12, 2025
 
Nominee Jennifer Barzaga Valeriano Encabo
Party NUP Reporma
Running mate Elpidio Barzaga III Romulo Rementilla
Popular vote 260,308 65,797
Percentage 78.12 19.75
Mayor before election

Jennifer Barzaga
NUP

 Elected Mayor

Jennifer Barzaga
NUP

Local elections were held in the city of Dasmariñas on May 12, 2025 together with the national and provincial level elections. The voters elected their local and provincial officials which includes: two provincial board members, congressional representative, mayor, vice mayor, and twelve city council members at-large.

Background

Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. passed away on April 27, 2024.[1][2][3] Then-House Speaker and Leyte First District Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez was named as the legislative caretaker.[4] No special elections were held and his seat remained vacant. His seat was contested by Councilor Francisco Barzaga, Osmundo Calupad, former Councilor Jacinto Frani Jr., and Leysander Ordenes.

Board Members Nickanor Austria Jr. and Fulgencio Dela Cuesta Jr. ran for re-election. Other candidates were Eleuterio Guimbaolibot and Ma. Niña Trinidad.

Mayor Jennifer Barzaga ran for re-election. She was challenged by former Vice Mayor Valeriano Encabo, Jonathan Fernando, and Hadassah Tapiru.

Vice Mayor Raul Rex Mangubat was on his second term. He didn't ran for re-election. His place was contested by Elpidio Barzaga III, Joel Musa, and Romulo Rementilla.

Results

Sources:[5][6]

Names displayed in italics are incumbents re-elected.

For Provincial Board Member

Board Members Nickanor "Nickol" Austria Jr. and Fulgencio "Jun" Dela Cuesta Jr. were re-elected.

Provincial Board Election at Cavite's Fourth District
Party Candidate Votes %
NUP Nickanor Austria Jr. 191,691 43.18
NUP Fulgencio Dela Cuesta Jr. 151,960 34.23
Reporma Eleuterio Guimbaolibot 54,560 12.29
Independent Ma. Niña Trinidad 45,707 10.30
Total votes 443,918 100.00
NUP hold

For Representative

Councilor Francisco Barzaga won in a tight election against his father's cousin, former Councilor Jacinto Frani Jr.

Congressional Elections at Cavite's Fourth District
Party Candidate Votes %
NUP Francisco Barzaga 165,942 50.37
Independent Jacinto Frani Jr. 150,316 45.63
Independent Osmundo Calupad 9,583 2.91
PLM Leysander Ordenes 3,591 1.09
Total votes 329,432 100.00
NUP hold

For Mayor

Mayor Jennifer Barzaga won the elections with a huge margin against former Vice Mayor Valeriano Encabo.[7]

Dasmariñas Mayoralty Elections
Party Candidate Votes %
NUP Jennifer Barzaga 260,308 78.12
Reporma Valeriano Encabo 65,797 19.75
Independent Jonathan Fernando 6,228 1.87
PM Hadassah Tapiru 871 0.26
Total votes 333,204 100.00
NUP hold

For Vice Mayor

Neophyte Elpidio Barzaga III won the elections.

Dasmariñas Vice Mayoralty Elections
Party Candidate Votes %
NUP Elpidio Barzaga III 245,088 77.86
Reporma Romulo Rementilla 49,784 15.82
Independent Joel Musa 19,911 6.33
Total votes 314,783 100.00
NUP hold

For City Councilors

Voters elected twelve city council members at-large.

Dasmariñas City Council Elections
Party Candidate Votes %
NUP Teofilo Lara 196,258 45.34
NUP Reynaldo Canaynay 193,234 44.64
NUP Robin Chester Cantimbuhan 178,096 41.15
NUP Daisy Lyn Alvarez 162,307 37.50
NUP Kevin Tapawan 147,594 34.10
NUP Jerome Napoleon Gonzales 142,174 32.85
NUP Roderick Atienza 142,089 32.83
NUP Glenn Wynne Malihan 138,140 31.91
NUP Jorge Carlo Magno 135,357 31.27
NUP Azlie Guro 135,109 31.21
NUP Fernando Laudato 130,896 30.24
Independent Resty Encabo 127,097 29.36
NUP Moises Menguito 105,201 24.30
Independent Nielson Coleta 86,146 19.90
Independent Arnel Del Rosario 84,321 19.48
Independent Vladimir Maliksi 79,011 18.25
Akbayan Nemerlito Perez 48,417 11.19
Reporma Irineo Mendoza 47,760 11.03
Reporma Rey Balibago 46,588 10.76
Reporma Jannus Toledo 45,063 10.41
Reporma Domgelio Tagle 40,845 9.44
Independent Reynaldo Trinidad 37,313 8.62
Reporma Jeanneth Velarde 36,062 8.33
Independent Norma Salcedo 32,946 7.61
Reporma Edgardo Escano 31,241 7.22
Reporma Chester Geda 30,724 7.10
Reporma Marcelo Apostol 28,895 6.68
Reporma Marlon Sinigayan 28,309 6.54
Independent Ronald Famindalan 27,914 6.45
Reporma Jeremiah Hernan Denolo 27,525 6.36
Independent Lorna Rescate 26,656 6.16
Independent Virginia Pasaporte 22,653 5.21
Independent Mac Neil Ivan Tumacay 22,384 5.17
Independent Arnulfo Siriban 22,175 5.12
Independent Antonio Tianela 18,974 4.38
Total votes

References

  1. ↑ News, GMA Integrated (2024-04-27). "Veteran lawmaker Elpidio Barzaga Jr. passes away". GMA News Online. Retrieved 2026-06-18. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ↑ Bolledo, Jairo (2024-04-27). "Cavite lawmaker Pidi Barzaga dies at 74". RAPPLER. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
  3. ↑ Porcalla, Delon. "Cavite congressman Barzaga dies at 74". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
  4. ↑ Lalu, Gabriel Pabico (2024-05-01). "Romualdez named caretaker of Cavite's 4th legislative district". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
  5. ↑ "RESULTS: Dasmariñas City, Cavite election 2025". ph.rappler.com. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
  6. ↑ "Halalan 2025 Philippine Election Results | ABS-CBN News". ABS-CBN News. Archived from the original on 2026-02-10. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
  7. ↑ Leon, Dwight de (2025-05-13). "Barzaga dynasty wins seats for mayor, vice mayor, congressman in Dasmariñas". RAPPLER. Retrieved 2026-06-17.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.