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LIVE updates: 2025 local candidates on campaign trail
Filipinos will head to the polls on Monday, May 9, to elect local officials across the country.
A total of 18,320 positions are available for local governance nationwide.
Voters will choose among 82 governors and vice governors, and 840 members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.
City and municipal leadership positions include 149 mayors and vice mayors for cities, and 1,493 for municipalities.
Additionally, 1,690 seats for Sangguniang Panglungsod and 11,948 for Sangguniang Bayan members are also being contested.
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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has officially released the list of candidates for various local positions in Makati City for the upcoming 2025 elections.
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