# 2025 Santa Cruz, Laguna, local elections

Local elections are scheduled to be held in Santa Cruz, Laguna, on Monday, May 12, 2025, as part of the Philippine general election. The electorate will elect a town mayor, a town vice mayor, eight members of the Sangguniang Bayan, as well as two members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, a governor, a vice governor and a representative for the province's fourth congressional district to the House of Representatives. The officials who will be elected in the election will assume their respective offices on June 30, 2025, for a three-year term.

## Background

In the 2022 elections, Edgar San Luis and Laarni Malibiran were reelected to the mayoralty and vice mayoralty respectively. San Luis's coalition, Team Serbisyong may Puso, won four seats in the Municipal Council while the opposition, Tropang pang Masa, won three seats.

## Coalitions

As the mayor, vice mayor and the members of the Municipal Council are elected on the same ballot. The mayoral candidates may present or endorse a slate of candidates. These slates usually run with their respective mayoral and vice mayoral candidate's along with the other members of their slate. A group of Independent candidates of any mayoral or vice mayoral candidate may also form a slate consisting of themselves.

### Administration coalition

Team Serbisyong may Puso (San Luis–Panganiban) :
| # | Name | Party |
| For Mayor ||||
| 2 | Edgar San Luis | NUP |
| For Vice Mayor ||||
| 2 | Laura Obligacion | NUP |
| For Councilor ||||
| 2 | Jericho Asinas | NUP |
| 4 | Louie De Leon | NUP |
| 13 | Mia Martinez | NUP |
| 14 | Lucena Odejar | NUP |
| 16 | Alan Pamatmat | NUP |
| 18 | Ambiel John Panganiban | NUP |
| 19 | Anna Clarissa San Luis | NUP |
| 20 | Norman Tolentino | NUP |

### Opposition coalition

Team Tropa Santa Cruz (Agarao–Malibiran) :
| # | Name | Party |
| For Mayor ||||
| 1 | Joseph Kris Benjamin Agarao | PFP |
| For Vice Mayor ||||
| 1 | Laarni Malibiran | Independent |
| For Councilor ||||
| 1 | Lea Almarvez | PFP |
| 3 | Esmeraldo De Las Armas Jr. | PFP |
| 8 | John Mark Garcia | PFP |
| 9 | Angelito Joven | PFP |
| 11 | Mark Anthony Juangco | PFP |
| 12 | Rizaldy Kalaw | PFP |
| 15 | Moises Ordoñez | PFP |
| 17 | Roselon Pamatmat | PFP |

## Mayoral election

The incumbent Mayor Edgar San Luis was re-elected in 2022 election with the 50.97% (33,062 votes) of the total votes counted, defeating then-Laguna's 4th District Representative Benjamin Agarao Jr. of PDP–Laban.

### Candidates
#### Declared

* Benjo Agarao (PFP), incumbent member of the Laguna Provincial Board
* Edgar San Luis (NUP), incumbent mayor of Santa Cruz

### Results

2025 Santa Cruz Mayoralty election results :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Votes | % |
| | Benjo Agarao | Tropa Santa Cruz | | PFP | 0 | – |
| | Egay San Luis | Serbisyong may Puso | | NUP | 0 | – |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 0 | – |
| | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |

## Vice mayoral election

The incumbent Vice Mayor Laarni Malibiran was re-elected in 2022 election with the 59.74% (37,099 votes) of the total votes counted, defeating then-councilor and former vice mayor Louie De Leon of Aksyon Demokratiko.

### Candidates
#### Declared

* Laura Obligacion (NUP), incumbent member of the Municipal Council and barangay captain of Calios
* Laarni Malibiran (Independent), incumbent vice mayor

### Results

2025 Santa Cruz Vice Mayoralty election results :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Votes | % |
| | Laarni Malibiran | Tropa Santa Cruz | | Independent | 0 | – |
| | Laura Panganiban | Serbisyong may Puso | | NUP | 0 | – |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 0 | – |
| | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |

## Municipal Council election

The Santa Cruz Municipal Council is composed of eight councilors elected to serve a three-year term. The election for the council is done via multiple non-transferable vote in which a voter has eight votes to distribute to eight different candidates. The eight candidates with the most votes garnered will be elected to the council.
The incumbent councilors are Ambiel John C. Panganiban, Lea Alagon–Almarves, Norman T. Tolentino, Esmeraldo C. De Las Armas Jr., Rizaldy N. Kalaw, Lucena Rebenque–Odejar and Alan T. Pamatmat. Mark Anthony P. Joven is also an incumbent, but remains in detention after allegations of rape.

### Results

2025 Santa Cruz Municipal Council election results :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Votes | % |
| | Lea Almarvez | Tropa Santa Cruz | | PFP | 0 | – |
| | Jericho Asinas | Serbisyong may Puso | | NUP | 0 | – |
| | Esmeraldo De Las Armas Jr. | Tropa Santa Cruz | | PFP | 0 | – |
| | Louie De Leon | Serbisyong may Puso | | NUP | 0 | – |
| | Efren Diaz | Independent | Independent | Independent | 0 | – |
| | Renato Ernas | Independent | Independent | Independent | 0 | – |
| | Santiago Fajilago Jr. | Independent | Independent | Independent | 0 | – |
| | John Mark Garcia | Tropa Santa Cruz | | PFP | 0 | – |
| | Angelito Joven | Tropa Santa Cruz | | PFP | 0 | – |
| | Mark Anthony Joven | Independent | Independent | Independent | 0 | – |
| | Mark Anthony Juangco | Tropa Santa Cruz | | PFP | 0 | – |
| | Rizaldy Kalaw | Tropa Santa Cruz | | PFP | 0 | – |
| | Mia Martinez | Serbisyong may Puso | | NUP | 0 | – |
| | Lucena Odejar | Serbisyong may Puso | | NUP | 0 | – |
| | Moises Ordoñez | Tropa Santa Cruz | | PFP | 0 | – |
| | Alan Pamatmat | Serbisyong may Puso | | NUP | 0 | – |
| | Roselon Pamatmat | Tropa Santa Cruz | | PFP | 0 | – |
| | Ambiel John Panganiban | Serbisyong may Puso | | NUP | 0 | – |
| | Anna Clarissa San Luis | Serbisyong may Puso | | NUP | 0 | – |
| | Norman Tolentino | Serbisyong may Puso | | NUP | 0 | – |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 0 | – |