# 2028 Philippine presidential election

Presidential elections in the Philippines are set to be held on Monday, May 8, 2028, as part of the 2028 Philippine general election. This will be the 18th direct presidential election and 16th vice presidential election in the country since 1935, and will be the seventh sextennial presidential and vice presidential election since mkns 1992.
Incumbent president Bongbong Marcos is ineligible for re-election because the president is limited to a single term under the 1987 Philippine Constitution. Incumbent vice president Sara Duterte is eligible for re-election for Vice-President. Therefore, this election will determine the 18th president and the 16th vice president, if Duterte decides to run for another position or is not re-elected. The president and vice president are elected separately, so the two winning candidates may come from different political parties.

## Background

In the 2022 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections, the UniTeam ticket of former Senator Bongbong Marcos of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) and Davao City mayor Sara Duterte of Lakas–CMD won, running on a platform that promised broad continuity of incumbent president Rodrigo Duterte's programs and policies. The two became first presidential ticket to win since 2004 and the first president and vice president to be elected by a majority since the establishment of the Fifth Republic in 1987, defeating the Liberal-led opposition ticket of incumbent vice president Leni Robredo and Francis Pangilinan alongside several other candidates.
Being the only candidate of the opposition Team Robredo–Pangilinan alliance to be re-elected in the 2022 Senate election, senator Risa Hontiveros of Akbayan became the de facto leader of the opposition against Marcos and Duterte, succeeding Robredo.
Despite running as a single ticket during the election, relations between Marcos and Duterte worsened throughout his presidency. Duterte left Lakas–CMD in May 2023. Duterte later resigned from his cabinet in June 2024. On February 5, 2025, efforts to impeach the vice president succeeded in the House of Representatives, following Duterte's controversial use of confidential and intelligence funds and her assassination threat against Marcos and his family. She became the first sitting vice president, as well as the fourth official in Philippine history, to be impeached. If Duterte is convicted, she would be removed from office and be barred from holding any government position, including the presidency.

## Potential candidates
### For president

* Vice President Sara Duterte of the Philippines (2022–present)
* Sara Duterte (HNP), Vice President of the Philippines (2022–present)
* Mayor of Davao City Sebastian Duterte of Davao City (2022–present)
* Senator Risa Hontiveros of the Philippines (2016–present)
* Senator Imee Marcos of the Philippines (2019–present)
* Former Mayor of Manila Isko Moreno of Manila (2019–2022)
* Senator Robin Padilla of the Philippines (2022–present)
* Former Senator Francis Pangilinan of the Philippines (2001–2022)
* House Speaker Martin Romualdez of the Philippines (2022–present)
* Secretary of the Interior and Local Government Jonvic Remulla of the Philippines (2019–2024)
* Secretary of National Defense Gilbert Teodoro of the Philippines (2023–present)
| Candidate | Party | Current position |
| Sebastian Duterte | PDP–Laban | Mayor of Davao City (2022–present) |
| Risa Hontiveros | Akbayan | Senator of the Philippines (2016–present) |
| Imee Marcos | Nacionalista | Senator of the Philippines (2019–present) |
| Isko Moreno | Aksyon | Mayor of Manila (2019–2022) |
| Robin Padilla | PDP–Laban | Senator of the Philippines (2022–present) |
| Martin Romualdez | Lakas | Speaker of the House of Representatives (2022–present) |
| Kiko Pangilinan | Liberal | Senator of the Philippines (2016–2022) |
| Jonvic Remulla | NUP | Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (2024–present) |
| Gilbert Teodoro | PRP | Secretary of National Defense (2023–present) |
* Former Vice President Leni Robredo of the Philippines (2016–2022)
* Senator Raffy Tulfo of the Philippines (2022–present)
* President of the Senate Francis Escudero of the Philippines (2022–present)
* Leni Robredo (Liberal Party) – Former Vice-President (2016–2022)
* Raffy Tulfo (Independent) – Incumbent senator (2022–present); announced candidacy for Senate reelection

### For vice president

* Senator Risa Hontiveros of the Philippines (2016–present)
* Senator Koko Pimentel of the Philippines (2011–present)
* Former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines (2016–2022)
* Senator Francis Tolentino of the Philippines (2019–present)
* Senator Win Gatchalian of the Philippines (2016–present)
* Senator Cynthia Villar of the Philippines (2016–present)
| Candidate | Party | Current position |
| Risa Hontiveros | Akbayan | Senator of the Philippines (2016–present) |
| Koko Pimentel | Nacionalista | Senator of the Philippines (2011–present) |
| Rodrigo Duterte | PDP–Laban | President of the Philippines (2016–2022) |
| Francis Tolentino | PFP | Senator of the Philippines (2019–present) |

#### Declined

* Former Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri of the Philippines (2022–2024)
* Juan Miguel Zubiri (Independent) – Senate President (2022–2024)