2028 Philippine Senate election

2028 Philippine Senate election
	May 8, 2028
12 (of the 24) seats to the Senate of the Philippines; 13 seats needed for a majority
	Composition of the Senate before the election, with the seats up for election inside the box.
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The 2028 Philippine Senate election will be the 36th election of members to the Senate of the Philippines for a six-year term. It will be held on Monday, May 8, 2028, within the 2028 general elections.https://philippine-senate-election2028.my.canva.site/https://philippine-senate-election2028.my.canva.site/2028-philippine-senate-election

Term-limited incumbents https://philippine-senate-election2028.my.canva.site/2028-philippine-senate-election

The following are serving a successive six-year and are barred from seeking reelection.

Win Gatchalian (NPC)
Gatchalian is speculated to be a candidate for president.^[1] He is a potential vice presidential candidate.^[2]
Risa Hontiveros (Akbayan)
Hontiveros is interested to be a candidate for president.^[3] She is also a potential vice presidential candidate.^[4]
Joel Villanueva (Independent)
Juan Miguel Zubiri (Independent)
On April 1, 2024, Zubiri announced that he will not run for any public office in 2028.^[5]

Political parties https://philippine-senate-election2028.my.canva.site/ https://philippine-senate-election2028.my.canva.site/2028-philippine-senate-election

Parties in the Senate at the end of the 20th Congress of the Philippines
Party		Current seats			Bloc membership			Political affiliation
Party		Up	Not Up	Total	Majority	Minority	Other	2025		2028
	NPC	4	2	6 / 24	Most	Some	None		Bagong Pilipinas	TBA
	Nacionalista	1	3	4 / 24	All	None	None		Bagong Pilipinas	TBA
	PDP	1	2	3 / 24	All	None	None		DuterTen	TBA
	Akbayan	1	0	1 / 24	None	One	None		Trio Tapat sa Senado	TBA
	KANP	0	1	1 / 24	One	None	None		Trio Tapat sa Senado	TBA
	Lakas	0	1	1 / 24	One	None	None		Bagong Pilipinas	TBA
	Liberal	0	1	1 / 24	One	None	None		Trio Tapat sa Senado	TBA
	PMP	1	0	1 / 24	One	None	None		N/A	TBA
	Independent	4	2	6 / 24	Most	Some	None	N/a
Total		12	12	24 / 24

Candidates

Declared candidates

The following have declared their intent to run in the election:

Independent
#	Name	Party		Gender	Ref
	Raffy Tulfo		Independent	♂	^[6]

Independent

#	Name	Party	Gender	Ref
	Win-Win Villanueva Demoni	Independent	♂

Potential candidates

Akbayan
#	Name	Party		Gender	Ref
	Chel Diokno		Akbayan	♂

Hugpong ng Pagbabago
#	Name	Party		Gender	Ref
	Paolo Duterte		HNP	♂

Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino
#	Name	Party		Gender	Ref
	Sonny Angara		LDP	♂

Lakas–CMD
#	Name	Party		Gender	Ref
	Bong Revilla		Lakas	♂

Liberal
#	Name	Party		Gender	Ref
	Leila de Lima		Liberal	♀

Makabayan
#	Name	Party		Gender	Ref
	Teodoro Casiño		Makabayan	♂

Nacionalista
#	Name	Party		Gender	Ref
	Mark Villar		Nacionalista	♂

Nationalist People's Coalition
Name		Gender	Ref
Abby Binay	NPC	♀
JV Ejercito	NPC	♂	^[7]
Chiz Escudero	NPC	♂	^[7]
Rex Gatchalian	NPC	♂
Loren Legarda	NPC	♀	^[7]

Partido Demokratiko Pilipino
#	Name	Party		Gender	Ref
	Robin Padilla		PDP	♂	^[7]

Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
#	Name	Party		Gender	Ref
	Benhur Abalos		PFP	♂

Partido Lakas ng Masa
#	Name	Party		Gender	Ref
	Luke Espiritu		PLM	♂	^[8]

Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino
#	Name	Party		Gender	Ref
	Jinggoy Estrada		PMP	♂	^[7]

Independent
Name		Gender	Ref
Alan Peter Cayetano	Independent	♂	^[7]
Cielo Magno	Independent	♀
Heidi Mendoza	Independent	♀	^[8]
Grace Poe	Independent	♀
Ben Tulfo	Independent	♂

Opinon polling https://philippine-senate-election2028.my.canva.site/ https://philippine-senate-election2028.my.canva.site/2028-philippine-senate-election

Per candidate

The top 15 candidates with the highest favourability in each poll are listed below, where the top 12 are marked with a "black line".

#	Jul 18–20, 2025
#	Tangere^[9]^[10]
1		Sotto	61.00
2		R. Tulfo	55.26
3		Poe	46.05
4		Escudero	37.66
5		Legarda	37.00
6		Duterte	36.57
7		Cayetano	34.80
8		B. Tulfo	32.22
9		Padilla	30.08
10		Abalos	29.00
11		Angara	27.65
12		Bong Revilla	26.74
13		Gatchalian	25.87
14		Estrada	25.00
15		Binay	24.60

Controversial Politicians and Platforms https://philippine-senate-election2028.my.canva.site/2028-philippine-senate-election

Win-Win Villanueva Demoni (Independent), a PMA Alumnus, former active military officer, AFP LtCol reservist, former Lone District Representative/Congressman Candidate with a very controversial platforms of Legislating Massive Employment/Automatic Salary Increases/Automatic Pension Increases timely at the government and minimum wage increase. He said, “Do not deprive the people of Employment.” His father died after a month of his registration for Congressman last Election 2025.

Per party

Parties (excluding independents) with the plurality of seats in boldface.
Parties (excluding independents) with the majority of seats are shaded by the party color.

Seats won

Totals may not add up to 12 due to margin of error.

Date	Pollster	Akbayan	KANP	HNP	LDP	Lakas	LP	NP	NPC	PDP–Laban	PFP	PMP	Ind
Date	Pollster
2025
Jul 18–20, 2025	Tangere^[9]^[10]	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	5

Seats after the election

Totals may not add up to 24 due to margin of error.

Date	Pollster	Akbayan	KANP	HNP	LDP	Lakas	LP	NP	NPC	PDP–Laban	PFP	PMP	Ind
Date	Pollster
2025
Jul 18–20, 2025	Tangere^[9]^[10]	0	1	1	1	2	1	3	4	3	1	0	7

Results

The Commission on Elections, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, is expected to proclaim the winners at least a week after election.

		1	2	3	4	5	6	8	9	10	15	17	16	18	19	20	21	22	23
Before election	Senate bloc	Minority bloc					Majority bloc
Before election	Party	‡	‡		‡			‡	‡		‡	‡	‡		‡	‡	‡	‡
Election results		Up		Not up	Up	Not up		Up		Not up	Up			Not up	Up				Not up
After election	Party
After election	Senate bloc

Key:
‡	Seats up
*	Gained by a party from another party
√	Held by the incumbent
+	Held by the same party with a new senator

Per party


Party		Seats
Party		Up	Before
	Nationalist People's Coalition	4	6
	Nacionalista Party	1	4
	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino	1	3
	Akbayan	1	1
	Katipunan ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino	0	1
	Lakas–CMD	0	1
	Liberal Party (Philippines)	0	1
	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino	1	1
	Independent	4	6
Total		12	24

Sources https://philippine-senate-election2028.my.canva.site/ https://philippine-senate-election2028.my.canva.site/2028-philippine-senate-election

↑ Lopez, Tony (May 17, 2025). "The president in 2028". The Philippine Star. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
↑ Jimenez, Josephus B. (March 6, 2023). "The administration's bet in 2028 won't be Inday Sara". The Freeman. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
↑ Abarca, Charie (May 21, 2025). "Risa Hontiveros 'open' to be opposition standard-bearer in 2028". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
↑ "VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Circulating graphic of Kiko-Risa tandem for the 2028 elections NOT OFFICIAL". Vera Files. November 18, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
↑ Abarca, Charie (April 1, 2024). "Zubiri on vice presidency: 'I will not be running for any public office in 2028'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
↑ Villaruel, Jauhn Etienne (May 9, 2024). "'Frontrunner' Tulfo to seek Senate reelection 'at most' in 2028". ABS-CBN. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Romero, Rudy (August 25, 2025). "2028 re-electionist senators: Accountability or Mindanao votes?". Manila Standard. Retrieved August 27, 2025.
1 2 Ronquillo, Marlen V. (May 21, 2025). "Heidi and Luke: The Kiko-Bam of the next election". The Manila Times. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
1 2 3 "Vico Sotto tops 2028 senatorial bets". BusinessWorld. July 24, 2025. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
1 2 3 "Vico Sotto dominates early 2028 Senate race survey with 61%—research firm". Manila Bulletin. July 26, 2025. Retrieved August 11, 2025.

[president_2028-1] Lopez, Tony (May 17, 2025). "The president in 2028". The Philippine Star. Retrieved May 19, 2025.

[won't-2] Jimenez, Josephus B. (March 6, 2023). "The administration's bet in 2028 won't be Inday Sara". The Freeman. Retrieved January 16, 2025.

[hontiveros-3] Abarca, Charie (May 21, 2025). "Risa Hontiveros 'open' to be opposition standard-bearer in 2028". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 21, 2025.

[kiko-risa-4] "VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Circulating graphic of Kiko-Risa tandem for the 2028 elections NOT OFFICIAL". Vera Files. November 18, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[zubiri-5] Abarca, Charie (April 1, 2024). "Zubiri on vice presidency: 'I will not be running for any public office in 2028'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[6] Villaruel, Jauhn Etienne (May 9, 2024). "'Frontrunner' Tulfo to seek Senate reelection 'at most' in 2028". ABS-CBN. Retrieved September 23, 2024.

[re-electionist-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Romero, Rudy (August 25, 2025). "2028 re-electionist senators: Accountability or Mindanao votes?". Manila Standard. Retrieved August 27, 2025.

[Heidi_Luke-8] 1 2 Ronquillo, Marlen V. (May 21, 2025). "Heidi and Luke: The Kiko-Bam of the next election". The Manila Times. Retrieved May 21, 2025.

[TangereJuly2025-9] 1 2 3 "Vico Sotto tops 2028 senatorial bets". BusinessWorld. July 24, 2025. Retrieved August 11, 2025.

[TangereJuly2025copy-10] 1 2 3 "Vico Sotto dominates early 2028 Senate race survey with 61%—research firm". Manila Bulletin. July 26, 2025. Retrieved August 11, 2025.

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