2028 Philippine Senate election

2028 Philippine Senate election

May 8, 2028 (2028-05-08)
12 (of the 24) seats to the Senate of the Philippines 13 seats needed for a majority

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.

Term-limited incumbents

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

1. Win Gatchalian (NPC)

   Gatchalian is a potential vice presidential candidate.

2. Risa Hontiveros (Akbayan)

   Hontiveros is speculated to be a candidate for president. She is also a potential vice presidential candidate.

3. Joel Villanueva (Independent)
4. Juan Miguel Zubiri (Independent)

   On April 1, 2024, Zubiri announced that he will not run for any public office in 2028.

Political parties

Parties in the Senate at the end of the 20th Congress of the Philippines

Party		Current seats			Bloc membership			Political affiliation
		Total	Up	Not Up	Majority	Minority	Other	2025		2028
	NPC	4 / 24	4		Some	None	Most		Bagong Pilipinas	TBA
	Nacionalista	1 / 24	1		All	None	None		Bagong Pilipinas	TBA
	PDP	1 / 24	1		All	None	None		DuterTen	TBA
	Akbayan	1 / 24	1	0	None	One	None		Kiko-Bam-Heidi	TBA
	Lakas	0 / 24	0		None	None	None		Bagong Pilipinas	TBA
	PFP	0 / 24	0		None	None	None		Bagong Pilipinas	TBA
	PMP	1 / 24	1	0	One	None	None	TBA		TBA
	Independent	4 / 24	4		Some	None	Some	—
Total		24 / 24	12	12

Candidates

Declared candidates

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

Independent

#	Name	Party		Ref
	Raffy Tulfo		Independent

Potential candidates

Nationalist People's Coalition

#	Name	Party		Ref
	JV Ejercito		NPC
	Chiz Escudero		NPC
	Loren Legarda		NPC

Nacionalista

#	Name	Party		Ref
	Mark Villar		Nacionalista

Partido Demokratiko Pilipino

#	Name	Party		Ref
	Robin Padilla		PDP

Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino

#	Name	Party		Ref
	Jinggoy Estrada		PMP

Independent

#	Name	Party		Ref
	Alan Peter Cayetano		Independent

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	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	17	16	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Before election	Senate bloc	Independent bloc						Majority bloc																Minority bloc
	Party	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡						‡	‡						‡	‡	‡	‡			‡
Election results		Up					Not up					Up		Not up					Up				Not up		Up
After election	Party
	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
		Up	Before	Won	After	+/−
	Nationalist People's Coalition	4	–	–	–	–
	Nacionalista Party	1	–	–	–	–
	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino	1	–	–	–	–
	Akbayan	1	1	0	0	−1
	Lakas–CMD	–	–	–	–	–
	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	–	–	–	–	–
	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino	1	1	–	–	–
	Independent	4	–	–	–	–
Total		12	2	0	0	0