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-long term.

Background
In the 2022 elections, Edgar San Luis and Laarni Malibiran were re-elected to the mayoralty and vice mayoralty respectively. San Luis' 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.

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.

Declared

 * Joseph Kris Benjamin Agarao (PFP), Member of the Laguna Laguna Provincial Board from 4th District (since 2022, 2010–2019).
 * Edgar San Luis (Lakas), Mayor of Santa Cruz (since 2019) and Member of the House of Representatives from Laguna's 4th District (2007–2013).

Polling

 * E. San Luis vs. B. Agarao


 * E. San Luis vs. L. Malibiran

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 the Aksyon Demokratiko.

Declared

 * Laura Obligacion (Lakas), Member of the Santa Cruz Municipal Council (since 2023, 2007–2016) and Barangay Captain of Calios (since 2023).

Potential

 * Laarni Malibiran (PROMDI), Vice Mayor of Santa Cruz (since 2019) and Member of the Santa Cruz Municipal Council (2010–2019).

Polling

 * R. Kalaw vs. A. Panganiban

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 candidate's. The eight candidate's 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.

Potential

 * Incumbents
 * 1) Lea Almarves (PFP)
 * 2) Esmeraldo De Las Armas Jr. (PFP)
 * 3) Mark Anthony Joven (Independent)
 * 4) Rizaldy Kalaw (PFP)
 * 5) Lucena Odejar (Aksyon)
 * 6) Alan Pamatmat (Aksyon)
 * 7) Ambiel John Panganiban (Aksyon)
 * 8) Norman Tolentino (Aksyon)


 * Others
 * 1) Frederick Ambrocio (Independent)
 * 2) Efren Diaz (PFP)
 * 3) John Mark Garcia (PFP)
 * 4) Angelito Joven (PFP)
 * 5) Moises Ordoñez (PFP)
 * 6) Roselon Pamatmat (PFP)