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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 Member's of the Sangguniang Bayan, as well as two Member's 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' coaliton, Team Serbisyong may Puso, won 4 seats in the Municipal Council. While the opposition, Tropang pang Masa won 3 seats.

Coalitions
As the Mayor, Vice Mayor and the Member's of the Municipal Council are elected on the same Ballot. The Mayoral candidate's may present or endorse a slate of candidate's. These slates usually run with their respective Mayoral and Vice Mayoral candidate's along with the other member's of their slate. A group of Independent candidate's of any Mayoral or Vice Mayoral candidate may also form a slate consisting of themselves.

Administration Coalition

 * Team Serbisyong may Puso (Team San Luis–Panganiban)
 * For Mayor
 * Edgar San Luis (Aksyon)
 * For Vice Mayor
 * Laura Obligacion (Aksyon)
 * For Councilor
 * 1) Ambiel John Panganiban (Aksyon)
 * 2) Lucena Odejar (Aksyon)
 * 3) Alan Pamatmat (Aksyon)
 * 4) Norman Tolentino (Aksyon)

Primary Opposition Coalition

 * Team TAMa (Team Agarao–Malibiran)
 * For Mayor
 * Joseph Kris Benjamin Agarao (PFP)
 * For Vice Mayor
 * Laarni Malibiran (PROMDI)
 * For Councilor
 * 1) Lea A. Almarves (PFP)
 * 2) Efren Diaz (PFP)
 * 3) Esmeraldo De Las Armas Jr. (PFP)
 * 4) John Mark Garcia (PFP)
 * 5) Angelito Joven (PFP)
 * 6) Rizaldy Kalaw (PFP)
 * 7) Moises Ordoñez (PFP)
 * 8) Roselon Pamatmat (PFP)

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

Declared

 * Joseph Kris Benjamin Agarao (PFP) —
 * Member of the Laguna Laguna Provincial Board from 4th District (since 2022, 2010–2019).

Potential

 * Edgar San Luis (Aksyon) —
 * 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 Mayoralty election
The incumbent Vice Mayor Laarni Maliboran, who was re-elected in 2022 election with the 59.74% (37,099	 votes) of the total votes counted. Malibiran of the PROMDI won defeating then-Councilor and former Vice Mayor Louie De Leon of the Aksyon Demokratiko.

Declared

 * Laura Obligacion (Aksyon) —
 * 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 Councilor's elected to serve 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 Councilor's were 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 was stil detained.

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)