THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has issued the guidelines for the filing of the certificate of candidacy (CoC) of candidates who will run in the 2025 national and local elections.

Up for grabs in the May 2025 polls are positions for 12 senators, 254 district representatives, 63 party-list organizations, 82 governors, 82 vice governors, 1,682 members of city council, 800 members of provincial council, 11,948 members of municipal council, 149 city mayors, 149 city vice mayors, 1,493 municipal mayors, 1,493 municipal vice mayors, 25 members of parliament in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, and 40 BARMM party-list representatives.