How Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, NCR voted for senators in Eleksyon 2025

For Malacañang, the Marcos administration's senatorial slate got six of the 12 seats up for grabs in the recently concluded midterm elections.

According to Joseph Morong's report on "Saksi," the Palace included on its list Camille Villar, who was also endorsed by Vice President Sara Duterte.

The Duterte camp, on the other hand, has four of its candidates in the Magic 12. It would be five if Villar were considered part of the group.

A third group – that of former senators Francis Pangilinan and Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV – were also in the winners' circle.

Geographically, how did the country's island groups and regions vote for their senators?

In Mindanao, the Duterte camp's candidates including Villar won all 12 seats. No senator from other groups won in the southern Philippines.

In Luzon, where more than half of the country's electorate comes from, ten of the winning senators were in the area's Top 12. Ben Tulfo and Benhur Abalos, who placed in the winning circle in Luzon, didn't win.

In the Visayas, seven of the administration candidates were in the Top 12, but senators Christopher "Bong" Go and Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa topped the race. They were two of three in the Duterte slate who made it to the winners' circle in the Visayas.

In Bicol, the region where former Vice President Leni Robredo comes from, only Go from the Duterte camp made it to the Top 12. The rest of the region’s top-ranking senators came from opposition-aligned parties.

In the National Capital Region (NCR), five of the top 12 candidates were endorsed by former President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., while three others were from the Duterte camp.

There was the unexpected entry of two independent candidates—Heidi Mendoza and Bonifacio Bosita—in Metro Manila's Top 12, despite not having party support. 

Both candidates also performed well in CALABARZON or Southern Tagalog, a region with a huge voter base in the country. –NB, GMA Integrated News

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