Ten out of 12 senatorial candidates endorsed by the Marcos administration for the 2025 midterm elections placed in the top 12 of a Stratbase-commissioned Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from Sept. 14 to 23.
The administration candidates in the top 12 are ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo, former senator Tito Sotto, Sen. Pia Cayetano, former senator Panfilo Lacson, Sen. Bong Revilla, Las Piñas Rep. Camille Villar, Makati City Mayor Abby Binay, Sen. Lito Lapid, and former senator Manny Pacquiao.
Tulfo remains in first place with 54 percent, while Sotto has moved up to second with 34 percent, rising from third in March.
Cayetano follows in third with 31 percent, also climbing from fourth.
Marcos improved her standing to fourth-to-fifth place with 25 percent voter support, moving up from the sixth-to-seventh range. Before declaring herself an independent candidate on Sept. 29, Marcos was still considered a part of the administration senatorial slate during the survey period.
Lacson and Revilla share the sixth to seventh spots at 24 percent, each rising from the eighth-to-ninth range.
First-time senatorial candidates Villar and Binay also made significant strides.
Villar landed in eighth place with 21 percent, a notable improvement from the 20th-to-24th range, while Binay ranks ninth-to-tenth with 20 percent, up from 16th.
Lapid also climbed to ninth-to-tenth with 20 percent, advancing from the 10th-to-11th range.
In contrast, Pacquiao has dropped to 11th-13th with 18 percent, down from sixth-to-seventh.
Only Sen. Francis Tolentino—who ranked 14th with 17 percent)—and Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos have not made the top 12.
Tolentino previously ranked eighth.
Completing the top 12 candidates are former president Rodrigo Duterte, and his allies, senators Bato dela Rosa and Bong Go.
Duterte ranked in the fourth-to-fifth range at 25 percent, down from second place in March.
Dela Rosa and Go each garnering 18 percent voter preference, have fallen to the 11th-13th range in September, from fifth and 10th-to-11th positions in March, respectively.
The survey was conducted through face-to-face interviews with 1,500 adults nationwide. Respondents were shown a list and asked to mention up to 12 names.