The Maguindanao Provincial Board is the

Sangguniang Panlalawigan Sangguniang Panlalawigan (abbreviated as SP; ), commonly known as the Provincial Board, are the legislatures in Philippine provinces. They are the legislative branches of the provinces, and their powers and responsibilities are defined by the Loca ...

(provincial legislature) of the Philippine province of

Maguindanao Maguindanao (, Maguindanao language, Maguindanaon: ''Prubinsya nu Magindanaw''; Iranun language, Iranun'': Perobinsia a Magindanao''; tl, Lalawigan ng Maguindanao) was a Provinces of the Philippines, province of the Philippines located in the ...

. The members are elected via plurality-at-large voting: the province is divided into two districts, each having five seats. A voter votes up to five names, with the top five candidates per district being elected. The vice governor is the ''ex officio'' presiding officer, and only votes to break ties. The vice governor is elected via the

plurality voting system Plurality voting refers to electoral systems in which a candidate, or candidates, who poll more than any other counterpart (that is, receive a plurality), are elected. In systems based on single-member districts, it elects just one member per ...

province-wide. The districts used in appropriation of members is coextensive with the legislative districts of Maguindanao., with the exception that Cotabato City, an

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, is excluded in the first district. Aside from the regular members, the board also includes the provincial federation presidents of the Liga ng mga Barangay (ABC, from its old name "Association of Barangay Captains"), the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK, youth councils) and the Philippine Councilors League (PCL). Maguindanao's provincial board also has a reserved seat for its indigenous people (IPMR).

Apportionment

List of members

Current members

These are the members after the 2019 local elections and 2018 barangay and SK elections: * Vice Governor: Lester Sinsuat ( PDP–Laban)

References

{{Sangguniang Panlalawigan Politics of Maguindanao Provincial boards in the Philippines