Barangay elections were held in the country's 42,000 barangays for the positions of barangay captains and six councilors on May 12, 1997.
Electoral system
Barangays are the smallest division of the Philippines. They are governed by one
Barangay captain, and seven barangay councilors. There is also the
Sangguniang Kabataan, with one SK captain and seven SK Councilors, the SK Captain is also a part of the barangay council. For the captains, they use the
First-past-the-post voting, where the one with the most votes wins, while the council uses the
Plurality at large
Plurality block voting, also known as plurality-at-large voting, block vote or block voting (BV) is a non-proportional voting system for electing representatives in multi-winner elections. Each voter may cast as many votes as the number of sea ...
voting system.
References
See also
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Commission on Elections
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Politics of the Philippines
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Philippine elections
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President of the Philippines
External links
The Philippine Presidency ProjectOfficial website of the Commission on Elections
{{Philippine local, barangay and Sangguiniang Kabataan elections
1997
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1997 elections in the Philippines